ABERNATHY, Annie Lou Callahan The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov
1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lou Abernathy, 84, were conducted at 2:30
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, November 15, inthe chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Dr. W. H. Mansfield officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Abernathy died Tuesday, November 14, at Giles County Hospital, after an
extended illness.
Mrs. Abernathy, a native of Giles County, was born October 26, 1883, the
daughter of the late James E. and Loucretia Moore Callahan. Her husband, Erskine
Abernathy, died several years ago.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Leslie Harris, Pulaski, Mrs. Dorsey
Crockett, Columbus, Ga., and Mrs. Grady Green, Texas City, Texas; one son,
William J. Abernathy, Huntsville, Ala.; eight grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; two brothers, Hugh Callahan, Pulaski, and Carter Callahan,
Cornersville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Catherine Byrne Gibson The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Requiem mass was said for Mrs. Robert A. Abernathy, resident of Lynchburg, Va.,
at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning, December 9, at the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, Pulaski, followed by burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Abernathy
died early Tuesday morning, December 6, at her home after a period of declining
health.
The former Miss Catherine Byrne Gibson, she was a native of New Rochelle, N. Y.
On April 11, 1911, she was married to Robert Andrew Abernathy of Pulaski, son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Polk Abernathy, residents of Pulaski.
She was an active member of Holy Cross Catholic Church.
Mrs. Abernathy is survived by her husband, Capt. R. A. Abernathy, USN, Ret.; one
daughter, Mrs. Harold P. Wilson, Metuchen, N. J.; one son, Dr. Robert A.
Abernathy, Jr., Richlands, Va.; five grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Archibald
B. Gwathney, Orange, Va.; and one brother, John T. Gibson, Yonkers, N. Y.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Colston The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1967
Funeral services for Colston Abernathy, 79, retired livestock dealer, were
conducted Tuesday afternoon, March 14, at 3 p.m., in the chapel of Bennett May
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Dr. W. H. Mansfield officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Abernathy, a native of Giles County,, died Sunday, March 12, in Giles County
Hospital. He was born July 14, 1887, the son of the late John Wesley and
Katherine Alexander Tarpley Abernathy. His wife, the late Blanche Stephens
Abernathy, died several years ago.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Herbert Kidd, Miss Martha E. Abernathy,
Pulaski, Mrs. John W. Ayres, Nashville, Mrs. Harold Perry, Memphis, Mrs. Charles
Covenington, Jr., Titusville, Fla., and Mrs. L. H. Magee, Lawrenceburg; three
sons, Robert Dudley, Moulton D. and H. Alex, Pulaski; twenty-four grandchildren;
and two sisters, Mrs. N. H. Townsend and Mrs. Hughey Marks, Pulaski. Bennett May
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Edna Johnson The Pulaski Citizen 23 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Johnson Abernathy, 86, resident of the Fall River
section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Malcolm White. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Abernathy died on Friday, May 18, at the home.
Born April 25, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Robert
Houston Johnson and Mary Amanda Vandiver Johnson. Her husband, Thomas Clayton
Abernathy, died about thirty-nine years ago.
Mrs. Abernathy is survived by two sons, John E. Abernathy, Hawaii, and Thomas B.
Abernathy, Fall River; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildrn; and two
sisters, Mrs. Vivian Garrett and Mrs. Bessie White, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Edwin Wells The Pulaski Citizen 22 Sep 1965
Edwin Wells Abernathy, 78, retired salesman, died Sunday afternoon, September
19, in Park View Hospital, Nashville, Funeral rites took place at 10 o'clock
Tuesday at the grave in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, conducted by the Rev. R.
Neal Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian Church.
Born February 11, 1887, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert
Abernathy and Mary Wells Abernathy.
Mr. Abernathy, a bachelor, is survived by his aunt, Mrs. D. R Wade, Sr.,
Pulaski; two cousins, David R. Wade, Jr., Pulaski attorney and Mrs. Edwin W.
Craig, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Elizabeth Buford The Pulaski Citizen 25 Mar 1964
Mrs. Elizabeth Buford Abernathy, 71, church and civic leader, artist, and club
woman, died unexpectedly at 8 o'clock Monday night, March 23, following surgery
in Maury County Hospital in Columbia.
Funeral rites took place at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Ed Templeton, pastor of Pleasant
Valley Methodist Church, Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister, and the
Rev. Robert Neal Dean, Presbyterian minister. Burial took place in the family
(Capt. James E. Abernathy) Cemetery in the Pleasant Valley Community.
Born August 14, 1892, in St. Louis, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Mark
Buford, Sr., and Alice Osborne Buford. She attended Buford College in Nashville.
She was a member of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Church and had served as
Sunday School teacher for a period of years. She was a member of the Wednesday
Literary Club.
Mrs. Abernathy is survived by her husband, DeLacey Abernathy, well-known farmer
and sheep breeder of Giles County; two sons, Comdr. Buford D. Abernathy,
Louisville, Ky., and William DeLacey Abernathy, Columbia; three grandchildren;
and one brother, Mark Buford, Jr., Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Elvie Mae Glover The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Elvie Mae Abernathy, 58, a nurse at Giles County
Hospital, were held Friday, December 8, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Scott's Hill
Cemetery.
Mrs. Abernathy died December 7, at her daughter's home at Route 1, Pulaski.
A native of Lawrence County, Mrs. Abernathy was born January 12, 1909, the
daughter of the late Albert and Minnie Phillips Glover.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Frankie Turner, Route 1, Pulaski, and Mrs.
Norman Wright, Route 7, Pulaski; one son, Glen Abernathy, Russell Springs, Ky.;
nine grandchildren; two brothers, Lessie Glover and Stacey Glover, Route 1,
Pulaski; two sisters, Miss Lacey Glover, Route 1, Pulaski, and Mrs. William
Dramus, Gallatin.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Frank Butler The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Frank Butler Abernathy, 60, retired U. S. Army veteran,
were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Gus Self, pastor of Olivet Methodist Church. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Abernathy died on Wednesday, November 15, in Giles
County Hospital after a long illness.
Born December 10, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert Allen
Abernathy, deputy trustee of Giles County for a number of years and Mrs.
Elizabeth Aymett Abernathy.
A regular Army man, he served until he was discharged because of failing health.
Mr. Abernathy is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Medlar, Pulaski,
Mrs. R. R. Harris, Walters, Okla., Mrs. Albert Ruggles, Konowa, Okla., and Mrs.
Luther Woodward and Mrs. Garland Nichols, Harlingen, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Gilbert Benjamin The Pulaski Citizen 17 May 1967
Gilbert Benjamin Abernathy, 79, insurance agent and former County Court Clerk
died at 11 a. m. Wednesday, May 17, at Giles County Hospital after an extended
illness of several months.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at First
Methodist Church with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Dr. W. H. Mansfield
officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born in the Bryson community, April 28, 1888, Mr. Abernathy was educated at
Abernathy Preparatory School in Giles County. His parents were the late Jerome
Clayton Abernathy and Betty Eslick Abernathy.
He began his business career as salesman in a men's clothing store in Pulaski,
leaving in 1918 to enlist in the U. S. Army during World War I. Upon his return
he became associated with The Peoples Bank of Pulaski and was serving as cashier
when that organization merged with The Union Bank.
He continued his banking career until 1934, when he was elected Giles County
Court Clerk, a post which he held for twenty years, resigning in 1954 to become
an active partner in the insurance firm of Eslick and Abernathy.
Mr. Abernathy was a city alderman for many years, chairman of the Giles County
Democratic Committee for more than 30 years, a member of Pulaski Lodge 101 F&AM
for more than fifty years and a 32nd Degree Mason.
He was a member of the Official Board of First Methodist Church, a charter
member of the Pulaski Exchange Club, a member of American Legion Post No. 60,
and was chairman of the first March of Dimes campaign in Giles County.
In 1919, he was married to the former Miss Louise Johnson of Dickson, who
survives. Other survivors include a son, Gilbert B. Abernathy, Jr., of Pulaski;
a sister, Mrs. Arthur Wellborn of Anniston, Ala.; and two brothers, John M. and
Newton J. Abernathy, both of Pulaski.
ABERNATHY, James William The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1967
James William White, 61, died Tuesday, March 28, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, March 29, at the Scott's Hill
Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial was in Scott's
Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Abernathy, a native of Giles County, was born July 17, 1905, the son of the
late Henry D. and Emma Linne Fry Abernathy.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Christine Abernathy; one son, Henry Dale
Abernathy, Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Hugh Meyers, Wildwood, Ill., and Mrs. N.
E. Freeman, Catron, Mo.; four grandchildren; seven sisters, Mrs. Walter Myers,
Mrs. Henry Campbell, Pulaski, Mrs. Florence Harris, Goodspring, Mrs. Cecil Cox,
Campbellsville, Mrs. Marie Owen, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Elbert Smith,
Evansville, Ind.; two brothers, Wilson Abernathy, Pulaski, and Leroy Abernathy,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, John White The Pulaski Citizen 1 May 1963
Funeral services for John White Abernathy, 72, former member of the County Court
from the Seventeenth Civil District and retired farmer, will be held at 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites will be conducted
by the Rev. John B. Lindenberger, his pastor, and the Rev. Robert Neal Dean,
pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski. Burial will take place in the
family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Abernathy, who had been ill several
months, died at 6:40 o'clock Wednesday morning, May 1, at Fairhaven Nursing Home
in Pulaski.
Mr. Abernathy, deacon of the Brick Church Presbyterian Church, was born June 29,
1890, in Giles County, the son of the late E. H. Abernathy and Nancy Elizabeth
White Abernathy, members of pioneer families of the county.
Mr. Abernathy, a batchelor, is survived by one sister, Mrs. David E. Martin,
Pulaski; and one nephew, Mrs. Will Barczi, both of the Brick Church community of
Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Lillian Watson The Pulaski Citizen 11 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Watson Abernathy, 77, widow of Homer
Abernathy, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist
Church. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Abernathy died on Saturday, March 7, at a Nashville hospital after a long period
of declining health.
Born June 26, 1886, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Isom
Watson and Lula Coble Watson. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her
husband, died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Abernathy is survived by one son, Brown Abernathy, Pulaski; one daughter,
Mrs. Carl Holloway, Summertown; five grandchildren; and one brother, Oscar
Watson, Houston, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Lillian Watson The Pulaski Citizen 11 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Watson Abernathy, 77, widow of Homer
Abernathy, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist
Church. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Abernathy died on Saturday, March 7, at a Nashville hospital after a long period
of declining health.
Born June 26, 1886, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Isom
Watson and Lula Coble Watson. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her
husband, died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Abernathy is survived by one son, Brown Abernathy, Pulaski; one daughter,
Mrs. Carl Holloway, Summertown; five grandchildren; and one brother, Oscar
Watson, Houston, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Lucy Irvin Sanders The Pulaski Citizen 11 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Wiley T. Abernathy, 86, well-known Pulaski resident,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at First Methodist Church. Rites
will be conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor, the Rev. W. Bruce
Strother of Columbia, former pastor, and Dr. William H. Mansfield, former
associate pastor. Burial will take place in the family lot in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Abernathy died at 9:30 o'clock on Tuesday night, October 10, at her home in
Pulaski, following after a long period of declining health.
Born October 21, 1874, in Giles County, she was the former Lucy Irvin Sanders,
the daughter of the late Robert Sanders and Anne Cheatham Sanders. She attended
Martin College and was a member of First Methodist Church. In 1892 she married
Wiley Turner Abernathy, Pulaski hardware merchant, who died twenty-three years
ago.
Mrs. Abernathy, the last member of her immediate family is survived by two sons,
Jack Abernathy and Wiley T. Abernathy, Jr., owners of Abernathy Hardware
Company; two grandsons, Jack Abernathy, Jr. and Wiley T. Abernathy, III; two
great-granddaughters, all of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Moulton Dixon The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Moulton Dixon Abernathy, Sr., 89, retired Seventh District
farmer, were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the rites conducted by the Rev. Marshall D. Moss, a former
pastor, and the Rev. Gerald Hattle, pastor of Rehoboth Methodist Church. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Abernathy died at 10:40 o'clock Saturday
night, July 4, in Giles County Hospital, following several weeks illness.
Born July 16, 1874, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John W.
Abernathy and Katherine Tarpley Abernathy. He was a member of Rehoboth Methodist
Church.
His wife, Mrs. Eunice Scales Abernathy, died December 20, 1950.
Mr. Abernathy is survived by one brother, Colston Abernathy, Pulaski; two
sisters, Mrs. N. H. Townsend, Sr., and Mrs. Hughey A. Marks, Sr., Pulaski;
several nieces and nephews; and the brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Birdsong, who shared his home since the death of Mrs. Abernathy.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Moulton Fulton The Pulaski Citizen 1 Nov 1961
Graveside services for Moulton Fulton Abernathy, 68, employee of American
Express Company in Birmingham, Ala., for the last 45 years, were held at 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon in Legg Cemetery in Limestone County, Ala. Mr.
Abernathy died Thursday, October 26, in Veterans Hospital in Birmingham.
Native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Henry G. Abernathy and Minnie
Fulton Abernathy. He was a member of First Methodist Church in Birmingham and
was a 33rd degree Mason and a Shriner.
Mr. Abernathy is survived by his wife, Mrs. Donna Legg Abernathy; a son, Gilbert
Fulton Abernathy, Birmingham; two grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. A. J. Clower,
Fort Worth, Texas.
ABERNATHY, Nathan Anderson The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Nathan Anderson Abernathy, 65, a veteran Pulaski
businessmanand the man largely responsible for bringing air service to the
county, were held at 3 p. m. Saturday at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
He died Friday at Giles County Hospital.
Mr. Abernathy was one of the promoters of the local airport and Abernathy Field,
which was dedicated in 1946, bears his name. He was a pilot, and the year the
airport opened, flew the first and only parcel of airmail from Pulaski to
Nashville.
A native of Giles County, he was a son of Saphronia Anderson Abernathy and the
late J. Bascomb Abernathy. His widow, Vera Brown Abernathy, also survives.
Mr. Abernathy was part-owner with Moulton D. Abernathy in Abernathy Concrete
Company. He once operated Abernathy Grain and Feed Company in Pulaski.
He was a Methodist, 32nd Degree Mason, Shriner, Rotarian and past-president of
the Pulaski-Giles County Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include two sons, Robert A. Abernathy, Pulaski, and John W. Abernathy,
U. S. Navy; a sister, Mrs. F. L. Hunter, Pulaski; a brother, George T.
Abernathy, Newport News, Va.; and four grandchildren.
ABERNATHY, Robert Finley (Infant) The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jun 1961
Graveside services for Robert Finley Abernathy, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
C. Abernathy of Fayetteville, were held at 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning, May
30, in Riverview Cemetery in Fayetteville.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by a sister, Elsie Ann
Abernathy; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence (Pat) Abernathy, Pulaski,
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Finley, Fayetteville.
ABERNATHY, Sophronia Anderson The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Sophronia Abernathy, 89, were conducted Wednesday
afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Billy Craighead and Dr. W. H. Mansfield officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Abernathy died Monday, November 28, in Giles County Hospital, following an
extended illness. She was a native of Bedford County, born Aug. 1, 1877,
daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. George W. Anderson. Her husband, the late J.
B. Abernathy, died several years ago. She was a member of the First Methodist
Church of Pulaski, and a charter member of the Col. Greenberry Lee Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. F. L. Hunter, Pulaski; one son, George T.
Abernathy, Newport News, Va.; four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Dr. W. B. Anderson and the Rev. E. P. Anderson, both of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, Tennie Lovell The Pulaski Citizen 2 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Tennie Lovell Abernathy, widow of Arnold Abernathy,
were held at 2:30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Finley, Dorris
and Charlton Funeral Home in Nashville. Rites were conducted by Dr. E. P.
Anderson with the burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Abernathy died at 11:15
o'clock Friday morning, October 28, at a Nashville infirmary.
Her husband, Arnold Abernathy, native Giles Countian, died sixteen years ago.
Mrs. Abernathy is survived by one son, Leland Abernathy, Nashville; one sister,
Mrs. Mamie Kincaid, Pulaski; and one brother, Rufus Lovell, Columbia.
ABERNATHY, Thomas Colston The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1967
Funeral services for Thomas Colston Abernathy, 79, retired livestock dealer,
were conducted Tuesday afternoon, March 14, at 3 p. m., in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Dr. W. H. Mansfield
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Abernathy, a native of Giles County, died Sunday, March 12, in Giles County
Hospital. He was born July 14, 1887, the son of the late John Wesley and
Katherine Alexander Tarpley Abernathy. His wife, the late Blanche Stephens
Abernathy, died several years ago.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Herbert Kidd, Miss Martha E. Abernathy,
Pulaski,
Mrs. John Ayres, Nashville, Mrs. Harold Perry, Memphis Mrs. Charles Covington,
Jr., Titusville, Fla., and Mrs. L. H. Magee, Lawrenceburg; three sons, Robert
Dudley, Moulton D. and H. Alex, Pulaski; twenty-four grandchildren; and two
sisters, Mrs. N. H. Townsend, and Mrs. Hughey Marks, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, William Clayton The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1966
Funeral services for William Clayton Abernaty, 59, were conducted Monday
afternoon, December 5, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home. The Rev. Clarence K. Stewart and Kenneth Wilkerson officiated. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Abernathy, died Sunday, December 4, in Giles County Hospital. He was a
native of Giles County, born November 10, 1907, the son of the late Henry S. and
Mary Lou Lawson Abernathy.
Survivors include five sisters, Mrs. Mark Birdsong, Mrs. Thomas Johnston, Mrs.
Herbert Bass, Mrs. James Mize, and Miss Rachel Abernathy, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABERNATHY, William DeLacey The Pulaski Citizen 25 Aug 1965
William DeLacey Abernathy, 85 year old retired farmer of the Pleasant Valley
Community, died at Fairhaven Nursing Home on Monday morning at 5 o'clock after
several weeks illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 10 a. m. Wednesdayat Bennett-May Funeral Home
by the Rev. W. H. Mansfield, the Rev. Walter R. Cortner, and the Rev. J. C.
Elkins with burial taking place in the Abernathy Cemetery in Pleasant Valley.
Mr. Abernathy was a native of Giles County, son of the late James Edward and
Rebecca Denty Abernathy, members of pioneer families of the county.
He was a member of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Church.
Mr. Abernathy's wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Buford, died March 23, 1964.
He had made his home in Pleasant Valley since birth, and was widely known
throughout the United States and Canada as an authority on the breeding and
raising of sheep.
He is survived by two sons, U. S. Navy Commander Buford Abernathy of Louisville,
Ky., and William DeLacey Abernathy of Columbia, and three grandchildren.
ABERNATHY, William Rogers The Pulaski Citizen 1 Dec 1965
Funeral services for William Rogers Abernathy, 89, retired state employee, were
held at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Henry Cortner and Dr. William H. Mansfield. Burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Abernathy died Wednesday night, November 24, in
Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Born October 14, 1876, Giles County, he was the son of the late William Richard
Abernathy and Harriet Rogers Abernathy. He was a member of the Methodist Church,
and was a Mason.
While being employed at Western State Hospital for four years and Davidson
County Hospital for approximately fifteen years, he served as the florist as
these institutions. He retired June 1, 1964.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Lou Williams Abernathy, died June 16, 1948.
Mr. Abernathy is survived by one sister, Mrs. John A. Gilbert, Pulaski, and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ABBOTT, Leonard The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Leonard Abbott, 66, retired farmer of the Red Oak Community
of Lincoln County, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Higgins Funeral
Home, Fayetteville, with burial in the Wright Cemetery. Mr. Abbott died Sunday,
June 23, in Lincoln County Hospital. He was a native of Lincoln Count and a
member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Abbott is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irma Bowen Abbott; two daughters, Mrs.
Willie Higgs, Nice, France, and Mrs. Bobby Jones, Nashville; and three sons,
Vaughn Abbott, Robert Abbott, and James Abbott, all of Nashville.
ABLES, Lula Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Phillips Ables, 87, were at 1:30 o'clock on
Saturday afternoon at Hollands Gin Church of Christ in Limestone County, Ala.,
with the burial in the Elliott Cemetery near Elkton. Mrs. Ables, who had been in
failing health several weeks, died Thursday, January 19, at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Velma Arnett, at Tanner, Ala., after a brief illness.
Born April 10, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Charles
W. Phillips and Sarah Scott Phillips. Her husband, LeeRoy Ables, died January 9,
1947.
Mrs. Ables is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Emma McCormick, Nashville; four
sons, Floyd Ables, Pulaski, John Ables, Nashville, Roy and Fred Ables, Athens,
Ala.; forty-two grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren; and one
brother, Sam T. Phillips, Pulaski.
ADA, Emma Carter The Pulaski Citizen 7 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Jim Ada, 91, native of Giles County, will be held at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon at Elkton Methodist Church, of which she was a
member. Burial will take place in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Ada died at 7 o'clock
Monday morning, March 5, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. L. E. Criner in Little
Rock, Ark., after a long illness.
The former Miss Emma Carter, she was born November 20, 1870, in Giles County,
daughter of the late Joshua Carter and Julia Brown Carter. For the past six
years she had made her home in Little Rock.
Her husband, James Jasper Ada, died in 1948.
Mrs. Ada is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Criner, and Mrs. W. W. Ashworth,
Nashville; one son, Clarence Ada, Elkton; five grandchildren and twelve
great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ADAMS, Alice Jane Henson The Pulaski Citizen 28 Aug 1968
Mrs. Alice Jane Adams, 91, died Saturday, August 24, at the home of her daughter
in Pulaski.
Funeral services for Mrs. Adams, wife of the late Joe Adams, were held Monday
afternoon, August 26, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Mr. G. C. Fox,
Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Ethridge Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Adams was born December 18, 1886, the daughter of
the late John and May Evans Henson. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Appleton, Pulaski, and Mrs. Roberta
Davenport, Gallatin; three sons, Wilburn, Mt. Pleasant, LeRoy, Lewisburg, and
Alvin Adams, Ethridge; one brother, Horace Henson, Ethridge; and thirty-seven
grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ADAMS, Claude G. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Claude G. Adams, 71, father of a Pulaski resident, were
held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of Phillips Robinson Funeral
Home in Nashville with the burial in that city. Mr. Adams died unexpectedly of a
heart attack at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, February 14, at his Nashville home.
Mr. Adams, a retired postal employee, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Talley
Adams; one daughter, Mrs. Harry Winford, Pulaski; one son, William Starlis
Adams, Nashville; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; one brother,
Horace Adams, Mt. Pleasant; and one sister, Mrs. Edwin Gilliam, Gallatin.
ADAMS, Eddie Leroy The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1967
Funeral services for Eddie Leroy Adams, 85, were conducted Friday afternoon,
November 10, at 2:30 o'clock, in the Pulaski Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton and Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery, Lynnville.
Mr. Adams, a retired farmer, died Wednesday, November 8, at Giles County
Hospital. He was born in Giles County on March 19, 1882, the son of the late
Henry Clay and Nancy Jane Rodgers Adams.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Halsie Adams; six daughters, Mrs. Sallie
Poarch, Cornersville, Mrs. Lee Darnell, Nashville, Mrs. Florence Kilburn, Mrs.
Albert Williams, Mrs. Allen Francis, Giles County, and Mrs. Ruth Donigan,
Belfast, Maine; three sons, Edward and Tom C. Adams, Giles County, and James
Adams, Cornersville; thirty-six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ADAMS, Frederick Coleman "Freddie" The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1966
Frederick Coleman "Freddie" Adams, 21, was dead on arrival at Lincoln County
Hospital Thursday night, March 17, following a traffic accident near McBurg, and
William Wade Bass, 20, was charged with manslaughter and driving while
intoxicated. Harold Williams, 21, another passenger in the car driven by Bass,
received minor injuries.
Adams, son of George R. and Jeffie Davis Adams of Washington Heights in Pulaski,
was reportedly thrown from the automobile when it went out of control and
crashed into a tree off Highway 64 in Lincoln County about 10:30 p. m. Highway
Patrol Sgt. John Edwards said the three men were returning to Pulaski from
Fayetteville when the accident occurred.
Bass, a resident of the Cedar Grove community, was released under $1,000 bond
pending a hearing at Fayetteville on April 1. Williams address was given as
Pulaski.
Adams had recently completed a tour of duty with the U. S. Air Force. A native
of Giles County, he was born Feb. 24, 1945, in Pulaski.
Funeral services were conducted at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Survivors besides his parents, include two sisters, Mrs Betty Byrd of Pulaski
and Mrs. J. C. Wise of South Carolina; and three brothers, George R. Adams of
Ft. Hood, Texas, William Anderson Adams and Dennis Fagan Adams, both of South
Carolina.
ADAMS, Nathan A. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1966
Nathan A. Adams, 96, a native of Pulaski, who became the the "Dean of Dallas
Bankers," died Friday night, June 18, in a Dallas, Texas, hospital following a
long illness. He was honorary chairman of the board of First National Bank of
Dallas.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at All Saints Episcopal Church
and burial was in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas.
Mr. Adams was born in Pulaski in November, 1869, the son of Nathan and Susan
Louisa Pankey Adams. A great-niece, Miss Marguerite Woodard lives here.
He was married to the former Miss Bessie Ardinger of Dallas, who died a number
of years ago.
An account of Mr. Adams' death in The Dallas Morning News, states that he moved
from Pulaski to Dallas in 1887, at the age of 18, to take a jb with the Texas
and Pacific Railroad, borrowing $75 to make the trip. (He had worked for more
than a year as an $8-a-week clerk in a Pulaski bank.) Slightly more than a year
later, he resigned to take a job as a clerk with the National Exchange Bank.
By 1894, he was head of the bank's exchange department and through a series of
mergers, later became the First National Bank of Dallas and Mr. Adams was its
first president. In 1944 he became chairman of the board and held that position
until being named honorary chairman in 1953.
Mr. Adams served on the executive council of the American Bankers Association,
was vice-president and director of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and
was one of five member of President Herbert Hoover's Loan Bank Board.
He was chairman of the board of directors of the Texas Centennial Exposition in
1936, and during World War II he was cited by King George VI for outstanding
fund-raising work for British Relief. He was credited with the Texas Scottish
Rite Hospital for Crippled Children, for which he raised more than $1 million.
He was a Shriner and a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Kirtley Adams Watson of Dallas, one grandson,
two great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
ADCOCK, Rebecca Sue Lawson The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca Sue Lawson Adcock, 70, native Giles Countian,
were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home with the burial in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery, the Rev. John T.
Parsons officiating. Mrs. Adcock died Wednesday, February 19, in a Hartselle,
Tenn. hospital.
Born March 5, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William C.
Lawson and Mary Ann Eason Lawson. Her husband, Edward R. Adcock, died a number
of years ago. She was a member of the Rehoboth Methodist Church.
Mrs. Adcock, who had resided in the Somerville Community for twelve years, is
survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lyle Cain, Somerville; one son, Robert L. Adcock,
Cocoa Beach, Fla.; and six grandchildren.
ADKINS, Gray The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jun 1961
Graveside services for Gray Adkins, 58, native of Giles County, were held at one
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Maplewood Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. W. H.
Moss.
Mr. Adkins died Wednesday night, June 14, at St. Petersburg, Fla.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Adkins and
Alice Johnson Adkins.
Mr. Adkins is survived by two brothers, Thelma Adkins, Rogersville, Tenn., and
Lee Atwell Adkins, Akron, Ohio; and one sister, Mrs. Jean Hamby, Memphis.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ADKINS, Jim W. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Jim W. Adkins, 77, retired farmer of the Eighth Civil
District, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Rehoboth Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Marcus Nichol. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Adkins died at 12:30 o'clock Saturday morning, November 5, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born March 29, 1883, in Alabama, he was the son of the late Lee Adkins and
Martha Powell Adkins. He was a member of Rehoboth Methodist Church.
Mr. Adkins, the last member of a large family, is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Myrtle Watson Adkins; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ADKINS, Lee Atwell The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1968
Lee Atwell Adkins died Friday, February 9 in Akron, Ohio. Funeral services for
Mr. Adkins were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday, February 13, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Adkins was the son of the late John and Alice Ruth
Johnson Adkins.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Martha Goodwin Adkins, Akron, Ohio; three
daughters, Mrs. Juanita Martin, Pulaski, Elaine and Jeanette Adkins, Akron,
Ohio; two sons, Bill and Dennis Adkins, Akron, Ohio; and one sister, Mrs. Martha
Hamby, Memphis.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ADKINS, Robert Thelma The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Robert Thelma Adkins, 69, retired TVA employee, were held
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Cliff Miller, local minister. Burial took place in Giles Memory
Gardens. Mr. Adkins died on Thursday morning, June 9, at his home east of
Pulaski.
Born April 19, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John R. Adkins.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Adkins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fletcher Coggin Adkins; three sons, J.
C. Adkins, Nashville, Bobby Adkins, Huntsville, Ala., and Dickie Adkins,
Pulaski; one grandson; one brother, Lee A. Adkins, Akron, Ohio, and one sister,
Mrs. Martha Hamby, Memphis.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ADKISSON, Angeline Bennett The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1968
Mrs. Y. W. Adkisson, formerly Angeline Bennett, 92, of Columbia, died in Long
Mont, Colo., Monday night, July 8. She was an aunt of Mrs. J. M. Rackley, F. A.
Zuccarello, Mrs. Larry Montgomery and Mrs. Paul Puckett.
She graduated from Columbia Atheneum and taught in Coumbia schools. She moved to
Pulaski and was a chartered member of Students Club of Pulaski. She moved to
Long Mont, Colo., about fifty years ago and served as postmaster.
Survivors include two daughters, Miss Elizabeth Adkisson of Long Mont, Colo.,
and Mrs. Harold Hines of Seattle, Wash.
AGEE, Joe M. The Pulaski Citizen 14 May 1969
Joe M. Agee, uncle of Dr. Robert Agee, died Saturday, May 10, in LaFollette.
Funeral services for Mr. Agee, a local attorney, were held Monday, May 12 in
LaFollette.
Survivors include one brother, John H. Agee, Duff; six other nephews and nieces,
Jack Agee, South Carolina, Joe Agee, Cocord, James Agee, LaFollette, Mrs. Bryan
Faulkner, Duff, Mrs. James Myers, Texas, and Bill Agee, Memphis.
ALEXANDER, Ada Southerland The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Southerland Alexander, 75, Pulaski resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. James Shutt, Baptist ministers. Burial took
place in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Alexander died at 6 o'clock Saturday night,
December 21, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born March 8, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Southerland and Mary Southerland. She was a member of Lynnville Baptist Church.
Mrs. Alexander is survived by her husband, T. C. Alexander; one brother, J. H.
Southerland, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. J. W. Faulkner, Phil Campbell, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ALEXANDER, Daisie Bolden Teasley The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Mrs. Daisie Bolden Teasley Alexander died Monday, October 9, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. W. M. Rainey, on East College Street.
Services were conducted on Tuesday, October 10, at 2:30 p. m., at the Methodist
Church in Ashland City. The Rev. Billy Craighead and Bill Moss officiated, and
burial was in Riverview Cemetery.
Mrs. Alexander was a native of Giles County and a graduate of Martin College.
She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wood Bolden. Her husband was the
late Charlie Lee Teasley. She served as Cheatham County Court Clerk in the
Mid-1920's, and was employed for 30 years by the State Revenue Department in
Nashville.
Survivors, in addition to her daughter, are one son, Charles L. Teasley, Jr.,
Lebanon; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. J. L. Church, Santa Fe, and Mrs.
L. H. Clark, Endicott, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ALEXANDER, Daisy Dunlap The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Dunlap Alexander, 85, native Giles Countian,
were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at a Decatur, Ala., funeral home, with
the burial in Pulaski in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Alexander died at one o'clock
Saturday afternoon, June 2, at a Cullman, Ala., hospital after a long illness.
Born December 28, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Franklin Dunlap and Samuella Smith Dunlap. Her husband, Harvey Alexander, died
many years ago.
Mrs. Alexander is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Marion Robertson and Mrs.
William R. Griffin, Cullman, Ala., and Mrs. Herman Kyle, Birmingham, Ala.; two
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Alexander was an aunt of three local residents, Mrs. W. B. Johnson, Mrs.
John Scott Darnell and Thomas F. Dunlap.
ALEXANDER, Lena Tidwell The Pulaski Citizen 26 Sep 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Tidwell Alexander, native of Giles County, who
died Tuesday night, September 25, at the home of her daughter in Donelson, will
be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
The last member of her immediate family she was the daughter of the late James
P. Tidwell and Jane Johnson Tidwell, early settlers of the county. Her husband,
Milton Elbert (El) Alexander, died many years ago.
Mrs. Alexander is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Terrell Murphy, Donelson,
Mrs. Will L. Nelson, Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Clarence Upshaw, Knoxville, and Mrs.
Wiley H. Rhoton, Chattanooga; and a number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ALEXANDER, Shirley Dare The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
The third accidental electrocution in this area within a period of five days
took the life of well known Columbia osteopath Monday afternoon, March 1, after
his automobile left rain-slick Highway 31, knocked down a utility pole and went
over an embankment in to an old rock quarry about eleven miles north of Pulaski.
Dr. Shirley Dare Alexadner, 65, was apparently unhurt in the accident and
climbed back to the road after calling to passers-by to secure wrecker service
for the vehicle. A few minutes later, he stepped backward onto one of the downed
electrical lines and received a 12,000-volt current through his body.
State Trooper Homer Smith, who had gone to the scene, administered
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation without success and Dr. Alexander was dead on
arrival at Giles County Hospital.
Dr. Alexander, a native of Henderson County, Ky., was a graduate of the American
School of Osteopathy and had lived in Columbia since 1928. He owned a cottage at
Clear Creek Lake in Giles County and had spent much of his leisure time there in
recent years. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, and the
Elks Lodge.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Columbia.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Scott Alexander; a sister, Mrs. W. N.
Hensley of Henderson, Ky.; and two grandchildren.
ALLEN, Aaron Vance (Jack) The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1969
Aaron Vance (Jack) Allen, died Thursday, February 13, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Allen were held Friday afternoon, February 14, in the
chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Maybon Dugger, Church of Christ
minister officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of the Campbellsville Community, Mr. Allen was the son of the late
Jerome H. and Alice Daniels Allen.
Mr. Allen was a retired merchant, having maintained a store in Culleoka for 24
years, retired farmer of Lincoln County and a veteran of World War I. He was a
member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Exine Dugger Allen; two daughters, Mrs. J. P.
Burgett, Culleoka, and Mrs. Malcolm Earls, Memphis; seven grandchildren; four
sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Shelby, Pulaski, Mrs. S. R Irwin, Columbia, Mrs. C. B.
Tyler, and Mrs. J. M. Morphis, Culleoka; two brothers, R. L. Allen and Eugene
Allen, both of Lynnville.
ALLEN, Annie Hale The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Hale Allen, 69, resident of the Rich Community,
were held at one o'clock Friday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in
Columbia with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Andrew Brown, minister of Second
Creek Church of Christ in Pulaski, officiated. Mrs. Allen died at 5 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, February 24, in Maury County Hospital, Columbia.
She was a native of Maury County and was a retired school teacher, having taught
in both Maury and Giles Counties. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Allen is survived by her husband, Loyd Allen, merchant at Rich; one
half-brother, Horace Pugh, Athens, Ala.; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Forrest
Lyles, Winter Haven, Fla., and Mrs. M. B. Broisus, Charlotte, N. C.
ALLEN, Edd The Pulaski Citizen 6 Sep 1967
Edd Allen, 57, died Tuesday, September 5, at a local clinic, following a heart
attack.
Services will be conducted at 1 o'clock, Thursday afternoon, September 7, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. William Suddarth officiating.
Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Allen, a native of Giles County, was born January 21, 1910. He was the son
of Mrs. Lola Willis Allen and the late William Allen of Giles County.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by hs wife, Mrs. Beatrice Cobble
Allen, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Hill, Jr., Elkton; one grandchild;
three sisters, Mrs. Ed Butler Hayes, Mrs. Lawrence Toone, and Mrs. Earlene Toone,
Pulaski; four brothers, Ray, Prospect, Aude, Florida, Ted, Huntsville, Ala., and
James Allen of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ALLEN, Leota Poarch The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Leota Poarch Allen, 83, Diana resident, were held at
10 o'clock Friday morning in McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville, conducted by
the Rev. Thomas Vann, Methodist minister. Burial took place in New Hope Cemetery
in Marshall County. She died at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday night, December 29, at
the home of a son, Ben Allen, in the Frankewing section.
Born May 11, 1882, she was the daughter of the late John Poarch and Molly Clift
Poarch. She was a member of the Diana Methodist Church. Her husband, Sam Allen,
died many years ago.
In addition to the one son, Ben Allen, she is survived by two other sons, Floyd
Allen, Cornersville, and Elbert Allen, Ohio; and nine grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren.
ALLEN, Lillian B. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1968
Miss Lillian B. Allen, 73, died suddenly at her home on Grigsby Street Tuesday
afternoon, June 11.
Funeral services for Miss Allen, retired nurse, will be held Thursday morning,
June 13, at 10 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with the Revs.
Albert Pope and Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Davis County, Ky., Miss Allen was born September 16, 1894, the
daughter of the late Lewis and Sally Tilford Allen.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Cora Young, Pulaski, and one niece, Mrs. R.
Drummond, Ohio
ALLISON, Basil Lee The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
A young Pulaski man was killed early Tuesday morning by a shotgun blast said to
have been fired by his brother, Thomas, 18, at the family home on Jones Street.
He was Basil Lee Allison, 20, married and the father of a 9-months-old son.
Police Chief Collins Wilkes said Thomas Allison was charged with first degree
murder and arraigned in General Sessions Court. He is being held in Giles County
Jail without bond pending a preliminary hearing before Judge David Rhea at 9 a.
m. Saturday.
Chief Wilkes and Sheriff P. M. Butler said there had been trouble between the
brothers over a period of time and the two started arguing Monday afternoon.
Thomas left the house about midnight and went to a neighbor's home and asked to
borrow a shotgun, Butler said, but the neighbor refused, telling him he could
have the gun at daylight.
The youth went home and stayed there about an hour before returning to the
neighbor's home and taking the 12-guage, single barrel shotgun while the owner
slept, according to the officers. He then went to the front door of his parents'
home and called for his brother to come out. When Basil came to the door, Thomas
shot him, Butler said. He died about two hours later at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p. m. at Bennett-May Funeral Home by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and burial was in Chestnut Grove Cemetery.
Survivors include his parents, Johnny and Emma Lee Stafford Allison; his wife,
Mrs. Virginia Waltz Allison; one son, Basil, Jr.; two brothers, Thomas and
James; four sisters, Misses Wanda Gail, Betty Marie and Patricia Ann and Mrs.
Hazel Marie Garner; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Allison, all of
Pulaski.
ALLISON, Curry Y. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Curry Y. Allison, husband of a Giles County native, were
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Woodlawn Chapel of Roses, Thompson
Lane, Nashville, with the burial there. Mr. Allison died on Tuesday, October 19,
in a Nashville hospital.
Mr. Allison is survived by his wife, Euna Cardin Allison; and two sisters, Mrs.
D. A. Watson, Duncan, Okla., and Mrs. R. H. Sullivan, Nashville.
ALLISON, George Pierce The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1960
Funeral services for George Pierce Allison, 74, retired railroad telegrapher of
Nashville, were held Wednesday afternoon, January 13, at Cosmopolitan Funeral
Home with the burial in that city. Mr. Allison died on Tuesday, January 12, of
pneumonia at his home.
A native of Pulaski, he had lived in Nashville since 1918. Forty-six years ago,
he married the former Miss Lucy Staggs who survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Joe B. Kelso and Mrs. Henry Grisham,
both of Nashville; one son, John R. Allison, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; one sister,
Mrs. Mae Smith; and one brother, James A. Allison, both of White House, Tenn.
ALLISON, Mary Georgia Brewer The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Jim C. Allison, 69, were h eld at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at Prospect Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. John Bradford,
pastor, assisted by Rev. Ernest Casteel of Columbia. Burial took place in the
Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Allison died on Thursday afternoon, November 2, at the
home at Prospect after a twelve years illness.
A native of Wayne County, she was the former Miss Mary Georgia Brewer, the
daughter of the late John Bell Brewer and Mary Hannah Horton Brewer. She was a
member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Allison, a resident of Giles County for the past 35 years, is survived by
her husband, Jim C. Allison; three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Moss and Mrs. Bessie
Moss, Prospect, and Mrs. Alice Rose, Athens, Ala.; two sons, John T. Allison,
Pulaski, and James H. Allison, Gary, Ind.; twenty-three grandchildren and ten
great-grandchildren; one brother, Jess Brewer, Cloverdale, Ala.; and two
sisters, Miss Merica Brewer, Peoria, Ill., and Mrs. Rachel Graham, Rogersville,
Ala. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ALSUP, Charlie W. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jul 1969
Charlie W. Alsup, 56, died Saturday afternoon, July 5, in Giles County Hospital.
Services were held Monday afternoon, July 7, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr
and Erwin Funeral Home with Mr. Andy Brown and Mr. Van Bowers, Church of Christ
ministers, officiating. Burial was in Stella Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Alsup was born August 4, 1913, the son of Mrs.
Mazzie Alsup of Auburndale, Fla. and the late Ervin Alsup.
He was an employee of the Genesco Corp. for twenty-five years and a member of
the Stella Church of Christ.
Survivors in addition to his mother, Mrs. Selma Pigg Alsup; one son, David Alsup,
Pulaski; one step-son, Robert C. McGill, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Judy
Crabtree of Prospect; one step-daughter, Mrs. Helen Copen, Germany; one brother,
Osteen Alsup, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. John Kelly, Florida; one half-sister,
Mrs. Johnnie Harrison, Pulaski; and nine grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ALSUP, Lillie McKinney The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie McKinney Alsup, 78, widow of Will Alsup, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ, conducted
by Ed Harper, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in the Jackson
Cemetery. Mrs. Alsup died at 9:25 o'clock on Thursday night, July 21, at Jackson
Clinic at Lester, Ala., after a two weeks illness.
Born November 29, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jack
McKinney and Lou Ina Browning McKinney, and was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Her husband died eleven years ago.
Mrs. Alsup is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Buren Davis, Mrs. Reedus Gatlin
and Mrs. Oliver Gatlin, Giles County; one son, Howard Alsup, Minor Hill; fifteen
grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren; one brother, H. S. McKinney, Minor
Hill; and two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Hardiman, Sheffield, Ala., and Mrs. Cora
Jackson, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ALVIS, James Charlie The Pulaski Citizen 19 Sep 1962
Funeral services for James Charlie Alvis, 73, Minor Hill resident were held at
one o'clock Sunday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Bob Brothers.
Burial took place in Gum Springs Cemetery in Lawrence County. Mr. Alvis died on
Friday, September 14, at his home.
Born in Alabama, July 23, 1889, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Alvis. He was a member of the Baptist Church
Mr. Alvis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Viola Norwood Alvis; three sons, Hooper
Alvis, North Carolina, William Cole Alvis, and Charles M. Alvis, both of
California; one daughter, Mrs. Leona Davis of Nashville; two half-brothers,
Clyde Alvis, Florence, Ala. and Edward Alvis, Georgia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AMASON, J. B. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
J. B. Amason, 62, died Monday, January 22, at Giles County Hospital. Funeral
services for Mr. Amason were held at 11 a. m. at New Bethel Baptist Church with
the Revs. Mack Pinkelton and Vertees McDougal officiating. Burial was in
Mitchell Cemetery.
A native of Clay County, Ala., Mr. Amason was born August 31, 1904, the son of
the late L. J. and Nora Denney Amason. His wife was the late Geneva Phillips
Amason.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Florence Sneed, Giles County, Mrs. Nita
Haise Hall, Umetrila, Fla.; one son, Woodston Amason, Underwood, Ala.;
fourbrothers, Lyneward Amason, Lynnville, Ala., Ezra Amason, Lynnwood, Ala.,
Loyd and R. P. Amason of Georgia; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Amason of Georgia,
Mrs. Exie McQuary, Lynnville, Ala., Mrs. Ethel Young, Jacksonville, Fla..; nine
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AMIS, Charles Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Charles Wesley Amis, 56, native Giles Countian, were held
Thursday afternoon at First Baptist Church in Athens, Ala., with burial in
Athens City Cemetery. Mr. Amis died early Wednesday morning, November 8, at his
home, 4710 Franklin Road, Nashville, after suffering a heart attack.
He had made his home in Nashville twenty-one years where he had operated his own
business. Born November 12, 1904, in Giles County, he was the son of the late
John L. Amis and Emma Allen Amis. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Amis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Orlean Graves Amis; one sister, Mrs.
Mildred Tolleson, New Orleans, La.; and two brothers, John Horace Amis, Pulaski,
and Frank Amis, Detroit, Mich.
AMIS, John Horace The Pulaski Citizen 4 Mar 1964
Funeral services for John Horace Amis, 61, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Amis died Thursday, February 27, in Giles County
Hospital following a long illness.
Born September 14, 1902, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Lewis
Amis and Emma Allen Amis. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Amis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vada Campbell Amis; two sons, Robert
Horace Amis, Birmingham, Ala., and Lewis Neal Amis, Memphis; one daughter, Betty
Joan Dean, Marietta, Ga.; nine grandchildren; one brother, Frank Amis, Detroit,
Mich.; and one sister, Mrs. Mildred Tolleson, New Orleans, La.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AMIS, Vada Eulalia Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 24 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Vada Eulalia Campbell Amis, 59, Pulaski resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery. She died at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
November 23, in Giles County Hospital, after several months illness.
Born July 8, 1906, in Garland, Texas, she was the daughter of Walter N.
Campbell, who survive. She was a member of the East HillChurch of Christ.
Mrs. Amis held many offices in civic clubs and community organizations. Among
them were Bodenham Home Demonstration Club, Bodenham PTA and Giles County PTA,
Bodenham Community Club, Pulaski Chapter Business and Professional Women's Club
and Giles County Fair Committee.
She was the World Book representative for six years and an Avon representative
for the past ten years.
Her husband, John Horace Amis, died February 27, 1964.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Amis is survived by two sons, Lewis N. Amis,
Memphis, and Robert H. Amis, Birmingham, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Joann
Dean, Marietta, Ga.; nine grandchildren; and six brothers, Rufus E. Campbell and
Tom A. Campbell, Pulaski, Howard Campbell, Glendale, Calif., Lawrence Campbell,
Athens, Ala., Giles E. Campbell, Tucson, Ariz., and Robert N. Campbell, Clinton,
Tenn.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ANDERSON, Lola Bass The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1961
Mrs. John W. Anderson, 73, a former resident of Giles County, died of lung
cancer at one o'clock Sunday, July 9, at Sheppard Air Force Base Hospital in
Wichita Falls, Texas. Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
at McFarlin Memorial Methodist Church in Norman, Okla., her home, followed by
the burial there.
Mrs. Anderson, the former Miss Lola Bass, was born in the Pisgah Community of
Giles County, in 1887, the daughter of the late N. J. And Willie Worsham Bass.
Finishing her education in the county's public schools she taught for a number
of years at Pleasant Hill, Youngs Chapel and Pisgah. After her marriage to Mr.
Anderson, U. S. Army retired, she moved to Oklahoma and has made her home there
for many years. Mr. Anderson survives.
Mrs. Anderson also has one son, Nathan Anderson of Norman, Okla.; two daughters,
Mrs. Jesse Ludrick of Plainview, Texas, and Mrs. Marvin Wilson of Las Crusces,
N. Mex.; six grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Roller of Nashville, and
Mrs. Edd Lee Ingram of Pulaski.
ANDERSON, Thomas Daniel The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1960
Thomas Daniel Anderson, 93, retired school teacher and farmer, died at 6 o'clock
on Monday morning, June 20, at his home in the Weakley Community after an
extended period of declining health. Funeral rites were held at 1:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in New Hope
Cemetery on Weakley Creek. The Rev. Chester A. Stephens, pastor of Trinity
Methodist Church, officiated.
Mr. Anderson, one of the oldest citizens of the county, was born October 20,
1866, the son of the late Joshua Jackson Anderson and Martha Davenport Anderson,
members of pioneer families of Giles County. He taught school in the county for
many years and had been a member of the Methodist Church the greater part of his
life.
Mr. Anderson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susie Petty Anderson; two sons, Loyd
Anderson, Nashville, and Joe D. Anderson, Weakley Community; one daughter, Mrs.
Martin L. Harris, Columbia; and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ANDERSON, Una Ora Thurman The Pulaski Citizen 1 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Una Ora Anderson, 89, were held Tuesday at Enterprise
Methodist Church with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Anderson died
Monday, July 30, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Marvin Barr in the Screamer
Community in Maury County.
She was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to the daughter, Mrs. Anderson is survived by one son, William
Anderson, Maury County; a step-daughter, Mrs. Robert Green, Lynnville; one
sister, Mrs. Douglas Thurman, Lynnville; and eight grandchildren.
ANDREWS, Laura Seay The Pulaski Citizen 14 Mar 1962
Mrs. W. F. Andrews, Tyler, Texas, died at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, March
7, at a hospital in that city. Services took place there on Thursday afternoon.
The former Miss Laura Seay, she was a sister of Mrs. Floyd Nelson, Sr., Pulaski,
whom she frequently visited.
In addition to Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Andrews is survived by two other sisters; and
one brother, N. H. Seay, Montgomery, Ala., and one son and five daughters.
ANDREWS, Marvin Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
Marvin Franklin Andrews, 69, owner and operator of Red and White Cab Company
here since 1945, died Sunday, April 27, at Madison Hospital of an apparent heart
attack.
Funeral services were conducted today (Wednesday) at 2 p. m. at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and Andrew Brown officiating. Burial
was in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
A native of Pettusville, Ala., born Feb. 9, 1900, Mr. Andrews was the son of
Earl T. and Nellie Hargrove Andrews. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nellie Lurlean Dunnivant Andrews; one son,
James F. Andrews of Pocomoke, Md.; two brothers,William T. and Leonard J.
Andrews, both of Athens, Ala.; and one sister, Mrs. Lucille Pettey of
Birmingham, Ala.
ANDREWS, William Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 07 Jul 1965
Funeral services for William Jackson Andrews, 81, retired Railroad conductor,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Salem Church of Christ in Limestone
County, Ala., with the burial in the new cemetery at the church. Mr. Andrews
died on Sunday, July 4, at his home in the Salem Community after a long illness.
Born December 31, 1884, in Maury County, Tenn., he was the son of the late
William Andrews and Virgie Jackson Andrews. He was a member of the Church of
Christ, a Mason, the ORC, a railroad affiliation, and AMORC fraternity.
Mr. Andrews is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Keith Andrews; one daughter, Mrs.
Gil Thompson and two grandchildren, Centerville, Tenn; and one brother, John
Andrews, Lewisburg.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements. .
ANGUS, R. A. "Jack" The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jan 1963
Funeral services for R. A. (Jack) Angus, 71, retired farmer, were held at 1:30
o'clock Monday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia, with the
burial in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mr. Angus died Saturday, December 15,
in Maury County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, he moved to Maury County in 1924. He married the
former Miss Willie Mae Stewart in 1912. She survives.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Angus is survived by one son, Stewart Angus,
Mooresville; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Hyle, Columbia, and Mrs. Milton Akin,
Hampshire; four grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. W. H. Owens, Lynnville.
ANTHONY, John Clifton The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1966
Dr. John Clifton Anthony, 88, retired Birmingham, Ala., physician and Giles
native, died Monday night, May 2, in Birmingham University Hospital.
Funeral rites took place on Wednesday in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with the
burial in Elmwood Cemetery, with vestrymen as the pall bearers.
Born August 16, 1877, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Wilkes
Anthony and Emma C. Anthony Anthony. He was graduated from the old Birmingham
Medical College in 1909, and served as superintendent of the old Hillman
Hospital, 1909 and 1910. He retired a few years ago. He was a member of the
Jefferson County Medical Society, the Alabama Medical Society and the American
Medical Society. He was a member of the Episcopal Church.
Dr. Anthony is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Smith Anthony; one daughter, Mrs.
Mary McKimmin Anthony (Ernest S.) Strong, Birmingham, Ala.; one son, John C.
Anthony, Jr., Marietta, Ga.; and five grandchildren.
ANTHONY, Mary E. "Mollie" The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Miss Mary E. "Mollie" Anthony, 84, native Giles Countian,
were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home
with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Miss Anthony died early Sunday in a Nashville
hospital.
Born May 11, 1880, she was the daughter of Joseph Noah Anthony and Henrietta
Fogg Anthony. She was a member of Cedar Grove Methodist Church.
The last member of her immediate family, Miss Anthony is survived by a number of
nieces and nephews and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary Anthony. Pulaski Funeral Home,
in charge of arrangements.
APPLEBY, Cecil Samuel Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Nov 1969
Cecil Samuel Appleby, Jr., 56, of Nashville, son of Mrs. Samuel Cecil Appleby of
Pulaski and the late Mr. Appleby, died unexpectedly Monday, November 10, in
Athens, Ohio, after suffering a heart attack while on a business trip there.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at First
Presbyterian Church here with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
The body is at the home of his aunts, Mrs. Carl Reeves and Mrs. Robert Yancey.
A native of Pulaski, Mr. Appleby was born August 13, 1913, and spent his early
years in Lewisburg. His mother is the former Lula Montgomery.
He attended Branham and Hughes Preparatory School at Springhill and Cumberland
University at Lebanon, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
He was married in 1941 to Miss Lillian Loyd Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
Clifford Collins of Pulaski.
Mr. Appleby was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Nashville and had for a
number of years been associated with Litton Industries. At the time of his
death, he was manager of Litton Automated Business Systems.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Richard Milson (Marylee)
Magee of Honduras, Central America, and Mrs. Joseph H. (Lady Loyd) Torrence of
Nashville; and two granddaughters, Cecelia and Mary Lynne Magee, both of
Honduras.
APPLETON, Douglas Winchester The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1968
Douglas Winchester Appleton, 72, died Thursday, August 15, at his home on Route
Five, Lawrenceburg.
Funeral services for Mr. Appleton, a retired farmer, were held Saturday
afternoon, August 17, at New Prospect Church of Christ, with W. H. Lanier,
Church of Christ minister officiating. Burial was in Shaw Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Appleton was born March 12, 1896, the son of the
late Sam and Nancy Sutton Appleton. His wife was the late Martha Kelly Appleton.
Survivors include five sons, Harvey Appleton, California, Herbert, James and
Noel Appleton, all of Lawrence County, and Mahlon Appleton, Pulaski; two
daughters, Mrs. Charlie Griggs, Pulaski and Mrs. Lelan Barnett, Lawrence County;
twenty-one grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Weakley
Appleton, Ohio, and John Appleton, Veto, Ala.; three sisters, Mrs. Easter Adams,
Veto, Ala., Mrs. Geneva Long, and Mrs. Mickie Johnson, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
APPLETON, Martha Smith The Pulaski Citizen 30 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Smith Appleton, 67, wife of Douglas W.
Appleton, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in New Prospect Church of
Christ with the burial in the Shaw Cemetery. Mrs. Appleton died on December 24
in Lawrence County Hospital.
Born August 9, 1897, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Bill
Smith and Sereney Barhar Smith. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Appleton is survived by five sons, Mahlon E.
Appleton, Pulaski, Herbert F. Appleton, Giles County, James W. Appleton and Noel
G. Appleton, both of Lawrenceburg, and Harvey Eugene Appleton, California; two
daughters, Mrs. Ruby Griggs, Pulaski, and Mr. Pearlie Mae Barnett, Giles County;
twenty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Don Smith,
Pulaski, and D. A. Smith, Lawrenceburg; and one sister, Mrs. Beulah Holder,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
APPLETON, Thomas Columbus (Lum) The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1960
Funeral services for Thomas Columbus (Lum) Appleton, 77, retired farmer and
merchant of Minor Hill, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Minor Hill
Baptist Church, with the Rev. Bob Brothers officiating. Burial took place in the
church cemetery. Mr. Appleton died at 1:10 o'clock on Saturday morning, April
23, at Giles County Hospital after a weeks illness. Born April 20, 1883, in
Lawrence County, he was the son of the late John Henry Appleton and Sallie Anna
Robinson Appleton.
Mr. Appleton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Shelton Appleton; six
daughters, Mrs. Margaret Bailey and Mrs. Katherine Bailey, both of Anderson,
Ala., Mrs. Janine Pumphrey, Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Rebecca Sandusky, Lakeland,
Fla., Miss Ruth Appleton, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Willodene Kelly, Rogersville,
Ala.; two sons, John Robert Appleton and R. H. Appleton, both of Minor Hill;
twelve grand children; four sisters, Mrs. Inez Henson, Columbia, Mrs. Jim
Woodward, Selmer, Mrs. John Jones and Miss Julia Appleton, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett May and Company in charge of arrangements.
APPLETON, Thomas J. The Pulaski Citizen 6 Aug 1969
Thomas J. Appleton, 89, died Monday, August 4, in a Nashville nursing home.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, August 6, at 2 o'clock in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andy Brown, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Powell Cemetery.
Survivors include one son, Thomas M. Appleton of Nashville; two grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren. Bennett-May
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ARCHER, Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Wesley Archer, 60, who died Sunday in Reno, Nevada, will be
held at Bennett-May Funeral Home Saturday morning at 11 o'clock with burial in
Giles Memory Garden.
A native of Cheatham County, Mr. Archer was married to the former Miss Ella Mae
Boone of Pulaski, who survives, and had lived in Reno for many years.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Wade and Aubrey Archer, and
two daughters, Mrs. Helen Barnes and Mrs. Beverly Ann Sands, all of Reno, Nev.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ARMOR, Joseph Walker The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jun 1969
Joseph Walker Armor, 79, died Thursday, June 5, at her home in the Stella
Community.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, June 7, at one o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, he was born November 4, 1889, the son of the late
Lewis and Mattie Faust Armor.
Survivors include two sons, Charles Armor and Joe Armor, both of Louisville,
Ky.; one daughter, Mrs. Martha Callaway, Louisville, Ky.; one grandchild; one
sister, Mrs. Vera Wallace, Nashville; and three step-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ARNETT, Delia McMullins The Pulaski Citizen 16 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Delia McMullins Arnett, 81, native Giles Countian,
were held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, of
which she was a member.
Rites were conducted by the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway and burial took place in
the church cemetery. Mrs. Arnett died early Wednesday morning, November 9, after
a long illness at the Austin Hewitt Home where she had made her home since
December of 1951.
Born July 4, 1879, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Franklin D.
McMullins and Mattie Whitt McMullins Daly. Her husband, Rabe Arnett, died
January 27, 1936.
Mrs. Arnett is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Guy Clem, Elkmont, Ala., and Mrs.
Jim Smith, Terrell, Texas; one half-sister, Mrs. Edd Gowen, Harrisburg, Ark.,
and five half-brothers, Polk Daly, Decatur, Ala., Mark Daly, Dallas, Texas,
Perry Daly, Athens, Ala., Fred Daly, Elkmont, Ala., and Mason Daly,
Fayetteville. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews, including the
niece, Mrs. Otey Hargrove, who lives in Pulaski.
ARNEY, Andrew Augustus The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jun 1960
Andrew Augustus Arney died suddenly Saturday night at his home on Signal
Mountain in Chattanooga from a heart attack and funeral services were held in
that city on Monday, June 13, with burial in Riverview Cemetery at Fayetteville.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Arney was born February 27, 1906, and moved to
Pulaski with his parnets, Kirk M. and Lela Bass Arney, at the age of six. He
received his education in Pulaski schools.
Mr. Arney was a general contractor and owner of the A. A. Arney Construction
Co., having had experience in the construction business with his father for a
number of years before moving to Chattanooga about twenty years ago.
He was married to the former Miss Louise Poole of Fayetteville, who survives.
Other survivors are his mother, who makes her home in Pulaski; one son, John,
who is a member of his father's construction firm; one daughter, Miss Linda
Arney; and a grandson, John Kirk Arney, all of Chattanooga.
ARNEY, Benjamin Elmo The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1960
Funeral services for Benjamin Elmo Arney, 83, retired farmer of Giles County,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites
were conducted by Rev. William H. Moss and Dr. William H. Mansfield with the
burial in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Arney died from a heart
attack at 5:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, May 2, at Giles County Hospital.
Born July 15, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Daniel Webster
Arney, and Zora May McWhirter Arney.
He was twice married; his first wife, Mrs. Kathleen Allen Arney, died a number
of years ago. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Arney is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Forsythe Smith Arney; three sons,
Benton Arney, Prospect, Roy Brown Arney, Wales, and Allen Arney, Nashville; five
grandchildren; one step-son, Dorris Smith, Birmingham, Ala.; one sister, Mrs.
Cleve Parker, Meridian, Miss.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Aileen Harwell,
Frankewing, Mrs. Tully Reed, Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Sayre Slauson, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.; and two half-brothers, Horace Arney and Clifford Arney, both
of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ARNEY, Bessie Forsythe The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1969
Mrs. Bessie Arney, 77, died Tuesday morning, January 7, at her home in Pulaski.
Funeral services for Mrs. Arney, wife of the late B. E. Arney, were held
Wednesday afternoon, January 8, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Craighead and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Arney was born September 17, 1891. Survivors
include two sisters, Mrs. Louise Brownlow, Stella, Mrs. Ola Davis, Columbia;
three step-sons, Roy Brown Arney, Pulaski, Benton Arney, Atlanta, Ga., and
Edward Allen Arney, Lewisburg. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
ARTHUR, Hattie Florence McKelvy The Pulaski Citizen 14 May 1969
Mrs. Hattie Florence Arthur, 56, died Wednesday morning, May 14, after suffering
a heart attack.
Funeral services for Mrs. Arthur, employee of the Stephen Manufacturing Co.,
will be conducted Thursday afternoon, May 15, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial
will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Arthur was born October 27, 1912, the daughter of
the late Raleigh McKelvy and Mattie William McKelvy.
Survivors include one son, William Arthur, Cornersville; two daughter, Mrs.
Charles Brashears, Pulaski and Mrs. Forrest Newton, Giles County; one brother,
Roy McKelvy, Giles County; one sister, Mrs. Mary Fox, Fairhaven Nursing Home;
one half-sister, Mrs. William Attkisson, Pulaski; and seven grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ARTHUR, Marvin Elmer The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Marvin Elmer Arthur, 40, employee of the Stanley, Inc.,
were held Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery. He died Wednesday night, February 2, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born April 6, 1925, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Elmer Marvin
Arthur and Lena Wolf Arthur.
Mr. Arthur is survived by his wife, Mrs. Christine Ashford Arthur; four
brothers, Clifford Arthur and John Arthur, Pulaski, Chester Arthur, Lewisburg
and William Allen Arthur, Prospect; and three sisters, Mrs. Coley Pierce,
Pulaski, Mrs. Clyde Miller, Greenfield, Ky., and Mrs. Levoy Porter, Detroit,
Mich.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ARTHUR, Oscar Lee Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Oscar Lee Arthur, Sr., 74, retired merchant, were held at 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Raymond L. Greenway and the Rev. Floyd Cates. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Arthur died at 5:15 o'clock Monday afternoon, May 30, at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Mabron Mitchell, after several months illness.
Born November 3, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Richard
Arthur and Mary Brooks Arthur. His wife, Mrs. Maggie Deason Arthur, died
approximately three years ago. He was a member of Olivet Methodist Church.
In addition to his daughter who resides on Elm Street, Pulaski; Mr. Arthur is
survived by one son, Oscar Lee Arthur, Jr.; and one grandchild, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ASKINS, Herbert Knox The Pulaski Citizen 12 May 1965
Funeral services for Herbert Knox Askins, 59, retired employee of Stanley, Inc.,
Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery at Fayetteville.
Mr. Askins died at 9:45 o'clock Sunday night, May 9, in a Nashville hospital,
following an extended period of declining health.
Born September 30, 1905, in Fayetteville, he was the son of the late Elgie
Joseph Askins and Elizabeth Odell Clark Askins. He had been employed by Stanley,
Inc., for twenty-seven years. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church,
serving as a deacon.
Mr. Askins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alverne Bennett Askins; two brothers,
Clark Askins, Houston, Texas, and E. J. Askins, Jr., Bonham, Texas; and two
sisters, Mrs. C. L. Benson and Mrs. Joe Grissom, both of Waco, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ATTKISSON, Joe Abner The Pulaski Citizen 12 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Joe Abner Attkisson, 76, Pulaski resident, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert
Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Attkisson died Sunday afternoon, October 9, at his home.
A native of Giles County, he was born November 11, 1883, the son of the late
Henry Attkisson and Minnie Appleton Attkisson.
Mr. Attkisson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida May Johns Attkisson; four
daughters, Mrs. Maggie Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Alma Gilbert, Mrs. Maurine Hooey and
Mrs. Juanita Wilburn, all of Giles County; two sons, Willie Joe Attkisson,
Pulaski and James Henry Attkisson, Florida; thirteen grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; and one sister, Mrs. Mary Witsell, Alabama.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ATTKISSON, Ruby Risner The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jul 1969
Mrs. Ruby Attkisson, 57, died Sunday, July 20, at her home in the Liberty Hill
community.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, July 22, at 2 o'clock in the
Liberty Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. H. H. Gibson and the Rev. Woodrow
Stockman, officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Attkisson was born October 20, 1912, the daughter
of the late Newt and Maggie Risner. Her husband was the late Grady Attkisson.
Survivors include one son, Larry Attkisson, Liberty Hill; three daughters, Mrs.
Veda Davis, Lawrence County, Mrs. Irene Yocum, Ethridge and Mrs. Georgia LaCroix,
Liberty Hill; three brothers, Dave Risner, Coy Risner, and Roy Risner, all of
Giles County; four sisters, Mrs. Alta Hickman, Liberty Hill, Mrs. Louise
Fincher, Florida, Mrs. Lacey Davis, Ethridge, and Mrs. Neva Gowan Liberty Hill;
six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ATWOOD, Dora Tillery The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1968
Mrs. Dora Atwood, 61, died Sunday night, July 7, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Atwood, wife of O. L. Atwood, were held Tuesday
afternoon, July 9, at Forrest Hill Cemetery, Memphis.
She was born September 4, 1906, the daughter of the late Jim and Theresa Looney
Tillery.
Survivors in addition to her husband include five daughters, Mrs. Charles
Harris, Mrs. Alice Rosher, Mrs. Timothy Hadden, Mrs. Johnny Hook, all of
Memphis, and Mrs. Oliver Perkins, Illinois; five sons, James Hugh Luna and Berry
Luna, Memphis, Henry Luna, Oregon, Marion Luna, Illinois, and Harold Luna,
Texas; and one sister, Mrs. Jack Ditto, Giles County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AUSTIN, Eugene Baugh The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1960
Funeral services for Eugene Baugh Austin, 68, native of Giles County, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Elkton Methodist Church, of which he was a
member. Rites were conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, a relative, and the
Rev. Raymond Greenway, pastor of the church, with burial in Elkton Cemetery. Mr.
Austin died Friday, May 6, at Thayer Veterans Hospital, Nashville, following
emergency surgery performed early that morning.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was born October 19, 1891, the son of the
late Orville Ewing Austin and Minnie Ross Austin. He was graduated from Massey
School for Boys at Pulaski and attended Trinity College (now Duke University) at
Durham, N. C.
A retired Marine Corpsman, he made the Armed Services his career, serving in
both World War I and World War II.
Mr. Austin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Young Thomas Austin; four
step-children, Mrs. Martin Lewis and Mrs. Fred Allen, Memphis, Mrs. John Robert
Thomas, Elkton and Edward Loyd Thomas, Chattanooga; one brother, Albert Austin,
Danville, Ill.; and three sisters, Mrs. Benton E. Phelps, Pulaski, Mrs. Charles
Ball, Waterloo, Iowa, and Mrs. Raymond Horn, Rogersville, Tenn.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
AUSTIN, Tom Lee The Pulaski Citizen 27 Aug 1969
Tom Lee Austin, 74, died Saturday morning, August 23, in the Elkton community.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, August 24, at 1:30 o'clock in
the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. Tom Davis officiating.
Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Austin was born December 28, 1894, the son of the
late William E. Austin and Cora Ham Austin.
Survivors include one son, Thomas E. Austin, Elkton; one daughter, Mrs. Annie
Ruth Croney, Elkton; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AYERS, Ralph Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 22 Oct 1969
Funeral services for Ralph Thomas Ayers, 70, were conducted Thursday afternoon,
October 16, at 2:00 o'clock at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg with burial in
Bryant Cemetery.
Mr. Ayers died Tuesday, October 14, in a Nashville hospital following an illness
of several weeks.
A former resident of Giles County, he was the son of John Newt and Dora Jane
Darnell Ayers. He had lived in Marshall County most of his life and was a
retired farmer of the Mooresville community.
Mr. Ayers was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maxie Williams Ayers; three daughters, Mrs.
Geneva Westmoreland, Columbia; Mrs. Frances Stacey, Old Hickory, and Mrs. Helen
Fox, Nashville; one son, John Howard Ayers, Mooresville; one brother, Roy Ayers,
Mooresville; and nine grandchildren.
AYERS, Robert Layton The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jun 1964
Funeral services for Robert Layton Ayers, 45, salesman for Vernon Manufacturing
Company for the past eighteen months, were held Monday afternoon in First
Christian Church, Abilene, Texas, where he was a member. The body was shipped to
Newton, Iowa, with funeral services held Thursday, followed by military burial
rites.
Mr. Ayers died Saturday, June 13, at Hendricks Hospital in Abilene after an
illness of four months.
Born November 17, 1918, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joseph Ayers
and Sullie Worley Ayers. A veteran of WWII; in 1951, he went to Newton, Iowa
where he was personnel manager of the Maytag Manufacturing Company. Eighteen
months ago he accepted the salesmanship position, moving to Abilene.
Mr. Ayers is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Mier Ayers; two daughters, Diana
and Janita; and two sons, Robert Simon and Joseph Walter Ayers; one brother,
Grady Ayers, Mooresville, Tenn.; and one sister, Mrs. John Britton, Pulaski.
AYERS, Van Buren The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1967
Funeral services for Van Buren Ayers, 82, were conducted Monday, April 3, at
2:00 p. m, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. H. G. Coston,
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Ayers, a native of Bedford County, died Sunday, April 2, at Giles County
Hospital. He was born December 8, 1884, the son of the late W. P. and Mary
Phelps Ayers.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Donnie Gunter Ayers; two daughters, Mrs. Mary
Allard, St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Rachel Farris, Jackson, Tenn.; two sons,
Woodrow Ayers, Pulaski, and
Charlie Ayers, Columbia; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AYMETT, Beulah Nell White The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1968
Mrs. Beulah Nell Aymett, 50, died Tuesday afternoon at Giles County Hospital
after suffering a heart attack.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Aymett, wife of Gray W. Aymett, was born January
29, 1918, the daughter of R. H. White.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Aymett is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Johnson White, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Billy Pigg, Pulaski; one
son, Eston Landreth, U.S.M.C., stationed in Viet Nam; and two grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Bennett-May Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
AYMETT, Julian The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Julian Aymett, 79, native of Giles County, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis with Dr. Don
Henning, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial took place in that city. Mr.
Aymett died at 8:45 o'clock Monday night, October 23, at West Memphis
Tuberculosis Hospital, where he had been a patient two weeks.
Mr. Aymett, Memphis real estate loan broker who had offices in the Sterick
Building, was a 1904 graduate of University of Tennessee. Following graduation
he went to Memphis where he has been identified with banking, lending and real
estate business until last August when he became ill.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late Francis Duff Aymett and Ada
Abernathy Aymett. He was a member of the Episcopal Church.
Mr. Aymett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Natalie Grace Aymett; one son, Julian
Grace Aymett, Memphis; two grandsons and one great-granddaughter; and three
sisters, Miss McCollum Aymett, Memphis, and Mrs. Leonard Aymett and Mrs. Sam
May, both of Pulaski.
AYMETT, Linda Jean The Pulaski Citizen 10 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Miss Linda Jean Aymett, 21, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Henry Cortner,
pastor of Olivet Methodist Church, and the Rev. Marcus Nichol. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Miss Aymett died Saturday, November 6, at the home on
Haywood Creek.
Born September 6, 1944, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. (Dora Harwell) Aymett. She was a member of the Methodist Church. She
was graduated from Giles County High School in 1961, attended Columbia Business
College for one year, and was employed at Central Service Association in
Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AYMETT, Rachel Ethel The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1967
Miss Rachel Ethel Aymett died at her home Wednesday morning, February 15, in the
Pisgah community.
Services will be conducted Thursday afternoon, February 16, at 2:30, at Pisgah
Methodist Church, with the Rev. James Martin officiating. Burial will be in
Pisgah Cemetery. The body will lie in state from 12:00 to 2:30 at the church.
Miss Aymett was a native of Giles County, born March 7, 1893, the daughter of
the late Dr. R. E. and Annie Golightly Aymett. She was a member of the Pisgah
Methodist Church.
Survivors include two brothers, Urban and Allen Aymett, Sr., both of Pisgah; and
several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AYMETT, Naomi Elizabeth Murphy The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry H. Aymett, 54, former Giles County teacher, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Second Street Church of Christ. Rites
were conducted by David East and Gilbert E. Shaffer, Church of Christ ministers,
and burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Aymett died
at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, April 30, in Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville,
where she had been a patient the past four months.
The former Miss Naomi Elizabeth Murphy, she was born September 16, 1905, in
Maury County, the daughter of Mrs. Susie Nelson Murphy and the late Elder J.
Clifford Murphy, retired Church of Christ minister. She was a teacher in Giles
County School until ill health forced her retirement last January. She was a
member of Second Street Church of Christ.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Aymett is survived by her husband, Henry H.
Aymett; two sons, Henry Murphy Aymett and Jerry Aymett, Pulaski; one sister,
Mrs. Harvey Reynolds, Nashville; and two brothers, Clyde B. Murphy and P. K.
Murphy, both of Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AYMETT, Sarah Elizabeth Tarpley The Pulaski Citizen 24 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Tarpley Aymett, 88, resident of the
Haywood Creek section, were held at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Henry Cortner, pastor
of Olivet Methodist Church, and the Rev. Gus Self, a former pastor. Burial took
place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Aymett died Thursday night,
November 18, at her home, the day before her birthday.
Born November 19, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Tarpley and Marjorie Jane Marks Tarpley. Her husband, J. Wesley Aymett, died a
number of years ago. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Aymett is survived by five sons, Gray Aymett, Robert Aymett, Thomas C.
Aymett, and George Aymett, all of Giles County, and Hamilton Aymett, Bowling
Green, Ky.; two daughters, Miss Catherine Aymett, of the home address, and Mrs.
Charles Maas, Cochecton, N. Y.; eight grandchildren and thirteen
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
AYRES, Jennie Mae Hayes The Pulaski Citizen 6 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Mae Hayes Ayres, 59, Madison resident, were
held at 11 o'clock Friday morning at Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home with the
burial in Spring Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Ayres died at 4 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, August 30, at Mid-State Baptist
Hospital in Nashville, after an illness of six weeks.
A daughter of Robert E. Hayes of Nashville and the late Mrs. Daisy Smith Hayes,
she was born in Franklin, Texas, but had lived in Nashville for fifty years.
Mrs. Ayres is survived by her husband, W. F. Ayres; her father; and one brother,
R. Thurman Hayes, Nashville.
BAILEY, E. V. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Nov 1969
E. V. Bailey, 77, died Wednesday morning, November 12, at his home in the Minor
Hill Community.
At press time the funeral arrangements are incomplete.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Bailey was born May 13, 1892, the son of the late
J. T. Bailey and Kissie Jones Bailey.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Minnie Skipper Bailey; five sons, J. T. Bailey,
Columbia, Paul Bailey, Indianapolis, Ind., Earl Bailey, Jr., Minor Hill, Wallace
Bailey, U. S. Army, Nebraska, George Bailey, Minor Hill; two daughters, Mrs.
Hestel Townsend, Pulaski, and Mrs. Henry McGill, Loretta; three sisters, Mrs.
Gracie Hulsey, Lawrenceburg; Mrs. Bessie Sanderson, Prospect, and Mrs. Hattie
Wade, Minor Hill; nineteen grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BAILEY, Erskine William The Pulaski Citizen 13 Oct 1965
An elderly Ardmore, Ala. man, Erskine William Bailey, was found dead at his home
Monday, Oct. 11, after a neighbor reported that he had not been seen since the
previous Thursday and investigating officers said the death of the 80-year-old
man was apparently the result of foul play with robbery involved. Two billfolds
reportedly containing about $300 were said to be missing.
Limestone County, Ala., Coroner Charles Sammett said the victim had been struck
over the head and severely beaten sometime before the week-end and the body was
found crumpled under a blanket, a stove pipe, garden hose, walking stick and
debris. An autopsy performed by Dr. Van Pruitt, Huntsville, member of the
Alabama toxocology and criminal laboratory, showed that Bailey died of
suffocation.
A son, Lemon Bailey of Pulaski, said this morning (Wednesday) that no arrests
had been made in the case, but Limestone Coungy Sheriff M. W. Evans had reported
that officers were working on some good leads.
The elder Mr. Bailey had not been seen going into or leaving his house on
Alabama Highway 53 across from the old stockyard barn since Thursday, Oct. 7,
and a next door neighbor, Mrs. Louise King, said she noticed Thurday night that
lights were on in Bailey's house until 8 o'clock , which was unusual.
Mrs. King summoned Mrs. Van Bailey, a daughter-in-law of Erskine Bailey, and she
and Mrs. Howard Hobbs unlocked the back door and discovered the body in a back
bedroom of the four-room house, according to Coroner Sammett.
Leamon Bailey said he went to Ardmore Friday afternoon to take som clothing to
his father, but finding the doors locked and thinking his father might be away
visiting, he left the clothes on the front porch.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at Rainey Funeral Home
and burial was in Hastings Cemetery.
Other survivors include six other sons and three daughters.
BAILEY, Lumus Frankford The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
Lumus Frankford Bailey, 70, died Tuesday, December 10, in Richland Plaza Hotel,
of a heart attack.
Funeral services for Mr. Bailey will be held Thursday afternoon December 12, in
the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Alden Hendrix
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Lauderdale County, Alabama, Mr. Bailey was born March 5, 1898, the
son of the late Sam T. and Julia Jones Bailey.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nancy Hulsey Bailey; two daughters, Miss Alma
Bailey and Mrs. Mary Cox, Nashville; four brothers, Loyce Bailey, Lawrenceburg,
Bill, Grady, and Alfred Bailey, all of Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Allen
Glossup and Mrs. Viva Ridgeway, both of Pulaski; and three grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BAIRD, Grover Cleveland The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Grover Cleveland Baird, 78, retired railroad ticket agent,
were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Prospect Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. W. C. Folks. Burial took place in Prospect Cemetery. Mr.
Baird who had been in declining health for two years, died at 11 o'clock
Saturday night, January 4, at a Nashville hospital.
Born July 23, 1885, in Wilson County, he was the son of the late Rev. Warren H.
Baird, Methodist minister, and Mrs. Susan Virginia Blackburn Baird. He was a
member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Baird is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hallie Westmoreland Baird, one son,
Robert Warren Baird, Madison, Ala.; four daughters, Mrs. William T. Johnson,
Mrs. Steve A. Berrie and Mrs. Ralph Poplin, Nashville, and Mrs. Hallie Kellum,
Prospect; eleven grandchildren; one brother, Dudley Baird, Nashville; and three
sisters, Miss Sophronia Baird, Miss Creola Baird and Mrs. Sarah Carpenter, all
of Nashville.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
BAKER, Etta Childers The Pulaski Citizen 20 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Childers Baker, 78, resident of the Austin Hewitt
Home, Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. W. H. Moss. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Baker died on Saturday, February
16, at the Home after a period of declining health.
Born April 7, 1884, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late William
C. Childers and Sara Clark Childers. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, John Baker, died several years ago.
Mrs. Baker is survived by two brothers, W. T. Childers, Lewisburg, and Alvis
Childers, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BAKER, James Hunter The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1969
James Hunter Baker, former resident of Pulaski, died Wednesday, January 15, at
his home in Decatur, Ala.
Funeral services were held in Gunthrafe Funeral Home in Decatur, Ala., Friday,
January 17. Graveside services were at Maplewood Cemetery with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating.
Mr. Baker was the son of the late Wade H. Baker and Susie Tate Baker.
Survivors include his widow, Louise Gustin Baker of Decatur; one sister, Mrs.
Marvin Davis, Sr., of Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BAKER, Lewis Frazier The Pulaski Citizen 7 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Lewis Frazier Baker, 56, Pulaski butcher, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Andrew
Brown, minister of Second Street Church of Christ. Burial took place in Mt.
Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Baker died on Sunday, April 4, 1965, in Giles County
Hospital after a long illness.
Born July 2, 1908, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Tom Baker and
Paralee Beard Baker. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Baker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Brady Baker, nurse at Fairhaven
Nursing Home, Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BALDWIN, Pearl The Pulaski Citizen 23 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Baldwin, 80, were conducted on Sunday afternoon,
November 20, at 1:00 o'clock at North Funeral Home, with burial in Brace
Cemetery.
Mrs. Baldwin died Friday, November 18, in Lawrence County Hospital.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Zilpha Kilpatrick, Lawrenceburg, Mrs.
Guy Hulen, Summertown, and Mrs. Virgie Blackman, Shawnee, Okla.; two sons, W. M,
Lawrenceburg, and Abel H. Baldwin, Elkton; and nine grandchildren.
BALL, Amanda Louise The Pulaski Citizen 24 Dec 1969
Mrs. Amanda Louise Ball, 84, died Monday afternoon, Dec. 22, in the Hewitt Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ball, wife of the late B. T. Ball, were conducted
Tuesday afternoon, December 23, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Warren Kenny officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood
Cemetery.
There are no immediate survivors.
BALL, Annie Harris The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1968
Mrs. Annie Harris Ball, 89, died Friday, November 1, at the Hewitt Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ball, wife of the late Claude W. Ball, were held
Saturday afternoon, November 2, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Moss officiating. Burial was in Prospect
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Ball was born July 4, 1879, the daughter of the
late Simpson and Jennie Roberts Harris.
Survivors include one son, William S. Ball, Paducah, Ky.; four grandchildren;
and six great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BALL, Edgar Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 1 Aug 1962
Edgar Thomas Ball, Sr., 80, died Monday afternoon, July 30, in the Giles County
Hospital, after several months illness. Mr. Ball was president and senior member
of the Bennett-May Funeral Home.
Mr. Ball had been associated with the firm of Bennett-May for over fifty years.
He was a member of the board of stewards at First Methodist Church-a position he
faithfully fulfilled for four decades.
A native of Giles County, he was born November 17, 1881, the son of the late
John William Ball and Mary A. Gilbert Ball.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday afternoon, July 31, in the chapel
of the Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. W. H. Moss officiating. Burial
was in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Members of the George Morgan Bible
Class served as honorary pallbearers.
Survivors include his wife, Dessie Ingram Ball. His first wife, Kate Gilbert
Ball, died in 1928. Other survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Mary Gilbert Johnson,
and one son, Edgar Thomas Ball, Jr.
BALL, Effie Barnett The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Effie Barnett Ball, 78, resident of the Chicken Creek
section, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by John Clifford of Lewisburg and Bernard Burgess, Pulaski, Church of
Christ ministers. Burial took place in Greenwood Cemetery, near Bodenham. Mrs.
Ball died at 2:15 o'clock Friday afternoon, March 31, at her home after a long
illness.
Born in Lexington, Ala., May 5, 1882, she was the daughter of the late C. Edward
Barnett and Mary Jane Kimbrough Barnett. She was a member of the Church of
Christ, and was the widow of Clint Ball who died July 19, 1940.
Mrs. Ball is survived by one foster son, David Ball; five grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Willie L. Wheeler; all of the Chicken Creek Community.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BALL, Emmaline Finley The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Emmaline Finley Ball, 52, resident of the
Waco-Lynnville section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Lynnville
Church of Christ, conducted by Billy Burgess, minister. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Ball died unexpectedly of a heart attack at her home at
6 o'clock on Friday evening, January 4.
Born February 2, 1910, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late
Adolphus Finley and Minnie Rhodes Finley; Her husband, Guy Ball, died about two
years ago.
Mrs. Ball is survived by two brothers, Thomas Finley, Cookeville, and Charles
Finley, Campbell Station; and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Maude Ball, Waco.
BALL, Eva Brents The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Brents Ball, 295 Lawndale Drive, Nashville, were
held at Cosmopolitan Funeral Home at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, January 8.
Burial took place in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville.
Mrs. Ball died of a heart condition Wednesday, January 6, at Vanderbilt
Hospital.
A native of Petersburg, Mrs. Ball was the daughter of Wilson Payne Brents and
Victoria Stillman Brents. A resident of Pulaski for many years, she had made her
home in Nashville for the past fourteen years.
Surviving are two sons, Robert Wilson Ball and Maurice Ball; one grandson, Perry
Wilson Ball and one brother, James Wilson Brents, all of Nashville.
BALL, Guy The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Guy Ball, 53, automobile mechanic and farmer, were held at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Lynnville Church of Christ with the burial in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Ball died unexpectedly of a heart attack Sunday, January
22, at his home in the Waco section following surgery a few weeks ago.
A resident of Giles County and Maury County all his life, he was the son of Mrs.
Amanda Alsup Ball of Waco and the late Bass T. Ball.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Ball is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emmaline
Finley Ball.
BALL, Luther O. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jun 1960
Luther O. Ball, 74, retired employee of Firestone Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio,
died unexpectedly of a heart attack early Friday morning, June 10, at his home
in Bradenton, Fla. Funeral rites took place at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon with
burial in Bradenton where he had made his home since he retired approximately
ten or twelve years ago.
Born September 12, 1885, at Prospect in Giles County, he was the son of the late
John W. Ball and Mary Frances Gilbert Ball.
Mr. Ball is survived by his wife; and one brother, Edgar T. Ball, Sr., Pulaski,
member of the firm of Bennett-May Funeral Home.
BALL, Verna Carter The Pulaski Citizen 2 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Verna Carter Ball, 84, widow of W. M. Ball of the
Wales Community, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home conducted by C. R. Franks, minister of Second Street Church of
Christ. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Ball died Monday night,
July 31, at Franklin Nursing Home at Franklin, Tenn., following a long illness.
Born November 17, 1877, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Albert
Carter and Mildred Harwood Carter. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her husband, W. Mack Ball who died in 1947, was a member of the County Court
from the 22nd Civil District for many years.
Mrs. Ball, last member of her immediate family, is survived by two sons, Odell
Ball, Wales and Lawrence Ball, Burlington, Ky.; two grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
BALL, Nancy Ann Prentice The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Ann Prentice Ball, 85, wife of Isaac A. Ball of
Wales, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Liberty Hill Baptist Church.
Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery in the Nineteenth Civil District. Mrs.
Ball died Thursday morning, March 7, at Giles County Hospital after a short
illness.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Ball is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Willie
Mae Dodson, Nashville; and eleven grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
BALLENTINE, Mrs. Robert T. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Apr 1965
Mrs. Robert T. Ballentine, wife of Robert T. Ballentine of Sardis, Miss., died
on Monday, April 12, in Sardis. Funeral rites and burial took place Wednesday in
that city.
Reared in Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Judge Thomas C. McClellan
and Sue Ruth Phillips McClellan a native of Giles County. She was graduated from
Vassar College and was instrumental in establishing both the Public Library and
Little Theatre in Sardis.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Ballentine is survived by one son, Thomas
Ballentine, Greensboro, N. C.; one daughter, Mrs. Jacob Echols, Baton Rouge,
La., and one grandchild.
BARBER, Florence Scales The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Scales Barber, 78, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Marshall D. Moss, pastor of Craft Memorial Methodist
Church at Columbia. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Barber died at 9:45 o'clock Thursday morning, September 26, after a long
illness, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Hardy, in the Tarpley
Community.
Born June 7, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William R.
Scales and Hatcher Brown Scales. Her husband, Bela Boyd Barber, died October 1,
1945.
She was a member of Rehoboth Methodist Church.
In addition to the daughter, Mrs. Barber is survived by two sons, Maburn M.
Barber and Vernon Barber, Pulaski; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Earl
Parsons and Mrs. John Hopkins, Pulaski; and one brother, Robert E. Scales,
Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARCHEERES, Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Floyd Barcheeres, 69, retired farmer, will be held at 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Floyd
Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial will take place in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Barcheeres died early Tuesday morning, February 6, at his home in Pulaski after
a two year period of declining health.
Born November 2, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim
Barcheeres and Lizzie Chapman Barcheeres. He was a member of the First Baptist
Church.
Mr. Barcheeres is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mazzie Carr Barcheeres; three
daughters, Mrs. Robert Childers, Waxahatchie, Texas, Mrs. Alice Cole, Columbia,
and Mrs. Solon Stafford, Pulaski; six grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Ida Shaw,
Willington, Texas; and four brothers, Bob Barcheeres, Oklahoma, Claude
Barcheeres, Hale Center, Texas, and Jim Barcheeres, Vanaustine, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARKSDALE, Hobart R. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1968
Hobart R. Barksdale, 53, died Thursday, August 1, at Veterans Hospital in
Louisville, Ky. Funeral services for Mr. Barksdale, a native of Giles County,
were held Saturday afternoon, August 3, at 1:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Survivors include two sisters, Miss Lacie L. Barksdale and Mrs. Mildred Jones,
both of Louisville, Ky.; two brothers, John H. Barksdale, Louisville, Ky., and
Dallie E. Barksdale, Chattanooga.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARKSDALE, Roy M. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Apr 1967
Roy M. Barksdale, 75, died Friday, April 14, in Louisville, Ky. Services were
conducted Tuesday, April 18, at 11:00 a. m. at the New Zion Church of Christ at
Kedron with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial took place in the church
cemetery.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Gladys Oller; three sons, John William,
James Edward, and Roy M. Barksdale, Jr., all of Louisville; sixteen
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Miss Lacey Barksdale, and
Mrs. Mildred Jones, Louisville; three brothers, Holbert, Louisville, Dallie,
Chattanooga, and Homer Barksdale, Detroit, Mich.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARLAR, Belle The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Mrs. Belle Barlar, 87, died Monday, July 17, at the Hewitt Home. Services were
conducted Tuesday afternoon, July 18, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in New Zion Cemetery.
Mrs. Barlar, a native of Giles County, was born September 7, 1879, the daughter
of the late Noah and Amanda Pettus Roberts. Her husband was the late Pink Barlar.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARLAR, Brown Wilkes The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jul 1969
Brown Wilkes Barlar, 50, died Thursday, June 26, at his home on Route 3,
Lynnville.
Funeral services for Mr. Barlar were held Friday afternoon, June 27, at the
Lynnville Church of Christ, with Artie Collins officiating. Burial was in
Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Barlar was born April 16, 1919, the son of the
late Bernie and Annie Ingram Barlar.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alene Bonds Barlar; three sons, Roger Barlar,
Lynnville, Don Barlar, U. S. Navy, Orange Park, Fla., and Larry Barlar, South
Shore, Ky.; two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Arnett, Florence, Ala., and Mrs. Elton
Check, Cincinnati, Ohio; one brother, Cordell Barlar, California; one
half-sister, Mrs. David Bowen, Pulaski; and three grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARLAR, James Monroe The Pulaski Citizen 20 Oct 1965
Funeral services for James Monroe Barlar, 95, retired farmer and one of the
oldest citizens of the county, will be held at one o'clock Thursday afternoon in
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, East Hill Church of
Christ. Burial will take place in Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Barlar died Wednesday morning, October 20, in Giles County Hospital.
Born October 19, 1870, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Henry Barlar. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
His wife, Mrs. Nellie Kate Pinkston Barlar, died in 1964.
Mr. Barlar is survived by two sons, Sherman J. Barlar, Miami, Fla., and Woodrow
W. Barlar, Pulaski; and one daughter, Mrs. Christine Redus, Memphis; and six
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARLAR, Jimmy Joe The Pulaski Citizen 15 Sep 1965
Jimmy Joe Barlar, 59, hotel employee in Miami, Fla., and son of J. M. Barlar of
Pulaski, died unexpectedly at midnight Thursday, September 16, in a Miami
hospital. Funeral services and burial took place in that city.
Born March 17, 1906, in Giles County, he was the son of J. M. Barlar and the
late Mrs. Nellie Kate Pinkston Barlar. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to his father, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Tillie Barlar; two
brothers, Woodrow Barlar, Pulaski, and Sherman Barlar, Miami, Fla.; and one
sister, Mrs. Christine Redus, Memphis.
BARLAR, John C. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1966
Funeral services for John C. Barlar, 85, retired farmer, were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the Rev. Henry Cortner officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Barlar died Monday, November 28, in Giles County Hospital following an
extended illness. He was a native of Giles County, born April 17, 1881, the son
of the late Alfred J. and Francis Lawhorn Barlar. He was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Verna Williams Barlar; two daughters, Mrs.
Lionel Maxwell and Mrs. Loyd Chapman, Pulaski; two sons, Jerome and Hillard
Barlar, both of Giles County; ten grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Leonard Barlar of Yokely and Tommy Barlar of Culleoka.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARLAR, Katie Bowen The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie Bowen Barlar, 77, were conducted on Tuesday
afternoon, October 25, at 3:30 in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Barlar died Monday, October 24 in Giles County Hospital. She was born April
16, 1889, a native of Giles County, and was the daughter of the late David and
Julie Bowen. Her husband, Bernie Barlar, died several years ago.
She is survived by one sister, Miss Minnie Bowen; and one brother, David Bowen.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARLAR, Nellie Kate Pinkston The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Nellie Kate Pinkston Barlar, 80, Giles County resident,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by Gilbert E. Shaffer, East Hill Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Barlar died on Sunday, August 9, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home, Pulaski.
Born June 22, 1884, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Joe
Pinkston and Susie Duncan Pinkston. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Barlar is survived by her husband, J. M. Barlar; three sons, Sherman Barlar
and J. J. Barlar, Miami, Fla., and Woodrow Barlar, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs.
Christine Rudes, Memphis; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and
two sisters, Mrs. Clyde Liggett, Lewisburg and Mrs. Willie Moore, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARLAR, Sarah Lucile Porterfield The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Lucile Porterfield Barlar, 55, resident of Route
3, Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral
Home. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. She died unexpectedly Monday morning,
May 23, at Giles County Hospital.
Born November 28, 1910, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Will
Porterfield and Mattie McMillion Porterfield. She was a member of Jehovah's
Witnesses.
Mrs. Barlar is survived by her husband, Braden Barlar; one son, Joe Barlar,
Pulaski; seven daughters, Mrs. Elbert Moss, Mrs. Kenneth Richardson, Mrs. Brooks
Johnson, all of Pulaski, Mrs. Marshall McGee, Franklin, Mrs. Louis Webb,
McKenzie, and Mrs. Ronald Winford and Mrs. Kenneth Ellis, both of Nashville;
eleven grandchildren; two brothers, Vernon Porterfield, Indiana, and Luther
Porterfield, Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. Everett Parks, and Mrs. Bryant
Barlar, Pulaski and Mrs. Elmo Chestnut, Munice, Ind.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARLAR, Thomas Jefferson The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1968
Thomas Jefferson Barlar, a resident of Maury County, died Thursday morning,
August 2, at the Maury County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon, August 3, at the Oakes and
Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Eugene Barrett officiating. Burial was in Rose
Hill Cemetery.
A member of Bigfield Methodist Church, a retired farmer, and a native of Giles
County, Mr. Barlar was the son of the late Alfred and Francie Lawhorn Barlar.
Survivors include his wife, Nellie Coffee Chaffin Barlar; three daughters, Mrs.
Pauline Thurman, Columbia, Mrs. Dolly Davis, Wilson, N. C., Mrs. Ruby Lee
Austin, Sheffield, Ala.; one brother, Leonard Barlar, Lynnville; nine
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
BARLAR, Verna Lois Williams The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jul 1969
Mrs. Verna Lois Barlar, 79, died Thursday, July 24, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Barlar, wife of the late John C. Barlar, were
conducted Saturday afternoon, July 26, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Rudolph Janes officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Barlar was born September 11, 1889, the daughter
of the late Henry Harrison Williams and Mary Elizabeth Burch Williams.
Survivors include two sons, Hillyard and Jerome Barlar, both of Giles County;
two daughters, Mrs. Loyd Chapman and Mrs. Lionel Maxwell, Giles County; three
sisters, Miss Levert Williams and Miss Flournoy Williams, Pulaski, and Mrs. Mae
Morring, California; ten grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARLAR, Willie Mae Blair The Pulaski Citizen 2 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Mae Blair, 45, resident of Route 3, Pulaski,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Barlar died Tuesday morning, March 1, in
Giles County Hospital.
Born August 14, 1920, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late George
E. Blair and Elsie Woodard Blair. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Barlar is survived by her husband, Woodrow Barlar; one son, Larry Joe
Barlar, California; two daughters, Miss Sheila Diane Barlar, Pulaski , and Mrs.
Mary Joyce Tyrrell, California; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Emma Nell
Reneer, Louisville, Ky.; and two half-brothers, George Everett Blair and John
Joe Blair, both of Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARNES, Bertie The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertie Barnes, 91, were held Tuesday afternoon, April
9, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Revs. Mack
Pinkelton and J. C. Elkins officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Barnes died Friday, April 5, in Akron, Ohio.
A native of Pickett County, Mrs. Barnes was born January 27, 1887. Her husband
was the late George W. Barnes, Sr.
Survivors include four sons, Ray Barnes, Harvest, Ala., H. W. Barnes, Akron,
Ohio, Grady Barnes, Thomasion, Ga., and George Barnes, Jr., Pulaski; two
daughters, Mrs. Virgil Griffin, Madison, and Mrs. Eugene Dunnavant, Pulaski;
eleven grandchildren; and fifteen great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARNES, Edna Monroe The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna M. Barnes, 77, of Pulaski, Route 6, were held at
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Zettler Funeral Home, Hamilton, Ohio, with the
burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Barnes who was visiting relatives in the Ohio
city, died Saturday, June 3, in Mercy Hospital, following a paralytic stroke
sustained on Wednesday before.
A native of Kentucky, she was married to Clarence E. Barnes in Hamilton where
they operated a printing business for thirty years.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Barnes is survived by one son, Everett M.
Barnes, Hamilton; four grandchildren; and two brothers, Edwin Monroe and James
Monroe, both of Falmouth, Ky.
BARNES, Henry Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 2 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Henry Barnes, Sr., 44, who died Saturday afternoon, Nov.
28, of a gunshot wound at his home in the Stella community, were conducted at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Stella Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Ralph Langston
and Rev. J. C. Elkins officiated and burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
County Coroner Bill Bennett ruled the death a suicide.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of Myrtle Haskins Barnes and Fred C.
Barnes, Sr., of Prospect. He was born April 1, 1920.
Mr. Barnes was a veteran of World War II and was employed at Gabriel Company in
Pulaski at the time of his death.
Survivors, besides his parents, include his wife, Mrs. Sophia Kars Barnes of
Stella; two sons, Henry Barnes, Jr., and Paul C. Barnes; a daughter, Stephanie
Barnes; two brothers, Fred C. Barnes, Jr., of Kedron and Carl Barnes,
Huntsville, Ala.; and four sisters, Mrs. John R. Eubank of Stella, Mrs. Edith
Fay Burnett of Nashville, Mrs. Bonnie Waites of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Eura
May Springer of South Carolina.
Wilson Carter Funeral Home, Prospect, in charge of arrangements.
BARNES, John O. The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1968
John O. Barnes, Sr., 87, father of Miss Virginia Barnes, librarian at Martin
College, died Monday, May 6, at Gordon Hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Barnes were conducted Wednesday, May 8, at 3:00 p. m.
at the Medium Methodist Church at Delina with Rev. A. D. Marion and Rev. W. H
Moss officiating.
Survivors in addition to Miss Barnes include one son, John O. Barnes, Jr., of
Lewisburg; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Murrey, Belvidere and Mrs. Katherine
Harrison, Lewisburg; and five grandchildren.
BARNES, Robert Kenneth The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jan 1966
Sfc. E-6 Robert Kenneth Barnes, 42, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, at Walter Reed
General Hospital, Washington, D. C., of leukemia. He was on duty with the 8th
Ordnance Barracks, Kalserslautern, Germany, when he became ill and entered
Walter Reed as a patient on September 10.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Barnes, Route 1, Frankewing, Sgt. Barnes was
educated in the public schools of Molino, Tenn. He enlisted in the Army December
30, 1948, taking basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C., before going to the
Armored School at Fort Knox, Ky. He served in Korea from July 1950 to June 1951
and had three tours of duty in Germany, from September 1952 to September 1955,
December 1958 to September 1962 and March 1965 until his illness.
Sgt. Barnes was the holder of the Bronze Star Medal and the Army Commendation
Medal.
In addition to his parents, Sgt. Barnes is survived by his wife, Sophie, who is
presently making her home in Irvington, N. J.; seven brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, Jan. 10, at the Fort
Myer (Va.) Chapel. Burial with full military honors followed in Arlington
National Cemetery.
BARR, Andrew Cordell The Pulaski Citizen 27 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Andrew Cordell Barr, 43, employee of the M. C. West,
Contractor, of Columbia, for a number of years, were held at 3 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by G. C. Fox and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Barr died unexpectedly
of a heart attack at 9 o'clock on Thursday night, March 21, at Giles County
Hospital after a brief illness.
Born February 25, 1920, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Isaac C.
Barr and Eva Howell Barr, resident of the Diana section. He was a veteran of
WWII.
Mr. Barr is survived by his wife, Mrs. Geneva Chapman Barr; two sisters, Mrs.
Russell Jones and Mrs. Melvin Hamlett, Giles County; and one step-daughter,
Barbara Jean Morris, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BARR, Lula Helton The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Helton, 63, of the Goodsprings community, were
conducted Saturday, March 4, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. J. B. Gardner officiating. Burial was in Chestnut Grove
Cemetery. Mrs. Barr died Thursday, March 2, in Giles County Hospital. She was a
native of Giles County, born December 28, 1903. She is survived by her husband,
Robert Barr; two sisters, Mrs. Argie Wilcoxson, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Rosa
Miller, Pulaski; and one brother, W. L. Helton, Goodsprings. Bennett-May Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
BASS, Annie Mae Griggs The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1967
Mrs. Annie Mae Bass, 80, died Friday, January 13, at the Hewitt Home. Services
were conducted on Saturday afternoon, January 14, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Bass, a native of Giles County, was the daughter of the late W. T. and
James Griggs. Her husband, the late R. H. Bass, died several years ago.
Survivors include one step-son, Herman Bass of Gatlin; four nieces, Mrs. Gray
Hayes, Mrs. Orin Beasley, Mrs. Floyd Hughes, all of Kedron, and Mrs. Roy
Campbell of Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BASS, Butler Smith The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jun 1966
Butler Smith Bass, 44, retired Air Force Sergeant of the Stella community, was
found dead in the yard of his home at 6 o'clock Saturday evening, June 11, from
what Coroner Bill Bennett said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. J. C. Elkins officiating. Burial was in Stella
Cemetery.
The son of David Smith Bass of Stella and the late Lena Hanna Bass, he was born
in Giles County on Jan. 15, 1922. He served in the U. S. Air Force for seventeen
years before his retirement about eight years ago, and except for one year, had
lived at Stella since that time. Mr. Bass returned to Giles County late in April
of this year after living for a year in Tacoma, Wash. He was a member of the
Presbyterian Church.
The body was found by a brother, Grady E. Bass of Stella, but the exact time of
death was not known.
Besides his father and brother, he is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Carrie
Jones Bass; a daughter, Martha Bass of Tacoma, Wash.; three sons, David of
Tacoma, Allen and Brian of Kansas City, Mo.; three other brothers, Paul and Roy
of Nashville, and Robert Bass of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; and a sister, Mrs. James Cosby
of Minor Hill.
BASS, Fay Miller The Pulaski Citizen 13 May 1964
Funeral services for Fay Miller Bass, 72, retired farmer of the Stella section,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Stella Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, conducted by the Rev. Earl Willoughby. Burial took place in the Pleasant
Hill Cemetery. Mr. Bass died on Friday, May 8, in Giles County Hospital.
Born September 21, 1891, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas Bass
and Mollie Smith Bass. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Bass is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie Jones Bass; one son, Thomas Bass,
Stella; two daughters, Mrs. W. R. Davis and Mrs. Robert McGill, both of Stella;
four grandchildren; two brothers, Dave Bass, Stella, and Bryan Bass, Nashville;
one sister, Mrs. Effie Eubank, Stella; one half-brother, Batie Bass, Stella; and
one half-sister, Mrs. Ervin M. Braly, Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
BASS, Hattie Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 10 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Harwell Bass, 79, widow of J. A. Bass, were
held at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Gus Self and the Rev. Dallas Bass. Burial took place in
Bradshaw Cemetery. Mrs. Bass died on Saturday, November 6, in Giles County
Hospital, after an extended illness.
Born January 6, 1886, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Will
Harwell and Kate Griggs Harwell. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her
husband died several years ago.
Mrs. Bass is survived by two sons, Guy Bass, Pulaski, and Alton Bass, Lewisburg;
one granddaughter, Mrs. James C. Roller, Pulaski; and one brother, Mahlon
Harwell, Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BASS, John Cullom The Pulaski Citizen 2 Mar 1960
Funeral services for John Cullom Bass, 72, retired real estate man and farmer,
were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at First Methodist Church in
Lawrenceburg, with the Rev. Fred Blankenship officiating. Burial took place in
Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg. Mr. Bass died Saturday morning, February 27, at
his home after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late James Richard Bass and
Barbara Griffin Bass, and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Bass is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lily Norton Bass; one daughter, Mrs. Wade
K. Dickens, Columbia; six sons, K. C. Bass, Culleoka, L. E. Bass, Gallatan, Ray
H. Bass, Columbia, Miller G. Bass, Waverly, and James A. Bass and Ralph Allen
Bass, Dallas, Texas; eighteen grandchildren; three brothers, E. J. Bass, Dallas,
Texas, Floyd Bass, Florence, Ala., and Rev. Dallas Bass, Murfreesboro and five
sisters, Mrs. Rassie Moore, Nashville, Mrs. R. M. Powell, Madill, Okla., Mrs.
Silas Hammond, Chapel Hill, N.C., Mrs. W. L. Bonner, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Lena
Herring, Phoenix, Ariz.
BASS, Minnie The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Miss Minnie Bass, native of Giles County and resident of
Nashville a number of years, were held Saturday morning in a Nashville funeral
home with the burial in that city. She died Friday, June 10, at her home, 101
Fairmont Apartments, after a long illness.
Born and reared at Pisgah, she was the daughter of the late Marion Bass and
Jennie Houze Bass. She taught school at Pisgah. She resided in Pulaski before
moving to Nashville. She was a member of the West End Methodist Church.
Miss Bass is survived by four sisters, Miss Jeffie Bass, Nashville, Mrs. Willie
Odeneal, Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Blanche Barger and Mrs. Bertha Morris, both
of Athens, Ala.
BASS, Minnie Mae McRee The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1968
Mrs. Minnie Mae Bass, 87, died Thursday, February 1, 1968 in Decatur General
Hospital, Decatur, Ala.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bass, wife of the late William Henry Bass, were held
Saturday, February 3, at 2:00 p.m. at Minor Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev.
Hoyt Wilson and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Bass was born February 3, 1880, the daughter of
the late William Carroll and Margaret Gatlin McRee.
Survivors include three sons: Arris Bass, Goodspring, Grady Bass, Pulaski and
Elvy Bass, Minor Hill; four daughters, Mrs. Maggie Newton, Minor Hill, Mrs. Ora
Bridges, Columbia, Mrs. Marie Parsons, Mrs. Bryson Paysinger, Pulaski; twenty
six grandchildren; forty great grandchildren and one brother, Judson McRee,
Oklahoma; and one sister Mrs. Jim Lanier of Oklahoma.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BASS, Sterlyn Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Sterlyn Abernathy Bass, 69, retired merchant and cabinet
maker, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral
Home with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Bass died unexpectedly at 11
o'clock Sunday morning, March 28, in Giles County Hospital.
Born April 3, 1895, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Pressley Hicks
Bass and Martha Reed Abernathy Bass. He was a member of the Rehoboth Methodist
Church and was a trustee of the church for many years.
Mr. Bass is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie Holt Bass; one son, Charles Bass,
Columbia; two daughters, Mrs. W. E. Walters, Jr., and Mrs. George Sharp, both of
Pulaski; three grandchildren; one brother, Edgar R. Bass, Pulaski; and one
sister, Mrs. Neal Gladish, Newark, Del.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BASS, Thomas Nathan The Pulaski Citizen 12 Apr 1967
Thomas Nathan Bass, 66, died Monday, April 10, 16 Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Wednesday, April 12, at 2:00 p. m., in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jacob Gardner and Rev Tommy Curtis
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Bass, a native of Giles County, was born February 19, 1901, the son of Mrs.
Minnie McRee Bass and the late William H. Bass.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ona Mae Glover Bass;
four daughters, Mrs. Thurman Bass, Pulaski, Mrs. George Hill, Florence, Ala.,
Mrs. Joe Merrell, Elkton, and Mrs. Helen Cato, Nashville; two sons, Julian Bass,
Killen, Ala., and Dwight Bass, Air Force, Florida; ten grandchildren; four
sisters, Mrs. Logan Newton, Minor Hill, Mrs. Ora Bridges, Columbia, Mrs. Bryson
Paysinger, and Mrs. Brown Parsons, Pulaski; three brothers, Arris Bass,
Goodsprings, Grady Bass, Pulaski, and Elvy Bass, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BASS, William Henry The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for William Henry Bass, 88, retired farmer of the Goodsprings
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Robert Brothers and the Rev. Chester A. Stephens. Burial
took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Bass died at 12:30 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, February 20, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born in Giles County January 9, 1872, he was the son of the late W. B. Bass and
Mary Legg Bass, and was a member of Minor Hill Baptist Church.
Mr. Bass is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie McCree Bass; four daughters, Mrs.
Logan Newton, Mrs. Bryson Paysinger, Mrs. Brown Parsons, all of Giles County,
and Mrs. Glenn Bridges, Olive Branch, Ill.; four sons, Nathan Bass, Arris Bass,
Grady H. Bass, and Elvy Bass, all of Giles County; twenty-seven grandchildren
and nineteen great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May and Co. in charge of arrangements.
BASS, William T. (Bill) The Pulaski Citizen 17 Dec 1969
S/Sgt. William T. (Bill) Bass, 29, was dead on arrival at a local hospital
Saturday, Dec. 13, following a heart attack. A native of the Stella community in
Giles County, Tenn., he was the son of William C. Bass and the late Mrs. Rachel
Harwell Bass.
The funeral service was conducted Tuesday in the chapel of Crosier-Pearson
Funeral Home with C. D. Davis officiating. Burial was in Greenacres Memorial
Park after a military
graveside service.
Sgt. Bass was stationed with the Air Force at Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas,
and had served in the Air Force for 11 years.
Survivors, in addition to his father, include his wife, Mrs. Norma Sue Fisher
Bass; two sons, Thomas Bret and William Scott Bass of Cleburne; and two sisters,
Mrs. Carol Burks of Unionville, Tenn. and Mrs. Elinor Davis of Prospect, Tenn.,
and grandmother, Mrs. Ellie Young of Pulaski.
BASSHAM, John Cletian The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jul 1961
Funeral services for John Cletian Bassham, 73, Pulaski resident and former
caretaker at Giles County High School for a number of years, were held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon at Hesters Chapel, Lester, Ala., with the rites
conducted by Dr. R. B. Stone, former principal of the high school. Burial took
place in the church cemetery. Mr. Bassham died at 6 o'clock Wednesday night,
June 28, at General Hospital in Nashville, following a paralytic stroke
sustained two weeks ago. He had been in failing health six years.
Born March 20, 1888, in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late James
W. Bassham and Bobbie Wright Bassham. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Bassham is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Harrison Bassham; three sons,
Alton Bassham, Alfred Bassham and J. C. Bassham, Jr., all of Nashville; three
daughters, Mrs. Johnny Simmons, Pulaski, and Mrs. Buford Johnson and Mrs. Dewey
Scruggs, both of Nashville; twenty-one grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchilden;
one brother, Leonard Bassham, Lester, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs. Floyd
Howard, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Boston Watkins and Mrs. John Harrison, Salem, Ala.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
BASSHAM, Margaret Harrison The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Harrison Bassham, 77, widow of John C.
Bassham, will be held at one o'clock Thursday afternoon at Hesters Chapel,
conducted by Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister. Burial will take place in
the church cemetery. Mrs. Bassham died at 8:05 Tuesday night, January 4, at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Johnnie Simmons in Pulaski after a lengthy illness.
Born September 7, 1888, in Alabama, she was the daughter of the late James
Harrison and Caroline Rattenberry Harrison. She was a member of the Church of
Christ. Her husband, John C. Bassham, died in 1961.
In addition to Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Bassham is survived by two other daughters,
Mrs. Altha Scruggs and Mrs. Alene Johnson, both of Nashville; three sons, Alton
Bassham, Madison, Alfred Bassham, Nashville, and J. C. Bassham, Murfreesboro;
twenty-two grandchildren and forty-one great-grandchildren; and two sisters,
Mrs. Maude Carpenter, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Alma Thornton, Anderson, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BASSHAM, Sara Elizabeth Roper The Pulaski Citizen 30 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Roper Bassham, 82, widow of Walter J.
Bassham, were held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon in Minor Hill Baptist Church
with the burial in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Bassham died on Wednesday, Dec. 23,
in Giles County Hospital.
Born Dec. 3, 1892 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jacob Cyle
Roper and Nancy Jane Jackson Roper. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Bassham is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Luther Hathcoat, Minor Hill,
Mrs. Oswald Thomas, Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs. Mary Elder, Madison; three
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Evie Hendrix,
Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BAUERS, Edward Emil The Pulaski Citizen 17 Mar 1965
Edward Emil Bauers, 63, retired farmer of the Cedar Grove community died Tuesday
morning at Giles County Hospital. Funeral services were incomplete. The body is
at Pulaski Funeral Home.
Mr. Bauers had moved to Giles County from Wabash, Neb., five years ago. He was a
member of the German Lutheran Church at Decatur, Ala.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elsie Bauers, Pulaski; three sons, Robert,
Missouri Valley, Iowa, Donald, Fenton, Minn., Harold, Pulaski; five daughters,
Mrs. Katherine Reiten, Fargo, N.D., Mrs. Virgina Kankelfitz, Savave, Minn., Mrs.
Margaret Hardin, Elkton, Mrs. Shirley Roma, Chicago, Ill., Miss Jo Ann Bauers,
Nashville; two brothers, Clarence, Fargo, N.D., Fred Bauers, Weeping Water,
Neb.; six sisters, Mrs. Ida B. Brauckmuller, Mrs. Hulda Davis, both of Gardner,
N. D., Mrs. Lena Fredrick, Louisville, Neb., Mrs. Mary Schaefner, Murdock, Neb.,
Mrs. Teresa Keckler and Mrs. Elma Schinn, Manley, Neb., and 15 grandchildren.
BAUGH, Clara Bull The Pulaski Citizen 8 May 1963
Private funeral services for Mrs. Clara Bull Baugh, 68, wife of Dr. Wendell P.
Baugh, Sr., of Decatur, Ala., were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at
Guntharp-Brown Funeral Home with the burial in Roselawn Cemetery in that city.
Mrs. Baugh died Wednesday, May 1, at a Decatur hospital after a long illness.
Mrs. Baugh died Wednesday, May 1, at a Decatur hospital after a long illness.
Mrs. Baugh was a half-sister of Mrs. J. Henry Ragsdale, who died Monday, April
29, at her home in Fort Myers, Fla.
Born at Elkton, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Charles Ordway Bull and
Maude Beasley Bull. She was graduated from Boscobie College, Nashville, after
attending Giles County schools.
Until the time of her illness, Mrs. Baugh was a leader in the church, civic and
cultural life of Decatur. She had served as state president of the Alabama
Federation of Music Clubs in 1939 and 1940, and had served as president of the
Decatur Music Club.
She was an active member of Central Methodist Church and its organizations. For
twenty years she was pianist for the Men's Wesley Bible Sunday School Class.
Mrs. Baugh is survived by her husband, Dr. Baugh, Decatur surgeon; two sons,
Wendell P. Baugh, Jr., Nashville, and Robert B. Baugh, Decatur; and five
grandchildren.
BAUGH, Margaret The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jan 1968
Miss Margaret Baugh died at her home in Atlanta, Ga., on Wednesday, December 27,
after a short illness.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Friday afternoon, December 29.
She was the daughter of the late Atha T. and Maggie Mae McCord Baugh, prominent
former residents of Pulaski.
For a number of years Miss Baugh was the secretary to the late Margaret
Mitchell, author of "Gone With The Wind." Since her death Miss Baugh had
continued with the Margaret Mitchell foundation.
She is survived by one brother, Hansel Baugh, New York and one sister, Mrs.
Stewart Watson, Albany, Ga.
BAUGH, Wendell Philip The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jul 1968
Dr. Wendell Philip Baugh, 78, prominent Decatur, Ala., surgeon and native of
Elkton, died Sunday afternoon, July 14, at his home after an illness of several
weeks.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at 10:30 at Guntharp Funeral
Chapel in Decatur with burial in Roselawn Cemetery in that city.
The son of the late Dr. J. E. and Elizabeth Beaty Baugh of Elkton, he was
educated at Morgan Preparatory School, Petersburg, and received the M. D. degree
from the University of Louisville. He was married to the former Clara Bull of
Elkton who died several years ago.
Dr. Baugh, who served as a surgeon in the U. S. Army Medical Corps during World
War I, was co-founder of Decatur's only private hospital, Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Hospital. Several years ago he was named Decatur's "Man of the Year."
Survivors include two sons, Robert Baugh of Decatur and W. Philip Baugh, Jr., of
Nashville; three brothers, John Ed of Santa Monica, Calif., Robert of Columbus,
Ga., and Joe Baugh of Chapel Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Glaze of Decatur
and Mrs. Earl Smith of Homosassa, Fla.; and several grandchildren.
BAUGH, William Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1969
William Floyd Baugh, 77, were held Sunday afternoon, February 16, at 1 o'clock
at Bills and McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
Mr. Baugh died Friday, February 14, in a Nashville hospital after a long
illness.
A native of Giles County, he was a retired farmer of the Farmington community of
Marshall County where he had lived for several years. His parents were the late
Richard Isaac and Frances Eleanor Bowers Baugh.
Mr. Baugh was a member of the Farmington Methodist Church. He was a veteran of
World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Martha Stevenson Baugh; three sons, Edward
Baugh and Frank Baugh, both of Nashville and William Floyd Baugh, Jr.,
Shelbyville; four daughters, Mrs. Thomas Hardin, Fayetteville, Mrs. Sam
Campbell, Columbia, Mrs. Ralph Davenport, Alexandria, Va., and Mrs. William C.
Scott, Houston; a brother, Frank Baugh, Montgomery, Ala.; a sister, Mrs. Annie
Lee Rowe, Chattanooga; twenty one grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
BAUGHMAN, Louise May The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jul 1963
Nashville-A Pulaski native, Mrs. Louise May Baughman, 50, of Tupelo, Miss., died
here last Friday when the car she was driving skidded out of control on Highway
100 and crashed into a tree in Percy Warner Park.
The traffic victim and her daughter, Betty Louise Baughman, 22, also of Tupelo,
were enroute here from Mississippi to visit a son. Miss Baughman was taken to
Vanderbilt Hospital in satisfactory condition.
The son and brother the couple was going to visit, Dr. Earle Baughman, Jr., an
assistant resident psychiatrist at Vanderbilt Hospital, was on duty in the
emergency room when his injured sister and the body of his mother was brought
in.
Mrs. Baughman was born in Pulaski, daughter of the late R. Boone May and Louise
Short May.
Her body was taken to Peques Funeral Home in Tupelo.
BAXTER, Effie Newton The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam Baxter, 83, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman
and the Rev. Raymond Johns, Baptist ministers. Burial took place in New Zion
Cemetery. Mrs. Baxter died about 7:15 o'clock Monday morning, February 10, at
Fairhaven Nursing Home after a period of declining health.
The former Miss Effie Newton, she was born March 10, 1880, in Giles County, the
daughter of the late Henry (Dock) Newton and Bessie Ann Pitts Newton. Her
husband, Sam Baxter, died December 28, 1946. She was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Baxter is survived by one grandson, Capt. Tyree H. Baxter, stationed at
Colorado Springs, Colo.; three greatsons and one half-brother, Vernon Newton,
Ector, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BAXTER, Lilburn E. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Oct 1966
Funeral services for Lilburn E. Baxter, 51, were conducted Monday, October 3, at
2 p. m. at Hester's Chapel, with burial in Hester's Cemetery. The Rev. Tonnis
Davis officiated.
Mr. Baxter died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon of a heart attack near his home
in Limestone County. He was a native of Giles County, the son of Mrs. Janie
Nichols of Texas, and the late Dennis Baxter. He was born December 25, 1915.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mable Baxter; seven
daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Hood, Mrs. Darlene Adams of Giles County, Mrs. Robbie
Wise, Mrs. Hazeline Wise, Mrs. Faye Curry, Miss Geneva Baxter, and Miss Carolyn
Baxter, all of Alabama; one son, Morris "Buddy" Baxter of Alabama; thirteen
grandchildren; and one brother, Elmore Baxter.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEARD, Ike W. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 4 May1966
Funeral services for Ike W. Beard, Sr., 72, Nashville resident and retired
Railroad Engineer, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, April 27, in
Cosmopolitan Funeral Home in Nashville with the burial in Woodlawn Memorial
Park. He died on Monday morning, April 25, in a Nashville hospital after an
extended period of declining health.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sam L. Beard and Mary Coble
Beard, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Beard is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Merle Gilbert Beard; three
daughters, Mrs. Beatrice Boyce, Mrs. Margaret Ragland and Mrs. Betty Bush,
Nashville; five sons, Thomas E. Beard, Harold E. Beard, Roy B. Beard, Burton R.
Beard, and Frank T. Beard, addresses not given; and two sisters, Mrs. R. E.
Surles, Prospect, Giles County, and Logan Surles, Louisville, Ky.
BEARD, Inez Francis The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jun 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Inez Francis Beard, 71, resident of the Blooming Grove
community, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Beard died at 3:05 Saturday afternoon, June 6, at Giles
County Hospital.
Born March 6, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Daniel
George Francis and Mary Frances Hendrix Francis. She was a member of the Baptist
Church. Her husband, John Beard, died in 1960.
Mrs. Beard is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Roberta Carvell, Mrs. Annie
Carvell and Mrs. Ida Bowlen, all of Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEARD, Joe Stultz (Jack) The Pulaski Citizen 14 Oct 1964
Funeral services for Joe Stultz (Jack) Beard, 74, resident of the Sumac
community, were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist
minister. Burial took place in New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Beard died on Friday,
October 9, in Giles County Hospital.
Born May 16, 1890 in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Morgan Beard
and Rhoda Lanier Beard. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Sallie Britton Beard, died several years ago.
Mr. Beard is survived by one sister, Mrs. J. C. Russell, Pulaski; one
half-brother, Wilton Beard, Pulaski; and one half-sister, Mrs. Jesse W. Cox,
Diana.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEARD, John The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1960
Funeral services for John Beard, 65, farmer of the Blooming Grove section, were
held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
Gilbert Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ, and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Beard
died at 10 o'clock Monday morning, November 28 at Giles County Hospital after a
three weeks illness.
Born March 7, 1895, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Beard and
Edna Carden Beard.
Mr. Beard is survived by his wife, Mrs. Inez Francis Beard; one brother,
Lockland Beard, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and two half-brothers, Robert McGrew and
Walter McGrew, both of Giles County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEARD, Maggie Ruth The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Ruth Beard, 66, were conducted Sunday afternoon
at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in New Zion Cemetery.
Mrs. Beard died Friday, August 18, at her home on Route 7, Pulaski. She was a
native of Giles County, born December 22, 1900, the daughter of the late E. L.
and Sara Roden Newton. Her husband was the late Guy Beard.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Clayburn Creecy, Giles County; five
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. R. C. Sands,
Dayton, Ohio.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEARD, Sallie Angeline Britton The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Angeline Britton Beard, 72, resident of the
Sumac Community, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at New Zion Baptist
Church by Mr. Walker, Primitive Baptist Minister. Burial took place in the
church cemetery. Mrs. Beard died on Friday morning, May 20, at her home after a
short illness.
Born May 12, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James H.
Britton and Mollie Nevels Britton.
Mrs. Beard is survived by her husband, Jack Beard; two sisters, Mrs. W. C. Curry
and Mrs. Will Pierce; and one brother, J. F. Britton, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEARD, Tula Compton The Pulaski Citizen 13 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Tula Compton Beard, 82, widow of Sam Beard, were held
at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in Pisgah Methodist Church with the burial in
Pisgah Cemetery. Mrs. Beard died on Sunday, October 10, in Jacksonville, Fla.,
after a lengthy illness.
Born June 27, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Compton and Susan Gunter Compton. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Beard, the last member of her immediate family, is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Shellie Cardin, Jacksonville; four grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEARD, William Guy The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1960
Funeral services for William Guy Beard, 73, retired farmer of the Eleventh Civil
District, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the burial in New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Beard died at 3 o'clock Monday
morning, March 28, at Giles County Hospital, after an illness of several years.
Born July 16, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Morgan Beard and
Rhoda Lanier Beard.
Mr. Beard is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie Ruth Newton Beard; one brother,
Jack Beard, Sumac; two sisters, Mrs. Dud McCanless, Sumac, and Mrs. Pearl
Russell, Friendship; one half-brother, Wilton Beard, Pulaski; and one
half-sister, Mrs. Jesse W. Cox, Diana.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEASLEY, Frederick William The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Frederick William Beasley, 80, retired railroad employee
and livestock dealer, were held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. John B. Lindenberger, pastor of the
Lynnville Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. W. H. Moss, pastor of the First
Methodist Church. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Beasley, who had been in declining health several years, died at one o'clock
on Thursday, June 8, at Thayer Veterans Hospital, Nashville.
Born October 24, 1880, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Neal S.
Beasley and Mildred Lambeth Beasley. He was a railroad employee for many years,
having served as a telegrapher and train dispatcher. He was a member of the
Presbyterian Church and was a veteran of the Spanish-American War.
His wife, Mrs. Lura Herbert Beasley, daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. R. N.
Herbert, died about fourteen years ago.
Mr. Beasley is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Cullie Sands Beasley; one
daughter, Mrs. Julian C. Matlock, North Hollywood, Calif.; four grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. J. Carley Lester, Pulaski, and Miss Maude Beasley, Memphis;
and two brothers, Clarence C. Beasley, Boston, Mass., and Claiborne Beasley, San
Francisco, Calif.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEAVER, Robert Hunter The Pulaski Citizen 17 Sep 1969
Robert Hunter Beaver, 67, died Thursday, September 11, at his home on Route 1,
Lynnville.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon, September 12, at 3:00 o'clock
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Texas, Mr. Beaver was born May 2, 1902, the son of the late Newt
Henry Beaver, and Josie Callahan Beaver.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Thelma Thurman Beaver; two sons, Howard Beaver,
Culleoka, and Robert L. Beaver, Lynnville; one daughter, Mrs. David Green Opal
of Lynnville; eight grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Calvin West, Gregory, Mich.
BECK, Carrie Mae Helton The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Mae Helton Beck, 73, were held at 10 o'clock
Monday morning at Jarrell Memorial Chapel, Nashville, with the burial in Spring
Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Beck died Thursday, March 21, at a Nashville hospital.
Mrs. Beck is survived by her husband, John R. Beck; four daughters, Mrs. W. L.
Boucher and Mrs. Leon Whicker, Nashville, Mrs. T. D. Allen, Mt. Pleasant and
Mrs. Glenn Betts, Jr., Fort Carson, Colo.; one sister, Mrs. William Pryor,
Lewisburg; and two brothers, A. B. Helton, Pulaski, and W. C. Helton, Grand
Prairie, Texas; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
BEDDINGFIELD, Eva Louella Warren The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Louella Warren Beddingfield, 83, resident of the
Bunker Hill Community, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bunker Hill
Church of God, conducted by the Rev. J. W. McCullough, pastor of the church.
Burial took place in the Bee Spring Cemetery. Mrs. Beddingfield died Monday
afternoon, August 8, at her home after an illness of several years.
Born January 26, 1877, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jim
Warren and Mary Dale Warren, and was a member of the Bunker Hill Church of God.
Her husband, Allen Beddingfield, died twenty-one years ago.
Mrs. Beddingfield is survived by two sons, Calvin Beddingfield, Bunker Hill, and
Clay Beddingfield, Frankewing; three daughters, Mrs. Dale Hill, Beech Hill, Mrs.
Myrtle Storey, Nashville and Mrs. Irene Fralix, Lynnville; a number of
grandchildren and great-grandchildren; four brothers, Dan Warren and Houston
Warren, Bunker Hill, Clay Warren, Ardmore, and Cleveland Warren, Bodenahm; and
one sister, Mrs. Pearl Sanderson, Bunker Hill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEE, Mary Elizabeth Rutherford The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rutherford Bee, 87, widow of Marshall
Bee, will be held at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge Methodist
Church. Rites will be conducted by Gilbert Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church
of Christ and burial will take place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Bee died
Wednesday morning August 24, at the home of her son, Earl Z. Bee, Pulaski, after
a six weeks illness.
Born November 28, 1872, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
Jonathan Rutherford and Susan Tomerlin Rutherford, and was a member of the
Church of Christ.
Her husband, Marshall Bee, died twenty-three years ago.
In addition to the son, Earl Bee, Mrs. Bee is survived by three other sons, J.
Carson Bee, Pulaski, Will Bee, Bethel, and Raymond Bee, Dallas, Texas; three
daughters, Mrs. Elbert Garner, Pulaski, Mrs. Jerome Davenport and Mrs. Oakley
Henderson, both of Auburndale, Fla.; 27 grandchildren and 56
great-grandchildren; and two brothers, T. M. Rutherford, Giles County, and Theo
Rutherford, Georgia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BEE, Will The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jun 1965
Will Bee, 73 year old retired farmer of the Bethel Community, died at his home
Tuesday morning, June 22.
Funeral services were to be held at Pleasant Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church
with burial in Stella Cemetery. The body was taken to Spry Funeral Home, Athens,
Ala.
He was a native of Giles County, son of the late Marshall and Betty Rutherford
Bee. He was a member of Bethel Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Audrey Hughes Bee, a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth
Weatherford, Leggtown, Ala.; two sons, Julian Bee, Eagleville, Tenn. and Harold
Bee, Huntsville, Ala.; three sisters, Mrs. Argie Davenport, Mrs. Maria
Henderson, Auburndale, Fla., and Mrs. Eula Garner, Pulaski; and three brothers,
Earl and Carson Bee, Pulaski, and Raymond Bee, Dallas, Texas.
BEECHAM, Johnny Clayton The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Johnny Clayton Beecham, 4 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Donald Beecham, were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in New Prospect
Baptist Church with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery at Pulaski. The child who
had a kidney ailment for several months, died at 7:15 o'clock Monday morning,
June 13, in Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, following surgery.
In addition to the parents who have been residents of Pulaski more than five
years, is survived by two brothers, Charles Edward and James Donald Beecham,
Jr., and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde White, Pulaski, and Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Beecham, Lawrenceburg.
BEETS, Maggie Lou The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Miss Maggie Lou Beets, 76, who died Wednesday, December 14,
in Giles County Hospital, were conducted Friday afternoon, December 16, at 2:00
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Clarence K.
Stewart and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Miss Beets, a native of Giles County, was born July 10, 1890, the daughter of
the late William and Mary Cooper Beets. She was a member of the Rose Hill
Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. M. C. Norman, Mrs. Dee Norman, and Mrs.
Leroy Goats, all of Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BELEW, Alice Clark The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Belew of Route 1, Pulaski, were held Monday at
Loretto Baptist Church by J. P. Stockman. Burial was in the Restview Cemetery.
Mrs. Belew died at Elm Rest Home in Lawrenceburg Saturday.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Willie Landtroope of Pulaski; a son, Villard
Belew, Lawrenceburg; a sister, Mrs. Annie Comer of Loretto; two brothers, Rob
Clark of Rossville, Ill. and Monroe Clark, Loretto; and one grandchild and two
great-grandchildren.
BELL, Arthur James The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1961
Dr. Arthur James Bell, 89, retired veterinarian, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, at
Giles County Hospital following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at Bennett-May Funeral Home at 2 p. m. with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. A
native of Illinois, Dr. Bell moved to Pulaski in 1906 and made his home here
until about twelve years ago when he moved to Nevada, Mo. He practiced veternary
medicine here and was for many years Giles County livestock inspector. He was
the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bell and was married to the former Miss
Nola Capps who died a number of years ago.
Survivors include one son, Arthur Bell, of Sylacauga, Ala., a grandson, Billy
Bell of Pulaski; a granddaughter and four great-grandchildren.
BENNETT, Alexander Garland The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1960
Funeral services for Alexander Garland Bennett, 80, father of two Pulaski
residents, were held at 8 o'clock Sunday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home. The Rev. Wallace Carr, Presbyterian minister, officiated, and
burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Bennett died Friday morning, April 15, at his home at Petersburg, Va., after
an extended illness.
He was a native of Franklin County, Tenn. His wife, Mrs. Vera Blanton Benton,
died December 24, 1958.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and was a retired railroad man and
farmer.
Mr. Bennett is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Knox Askins and Mrs. Maxwell
McMasters, Jr., both of Pulaski, Mrs. Charles Goolsby, Petersburg, Va., and Mrs.
Martin Graney, Detroit, Mich.; and two sisters and two brothers, all of Decherd,
Tenn.
BENNETT, George T. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Oct 1964
George T. Bennett, one time band director at Giles County High School, died
early Wednesday morning, October 28, at his home in Oglethorpe, Ga.
Funeral services will take place at 10 o'clock Friday morning in Rossville, Ga.,
with graveside services at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Maplewood Cemetery,
Pulaski.
Mr. Bennett, science teacher and band director for a period of thirty-five
years, in addition to his connection with the faculty of Giles County High
School, had taught in a number of states.
Mr. Bennett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Olson Bennett; one son, James
Bennett, Birmingham, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Judy Munger, Chattanooga, Mrs.
Ethelda Henry, Ashland, Mo., and Naomi Winsett, Springfield, Mo.; several
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Pansy Gordon, Kirkville, Mo. A son, Don
Bennett, died in 1954.
BENNETT, Lula Baker The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jul 1968
Mrs. Lula Bennett, 67, died Thursday, July 18, in Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa,
Ala.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bennett were held Saturday afternoon, July 20, at 2:30
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Bennett was born February 4, 1901, the daughter
of the late Wade H. and Susie A. Tate Baker.
Survivors include one step-son, Emerson Bennett, California; one sister, Mrs.
Marvin Davis, Sr., Pulaski; one brother, Hunter Baker, Decatur, Ala.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BENNETT, Myrtle Williams The Pulaski Citizen 12 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Monroe Bennett, 67, Pulaski civic leader, were held at
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites
were conducted by Athens Clay Pullius, of Nashville, and the burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Bennett died unexpectedly at 11:20 o'clock Monday
night, October 10, at her home on South Third Street, following a period of
declining health.
The former Miss Myrtle Williams, she was born April 4, 1893, at Aspen Hill, the
daughter of the late Tom O. Williams and Emma Paisley Williams.
Mrs. Bennett was a member of the Church of Christ and was a charter member of
Pulaski Garden Club.
Mrs. Bennett is survived by her husband, Monroe Bennett; one son, William Monroe
Bennett, both members of the firm of Bennett-May and Company, in Pulaski; two
granddaughters, Betty and Susan Bennett; and one sister, Mrs. Sam Hall, Italy,
Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BENNETT, William Monroe The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
William Monroe Bennett, Sr., 68, one of Pulaski's leading and best-loved
citizens, died Sunday morning, February 11, at 7 o'clock in the Giles County
Hospital, after a long illness.
Mr. Bennett, member of a prominent family here, was an outstanding citizen of
the community. His father and grandfather, along with the late Henry May, were
co-founders of the Bennett-May Company, funeral directors and furniture dealer.
He was senior member and president of Bennett-May and Company, though ill health
forced his retirement a few years ago and the furniture business was closed last
year.
He was a veteran of World War I. Until his retirement, he was a member of the
Exchange Club.
Services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May Funeral
Home by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ, with burial
in Maplewood Cemetery.
He was a member of Second Street Church of Christ.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Claude and Jennie Smith
Bennett. His wife was the late Myrtle Williams Bennett.
He is survived by one son, William Monroe Bennett, Jr.; one sister, Mrs. Herbert
Sparks of this city; a brother, Claude Bennett of Birmingham and two
granddaughters, Betty and Sue Bennett, also of Pulaski.
BERRY, Mrs. J. J. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. J. J. Berry, 86, mother of Dr. John W. Berry, Pulaski
veterinarian, were held on Wednesday, November 30, at the Baptist Church in Red
Bay, Ala., with the burial in Red Bay Cemetery. Mrs. Berry died on Tuesday,
November 29, at her home in the Alabama town after a lingering illness.
The widow of J. J. Berry, Mrs. Berry is survived by one son at Pulaski; and
three daughters; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
BETHELL, A. W. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1960
Funeral rites were held Tuesday in Brinkley, Ark., for A. W. Bethell, Sr., 88,
father of Charles V. (Pat) Bethell of Pulaski. Mr. Bethell died at 10 o'clock
Saturday night, December 3, following a months illness.
A native of Arkansas, he lived at Lawrenceburg, Tenn. for twenty-five years,
returning to Arkansas thirty-four years ago.
In addition to the son at Pulaski, Mr. Bethell is survived by two other sons, A.
W. Bethell, Jr., Baltimore, Md., and William A. Bethell, Birmingham, Ala.; four
daughters, Mrs. James Crawford, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Luke Lawrence, Huntsville,
Ala., Mrs. A. G. Green, Philadelphia, Pa., and Mrs. Walter Justice, Monerey,
Calif.; one brother, Charles Bethell; and one sister, Mrs. Maude Lewis, both of
Stuttgart, Ark.
BILES, Bell Zora Pully The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Bell Zora Pully Biles, 90, native Giles Countian, will
be held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in the family lot at Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Biles died Wednesday
afternoon, August 12, at Elm Nursing Home at Lawrenceburg following a long
period of declining health.
Born June 29, 1874, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Isaac
Pully and Josephine Gilbert Pully.
Her husband, Ollie Biles, died several years ago.
Mrs. Biles is survived by one son, Grady Biles, Pulaski; three grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. G. C. Case, Prospect; and one
brother, Luther S. Pully, Dallas, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BILES, Clellie Mae Hardiman The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Clellie Mae Hardiman Biles, 59, Pulaski resident, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Biles died on Wednesday, November 13, at the home in Pulaski.
Born January 25, 1904, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Ed
Hardiman and Bettie Ann Sanders Hardiman. She was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Biles is survived by her husband, Luther Biles; three daughters, Mrs. Ed
Teeples and Mrs. Albert Fry, both of Pulaski, and Mrs. Willie Lynn, Greenville,
Texas; one son, Clarence Biles, Conroe, Texas; fourteen grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Adrian Darnell and Mrs. Floyd Mitchell,
Pulaski, Mrs. Oakley Brooks, Prospect, and Mrs. Tom Williams, Shelbyville; and
two brothers, Raymond Hardiman, Ardmore, and Herbert Hardiman, Prospect.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BIRDSONG, Albert Eldon The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Albert Eldon Birdsong, 72, magistrate of the Ninth Civil
District for many years and a retired farmer, were held at 1:30 o'clock on
Sunday afternoon at Elkton Methodist Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev.
Raymond L. Greenway, pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev. Talmadge
Clayton, Baptist minister, and burial took place in the family lot in Elkton
Cemetery. Mr. Birdsong, who has suffered several paralytic strokes, died at 10
o'clock Saturday morning, August 13, at the home, three miles south of Pulaski.
A lifelong resident of Giles County, he was born August 21, 1887, the son of the
late Walter H. Birdsong and Laura Belle mason Birdsong, members of pioneer
families of the county. He was a member of the Elkton Methodist Church.
Mr. Birdsong is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle May Birdsong; two sons, Eldon
Birdsong, Jr., Elkton, and Sam A. Birdsong, Florence, Ala.; three
granddaughters, Miss Linda Birdsong, Elkton and Misses Donna and Diana Birdsong,
Florence; and one brother, Grady Birdsong, Elkton.
BIRDSONG, Anna McCormick The Pulaski Citizen 28 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna McCormick Birdsong, 86, life-long resident of
Giles County and church leader, were held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E.
Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. Garland Sieben.
Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Birdsong died
Monday morning, August 26, at Fairhaven Nursing Home after an extended illness.
Born May 20, 1877, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
Harvey McCormick and Eliza James Abernathy McCormick, members of pioneer
families of the county. Her husband, Dr. Wallace G. Birdsong, well-known Giles
County physician, died October 21, 1931.
Mrs. Birdsong is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Everett Smith, Pulaski, and
Mrs. Albert Choate, Lakeland, Fla.; two sons, Dr. Gordon Birdsong, Franklin,
Va., and John Harvey Birdsong, Monroe, La.; six grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. W. M. (Della) Oliver, Waco, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BIRDSONG, Emma Mae Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen __ Jul 1968
Funeral Rites Held Saturday With Interment In Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Tully Birdsong, 89, died Thursday, July 4, 1968 at her home on Sam Davis
Avenue after a period of declining health.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Saturday at Bennett May Chapel with
the Rev. J. C. Elkins officiating. Interment was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Birdsong, the former daughter of the late M. T. Abernathy and Annie Eliza
Birdsong Abernathy of the Bethesda community. A native Giles Countian, born July
13, 1878, she was educated at Giles College and received the M.E.L. degree from
Martin College in 1897. She was married to the late Tully Birdsong, son of
Thomas Logan and Adelaide Birdsong.
Mr. and Mrs. Birdsong lived in their home place, the former Bishop Paine
residence, in the Bunker Hill community until the death of Mr. Birdsong. In 1915
she moved with her nine children to Pulaski.
Mrs. Birdsong was a talented musician, having served at one time as organist of
the Bethesda Methodist Church and later as organist for First United Methodist
Church in Pulaski. She also was a member of the Choir at First Methodist. She
taught school in Giles County at Abernathy School, Woodlawn, Anthony Hill and
Pulaski Elementary. She was a member of the Martin College faculty in 1922 23.
Mrs. Birdsong was a charter member of the Twentieth Century Literary Club and
the Gay Nineties Club, a life member of the Women's Society of Christian
Service, having served that organization as treasurer for fourteen years. She
also was an active member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Survivors are six daughters, Miss. Tullie Mae Birdsong of Pulaski, Miss Eleanor
Birdsong of Chattanooga, Mrs. D. L. Moore of Birmingham, Al, Mrs. J. Loyd
Prentice of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Mrs. Evans Kelsey of Florence, Al, and Miss
Ethel Birdsong of Nashville; 2 sons, Thomas A. Birdsong and Tully Birdsong, Jr.
of Bluefield, W. Va; eight grandchildren, four great grandchildren; and a
sister, Mrs. E .E. May of Cleveland, Oh.
BIRDSONG, Eunice Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 01 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Eunice Taylor Birdsong, 88, life long resident of the
Elkton Community, were held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at Elkton Methodist
Church with the burial in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Birdsong died at 7:45 o'clock
Thursday night, December 26, at Giles County Hospital where she had been a
patient since breaking a hip the second time recently.
Born June 9, 1875, at Elkton, she was the daughter of the late John Taylor and
Martha Whitfield Taylor. She was a member of Elkton Methodist Church.
Her husband, Ollie Birdsong, died November 16, 1930.
Mrs. Birdsong is survived by two sons, Taylor Birdsong, employee of Pulaski Post
Office and David Birdsong, Huntsville, Ala.; four daughters, Mrs. J. Carson
Simpson, Pulaski, Mrs. Elbert Petty, Fayetteville, Mrs. Mary Hardiman,
Manchester, and Mrs. Robbie Senesac, Huntsville, Ala.; four grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BIRDSONG, Jesse Mayes The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Jesse Mayes Birdsong, 83, retired farmer of the Prospect
section, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway, pastor of Elkton Methodist Church.
Burial took place in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Birdsong died at 5 o'clock on
Wednesday morning, July 4, at the home of his son, Gilbert Birdsong, following a
long illness.
Born June 8, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Lewis Birdsong
and Mattie King Birdsong. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Nettie Hastings Birdsong, died thirty-eight years ago.
In addition to Gilbert Birdsong, Mr. Birdsong is survived by another son, Wilson
Birdsong, Elkton; four daughters, Mrs. Roy Cunningham, Prospect, Mrs. Will
Boatright, Lynnville, Mrs. O. J. Hastings, Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Joseph
Roberts, Cedar City, Utah; and twenty-eight grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BIRDSONG, Joe The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Joe Birdsong, 48, Giles County farmer who died Thursday
morning, June 15, from an apparently self-inflicted pistol wound, were conducted
at Bennett-May Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by the Rev. William
H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial was in Bethesda Cemetery.
According to deputy sheriff Bill Morris, Mr. Birdsong and a brother, Roy, had
been working early Thursday morning at a barn near the house where both resided
on Stage Road in the Bethesda community. The brother went to the house for a
short time, leaving Joe at the barn. When he returned about 7:45 o'clock, he
found Joe lying on the floor of a shed just to the rear of the barn with a
bullet wound in the head. The victim was rushed to Giles County hospital, where
he died about one hour later. County Coroner William M. Bennett, Jr., termed the
death a suicide.
Members of the family said Mr. Birdsong had been in ill health for a long period
of time and was thought that despondency over his physical condition led to his
action.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Will and Cordie Birdsong
Birdsong. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Bethesda Methodist
Church.
Survivors include another brother, Dayton Birdsong of Lexington, Ky., and a
sister, Mrs. Osteen Polly of the Conway community.
BIRDSONG, Leonard B. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Dec 1969
Leonard B. Birdsong, 47, died Sunday, December 28, in Veterans Hospital,
Nashville.
Funeral services for Mr. Birdsong, veteran of World War II and manager of the
Rotary Club's Little League Ball Club, were conducted Tuesday afternoon,
December 30, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born January 17, 1923, the son of the late
Henry and Eunice Thomas Birdsong.
Survivors include three brothers, Freeman Birdsong and Thomas Birdsong, both of
Bunker Hill, John Birdsong, Pulaski; five sisters, Mrs. John Owen, Mrs. Guy
Bass, and Miss Evelyne Birdsong, Pulaski, Mrs. James Owen, Louisville, Ky., and
Mrs. Stacy Pearson.
BIRDSONG, Lizzie Cardin The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Cardin Birdsong, 82, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, April 2, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Bethesda Cemetery.
Mrs. Birdsong, wife of the late M. F. Birdsong, died Sunday night in Baptist
Hospital, Nashville.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Birdsong was born November 29, 1885, the daughter
of the late James L. and Nancy Diana Williams Cardin.
Survivors include three daughters, Miss Flora Mae Birdsong, Mrs. Larry Codner,
and Mrs. Edward Kellum, all of Nashville; two sons, Monroe Birdsong, Gallatin,
and Ben Birdsong, Nashville; two brothers, Kirk Cardin, Pulaski and Fisher
Cardin, Decatur, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. C. Y. Allison, Nashville; eleven
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BIRDSONG, Mae Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1968
Mrs. Tully Birdsong, 89, died Thursday, July 4, at her home on Sam Davis Avenue
after a period of declining health.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Saturday at Bennett-May Chapel with
the Rev. Billy Craighead and Rev. J. C. Elkins officiating. Interment was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Birdsong, the former Miss Mae Abernathy, was the daughter of the late M. T.
Abernathy and Annie Birdsong Abernathy of the Bethesda community. A native of
Giles County, born July 13, 1878, she was educated at Giles College and received
the M. E. L. degree from Martin College in 1897. She was married to the late
Tully Birdsong, son of Thomas Logan and Adelaide Birdsong, in 1897.
Mr. and Mrs. Birdsong lived in their home place, the former Bishop Paine
residence in the Bunker Hill community, until the death of Mr. Birdsong. In 1915
she moved with her nine children to Pulaski.
Mrs. Birdsong was a talented musician, having served at one time as organist of
the Bethesda Methodist Church and later as organist for First Methodist Church
in Pulaski. She also was a member of the choir at First Methodist. She taught
school in Giles County at Abernathy School, Woodlawn, Anthony Hill and Pulaski
Elementary. She was a member of the Martin College faculty in 1922-23.
Mrs. Birdsong was a charter member of the Twentieth Century Literary Club and
the Gay-Nineties Club, a life member of the Woman's Society of Christian
Service, having served that organization as treasurer for fourteen years. She
also was an active member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
BIRDSONG, Newton Wright The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Newton Wright Birdsong, 67, native Giles Countian and
Decatur, Ala., construction worker, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon
in the Fifth Street Baptist Church in Decatur, with the burial in the cemetery
in that city. Mr. Birdsong died on Tuesday, February 9, at his home after a long
illness.
Born November 22, 1897 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas Edward
Birdsong and Annie Leslie Hollis Birdsong. He was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Mr. Birdsong is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Whitlock Birdsong; one son,
Charles, U. S. Navy; four daughters, Mrs. Ann Wasiesey, Mrs. Hurley Perry, and
Mrs. Everett Payne, Decatur and Mrs. Bill Smith, Birmingham, Ala.; several
grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. John E. Ezell, Pulaski, and Mrs. Annie Tom
Tate, Prospect.
BIRDSONG, Robert Haughty The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Robert Haughty (Haut) Birdsong, 80, retired farmer of the
Prospect
section, were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home with the burial in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Birdsong died at 11:30 o'clock on
Thursday night, November 28, at his home after a long period of declining
health.
Born November 5, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas
Birdsong and Annie Hollis Birdsong.
Mr. Birdsong is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mable Gilliam Birdsong; one daughter,
Mrs. Lee Campbell, Decatur, Ala.; three sons, Mack Birdsong and Roger T.
Birdsong, Pulaski, and George Neal Birdsong, Folkston, Ga.; eleven grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. John Ezell, Pulaski, and Mrs.
Annie Tom Tate, Prospect, and Mrs. Tera Chambers, Birmingham, Ala.; and one
brother, Newt Birdsong, Decatur, Ala.
Wilson Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
BIRDSONG, Roy The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Roy Birdsong, 50, were held on Saturday, September 17, at
2:00 p. m., in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown,
minister of the Second Street Church of Christ officiating. Burial was in
Bethesda Cemetery.
Mr. Birdsong died Friday, September 16, in Giles County Hospital. He was born
April 30, 1916, in Giles County, the son of the late W. H. and Cordie Birdsong.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Osteen Polly, Pulaski; and one brother,
Dayton Birdsong, Lexington, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BIRDSONG, Virgil The Pulaski Citizen 11 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Virgil Birdsong, 65, farmer of the Frankewing Community,
will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home with the
burial in Frankewing Cemetery. Mr. Birdsong died unexpectedly of a heart attack
at 10:15 o'clock Wednesday morning, March 11, at his home.
Born April 5, 1898, he was the son of the late Adolphus Benton Birdsong and Ella
Vesta Hollis Birdsong.
Mr. Birdsong is survived by his wife, Mrs. Willa Mae Follis Birdsong; one son,
Dolphus Lee Birdsong, Frankewing; one daughter, Mrs. Bob Abernathy, Frankewing;
two grandchildren; one brother, Arnold Birdsong, Delrose; and three sisters, Mr.
Lola McLin and Mrs. C. B. McKnight, Pulaski, and Mrs. Dee Robinson, Delrose.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BIRDSONG, Walter Grady The Pulaski Citizen 24 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Walter Grady Birdsong, 76, retired farmer of the Elkton
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Elkton Methodist Church,
conducted by Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. Loren Barnhart, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Birdsong died at 2 o'clock
Sunday morning, March 21, in Giles County Hospital.
Born February 6, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Walter H.
Birdsong and Laura Bell Mason Birdsong. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Birdsong is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Shelton Birdsong; six sons,
Walton Birdsong, Oklahoma City, Okla., Julian Birdsong, Long Island, New York,
W. H. Birdsong, Chicago, Ill., and Bernard Birdsong, Tullahoma; two daughters,
Mrs. Laura Bell Kinner, California, and Mrs. Bobby Whitt, Ardmore, Route 1; and
nineteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BISHOP, Thomas Wiley The Pulaski Citizen 23 Apr 1969
Thomas Wiley Bishop, 77, retired farmer of the Bunker Hill community, died at
Giles County Hospital on Saturday. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday
at Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with burial in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late William and Ann McCaskill
Bishop.
He is survived by his wife, Ora Lee Boaz Bishop; four sons, Kenneth of Giles
County, William and Raymond, Florida, Thomas, Illinois; a step-daughter, Mrs.
Connie Sullivan, Denver, Colo.; one brother, Joseph Bishop, Lawrenceburg; two
sisters, Mrs. Eugene May, Oregon and Mrs. Cecil Cates, Lawrenceburg, 14
grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BIVENS, Louisa Holley The Pulaski Citizen 06 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Holley Bivens, Shelbyville resident, will be
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Gowan-Smith Funeral Home in Shelbyville
with graveside services at 3:45 in Maplewood Cemetery at Pulaski. Mrs. Bivens
died early Wednesday morning, February 6, at Beford County General Hospital in
Shelbyville after a long illness.
She was the daughter of Mrs. J. A. Holley, now residing in Shelbyville, and the
late Mrs. Holley.
Mr. and Mrs. Bivens lived in Sacramento, Calif., until his death in 1955. The
past two years, Mrs. Bivens has made her home with her mother in Shelbyville.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Bivens is survived by two brothers, Knox Holley,
Shelbyville, and Arnold Holley, Jr., Orlando, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs.
Abbie Walters and Mrs. John Darby, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BLACK, John A. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1961
Funeral services for John A. Black, 84, a former resident of Giles County, were
held on Tuesday at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Chapel, Amarillo, Texas, with the
burial in the Claude Cemetery at Claude, Texas. Mr. Black died July 16.
Mr. Black, a retired car salesman, was born March 7, 1877, in Tennessee, moving
in 1905 to Claude, Texas, later moving to Amarillo.
Mr. Black is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maude Davis Black, whom he married in
1912; one daughter, Mrs. Laura Mundell; one son, Howard Black; one grandson; all
of Amarillo; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Swain, Ashland, Ore., and Mrs. Laura
Chaffin, Nashville, Tenn.; and one brother, Leonard E. Black, Nashville, Tenn.
BLACK, John Petty The Pulaski Citizen 14 Oct 1964
Funeral services for retired Minor Hill farmer John Petty Black, 84, were held
Saturday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ, with burial in Maplewood
Cemetery. He died Thursday, October 8, at Giles County Hospital after a period
of declining health. The Rev. R. E. Stevenson, Methodist minister, and Edward
Harper, minister at Minor Hill Church of Christ, officiated at the services.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Black was a native of Giles County, son of the late Andrew Jackson and Ursula
Petty Black. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Rasalee Booth Black; a son, Paul Black, Minor Hill; three daughters, Mrs.
John W. Berry, Pulaski, Mrs. Joe Sparks, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Elise Towry,
Fayetteville; a brother, Oswald B. Black, Minor Hill; seven grandchildren; and
six great-grandchildren.
BLACK, Rassalee Booth The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Rassalee Booth Black, 83, Minor Hill resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. R. E. Stevenson, pastor of Minor Hill Methodist Church,
and the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church in Pulaski.
Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Black, a patient
in Fairhaven Nursing Home, died in the Home on Sunday morning, May 15, after a
long illness.
Born December 25, 1882, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late B. A.
Booth and Mary Katherine Reeder Booth. Her husband, Petty Black, died October 8,
1964. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Black is survived by one son, Paul Black, Minor Hill; three daughters, Mrs.
John W. Berry, Pulaski, Mrs. Joe Sparks, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Tom Towry,
Fayetteville; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BLACKMON, Elmer D. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Elmer D. Blackmon, former resident of Pulaski and a retired
cabinet maker, were held on Saturday, August 3, at Griffin Funeral Chapel in
Jackson, Tenn., with the burial on Highland Memorial Gardens, Jackson. Mr.
Blackmon who resided in Jackson died on Thursday, August 1. His wife, Mrs.
Mattie Lane McMillion Blackmon, native of Giles County, died in 1958.
Mr. Blackmon, a native of Madison County, is survived by two sons, E. D.
Blackmon, Jr., Coraopolis, Pa., and C. Harvey McMillion, Jackson; one daughter,
Mrs. T. L. Byrum, Corpus Christi, Texas; seven grandchildren; and three sisters,
Mrs. Minnie Oliver, Mrs. C. L. Pomeroy, Jackson, and Mrs. Addie Burham, Memphis.
BLACKWELL, Dave The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1967
Funeral services for Dave Blackwell, 66, were conducted Saturday, August 12, at
11:00 A. M. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Pink Griggs
officiating. Burial was in Diana Cemetery.
Mr. Blackwell died Thursday, August 10, in Giles County Hospital. He was a
native of White County, born September 13, 1900, the son of the late Jim and
Florence Bell Blackwell.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Rivers Holley of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BLADE, Matilda Josephine (Josie) The Pulaski Citizen 25 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda Josephine (Josie) Prater Blade, 89, resident
of the Fourteenth Civil District, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Liberty Hill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev.
Simon Casteel, Baptist ministers.
Burial took place in the Campbellsville Cemetery. Mrs. Blade died at 5:50
o'clock Sunday night, April 22, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Tom Riggins,
in the Liberty Hill section.
The last member of her immediate family, she was born July 28, 1872, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late Ben Prater and Sarah Mize Prater. She had been
a member of the Baptist Church for seventy-five years.
Her husband, Goldsberry Eason Blade, died more than twenty years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Riggins, Mrs. Blade is survived by another daughter, Mrs.
Aud Story, Pulaski; three sons, Estel Blade, Lyles, Tenn., Vester Blade,
Pulaski, and Hubert Blade, Elkton; thirty-three grandchildren, and one hundred
and eleven great-grandchildren and thirty-six great-great-grandchildren.
BLAIR, Floyd B. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1967
Floyd B. Blair, 68, father of Mrs. George Worsham, died in Limestone County
Hospital, Friday, November 17, after an extended illness.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, November 19, at 2 o'clock, in the
chapel of McConnell Funeral Home, with burial in Athens Cemetery.
Mr. Blair, a native of Limestone County, Ala., was the Woodman of the World
insurance representative for that area.
Survivors in addition to Mrs. Worsham, are his wife, Mrs. Beulah Mae Blair,
Athens; three sons, Thomas D. Blair, Warwick R. I., Wade and Wilson Blair,
Athens, Ala.; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one brother, Roy W.
Blair, Athens, Ala.
BLAKE, Gladys Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 24 Dec 1969
Miss Gladys Thomas Blake, 76, former resident of Pulaski, died Wednesday,
December 10, at her home in Marietta, Ga.
Miss Blake was a member of the Episcopal Church and a writer of stories for
girls.
She was born August 18, 1893, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Blake. While
in Pulaski, she lived with her aunt, Mrs. Ed Eslick and Mrs. C. O. Broecker.
She had lived in Marietta, Ga. for three years with her nephew, William Blake.
BLAND, Betty Jane The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Miss Betty Jane Bland, 82, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at McBurg Church of Christ. Burial took place in the Wright Cemetery
at McBurg. Miss Bland died at 11 o'clock Friday morning, January 20, at Giles
County Hospital, after a short illness.
Born October 23, 1878, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late
Preston Monroe Bland and Martha Virginia Jones Bland.
Miss Bland is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Edgar Mitchell, Fayetteville, and
Mrs. Ed Hargrove, Bunker Hill; two brothers, John Bland, Nashville, and George
Bland, McBurg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BLANKENSHIP, John May The Pulaski Citizen 27 Dec 1961
Funeral services for John May Blankenship, 42, local carpenter, were held at
2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. J. W. McCullough. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Blankenship died on Wednesday, December 20, at his home
at Bunker Hill after a long illness.
Born March 17, 1919, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Julia Gregory
Blankenship of Columbia and the late John B. Blankenship. He was a member of the
Baptist Church. For a number of years he has been employed by Ernest Prosser,
local contractor.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Blankenship is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula
Watson Blankenship; three sons, Thomas Wayne, John Hastings, and Alan Keith
Blankenship; two daughters, Emily Jo and Rita Fay Blankenship, all of the home
address; one brother, Henry Ford Blankenship, Lawrenceburg; and three sisters,
Mrs. Ernest Prosser, Cornersville, Mrs. Tillman Anderson, Columbia, and Mrs.
Ewell Smith, Grandview, Texas.
BLANKENSHIP, Robert Byrd Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 12 May 1965
Robert Byrd Blankenship, Jr., 18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B.
Blankenship of Columbia, former Pulaskians, was fatally injured morning when he
wandered from his yard into the path of a moving car.
The family moved to Columbia the first of February after living four years in
Pulaski, where Mr. Blankenship was associated with Cook's Pest Control as
district manager.
State Trooper J. C. Inman, who investigated said the Blankenship family was in
the yard about 6:30 a. m., Saturday, May 8, when the child wandered into the
path of a car driven by Oscar Marks. The accident occurred in Westwood
Subdivision outside the Columbia city limits an about two blocks off Mt.
Pleasant Highway. No charges were placed against the driver.
Funeral services were held at Williams Funeral Home, Columbia, at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Clarence Stewart, pastor of First Baptist Church in
Pulaski, and the Rev. Harry Moore officiated and burial was in Polk Memorial
Gardens.
Survivors in addition to his parents include three brothers, Glenn and Royce
Blankenship of Pulaski and Kenneth Blankenship of Vancouver, Wash.; a sister,
Mrs. Sandra Whitman of Decatur, Ala.; two half-brothers, Rickey Wilson of
Columbia and Wayne Wilson of Huntsville, Ala.; maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Terry of Pinson, Ala.; Mrs. Cora Blankenship, Decatur, Ala.
BLASINGAME, Cora Gregory The Pulaski Citizen 24 Dec 1969
Mrs. Cora Gregory Blasingame, 90, sister of Mrs. L. A. Hagan of Pulaski, died
Saturday, December 20, at her home in Oxford, Miss.
Funeral services for Mrs. Blasingame, wife of the late James H. Blasingame, were
conducted Monday morning, December 22, at 10:00 o'clock in the First
Presbyterian Church in Oxford, Miss. with burial in McPeters Cemetery.
A former Giles Countian, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Gregory and
Sara Sims Gregory.
Survivors in addition to her sister include, two daughters, Miss Louise
Blasingame, and Mrs. Herbert O'Hara of Oxford, Miss.; two sons, James W.
Blasingame, Columbia, and Joseph Blasingame, Oxford, Miss.; two grandchildren;
and three great-grandchildren.
BLEDSOE, Allie The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Miss Allie Bledsoe, 64, retired school teacher, were held
Sunday afternoon at Beasley-Davis Funeral Home at Petersburg with the burial in
Center Point Cemetery in Giles County. Miss Bledsoe died Friday, January 27, at
a Nashville hospital after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Lou
Bearden Bledsoe.
Miss Bledsoe is survived by one brother, Bert Bledsoe of Petersburg.
BLEDSOE, George Christopher The Pulaski Citizen 31 May 1967
George Christopher Bledsoe, 40, Fayetteville truckdriver, and native Giles
Countian, died Monday, May 29, in a Huntsville, Ala., hospital from injuries
received a week earlier when he reportedly was involved in a fight at a
Fayetteville drive-in restaurant.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Tuesday at Bennett-May Chapel with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Bledsoe, son of Mrs. Macie Christopher Bledsoe of Pulaski and the late John
Wiseman Bledsoe, was born in Giles County March 15, 1927.
It was reported that he was knocked down in a fight May 22 with Douglas Dollar
of near Fayetteville and suffered a skull fracture when his head hit the
pavement. Dollar is free under $250 bond on a misdemeanor charge of fighting and
disturbing the peace. No hearing had been set yesterday.
Survivors besides his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Elise Smith Bledsoe; three
daughters, Kay, Chris and Kathy Bledsoe, all of Fayetteville; three sons, Jack
and Stephen f Fayetteville and Ronald Bledsoe of Pulaski; and two brothers,
Bennie of Pulaski and Marvin of Cleveland, Ohio.
BLEDSOE, John Wiseman The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jun 1964
Funeral services for John Wiseman Bledsoe, 89, retired Giles County farmer, were
held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. J. C. Elkins and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Bledsoe died on Friday, June 19, at his home in the
Berea section.
Born September 2, 1874, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Preston
Leach Bledsoe and Mildred Melson Bledsoe. He was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mr. Bledsoe is survived by his wife, Mrs. Macie Christopher Bledsoe; three sons,
Bennie Bledsoe, Pulaski, Marvin Bledsoe, Cleveland, Ohio, and George Bledsoe,
Fayetteville; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BLOW, David William The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1960
David William Blow, prominent businessman and church leader of Pulaski, died
Thursday morning, May 5, at 2 o'clock in Baptist Hospital, Nashville, after an
illness of two months.
Funeral services were conducted at First Methodist Church Friday afternoon with
the Rev. William H. Moss, Dr. W. H. Mansfield and Dr. W. Bruce Strother
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Blow was the son of William David (Billy) and Alice Pulley Blow, in whose
memory he gave the pipe organ which is now in use at First Methodist Church. He
was a member and former chairman of the Official Board of that church and had
been active in choir work for many years.
He was born and reared in Giles County and educated in the public schools of
Pulaski and at Martin College, of which he served as a member of the Board of
Trustees and on its building committee at the time of his death.
He was president of the board of Austin Hewitt Home for Aged Women and a member
of the Pulaski-Giles County Chamber of Commerce, Hillcrest Country Club, and the
Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Mr. Blow owned and operated Windsor Village Motel and served as an officer in
the State Motel Association. He was a former partner in the firm of Blow and
Coffman, oil distributors.
He is survived by his widow, the former Janice Inman of Columbia; a cousin, Mrs.
Rufus Campbell of Pulaski; and an uncle, Ed Porter of Florida.
BOATRIGHT, Algie The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1963
Algie Boatright, 59, native Giles Countian and resident of Gary, Ind., for 12-15
years, died on Friday, March 29, at a Gary hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services and burial took place in that city on Monday.
He was the son of the late James H. Boatright and Kate Fleming Boatright,
residents of the Lynnville section.
Mr. Boatright is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hattie Sands Boatright; two
daughters, Mrs. Stanley Edwards, Gary, Ind., and Mrs. Mike Bjelick, Hobart,
Ind.; two grandchildren; three brothers, Virgil Boatright, Hobart, and John
Boatright and Taft Boatright, both of Gary; and two sisters, Mrs. Maynard Johns,
Columbia, and Mrs. Emmett Henderson, Nashville.
BOATRIGHT, Ernie English The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Ernie English Boatright, 79, retired farmer of the
Lynnville Community, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at McDaniel
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. John B. Lindenberger, pastor of Lynnville
Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Boatright died
Monday night, February 24, at Giles County Hospital after a short illness.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Boatright and Clemmie
Griffis Boatright. He was a member of the Lynnville Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Boatright is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Lee Birdsong Boatright; three
sons, Floyd Boatright, Ralph Boatright, and Dean Boatright, all of Lynnville;
one daughter, Mrs. James Ingram, Pulaski; twelve grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren; and one brother, Wiley Boatright, Lynnville.
BOATRIGHT, Johnnie Moore The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Johnnie Moore Boatright, 72, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Cornersville Methodist Church, with the burial in
Lone Oak Cemetery. Mr. Boatright died Tuesday morning, March 19, at Gordon
Hospital in Lewisburg after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late John Boatright and
Clemintine Griffis Boatright. He had resided in Marshall County twenty years and
had been employed by the Florence Stove Company. He was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Mr. Boatright is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vallie Franklin Boatright; one
daughter, Mrs. Thomas Freeland, Cornersville; one son, W. D. Boatright,
Lewisburg; two brothers, Ernie and Wiley Boatright, Lynnville; and two
grandchildren.
BOATRIGHT, Tonnie Lowry The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Tonnie Lowry Boatright, 82, retired farmer of Giles County,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Cornersville Church of Christ,
conducted by Campbell Pullius, minister of the church. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Boatright died at 11:45 o'clock Friday morning, June 24, after a long
illness.
Born August 14, 1877, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William
English Boatright and Huldah Braden Boatright. He moved to Cornersville two
years ago. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Boatright is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie Wolaver Boatright; four
daughters, Mrs. Guy L. Watson, Clarksville, Mrs. William E. Bowers and Mrs. Ward
Nelms, Cornersville, and Mrs. Ned Odeneal, Jr., Pulaski; two sons, Eric
Boatright, Cornersville, and James B. Boatright, Nashville; and nine
grandchildren.
BOATRIGHT, Willie English The Pulaski Citizen 12 Apr 1961
Willie English Boatright, 48, died Thursday, April 8, at Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville, of injuries received earlier that day when a tractor overturned on
him at his farm near Lynnville.
Funeral services were conducted at 1 o'clock Saturday at McDaniel Funeral Home,
Cornersville, by the Rev. James E. Eddings and burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery
at Lynnville.
Boatright was dragging logs with the tractor when it over-turned, crushing his
chest. He was treated at Giles County Hospital and then removed toVanderbilt,
where he died at 6 p. m. The accident occurred about 11 o'clock Thursday
morning.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of E. E. and Mary Lee Birdsong
Boatright of Lynnville, who survive.
Other survivors are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Birdsong Boatright; three
daughters, Misses Carolyn, Lunette and Deborah Boatright; three sons, Donald,
Steven and Kelvin Lane Boatright, all of Lynnville; one sister, Mrs. James
Ingram of Pulaski; and three brothers, Floyd, Ralph and Dean Boatright of
Lynnville.
BOAZ, Ruby Cardin The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Boaz, 73, will be held Thursday, February 29, at
2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Revs. Billy Craighead
and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Boaz, wife of the late Edward L. Boaz, Sr., died Tuesday afternoon,
February 27, in Giles County Hospital after an extended illness.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Boaz was born November 5, 1894, the daughter of
the late Tom and Kitty Thomas Cardin.
Survivors include one son, Edward L. Boaz, Jr., Nashville; one brother, Harry
Cardin, Decatur, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Annie Mitchell, Pulaski, and five
grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOBO, Norman P. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Norman P. Bobo, retired grocer, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Bobo died on Wednesday,
February 2, in Lakeland, Fla.
Born in Marshall County, he was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Bobo is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maxie Brashears Bobo; one brother, Jesse
Bobo, Albertsville, Ala.; and one sister, Mrs. Elma Winfrey, Horton, Ala.
BOLDEN, Robert The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Robert Bolden, 71, retired farmer of Giles County, were
held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Free Will Baptist Church in
Nashville with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, west of Pulaski. Mr. Bolden,
who moved to Nashville sixteen years ago, died Monday at his home in that city.
A native of Giles County, he was born in March of 1889, the son of the late
Scott Bolden and Mary Lumpkins Bolden.
Mr. Bolden is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Mai Gilliam Bolden; three sons,
Robert L. Bolden, Pulaski and Allen Bolden and Ben Lee Bolden, both of
Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Roberta Graves, Pulaski; a stepson, Holley
Grammar, Nashville; and thirty grandchildren.
BOLES, Ellie The Pulaski Citizen 27 Dec 1967
Ellie Boles, 71, died Monday, December 25, in his home at Route 2, Prospect.
Funeral services for Mr. Boles, a retired farmer, were held Tuesday, December
26, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in the Prospect Cemetery.
Mr. Boles, a native of Alabama, was born January 1, 1896. Survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Maudy Appleton Boles; one step-son, F. A. Tate, Prospect; one
step-daughter, Mrs. Ruby Claud, Tarpley Shop.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOLES, Eva Miller The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Miller Boles, 80, resident of the Prospect
section, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by James E. Holt, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in the
Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Boles died Tuesday night, February 11, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born March 27, 1883, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Eva Miller,
daughter of the late Green Miller and Nancy Grant Miller. Twice married: her
first husband, Pete Tate, died many years ago; her second husband, Ellie Boles,
survives. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Boles is also survived by one son, F. A. Tate, Prospect; one daughter, Mrs.
Paul Claud, Prospect; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; several
step-children; two brothers, Roy Miller and Endsley Miller, both of Prospect;
and four sisters, Mrs. Nina Roberts,
Mrs. Ada Crabtree, Mrs. Vera Griggs, and Mrs. Glen Tate, all of Prospect.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOLTON, Charles Michael The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1961
Charles Michael Bolton, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bolton of
Pulaski, died Saturday afternoon, Sept. 30, following an accident on Highway 31,
about eight miles north of Pulaski, in which the automobile driven by his mother
left the road and plunged over an embankment at the L&N overpass near Manor
House Farm.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Pulaski
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Mr. Dixon of Lawrenceburg
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
The child's death brought to four the number of traffic fatalities in Giles
County during the month of September, with only two having been recorded during
the first eight months of 1961, making a total of six for the year to date.
Trooper Homer Smith of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said Saturday's accident
occurred on wet pavement just after a thunderstorm when Mrs. Bolton apparently
applied her brakes and the station wagon went into a spin, struck a bridge
abutment and went off the embankment. A Nashville man, F. A. Abercrombie, who
was driving behind the Bolton vehicle, gave that description of events to
Trooper Smith. The accident occurred about 2:55 p. m.
Mrs. Bolton, 22, is in serious condition at Giles County Hospital suffering a
fractured pelvis. Her mother, Mrs. Dee Norman, and brother, Tony Norman, 12,
both passengers in the automobile, also received extensive cuts and bruises.
Besides his parents and Mrs. Norman, all of Pulaski, Charles Michael is survived
by a brother, Stephen; a sister, Jacqueline Denise; his maternal grandfather,
Dee Norman, all of Pulaski; and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Tullie
Bolton of the Cedar Grove Community.
BONDS, Mamie Paralee Purdom The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie Paralee Purdom Bonds, 79, widow of James Willis
Bonds, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Ollie Binkley and the Rev. George Hill. Burial will take
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Bonds died on Tuesday, February 6, at her home
in the Waco Community.
Born July 31, 1882, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late William
Erwin Purdom and Hannah Armanda Rogers Purdom. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Bonds is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Ethel Hindman, Mrs. Leonard
Weatherford, Mrs. Jamie Steele, Mrs. Joe Thurman, Lynnville, Mrs. Shelby Pierce,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Floyd Clark, Columbia; four sons, William Daniel Bonds,
Everett Brown Bonds, James Cleveland Bonds, and Herbert Wright Bonds, all of
Lynnville; eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. Bessie Parker, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BONDS, Mary Elizabeth Cole The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bonds, 70, were held Tuesday, February
20, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Mr. Artie Collins officiating.
Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Bonds was born July 17, 1897, the daughter of the
late Robert and Lou Hamlin Cole. Mrs. Bonds, wife of the late Cullen J. Bonds,
died Saturday, February 17.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Estes, and Mrs. Joe Hickman, both
of Giles County; two sons, Robert Bonds, Reno, Nev., and Thomas Bonds,
Cleveland; two sisters, Mrs. Velma Marks and Mrs. George Lanier, both of Giles
County; one half-sister, Mrs. Sam Pitcock, Atlanta, Ga.; one step-sister, Mrs.
Bunyan Thurman, Pulaski; one brother, Brown Cole, Lincoln County; and seven
grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BONEE, John Dewitt The Giles Free Press 8 Mar 1962
Funeral services for John Dewitt Bonee, 48, were held at 2 p. m. Saturday, March
3, at New Prospect Church of Christ. Burial was in May Cemetery.
Mr. Bonee died Thursday, Mar. 1, in a Nashville hospital.
He was a native of Lawrence County, son of Mrs. Mattie L. Bonee Durham and the
late Lother Bonee.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to his mother he is survived by a son, Michael Bonee, Giles County;
A brother, Willard Bonee, Nashville; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Gunnell, Sidney,
Ohio; his stepfather, Joe Durham.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BONEE, Morgan Oscar The Pulaski Citizen 19 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Morgan Oscar Bonee, 74, retired farmer of the Cloverdale
section, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Cloverdale Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Andrew Hartsfield. Burial took place in the May Cemetery.
Mr. Boone died Saturday night, April 15, at Lawrence County Hospital after a two
weeks illness.
Born November 2, 1886, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late Morgan
Aaron Bonee and Susie Green Bonee. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Bonee is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Prince Bonee; one daughter, Mrs.
Susie Freeman, Lawrence County; four sons, Boyd Bonee, Texas, and Glenn Bonee,
Edward Bonee and Calvin Bonee, all of Lawrence County; thirteen grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Lela Watts, Lawrenceburg,
Mrs. Josie Green, Arkansas, and Mrs. Grace Robertson, Indiana.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOOKER, Ethel Williams The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Booker will be held Thursday, February 1, at
10:30 a.m., in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Rev. H. Ray Wood
officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Booker, 81, died Tuesday, January 30, in Bedford County Hospital,
Shelbyville. She was a resident of the Brick Church Community.
A member of the Baptist Church, Mrs. Booker was born February 9, 1886, the
daughter of the late Doc Presley and Sarah Frances Arnold Williams.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Willard B. Smith and Mrs. A. A. Smith,
Giles County, and Mrs. Knox Holley, Shelbyville; twenty-three grandchildren;
forty-six great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOOKER, Hudson Carl The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Hudson Carl Booker, 42, a foreman at Jack's Cookie Plant, Pulaski, died
unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon in Giles County Hospital, following a heart
attack.
Services will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the rites conducted by the Rev. Clarence Stewart,
pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial will take place in Goodway, Ala.
Born December 1, 1922, in Goodway, Ala., he was the son of Herbert Hudson Booker
and Mrs. Chris Nelson Booker. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Booker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Levie
Melton Booker; three daughters, Misses Linda Kay Booker, Chris Sue Booker and
Jane Louise Booker; and one son, Herbert Booker, Pulaski; three brothers, Jack
Booker, Excell, Ala., Bill Booker, U. S. Navy and Paul Booker, Pensacola, Fla.;
and five sisters, Mrs. L. E. Sims, and Mrs. Frances Melton, Mobile, Ala., and
Mrs. Phyllis Solomon, Mrs. Judy Jordon and Mrs. Ann Turk, Excell, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOONE, Ethel Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1960
Mrs. Ethel Harwell Boone died Sunday at Giles County Hospital after a long
illness.
Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. Tuesday at Scott's Hill Baptist Church
and burial in the church cemetery, with Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Alamay Archer and Mrs. Rozelle Porter of
Chicago; and Mrs. Louise Davis of Musdoville, Calif.; three sons, Claude Boone,
Pulaski, Grady Boone, Fort Pierce, Fla. and Tyson Boone of California; and 12
grandchildren, and one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Nancy Tomlin of Giles
County and Mrs. Pearl Farris, Columbia.
BOOTON, Clara Binghurst The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. William Sinclair Booton, 86, Pulaski resident, were
held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the burial taking place Sunday in Marshallville, Ga.., Cemetery. Mrs.
Booton died Thursday night, January 7, in Fairhaven Nursing Home, Pulaski, after
a long illness.
The former Miss Clara Binghurst, she was born June 20, 1870, in Clarksville,
Tenn., the daughter of the late William Rufus Binghurst and Sallie Scott
Binghurst. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Booton died in 1948.
Mrs. Booton is survived by one daughter, Mrs. David Rhea, Pulaski; three
grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. David Neilson, Coral Gables, Fla., and Mrs.
John S. Tilley, Montgomery, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOOTH, Cornelia Vivian The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Miss Cornelia Vivian Booth, 85, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss and Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Miss Booth died early Sunday
morning, February 11, at Giles County Hospital, following a long period of
declining health.
Born February 21, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
M. Booth and Ellen Huff Booth. She was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church
and the Women's Society of Christian Service, a former member of the Twentieth
Century Literary Club and an honorary member of the Pulaski Garden Club.
Miss Booth is survived by two sisters, Mrs. M. S. Church, Pulaski, and Mrs.
Marvin E. Eagle, Jackson; and two brothers, Fagan Booth, Pulaski, and Mason
Booth, Birmingham, Ala.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
BOOTH, Walter Mason The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1968
Walter Mason Both, 81, brother of Mrs. M. S. Church, died Wednesday night, April
17 in Birmingham, Ala.
Graveside services for Mr. Booth were held in Maplewood Cemetery Thursday
afternoon, April 18, at 2 o'clock.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Booth, a member of the firm, Booth and Son, for
many years, was born April 5, 1887, the son of the late T. M. Booth and Ellen
Hough Booth. His wife, the former Miss Lena Will May, died several years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Church, survivors include three daughters, Mrs. George
Wheeloch, and Mrs. Jack Worral, both of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Frank
Kennedy, Aberdeen, Miss.; and four grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOTTOMS, Daphine The Pulaski Citizen 4 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Miss Daphine Bottoms, 45, native of Ardmore, were held at
3:30 o'clock Thursday at Pulaski Street Church of Christ in Lawrenceburg, with
the burial in Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg. She died at 8:30 Wednesday morning,
July 28, in Lawrence County Hospital following several years ill health.
Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas B. Bottoms and
Madge Franks Bottoms. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She was Society
Editor of the Democrat-Union in Lawrenceburg for many years, was a charter
member of the Pilot Club and was employed as secretary-bookkeeper at Farmers
Supply Company. She had been identified with a number of civic organizations in
Lawrenceburg.
Miss Bottoms is survived by two sisters, Mrs. William C. Powell and Mrs. Alvin
Brown, both of Lawrenceburg; one brother, Buddy Bottoms, Naples, Texas; five
half-brothers, Lester Stewart, Old Hickory, Terry Bottoms, Athens, Ala., Floyd
Bottoms, Huntsville, Ala., Robert Bottoms, Ontario, Calif., and Elliott Bottoms,
Donna, Texas; and four half-sisters, Mrs. Marguerite Chamberlain, Nashville,
Mrs. Lucile Muratoria, San Antonio, Texas, Mrs. Mary Fowler, Ardmore, and Mrs.
Mildred Gibbs, Visalia, Calif.
BOUNDS, George William Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1960
Dr. George William Bounds, Sr., husband of former Giles County resident, died at
10 o'clock Sunday morning, September 18, at Anderson Infirmary, Meridian, Miss.,
after a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at First Baptist
Church in Meridian, with burial there.
Dr. Bounds, prominent physician of Meridian, is survived by his wife, the former
Miss Etta Mack Hannah of Campbellsville; two sons, Dr. Lemann Hannah Bounds, who
was associated with his father, and Dr. George W. Bounds, Jr., Nashville, Tenn.;
and several grandchildren.
BOWEN, Amos Lewis The Pulaski Citizen 24 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Amos Lewis Bowen, 72, retired Giles County farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Robert E. Wilsford, Baptist Missionary. Burial took place in the Bryant
Cemetery in Marshall County. Mr. Bowen died at 10 o'clock Friday night, March
20, in Umble Nursing Home in Lewisburg.
He was born February 21, 1893, in Marshall County.
Mr. Bowen is survived by one son, Joe T. Bowen, Mooresville; three daughters,
Mrs. Polly May Poarch and Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, both of Marshall County. Mrs.
Louise Browning, Waco, Texas; twenty-six grandchildren, twelve
great-grandchildren; and one brother, Walter Leon Bowen, Campbellsville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOWEN, Bobby Joe The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Bobby Joe Bowen, 17, resident of the Mooresville section,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Mooresville Methodist Church with the
burial in the Bryant Cemetery in that community. He died at 10:45 Friday
morning, February 14, at Gordon Hospital in Lewisburg after a long illness.
A native of Marshall County, he was born January 2, 1947, the son of Joe Turner
Bowen and Mrs. Annie Butcher Bowen. He was a junior student in Connally High
School in Cornersville.
In addition to the parents, the young man is survived by four brothers, Joe
Henry, Lyndell Wayne, Jackie and Rickey Bowen, all of the home address; and the
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Butcher, Pulaski, and Amos Bowen, Mooresville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOWEN, Elsie The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Bowen Bowen, 74, Pulaski resident, were held at
10 o'clock Saturday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Dean Pardon, Church of God minister. Burial took place in Lawrence County
Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Bowen died Friday, January 29, in Giles County Hospital.
Born July 6, 1890, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Bud Bowen
and Julie Fox Bowen. She was a member of the Church of God. Her husband, Erwin
Bowen, died some time ago.
Mrs. Bowen is survived by three daughters, Mrs. William Riley and Mrs. Alvin
Wells, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Carl Gleason, Chicago, Ill.; three sons,
William Bowen, Pulaski, Frank Bowen, Cincinnati and Robert Bowen, Chicago, Ill.;
eighteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Katie
Barlow and Miss Minnie Bowen, both of Pulaski; one brother, David Bowen,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOWEN, Ervin The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Ervin Bowen, 70, machinist of Pulaski, will be held at 2:30
o'clock
Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial will take place in Memorial Gardens,
Lawrenceburg. Mr. Bowen died Wednesday morning, September 28, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born July 6, 1890 in Giles County, he was the son of the late George Bowen and
Annie Reeves Brown.
Mr. Bowen is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie Bowen;; three sons, William Bowen,
Giles County, Frank Bowen, Ohio, and Robert Bowen, Chicago, Ill.; four
daughters, Mrs. Nell Riley and Mrs. Floyd Miller, Ohio, and Mrs. Joan Wells and
Mrs. Louise Gleason, Chicago, Ill.; two brothers, Bryant Bowen, Lawrenceburg,
and George Bowen, Mt. Pleasant; and one sister, Mrs. Ola Travis, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOWEN, Leon The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1968
Leon Bowen, 73, died in Johnson City Veterans Hospital Wednesday, June 5.
Services for Mr. Bowen, World War I veteran and a retired farmer, were held
Friday afternoon, June 7, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial was in
Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Bowen was born September 14, 1894, the son of the
late Lewis and Lizzie Faulkner Bowen.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. James Walls and Mrs. Nathan Chapman,
both of Giles County and Mrs. David Lovett, Maury County; three sons, Leon
Bowen, Jr., and Walter Bowen, both of Giles County, and Jimmy Bowen of
Nashville; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Foreman and Mrs. Myra Barr, both of Giles
County; twenty-three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOWEN, Mary Pack The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1967
Mrs. Mary Pack Bowen, 69, died Monday, October 23, at her home in the
Campbellsville Community.
Services were conducted Wednesday, October 25, at 2 o'clock, at the Union Valley
Church, with the Rev. Glen Dunavant officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Bowen, a native of DeKalb County, was the daughter of the late Charlie and
Madie Pack.
Survivors include her husband, Leon Bowen, Sr.; three daughters, Mrs. Francis
Wall, Giles County, Mrs. Betty Chapman, Pulaski, and Mrs. Margaret Lovett,
Columbia; three sons, Leon Bowen, Jr., Walter Bowen and Jimmy Royce Bowen, all
of Giles County; twenty-three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Lizzie Ingram, Tuscumbia, Ala.
BOWERS, Anna Goodall The Pulaski Citizen 14 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Horace Jennings Bowers, 84, former resident of
Pulaski, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home of her son,
Robert M. Bowers, 408 West Madison Street. Rites were conducted by the Rev.
Robert E. Craigh, rector of the Church of The Messiah, Episcopal, with the
burial in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Bowers died early Saturday
morning, March 10, at a Cleveland, Tenn. hospital, after a prolonged illness.
The former Miss Anna Goodall, she was born April 21, 1877, and reared in
Nashville, the daughter of the late Frank Montgomery Goodall and Anna Williams
Goodall. She attended Ward Seminary in Nashville. Her husband, Horace Jennings
Bowers, banker at White Bluff and Tracy City, died in 1952.
She was a member of the Episcopal Church in Pulaski, the Daughters of the
American Revolution and the Daughters of 1812.
In addition to her son, Mrs. Bowers is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Alex H.
Pegues, Cleveland; two grandchildren, Mrs. K. Thompson Matthews, Pulaski and
Alex H. Pegues, Jr., Houston, Texas; four great-grandchildren; and one sister,
Miss Cornelia Goodall, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOWERS, Mattie Corrigan The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. James J. Bowers, 90, former resident of Davidson
County, and mother of Mrs. James E. Eddings of Lynnville, were held at 2:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Beech Grove Methodist Church in Davidson County,
with the burial in Union Hill Cemetery in that county.
Mrs. Bowers who had been making her home with Mrs. Eddings at Lynnville, died at
3 o'clock Friday morning, February 19, at Giles County Hospital, Pulaski, as the
result of a fall in the home. She had been in declining health for some time.
Born in Lincoln County, she was the former Miss Mattie Corrigan, and had lived
sixty years in the Lickton Community of Davidson County. Her husband, James J.
Bowers, a farmer, died in 1957. She was a member of the Beech Grove Methodist
Church.
In addition to the daughter, Mrs. Bowers is survived by one grandson, W. K.
Talley, Jr., and two great-grandsons, Billy and Ronald Talley, all of Davidson
County.
BOYD, Bernard Ossie The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969
Bernard Ossie Boyd, 65, died Wednesday morning, January 29, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Boyd will be held Thursday afternoon, January 30, at 2
o'clock in Minor Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayland Hartsfield
officiating. Burial will be in Minor Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Boyd was born August 26, 1903, the son of the late
Richard and Olna Abernathy Boyd.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lela Childers Boyd; one son, John Richard Boyd,
Decatur, Ala.; four sisters, Mrs. Paul Jackson, Minor Hill, Mrs. Stanley Ingram,
Lewisburg, Mrs. Hobert Ridgeway, Anderson, Ala., and Mrs. Jimmy Caldwell,
Huntsville, Ala.; and two grandchildren.
Carr & Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOYD, Kate The Pulaski Citizen 26 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Miss Kate Boyd, 80, lifelong resident of the Lynnville
Community, will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, at Lynnville
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. John B. Lindenberger, pastor of the
church. Burial will take place in the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery. She died
Thursday, December 27, at her home after a brief illness.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and was the daughter of the late
James B. Boyd and Mary Grace White Boyd, members of pioneer families of the
county. For a number of years she had been a member of the Lynnville American
Legion Auxiliary.
Miss Boyd is survived by four brothers, Walter J. Boyd and J. W. Boyd,
Lynnville, W. Douglas Boyd, Tallahassee, Fla., and Mark S. Boyd, New Albany,
Ind.; one sister, Mrs. W. W. Welch, Tyler, Texas; and several nieces and
nephews.
BOYD, Malvine (Bina) The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1960
Funeral services for Miss Malvine (Bina) Boyd, 79, former resident of the
Lynnville Community, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Oakes and
Nichols Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by the Rev. William D. Boyd, pastor
of Mt. Pleasant First Presbyterian Church, with the burial in Rose Hill
Cemetery, Columbia. Miss Boyd died at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, April 1, at
Fairmont Nursing Home in Columbia following a long illness.
Born and reared at Lynnville, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Boyd and
Sarah Wagstaff Boyd. Her parents died while she was a young girl when she went
to live with Mr. and Mrs. Owen Smith at Lynnville. Many years ago she had moved
to Columbia.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, the Daughters of the American
Revolution, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Her one sister, Miss Virginia Boyd of Columbia, died July 6, 1958.
Miss Boyd's only survivors are cousins, including the Rev. Mr. Boyd who
conducted the rites.
BOYD, Olna Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Richard Boyd, 81, resident of the Minor Hill section,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ,
conducted by Ed Harper, minister of the church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Boyd who lived alone, was found dead on Monday morning at her
home, apparently having suffered a heart attack.
Born November 27, 1878, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Olna Abernathy,
daughter of the late Richard Abernathy and Rachael Rylan Abernathy, and was a
member of the Church of Christ. She was the widow of Richard Boyd who died many
years ago.
Mrs. Boyd is survived by one son, Bernard Boyd, Oak Ridge; four daughters, Mrs.
Paul Jackson, Minor Hill, Mrs. Stanley Ingram, Lewisburg, Mrs. Hobard Ridgway,
Anniston, Ala., and Mrs. James Caldwell, Huntsville, Ala.; a number of
grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Myrtle Williams, Morris,
Okla; and one brother, Elvis Abernathy, Franklin.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOYD, Robert Dudley The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Robert Dudley Boyd, resident of Riverside, Calif., were
held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in that city with the burial there. Mr.
Boyd died of a cerebral hemorrhage on December 30 in Riverside.
Mr. Boyd is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mary Davenport of Giles
County; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Powell, San Diego, Calif.; and one
granddaughter.
Mrs. Boyd is a sister of Robert I. Davenport, Charles Davenport and Mrs. Frank
Pittard, all of Giles County.
BOYD, Rowena Howard The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969
Mrs. Rowena Boyd, 97, died Saturday night, January 25, in Fairhaven Nursing Home
after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Boyd, wife of the late Wiley Boyd of the Stella
community, were held Monday afternoon, January 27, at 1 o'clock in the chapel of
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial was
in Stella Cemetery.
Mrs. Boyd was a native of Giles County.
Survivors include two sons, Willie Boyd, Minor Hill and Irma Boyd, Goodspring;
two daughter, Mrs. Marvin Croley, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Owen Bass, Brick
Church; twenty-two grandchildren; forty-one great grandchildren; and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Wilson Carter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOYD, Sara Elizabeth Henderson The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jun 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Boyd, 64, will be conducted Thursday
afternoon, June 8, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Argine Hughes and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial will be in Myers
Cemetery near Athens, Ala.
Mrs. Boyd died Tuesday, June 6, in Limestone County, Ala. She was a native of
Giles County, born June 7, 1962, the daughter of the late Jack Henderson and
Elizabeth Baker Henderson.
Survivors include her husband, W. F. Boyd; one daughter, Mrs. Johnnie Mae
Wright; one son, Calvin Wright, all of Ardmore; one grandchild; one sister, Mrs.
Mattie Willis, Diana; two brothers, Clarence and Houston Henderson, Giles
County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BOYDEN, Anna Belle The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1966
Mrs. Anna Belle Boyden, 81, died July 11 in a hospital in Hot Springs, Ark.,
where she had resided for the last two years.
Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Hot Springs.
She was a native of Giles County, but had lived for many years to El Paso, Texas
before moving to Hot Springs.
She was the daughter of the late Mid and Alice Crunk Grammar.
She is survived by her husband, H. E. Boyden of Hot Springs; one daughter, Mrs.
Louise Doggett Garcia of St. Louis, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Roberts of
Cornersville and Mrs. Sammie Adkins of Hot Springs.
BRADY, Mary Clay The Pulaski Citizen 8 Oct 1969
Mrs. Mary Clay Brady, 87, died Thursday, October 2, at Fairhaven Nursing Home,
Pulaski.
Funeral services for Mrs. Brady, wife of the late James H. Brady, were conducted
Saturday morning, October 4, at 10:00 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin
Funeral Home with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was
in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Brady was born May 10, 1882, the daughter of the
late George and Mattie Lucy Grimes.
Survivors include one son, J. B. Brady, Pulaski; one step-son, Dick Brady,
Alabama; two daughters, Mrs. Lewis Baker, Pulaski, Mrs. C. K. Kohne, Nashville;
one sister, Mrs. Curtis Bomer, Fayetteville; twenty grandchildren; eleven
great-grandchildren; an four great-great-grandchildren.
BRALY, Clyde D. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1967
Clyde D. Braly, 79, died Wednesday, August 16, in Nashville.
Services were conducted Friday, August 18, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. John McGinnis officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Braly, a native of Giles County, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Lou
Braly; one daughter, Mrs. Charlie Sharp, Hendersonville; two grandchildren; and
one brother, Raymond Braly, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRALY, Janet R. Gardner The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1968
Mrs. Janet R. Braly, 69, died Thursday, September 12, at her home in Sarasota,
Fla.
Funeral services for Mrs. Braly, wife of Bate Braly, were held Saturday,
September 14, in the chapel of Toale Brothers Funeral Home, Sarasota, Fla.
A member of the Episcopal Church, Mrs. Braly was born in Sacgerstown, Pa. has
lived in Sarasota, Fla. since 1921.
Survivors in addition to her husband include one sister, Mrs. Zada Moore,
Sarasota, Fla.; and one brother, Jimmy Gardner, Sarasota, Fla.
Mrs. Braly's husband, Bate Braly, is a brother of Hugh Braly of Giles County.
BRALY, Lucy Allen The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Allen Braly, 89, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Chester A. Stephens, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church.
Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mrs. Braly died on Thursday afternoon, February 9, at her home one mile west of
Pulaski, following a long period of illness.
Born January 27, 1872, she was the daughter of the late Porter Allen and
Margaret Anderson Allen. The last member of her immediate family, she was the
widow of Reed Braly who died in 1952. She was a member of Trinity Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Braly is survived by one son, Louis Braly; one grandson, Billy Braly,
Birmingham, Ala.; and one great-granddaughter, Miss Patricia Ann Braly, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRALY, Mark Elledge The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1968
Mark Elledge Braly, 72, died Tuesday, October 15, in Oakview Nursing Home,
Lawrenceburg.
Funeral services for Mr. Braly, a retired farmer, were held Wednesday morning,
October 16, at 11 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Braly was born August 4, 1896, the son of the late
James Newt Braly and Leila Elledge Braly.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Herman Craig, Nashville and Mrs. Jessie Ward
of Giles County. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRALY, Mary Lou Gramling The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1967
Mrs. Mary Lou Gramling Braly of Madison, formerly of Pulaski, died Thursday,
November 9, at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City.
Services were conducted on Sunday afternoon, November 12, at 1:30 o'clock, at
Cole and Garrett Funeral Home in Hendersonville, with Father John Lohman
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Braly, a native of Florida, was a former member of the Martin College
faculty and worked in Child Welfare with the Giles County Public Welfare for
several years. Her husband, Clyde Braly, died in August.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Charles Sharp, Hendersonville; two
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. C. N. Petteway, Lakeland, Fla.; three brothers,
Paul, Miami, Robert, Tallahassee, and Qennin Gramling, Diand Fla.
BRALY, Ora Elizabeth James The Pulaski Citizen 18 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Ora Elizabeth James Braly, 83, lifelong resident of
Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoonin Mt. Moriah Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Robert H. Hall, pastor of the church.
Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Braly died at 5:30 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, November 14, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Glen N.
Harwell, in Pulaski.
Born March 4, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
James and Mary Jane Tidwell James. She was a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. Her husband, Tyree K. Braly, died several years ago.
In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Braly is survived by one son, Ervin M. Braly,
Giles County, and three grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
BRALY, Tyree Kidd The Pulaski Citizen 1 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Tyree Kidd Braly, 87, retired farmer of the Fifth Civil
District, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Moriah Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Hall, pastor of the church.
Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Braly died on Monday night,
October 30, at the Bodenham home after a years illness.
Born October 11, 1874, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James D.
Braly and Patty Paisley Braly. He served as an elder in the Moriah Church for
many years.
Mr. Braly is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ora Tidwell Braly; one daughter, Mrs.
Glen N. Harwell, Pulaski; one son, Ervin M. Braly, Bodenham; and three
grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRANCH, Asa Lee The Pulaski Citizen 5 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Asa Lee Branch, 74, employee of Denbo Produce Company for
nineteen years, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the rites conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Branch died about 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
December 2, at his home on East Washington Street after a long illness.
Born March 26, 1888, at Elkton in Giles County, he was the son of the late John
Branch and Mrs. Adelia Hobbs Branch. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Twice married, his first wife, Mrs. Bertha Hood Branch, died many years ago.
Mrs. Branch is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Flossie Miller Branch; one son,
Joe T. Branch, employee of The Pulaski Citizen; three daughters, Mrs. William D.
Holley, Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Jessie Jones, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Jane Key,
Austell, Ga.; and twenty grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRANCH, Bobbie Roland The Pulaski Citizen 27 Feb 1963
Mrs. Bobbie Roland Branch, 82, who lived with her son, John M. Branch in
Memphis, died at 11:45 o'clock Friday night, February 22, in Crittenden Memorial
Hospital in West Memphis following an extended illness.
Funeral rites took place in Memphis on Sunday. Mrs. Branch, widow of Joel W.
Branch who died in 1958, was a native of Lincoln County. She had lived in
Memphis twenty-six years. She was a member of Greenland Heights Methodist
Church.
In addition to her son, a native of Giles County, Mrs. Branch is survived by two
sisters and one brother.
BRANCH, John Morris The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1965
Word is received here of the death on June 16th in Memphis, Tenn., of a former
Giles Countian, John Morris Branch, aged 59. He had been a Post Office Clerk in
Memphis for more than 18 years. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. June
18, at Memphis Funeral Home, with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis.
Mr. Branch, son of the late Joe W. and Bobby Rolland Branch, was a native of
Giles County where he attended Massey Preparatory School and was graduated from
Giles County High School. He was a member of the Greenland Heights Methodist
Church, where he was a member of the Board of Stewards, of the Men's Bible Class
and served as church treasurer for ten years.
He moved to Memphis in 1937.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Geneva Thompson Branch.
BRANNON, Nettie Tate The Pulaski Citizen 10 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. R. B. Brannon, 87, native of Lynnville, took place in
Knoxville Monday with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville on Monday
afternoon. She died Saturday, November 6, in Knoxville where she was making her
home.
Born at Lynnville, she was the former Miss Nettie Tate, and had lived in
Nashville before going to Knoxville. Her husband, R. B. Brannon, died a number
of years ago.
Mrs. Brannon is survived by one son, Henry M. Brannon, Charlotte, N. C.; and two
grandchildren.
BREEDING, Ervin The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Ervin Breeding, 69, resident of the Anthony Hill section,
were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Minor Hill Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. James Jolly, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Minor
Hill Cemetery. Mr. Breeding died on Thursday, April 21, in Giles County Hospital
after an extended illness.
Born April 11, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late W. A. and Mary
Thompson Breeding. He was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Mr.Breeding is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rachel Wood Breeding; three sons,
Frank Breeding and Bill Breeding, Goodspring, and Douglas Breeding, Huntsville,
Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Ellene O'Neil, West Point, N.Y., Mrs. Joyce Levy,
New York City, N.Y., and Mrs. Inez Farrar, Nashville; and one brother, Jim
Breeding, Minor Hill.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
BREEDING, James Ruben The Pulaski Citizen 27 Nov 1968
James Ruben Breeding, 86, retired farmer, died Sunday night, November 24, in
Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Breeding, husband of the late Ola Smith Breeding, were
held Tuesday afternoon, November 26, at Minor Hill Church of Christ with the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Overton County, Mr. Breeding was born March 23, 1882, the son of the
late Alvin and Mary Thompson Breeding.
Survivors include one son, Charlie Breeding, Goodspring; three daughters, Lillie
Mae Thornton and Mrs. Solon Crabb, both of Minor Hill, and Mrs. James Metsker,
Center, Colo.; nineteen grandchildren, and nineteen great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRENTS, Ella Bryant The Pulaski Citizen 27 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Bryant Brents, 81, sister of a Pulaski resident,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Elmwood Cemetery Chapel in
Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Brents died at 3 o'clock Monday morning, November 18, at
Carraway Methodist Hospital, Birmingham, following a fall in which she had
broken a hip.
Born April 16, 1882, in Marshall County, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late
Jeff N. Bryant and Minerva Richardson Bryant.
Mrs. Brents is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Edmundson, Dora, Ala., (a
suburb of Birmingham); and two sisters, Mrs. Will V. Dunivant, Pulaski, and Mrs.
D. M. Hicks, Audubon, N. J.
BREST, William The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1963
William Brest, app. 85, died Sunday, May 12, in his home town of Miami, Fla.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday with graveside services held at 11 o'clock
Thursday morning at the family lot at Fogg Cemetery at Cedar Grove in Giles
County.
Mr. Brest's wife, the former Miss Ida Garner of Giles County, died twenty-five
years ago.
Mr. Brest is survived by one sister, Mrs. Lillian Podell, Milwaukee, Wis.; and
several nieces and nephews in Giles County. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. M.
T. Holt of Cedar Grove.
BREWER, Ellen Ruth Sanders The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Floyd Brewer, 43, were held at one o'clock Monday
afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton and the Rev. B. H. Shawhan. The burial took place in Giles Memory
Gardens. Mrs. Brewer died Saturday, January 16, in Giles County Hospital.
The former Miss Ellen Ruth Sanders, she was born May 2, 1921, in Lincoln County,
the daughter of Mrs. Bertha Washburn Sanders, Pulaski, and the late C. M.
Sanders. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Brewer is survived by her husband, Floyd Brewer,
Pulaski businessman; two daughters, Mrs. Nancy M. Minor, Washington, D. C., and
Miss Deborah Phyllis Brewer, Pulaski; two sons, Paul Donald and James Floyd
Brewer, Jr., Pulaski; one granddaughter; one brother, C. M. Sanders, Nashville;
and two sisters, Mrs. Myrtis O'Neal, Lewisburg and Mrs. Betty Elviro, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BREWER, James Marion The Pulaski Citizen 9 Oct 1963
Funeral services for James Marion Brewer, 75, retired farmer of the Anthony Hill
section, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. R. E. Stevenson, pastor of the Trinity Charge of Methodist
Church. Burial took place in the Wright Cemetery in Lincoln County. Mr. Brewer
died on Thursday morning, October 3, at Giles County Hospital after a brief
illness.
Born September 15, 1888, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late J. C.
Brewer and Mattie Menefee Brewer.
Mr. Brewer is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ola Haislip Brewer; three sons, Martin
D. Brewer, Ben Sloan Brewer, and James Floyd Brewer, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs.
Edith Gill, St. Petersburg, Fla.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild;
and one sister, Mrs. Annie Ridiner, Shelbyville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BREWER, Larry Gene The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1967
Larry Gene Brewer, 20, U. S. Air Force, died Thursday, December 29, at Brook
Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, as a result of burns suffered Dec. 18
in a motorcycle accident near Brownwood, Texas.
Military rites were conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at McBurg Church of
Christ with an Air Force Chaplain and Andrew Brown officiating. Burial was in
Wright Cemetery in Lincoln County.
Brewer was reportedly burned over ninety percent of his body after the
motorcycle he was riding went out of control and overturned and the gas tank
exploded.
A native of Lincoln County native, he was born March 13, 1946, the son of the
late Willis and Florence Hobbs Brewer. He was a graduate of Boonshill High
School. He entered the Air Force in January, 1966, and was stationed at Dyees
Air Force Base, near Abilene, Texas.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Ralph Gilliam of Pulaski and Mrs. Charles
Torrence of Dallas, Texas; and one brother, Dalton Brewer of McBurg.
BREWER, Sadie Smith The Pulaski Citizen 27 Feb 1963
Mrs. Sadie Smith Brewer, mother of Charles R. Brewer, principal of Beech Hill
High School in Giles County, died at Saturday, February 16, at Doster Hospital
in Columbus, Miss., after an extended illness. Funeral rites took place on
Sunday at Columbus.
A resident of Columbus, she was a native of Lowdnes County, Miss., and was a
member of Bethel Springs Baptist Church. Her husband, H. L. Brewer, died four
and a half years ago.
In addition to the son, Charles Brewer at Pulaski, Mrs. Brewer is survived by
two other sons, Robert S. Brewer and Billy E. Brewer, both of Columbus; four
grandchildren; and three sisters.
BRINDLEY, Winford The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1967
Winford Brindley, 84, died Wednesday morning, January 25, in the Limestone
County Nursing Home. Services will be conducted on Thursday afternoon, January
26, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, at 2 o'clock , with the Rev.
Clarence K. Stewart and the Rev. Buchanan officiating. Burial will be in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Brindley, a native of Cullman, Ala., was born April 16, 1882, the son of the
late Van Buren and Ann Donelson Brindley.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Arthur Shelton, Pulaski; one son, S. W.
(Willie) Brindley, Pulaski; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and
one brother, Leon Brindley, of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRITTON, James Henry The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1961
Funeral services for James Henry Britton, 56, public works employee, were held
at 2 o'clock Saturday at Pisgah Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Morgan
Walker, the Rev. Raymond Johns and the Rev. W. H. Moss. Burial took place in the
Pisgah Cemetery. Mr. Britton died on Friday, July 14, at his home in Pulaski
after a long period of declining health.
Born November 24, 1904, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Allie D. Newton
Britton and the late Richard Britton. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist
Church.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Britton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Gunter
Britton; four sons, James Rufus Britton, William Henry Britton, Richard Allen
Britton and Thomas Clayton Britton; one daughter, Mrs. Annie Mae Taylor; eight
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Hardin Turner; all of Giles County.
BRITTON, John Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jan 1966
Funeral services for John Thomas Britton, 95, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were
conducted by Dr. W. H. Mansfield, Methodist minister, and the Rev. Lloyd L.
Hichman, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Britton
died at 8 o'clock Monday morning, January 17, in Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Born September 1, 1870, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Edward
Monreo Britton and Nancy Britton Britton. He was a member of the Methodist
Church.
His wife, Mrs. Georgia Worsham Britton, died approximately sixteen years ago.
Mr. Britton is survived by one sister, Mrs. Lane Gordon, of the Friendship
Community; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROADWAY, Allie B. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969
Allie B. Broadway, 85, died Saturday morning, January 25, in Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Broadway were held Sunday afternoon, January 26, at 2
o'clock in Elkton Baptist Church with the Rev. William Suddarth officiating.
Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Broadway was born October 11, 1883, the son of the
late John and Mary Luter Broadway.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ellis Wilburn Broadway, Elkton; six daughters,
Mrs. Joe Pope, Mrs. Roy Case, and Miss Gladys Broadway, all of Elkton, Mrs. Hugh
McJunkin, Nashville, Mrs. Leon Gilliam and Mrs. Larry Smith, both of Columbia;
fourteen grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Almeda Buchanan The Pulaski Citizen 24 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Almeda Buchanan Brown, 82, native of Giles County,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Florence, Ala., with burial in the
family plot in Florence Cemetery. Mrs. Brown died at Colonial Manor Nursing Home
in Florence after a period of declining health.
Born in June of 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Polk
Buchanan and Almeda Black Buchanan. She had been a resident of Florence 55
years. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, Andrew M. Brown,
died several years ago.
Mrs. Brown, last member of her immediate family, is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Jack HaKola, Florence; two sons, Brooks Brown, New Orleans, La., and Marvin
Brown, Florence, Ala.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
BROWN, Arthur J. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1967
Arthur J. Brown, 72, died Saturday, November 4, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, November 5, at 2:30 o'clock, at the
Diana Church of Christ, with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister, officiating.
Burial was in Diana Cemetery.
Mr. Brown was a native of Lincoln County, but had lived the past thirty years in
Giles County in the Diana Community. He was born August 22, 1895, the son of the
late Jeff and Ella Lawes Brown. His wife, Mrs. Mary Lou Mills Brown, died in May
of this year.
Survivors include one son, Clarence Brown, Diana; four grandchildren; three
great- grandchildren; one brother, Rufus Brown, Petersburg; and one half-sister,
Mrs. Mattie B. Smith, Chicago.
McDaniel's Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Charlie The Pulaski Citizen 19 May 1965
An Athens, Ala., Negro was killed Thursday night, May 13, in a wreck at Elkton
at 9:45 o'clock , Charlie Brown was dead on arrival at Giles County Hospital
after the car in which he was a passenger was struck by a tractor-trailer. His
death brought to six the number of traffic fatalities in Giles County this year.
Deputy Sheriff James Newton, who investigated, said the driver of the car,
Raymond Nelson, 24, another Athens Negro, pulled onto Highway 31, into the path
of the northbound tractor-trailer driven by Ray Winford Steele, also of Athens,
in fron of Riverside Service Station abut 300 yards north of the Elk River
Bridge. Both vehicles were demolished, but Nelson and Steele were not seriously
injured.
The truck was owned by Deaton Truck Lines of Birmingham, Ala.
Nelson was charged with driving while intoxicated and having no driver's
license. He was fined a total of $55 and charges in General Sessions Court
Tuesday and is in Giles County Jail with bond set at $1,500.
BROWN, Dimple Minatra The Pulaski Citizen 24 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Dimple Minatra Brown, 44, wife of Julius P. Brown,
were held at 3 o'clock, Sunday afternoon at Bennett May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Brown
died at 9:30 o'clock Friday night, October 19, at Giles County Hospital after a
long illness.
Born September 10, 1918, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Guy Minatra of
Bunker Hill and the late Mrs. Mary Cardin Minatra who died in 1952.
In addition to her father and husband, Mrs. Brown is survived by three sons,
George Brown, Giles County, and James Edward and John Wayne Brown, both of
Lawrence County; nine daughters, Mrs. Charles Kimbrough, Mrs. Mahlon Willoughby,
Mrs. Frankie Green, and Mrs. Billy Wayne Massey, Giles County, Misses Elaine,
Julia Kay, Linda, Diane and Rosemary Brown, Lawrence County; ten grandchildren;
six brothers, Oliver C. Minatra, Nashville, David Minatra, Atlanta, Ga., William
Minatra, Columbia, Bob Minatra, Memphis, and Claude and Joe H. Minatra, Pulaski;
and four sisters, Mrs. A. J. Burke, Nashville, Mrs. M. T. Newman, Athens, Ala.,
Mrs. Ed Cobb, Nashville, and Mrs. James H. Mansfield, Pulaski.
Bennett May and Company in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Elgin The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1966
Elgin Brown, 68, Maury County resident, and father of a Pulaski minister, died
unexpectedly on Wednesday night, March 9, at his home eight miles east of
Columbia.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in New Lasea Church of
Christ. Burial took place in the church cemetery near his home.
Mr. Brown is survived by his wife; two sons, including Andrew Brown, minister of
Second Street Church of Christ in Pulaski; two daughters; and several sisters.
BROWN, Elsie Hunter The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services Mrs. Elsie Hunter Brown, 74, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at Prospect Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. J. E. Trotter of
Lewisburg, and the Rev. John Bradford, pastor of the church. Burial took place
in Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Brown died Saturday afternoon, January 20, at Giles
County Hospital after a long illness.
Born September 30, 1887, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Whitt
Hunter and Amanda White Hunter, and was a member of the Methodist Church. Her
husband, John Brown, died in 1928.
Mrs. Brown is survived by one daughter, Mrs. E. B. Conner; and two
grandchildren, Prospect.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Eugene A. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1966
Funeral services for Eugene A. Brown, 72, were conducted at 2:00 o'clock on
Saturday afternoon, August 20, at Marcella Falls Church of Christ, with burial
in Campbellsville Cemetery. Mr. Gilbert Tyler and Pat Lyles, Church of Christ
ministers, officiated.
Mr. Brown died Thursday, August 18, at Maury County Hospital after a three-week
illness.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Brown was a member of Marcella Falls Church of
Christ. He was born October 24, 1892, son of the late Will and Alice Kimbrough
Brown. His wife died several years ago.
Mr. Brown is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Carl Woodard, Campbellsville; two
sons, Thomas Brown of Madison, and Eugene Brown, Jr., of Lawrenceville, Ga.;
eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
BROWN, Florence Mae Tomerlin The Pulaski Citizen 30 Oct 1968
Mrs. Florence Mae Brown, 72, died Monday morning, October 28, at Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Brown, wife of the late Gaious Brown, were held
Tuesday afternoon, October 29, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin
Funeral Home with the Rev. Horace Bass officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Brown was born March 3, 1896, the daughter of the
late Andrew William Tomerlin and Addie Wilson Tomerlin.
Survivors include seven sons, John Robert Brown, Erskine Brown and Van William
Brown, all of Giles County, Nathaniel Carter Brown, Marshall County, Paul Wayne
Brown, and Thomas Edward Brown, Maury County, and Beamon A. Brown, Orlando,
Fla.; six daughters, Mrs. Frank Clem, Cheatham County, Mrs. Charles Palmer, Mrs.
John Fox and Mrs. Burt Smith, all of Giles County, Mrs. William Palmer,
Nashville, Mrs. S. C. Chavmento, New Orleans, La.; three brothers, Myron
Tomerlin, Lincoln County, Maurice Tomerlin and Malcolm Tomerlin, both of Giles
County; four sisters, Mrs. Lucille Young, Mrs. Lillian Green, Mrs. Ruth Davis,
and Mrs. Ruby Ingram, all of Pulaski; twenty-nine grandchildren; and eighteen
great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, James A. The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1963
Funeral services for James A. Brown, 67, retired school teacher and resident of
the Rich Community, were held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at Oakes and
Nichols Funeral Home with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mr.
Brown died at 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, May 7, at Maury County Hospital.
A native of Lawrence County, he was the son of the late Will Brown and Alice
Kimbrough Brown. He formerly taught school in Giles and Maury Counties and was a
former member of the Giles County Board of Education.
Mr. Brown is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ailene R. Brown; three daughters, Misses
Mary Alice and Juanita Brown and Mrs. Ed Carden, Nashville; one son, William
Robert Brown, Kingsport; three grandchilden; and one brother, Eugene A. Brown,
Lynnville.
BROWN, Jesse Quay The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Jesse Quay Brown, 47, farmer of the Friendship section,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial will take place in
Beech Hill Cemetery. Mr.Brown, stricken with cerebral hemorrhage about
mid-morning, January 29, in the barn lot at his home, was rushed to the local
hospital where he died at noon.
Born February 6, 1916, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Ora Gaines Brown
and the late William Edgar Brown. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to his mother, and maternal grandmother, Mrs. J. B. Gaines, Pulaski,
Mr. Brown is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ola Mae Russell Brown; one brother,
William Brown, Pulaski; and four sisters, Mrs. C. L. Carvell and Mrs. Allen
Newton, Pulaski, Mrs. Campbell Smith, Diana and Mrs. John R. Appleton, Minor
Hill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Mary Frances The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Frances Brown, 77, who died Thursday, December
15, in Lawrence County Hospital, were conducted Friday, December 16, at 1:00 p.
m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Wiley Powell
officiating. Burial was in Powell Cemetery.
Mrs. Brown, a native of Giles County, was born November 4, 1889, the daughter of
the late Daniel R. and Martha Jones Green. She was a member of the old Mt. Zion
Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Lottie Price, Pulaski, and Mrs. Ruthie
Harrison of Appleton; three brothers, Burl Green, Pulaski, Johnny Green and
Noble Green, both of Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Mary Lou Mills The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jun 1967
Services for Mrs. Mary Lou Brown, 70, of the Diana community, were held at 2 p.
m. Thursday, June 1, at the Diana Church of Christ, with burial in the Diana
Cemetery. Mrs. Brown died Wednesday, May 31.
Survivors include her husband, A. J. Brown, Diana; one son, Clarence Brown,
Diana; two sisters, Mrs. Everett Williams, Shelbyville, and Mrs. R. O. Brown,
Fayetteville; two brothers, Will and Charlie Mills, Shelbyville; four
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
BROWN, Milton Davis The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
Funeral services for Milton Davis Brown, 60, were held Wednesday afternoon,
December 11, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the
Rev. Marshall Moss and Rev. Fred Harper officiating. Burial was in Bethesda
Cemetery.
Mr. Brown died Sunday, December 8, in a Nashville Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Katie Owen Brown; two sons, Thomas O. Brown and
Robert Wade Brown, both of Pulaski; one brother, Wilson Brown, Pulaski; one
sister, Mrs. Ellen Barber, Pulaski; and two grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Monroe Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1966
Dr. Monroe Franklin Brown, 75, assistant to the State Commissioner of Public
Health and a native of Giles County, died Friday, April 1, at his home in
Nashville after a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 1 o'clock Saturday at Martins, Bracey-Welsh
Funeral Home in Nashville and graveside services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon in West View Cemetery in Atlanta, Ga.
The son of the late John Thomas and Ida Keltner Brown, he was b orn Sept. 14,
1890, in the Lynnville community. He was graduated from Massey Preparatory
School, Pulaski, and Howard College, Birmingham, Ala. He received a doctorate in
pharmacology from the University of Atlanta and an M. D. degree from the
University of Tennessee.
Dr. Brown was married to the former Miss Elizabeth Moore of Atlanta, who
survives.
Other survivors include three brothers, T. Larrimore Brown of Pulaski, R. K.
Brown of Lynnville and J. K. Brown of Hermitage; and four sisters, Mrs. Ann
Hardeman and Mrs. Lillian Richardson, both of Columbia; Mrs. Oka Thomas of
Lewisburg ad Mrs. Linda Weatherly of Chattanooga.
BROWN, Ora Gaines The Pulaski Citizen 1 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Edgar Brown, 74, widow of Edgar Brown, 74, widow of
Edgar Brown, were held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman, pastor of Bradshaw Baptist Church, and
Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister, with the burial in the family plot in the
Brown Cemetery, near the home. Mrs. Brown died unexpectedly on Friday morning,
March 27, at home in the Friendship Community, following a period of declining
health.
The former Miss Ora Gaines, she was born October 7, 1889, in Giles County, the
daughter of Mrs. Maude Erwin Gaines, Pulaski, who survives, and the late Jack
Gaines. Her husband, Edgar Brown, died two years ago. She was a member of
Bradshaw Baptist Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Brown is survived by one son, William Brown,
Beech Hill; four daughters, Mrs. Campbell Smith, Diana, Mrs. Louise Carvell, and
Mrs. Allen Newton, both of Beech Hill, and Mrs. John Robert Appleton, Minor
Hill; eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and five sisters, Mrs.
Walter Clem, Elkmont, Ala., Mrs. Richard Dugger, Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. Virginia
G. Scoggin and Misses Margaret and Kathleen Gaines, all of Pulaski.
BROWN, Robert Hutton The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1968
Robert Hutton Brown, 78, senior partner of Brown's Car Center, died at Maury
County Hospital on Thursday afternoon, November 28th aftr only a few days
illness.
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at First Presbyterian
Church, the Rev. Neal Dean, pastor, officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Brown was born in Asheville, N. C., on March 25, 1892, son of the late
Robert Schuford and Sallie Smith Brown. His father was a minister of the
Tennessee Presbyterian Church and the family returned to Tennessee shortly after
the birth of their son. Pastorates were held by the Rev. Brown at Lynnville and
Pulaski in Giles County, about 1904, and in Fayetteville.
In 1911, Mr. Hutton Brown entered the automobile business with his
brother-in-law, O. W. Pope in Fayetteville, later becoming partners with the
late Frank Rambo in the Rambo-Brown Motor Company. Later he ran the Ford Agency
in Fayetteville and in 1930 formed a partnership with the late Robert Yancey in
Pulaski. Two years later he took over the Chevrolet agency, and in 1941 was
joined in partnership by R. M. Bowers, the company Bowers-Brown Motor Co.,
selling Buicks and Chevrolets. The partnership continued until 1961, when Mr.
Brown opened Brown's Car Center on Lawrenceburg Highway, where his son, R. H.
Brown, Jr., joined him to form the present partnership in 1962.
Mr. Brown was a veteran of World War I. He was three times commander of Pulaski
American Legion Post No. 60, and was the architect and designer of the present
Legion Club Home, when it was pruchased, remodeled and renovated by the Post in
the 1940's and converted from a residence into a club house.
He also was responsible for the designing of the Pulaski Municipal Swimming Pool
and for superintending the construction of Hillcrest Golf and Country Club, all
of these projects having been performed voluntarily as a civic duty.
He was a life-long Presbyterian and an elder in First Presbyterian Church, and a
charter member of Pulaski Exchange Club.
Mr. Brown is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mildred Rodes of Petersburg;
two daughters, Mrs. Aubrey Hagan, Jr., Pulaski, Mrs. James Perkins, Nashville
and one son, R. Hutton Brown, Jr., Pulaski, and seven grandchildren.
BROWN, Ruth Mize The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Mize Brown, 59, widow of Reece Brown, were held
at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, October 8, at First Methodist Church in Panama
City, Fla., home of Mrs. Brown. Burial took place in that city.
Mrs. Brown died on Friday, October 6, at a hospital in Panama City after an
illness of two years. Her husband, Reece Brown died four years ago.
Born May 1, 1902, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Nola Ann Glover
Mize of Pulaski and the late James Lewis Mize. She was a member of First
Methodist Church in Panama City.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Mize is survived by two sisters, Miss Ella Mae
Mize, Panama City, Fla., and Mrs. Loyd Anderson, Donelson; and five brothers,
Loyd Mize, Houston, Texas, and Herbert Mize, Bert Mize, Herschel Mize and James
Mize, all of Pulaski.
BROWN, Sara Willis The Pulaski Citizen 29 Oct 1969
Mrs. Sara Willis Brown, 35, was killed instantly following a car accident Sunday
morning, October 26, in Winter Haven, Fla.
Funeral services for Mrs. Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Willis of
Pulaski, were conducted Wednesday afternoon, October 29, at 2:00 o'clock in
Winter Haven, Fla. with burial in that city.
In addition to her parents, survivors include her grandmother, Mrs. Charles
Willis of Pulaski.
BROWN, Tom K. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Tom K. Brown, 84, retired Eighth District farmer, were held
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the rites conducted by the Rev. J. T. Parsons, the Rev. Cullen T. Carter, and
the Rev. Gerald Hattle, pastor of Rehoboth Methodist Church. Mr. Brown died
Monday night, December 21, in Giles County Hospital after a period of declining
health.
Born November 11, 1880, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Davis Brown
and Martha Ellen Tinery Brown. His wife, Mrs. Daisy Abernathy Brown, died
several years ago.
Mr. Brown is survived by two sons, Milton T. Brown and Wilson Brown; and one
daughter, Mrs. Ellen Barber, all of Pulaski; five grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Mahlon Hardy, Mrs. Jim Dunnavant, both
of Pulaski, Mrs. Fred Cole and Mrs. Grace Price, both of Nashville; and two
brothers, Edd Brown, West Palm Beach, Fla., and Carl Brown, Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, William Edgar The Pulaski Citizen 2 May 1962
Funeral services for William Edgar Brown, 72, retired farmer and livestock
dealer of Friendship, were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Pulaski Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial
took place in the family cemetery, near the home. Mr. Brown died at 6:30
Wednesday night, April 25, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born June 28, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jesse Whitt
Brown and Tiny Hall Brown.
Mr. Brown is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ora Gaines Brown; two sons, Quay Brown
and W. E. Brown, Jr., Beech Hill; four daughters, Mrs. C. L. Carvell, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., Mrs. Campbell Smith, Diana, Mrs. Allen Newton, Pulaski, and
Mrs. John R. Appleton, Minor Hill; eleven grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
BROWN, Willie D. The Pulaski Citizen 6 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Willie D. Brown, 59, Columbia construction worker, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Oakes and Nichols Funeral
Home in Columbia with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial took place in
the Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Brown died at 5:05 o'clock Tuesday morning, October
5, in Maury County Hospital after a long illness.
Born October 9, 1911, in Marshall County, he was the son of W. R. Brown and
Mamie McNeese Brown., who survive.
In addition to the parents, Mr. Brown is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Comer
Brown; three sons, Clyde, Philip and William Brown, all of Columbia; three
step-sons, James and David Harvell, Hampshire, Maury County; and one
step-daughter, Miss Margaret Harvell, Columbia; two brothers, Wayne Brown,
Pulaski, and Vaden Brown, Lynnville; and two sisters, Mrs. Robert L. Smith,
Pensacola, Fla., and Mrs. Thomas K. Harrison, Long Beach, Calif.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Will Henry The Pulaski Citizen 12 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Will Henry Brown, 78, retired farmer of the Buchanan Creek
section, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. James T. Parsons. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Brown died at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, December 9, at Giles
County Hospital after a year's declining health.
Born April 18, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Henry
Brown and Delis McDonald Brown. His wife, Mrs. Sessa Cardin Brown died a number
of years ago. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Brown is survived by two sons, N. R. Brown, Route 4, Pulaski, and Julius
Brown, Lawrence County; two daughters, Mrs. Willa Mae Seward, Bryson, and Mrs.
Annie Will Beard, College Grove; eighteen grandchildren and nineteen great
grandchildren.
Bennett May and Company in charge of arrangements.
BROWNING, Kerry Allen The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1966
Graveside services for Kerry Allen Browning, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack H.
Browning, who died Thursday, December 15, in Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville,
were conducted at Maplewood Cemetery Friday morning at 10:00, by the Rev. Billy
H. Craighead.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by one sister, Jonna Kay; one
brother, Barry; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Richard Raines and paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Browning, Cedar Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRUMIT, Willie H. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Willie H. Brumit, 61, retired employee of International
Minerals and Chemical Corporation at Wales, were held at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. G. C. Fox, Church
of Christ minister. Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens.
Born February 2, 1904, in Maury County, he was the son of the late Riddle Lewis
Brumit and Minnie Jane Thomason Brumit. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Brumit is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dessie Lee McNeese Brumit; two
daughters, Mrs. Robert C. LeQuire, Manchester, and Miss Ethal Ann Brumit,
Pulaski; one son, Larry Brumit, Nashville; five grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Pearl Brooks, Hollywood, Calif., Mrs. Katherine Stone, Eau Gallie, Fla.,
and Mrs. Russell Cisco, Nashville; and two brothers, Paul Brumit, Lynnville, and
Claude Brumith, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRYAN, Deborah The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1961
Graveside services for Deborah Bryan, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bryan
of Delrose were held on Saturday, December 2 in Maplewood Cemetery. Rev. Billy
Cole of McBurg and the Rev. Donald White of Bryson officiated.
In addition to the parents, survivors are one sister, Ann, and two brothers,
John and Joe Bryan.
BRYAN, E. S. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1966
E. S. Bryan, 96, father of Harry Bryan of Bodenham, died Friday morning, July
22, in a Nashville nursing home.
Services were conducted Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock at Cosmopolitan Funeral
Home, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville.
In addition to Harry Bryan, Mr. Bryan is survived by another son, and four
daughters, all of Nashville.
BRYAN, W. J. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Funeral services for W. J. Bryan, 59, prominent Giles County native who was
vice-president of Third National Bank in Nashville were held Tuesday in
Nashville. He died Sunday morning at Vanderbilt Hospital after an illness of
several weeks.
Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park following services at West End Methodist
Church, officiated at by Dr. Ben B. St. Clair.
Mr. Bryan was born at Bunker Hill and grew up in that community and around
Bryson. His mother, Mrs. S. B. Bryan of Ardmore, survives.
He was graduated in 1921 from Massey Military School in Pulaski and later
returned there as a member of the faculty. He received his BA degree from
Vanderbilt University in 1927.
Mr. Bryan was married in 1930 to the former Clara Harris of Pulaski, who
survives.
The nationally known banker joined Third National Bank in 1939. He held a degree
from Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutger's University.
He was a director and former president of the Independent Bankers Association,
having served on its legislative committee for many years.
Mr. Bryan was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Nashville Exchange Club,
the Nashville Booster Club, Richland Country Club, Cumberland Club and the old
University Club.
He was a member of West End Methodist Church.
Surviving, besides his wife and mother, are a son, W. J. Bryan, Jr., New York; a
daughter, Mrs. Horace Sibley, Atlanta; three brothers, B. A. Bryan, R. E. Bryan
and John Bryan, all of Ardmore; and three sisters, Mrs. Kermit George, Dellrose,
Mrs. Robert Wynne, Pulaski, and Mrs. H. E. Flanigan, Los Angeles.
BRYMER, Sallie Whitehead The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Whitehead Brymer, 85, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
and G. C. Fox. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Brymer died Friday
night, January 19, at her home in the Wales section.
Born September 3, 1876, in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late John
Whitehead and Mollie Stamps Whitehead, but had lived most of her life in Giles
County.
Her husband, Geoege Brymer, died several years ago.
Mrs. Brymer is survived by two sons, Clarence Brymer and Flournoy Brymer, Wales;
one daughter, Mrs. Ophelia Campbell, Franklin; ten grandchildren, twenty-seven
great grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; one brother, John
Whitehead, Wales; and one sister, Mrs. Frank Niedergeces, Lawrenceburg. Pulaski
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRADEN, James B. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
James B. Braden, 68, died Tuesday, October 10, at his home in Bethel.
Services will be conducted Thursday afternoon, October 12, at 2:00 o'clock in
the chapel of Spry Funeral Home in Athens, Ala., with the Rev. Dallas Bass
officiating. Burial will be in Legg Cemetery.
He was a member of the Bethel Methodist Church and a veteran of World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Meadows Braden, Bethel; one brother,
R. L. Braden, Chesterfield, Ind.; one nephew, Bobby Braden, also of
Chesterfield.
BRADEN, William F. (Bud) The Pulaski Citizen 26 Apr 1961
Funeral services for William F. (Bud) Braden, 60 resident of Memphis and native
of Lynnville, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home in Columbia, with Melvin Dugger, Church of Christ minister
officiating. The burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mr. Braden
died unexpectedly Sunday, April 23, after several months illness at his home in
Memphis, where he had live twenty years.
The son of the late F. M. (Tobe) Braden and Eva Horne Braden he was a salesman,
Scottish Rite .
Mr. Braden is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Bearden Braden; three
daughters, Mrs. Ed Ward and Miss Evelyn Braden, Memphis, and Mrs. J. B. Deer,
Mount View, Alaska; one son, William Braden, Memphis; three sisters, Mrs. Jay
Goldman and Mrs. Bridges Sands, Columbia and Mrs. Ben Sam Chapman, Pulaski.
BRALY, Claudia Kelly The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Claudia Kelly Braly, widow of Dr. E. R. Braly of
Lawrenceburg, were held Monday in Lawrenceburg with burial in that city. She
died of a heart attack Saturday en route to a hospital, having been stricken
earlier in the day at her home on Pulaski Street in Lawrenceburg.
Her husband, a Lawrenceburg optometrist and a real estate dealer, was a native
of Giles County. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Braly is survived by one sister, Mrs. E. O. Coffman; and one brothers,
Larrimore Kelly, both of Lawrenceburg.
BRALY, Eugene F. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Eugene F. Braly, 71, retired farmer of the Pisgah
Community, will be held at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning, June 10, at Pulaski
Funeral Home. Rites will be conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of First
Baptist Church, and burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Braly who
had been in failing health, died at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning, June 8, en
route to Giles County Hosptial.
Born March 14, 1889, at Pisgah, he was the son of the late William L. Braly and
Mary Emma Yarbrough Braly. He was a batchelor, and was a member of First Baptist
Church.
Mr. Braly is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Virgil Smith with whom he was making
his home, and Mrs. Raymond Oliver, both of the Pisgah Community; and two
brothers, Hugh Braly, Pulaski and Bate Braly, Sarasota, Fla.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRALY, Lucy Allen The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Allen Braly, 89, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Chester A. Stephens, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church.
Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Braly died on Thursday afternoon,
February 9, at her home one mile west of Pulaski, following a long period of
declining health.
Born January 27, 1872, she was the daughter of the late Porter Allen and
Margaret Anderson Allen. The last member of her immediate family, she was the
widow of Reed Braly who died in 1952. She was a member of Trinity Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Braly is survived by one son, Louis Braly; one grandson, Billy Braly,
Birmingham, Ala.; and one great-granddaughter, Miss Patricia Ann Braly, Pulaski.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
BRASHEARS, Ada Simpson The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Simpson Brashears, 71, Pulaski resident, were held
at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Lloyd Hickman, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Brashears died early Sunday morning, February 21, at Giles County Hospital
after an extended illness.
Born October 29, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late W. E.
Simpson and Martha Cates Simpson. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Brashears is survived by her husband, B. F. Brashears; six sons, Will Tom
Brashears, Leslie Brashears, Billy Brashears and Dorris Brashears, all of Giles
County, and V. R. Brashears, Mt. Pleasant; three daughters, Mrs. Vance
Tankersley and Mrs. Ed Hill Estes, Cornersville, Mrs. Raymond Grubbs, Berea;
sixteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Alice
Stanford, Pulaski; and one brother, Will H. Simpson, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRASHEARS, Albert Birl Fry The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Will Henry Brashears, 79, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Brashears died Sunday, August 13, at Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg,
after a long illness.
Mrs. Brashears, the former Miss Albert Birl Fry, was born August 10, 1882, in
Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James Michael and Nancy Jane
Jones Fry. She was a member of Scotts Hill Baptist Church.
Mrs. Brashears is survived by seven daughters, Mrs. Leroy Hamby, Mrs. Irvin
Williams, Mrs. Robert McCombie, and Miss Agnes Brashears, Giles County, Mrs. J.
D. Warren, Nashville, Mrs. Norman Bobo, Auburndale, Fla., Mrs. James H.
Simpkins, Camden, N. J.; two sons, Lee Brashears, Giles County, and Frank Nolan
Brashears, Nashville; two step-sons, Johnnie Brashears and Noah Brashears, Giles
County; twenty-four grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. A. J. Johnson, Decatur, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRASHEARS, Berry Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1967
Berry Franklin Brashears, 82, died Monday, April 24, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, April 25, at 3:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. The Rev. Lloyd Hickman and James Martin
officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Brashears, a retired farmer, was born in Giles County on November 7, 1884,
the son of the late J. W. and Nellie Owen Brashears. His wife was the late
Lizzie Frances Simpson Brashears.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Raymond Grubbs, Mrs. Geraldine Estes,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Luna J. Henson, Cornersville; six sons, Will Tom, J. T.,
Billy, Leslie and Doris Brashears, all of Pulaski, and L. V. Brashears, Mt.
Pleasant; twenty-one grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. B. F. Newton, Decatur, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRASWELL, Herschel Waymon The Pulaski Citizen 6 Sep 1961
Herschel Waymon Braswell, 21, of Leoma, was killed shortly after midnight Sunday
when his car left the road and was demolished. The accident was said to have
been the result of a blowout.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Braswell of Leoma, the youth was employed as a
carpenter at Vaughn Walls, Inc., Nashville.
Funeral services were held Monday at Center Point Methodist Church and burial
was in the church cemetery.
Besides his parents, Braswell is survived by two sisters, Misses Mary Alice and
Linda Kay Brasswell; two brothers, Horace and Gerald Brasswell; his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Brasswell, all of Leoma; and his maternal
grandfather, Tom Wilder of Lawrenceburg.
BREWER, Ethel Eakes The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert Brewer, 66, lifelong resident of Pulaski, and
telephone operator for a period of thirty years, were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by
David East of Chattanooga, former minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Brewer died at 12:10 o'clock Sunday
morning, July 17, at her home in Pulaski after a long illness.
The former Miss Ethel Eakes, she was born May 6, 1894, the daughter of the late
John R. and Mary Rogers Eakes.
Mrs. Brewer is survived by her husband, Robert Brewer, employee of Pulaski Light
Department; one daughter, Mrs. Royce Long; three grandchildren, Pulaski; four
sisters, Mrs. Will Bass and Mrs. Eugene Chapman, Pulaski, Mrs. A. W. Chapman and
Mrs. Carson Compton, both of Decatur, Ala.; and two brothers, Robert Eakes and
James Eakes, both of Chattanooga.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BREWER, Wilson Eugene The Pulaski Citizen 1 Nov 1961
Wilson Eugene Brewer, 17, of Minor Hill, died Thursday morning, Oct. 26, enroute
to an Athens, Ala., hospital from injuries received in an automobile accident on
the Leggtown-Salem, Ala. Road.
Funeral services wer conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the Rev. Bob Brothers officiating. Burial was in Stella Cemetery.
Brewer was a passenger in a car driven by Floyd Monroe Coffman, 18, of Lester,
Ala., according to Highway Patrolman James Taylor, who said the driver told him
the car would not pull a hill and he was allowing it to roll back to the bottom
when it went out of control, left the road and dropped off an embankment. Brewer
was thrown from the car and into a small creek, according to witnesses.
The youth died at 11:50 a.m. from internal and head injuries, according to a
coroner's report. Coffman was not injured. Relatives said the two were returning
from Salem, Ala., where they had been picking cotton.
The victim was the son of Eugene and Nina Woodard Brewer of Minor Hill, who
survive. He was a former student of Minor Hill High School.
Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Doris Swanner of Illinois, and a
half-sister, Mrs. Thomas Hargrove of Minor Hill.
BRINKLEY, Mrs. Haynes The Pulaski Citizen 18 Mar 1964
Mrs. Haynes Brinkley, wife of the Rev. Haynes Brinkley, former pastor of Minor
Hill Baptist Church, died at 6 o'clock Thursday night, March 12, at the
Methodist Hospital in Memphis, after a three month period of declining health.
Funeral rites took place at 10 o'clock on Saturday monrning with the burial in
Memphis where they had resided since Mr. Brinkley's retirement.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Brinkley is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Donna Christian, Hannibal, Mo.; and one son, Haynes Brinkley, Jr., Jackson,
Miss.; and two grandchildren.
BRITTON, A. W. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1961
A. W. Britton, 79, brother of Giles County residents, died March 30, at his home
in Decatur, Ala., where funeral services took place at the First Baptist Church.
Burial took place there. His wife died one year ago.
Mr. Britton is survived by two sons, two daughters, several grandchildren; twp
brothers. F. A. Britton, Minor Hill and Erskine Britton, Sumac Community in
Giles County; and one sister, Mrs. Bettie Pitt, Millington, Tenn.
BRITTON, Carlos Erskine Albine The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Carlos Erskine Albine Britton, 71, Giles County blacksmith
were held at 12:30 o'clock Sunday at Bennett-May Funeral Home conducted by the
Rev. Bob Brothers. Burial took place in the New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Britton died
Friday, February 23, at his home on the Lewisburg Highway.
He was born May 15, 1890, in Giles County, the son of the late Jim Britton and
Ellen Stevenson Britton. He was a veteran of World War I, having served many
months in France and Germany.
Mr. Britton is survived by one brother, F. A. Britton, Minor Hill; one sister,
Mrs. Betty Pitts, Millington; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROCK, Clint Oscar The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Clint Oscar Brock, 84, retired carpenter, were held at 2:30
o'clock Saturday afternoon in Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Armistead Oates, Methodist minister. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mr. Brock died on Thursday, March 24, at his home.
Born December 22, 1881, in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late
Charlie Brock and Mary Elizabeth Moore Brock. His wife, Mrs. Myrtle Holt Brock,
is deceased.
Mr. Brock is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William Fogg, Toney, Ala., and Mrs.
R. C. Balch, Harvest, Ala.; twelve grandchildren, twenty-eight
great-grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two brothers, Fred Brock, Ardmore,
and Tommy Brock, Texas; and two sisters, Mrs. Virgie Mealer, Ardmore, and Mrs.
Elzie Franklin, Blanche.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROOKS, E. T. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1966
E. T. Brooks, 74, retired farmer, died Monday, August 22, at his home in the
Rose Hill Community.
Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at Rose Hill
Baptist Church, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in New
Gardens Cemetery in Athens, Ala.
A native of Giles County, he was born October 14, 1891, the son of the late Sam
and Molly Bryant Brooks.
Mr. Brooks is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Clem Brooks; three sons, Bobby
and Gilbert Brooks of Wales, and Robert Brooks, Michigan; four daughters, Mrs.
Ruby Kline, Mrs. Susie Wakefield, Pulaski, Mrs. Mable Black, and Mrs. Effie
Boyd, Michigan; fifteen grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Pearline Vinning and
Mrs. Della Guthrie of Athens, Ala.
BROOKS, Lemora Kimbrough The Pulaski Citizen 12 May 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lemora Kimbrough Brooks, 72, will be held at 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Bobby Oliver. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Brooks
died Wednesday morning, May 12, in Giles County Hospital, after an extended
illness.
Born August 17, 1892, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John H.
Kimbrough and Ura Hammond Kimbrough. She was a member of Fiducia Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Brooks is survived by her husband, Floyd E. Brooks; three daughters, Mrs.
Wilson Petty, Mrs. Oakley Harwell and Mrs. Meecham Worsham, all of Giles County;
one son, Ewing Brooks, Giles County; five grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Willie Hargrove, Pulaski; and one brother,
Flournoy Kimbrough, Painesville, Ohio.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Dimple Minatra The Pulaski Citizen 24 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Dimple Minatra Brown, 44, wife of Julius P. Brown,
were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Brown
died at 9:30 o'clock Friday night, October 19, at Giles County Hospital after a
long illness.
Born September 10, 1918, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Guy Minatra of
Bunker Hill and the late Mrs. Mary Cardin Minatra who died in 1952.
In addition to her father and husband, Mrs. Brown is survived by three sons,
George Brown, Giles County, and James Edward and John Wayne, both of Lawrence
County; nine daughters, Mrs. Charles Kimbrough, Mrs. Mahlon Willoughby, Mrs.
Frankie Green, and Mrs. Billy Wayne Massey, all of Giles County, Misses Elaine,
Julia Kay, Linda, Diane and Rosemary Brown of Lawrence County; ten
grandchildren; six brothers, Oliver C. Minatra, Nashville, David Minatra,
Atlanta, Ga., William Minatra, Columbia, Bob Minatra, Memphis and Claude and Joe
H. Minatra, Pulaski; and four sisters, Mrs. A. J. Burke, Nashville, Mrs. M. T.
Newman, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Ed Cobb, Nashville and Mrs. James H. Mansfield,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Elmer O. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Elmer O. Brown, 84, retired Lawrence County Magistrate and
retired building contractor were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in
Lawrenceburg Downtown Church of Christ. Mr. Brown died on Tuesday, October 26,
in Lawrence County Hospital.
Mr. Brown is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Annie Massey Brown; three
daughters, Mrs. Ruby Bee, Pulaski, Mrs. Audrey McAfee, Lawrenceburg, and Miss
Mattie Brown, Mobile, Ala.; three sons, Floyd Brown, Marvin Brown and James
Brown, all of Lawrenceburg; ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild; three
step-daughters; and one sister, Mrs. Ed Cox, Lawrenceburg.
BROWN, Leonard The Pulaski Citizen 8 May 1968
Funeral services for Leonard Brown, 78, retired grocer of Fayetteville, were
held Saturday, May 4, at 2 p. m., at New Lasea Church of Christ in Maury County.
Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia.
Mr. Brown died Thursday, May 2, in Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg, of injuries
suffered during the robbery of his grocery about two years ago.
For several years, he was manager of the Columbia Produce Company in
Fayetteville. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Rena McGee Brown; one daughter, Mrs. George
Phillips, Campbellsville, Ky.; one son, Leonard E. Brown, Pulaski; five sisters,
Mrs. Roland Gooch, Nashville, Mrs. Iva Hardison, Mrs. Rees Hardison, Mrs.
Johnnie Davis and Miss Ulner Brown, all of Columbia; two brothers, Massie and
Allie Brown, Columbia.
BROWN, Mamie Ethel McNeese The Pulaski Citizen 8 May 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie Ethel Brown, 74, were held Wednesday morning,
May 8, at 10:30 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Raymond Johns officiatig. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Brown, wife of William R. Brown, died Sunday, May 5, in Baptist Hospital,
Nashville.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Brown was born November 12 1893, the daughter of
the late Alex and Elizabeth Hardin McNeese.
Survivors in addition to her husband include two daughters, Mrs. Robert Smith,
Pensacola, Fla., Mrs. Tommy Harrison, California; two sons, Vaden Brown,
Lynnville, and Wayne Brown, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Gracie Holt, Nashville,
and Mrs. Leon McNeese, Anthony Hill community; eight grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, Marvin The Pulaski Citizen 7 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Marvin Brown, resident of the Elkton section, were held at
11:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Raymond L. Greenway. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Brown died at
3:30 o'clock Monday morning, November 5, at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Willis Brown.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Brown is survived by one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWN, T. Larrimore The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1969
T. Larimore Brown, 74, retired Texaco oil distributor, died at Giles County
Hospital on Monday afternoon after a long illness.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, minister of Second Street Church of Christ
officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Brown was a native of Giles County, born April 12, 1894, son of the late J.
Tom Brown and Ida Keltner Brown.
He was educated in Giles County schools. As a young man he was employed at The
Union Bank, where he was a member of the staff for fifteen years. In 1930, he
took over the Giles County dealership of Texaco Oil Company, in which business
he continued until his retirement about a year ago.
Mr. Brown was an elder of the Second Street Church of Christ. He was a veteran
of World War I and a member of Post No. 60, American Legion, which organization
presented him with a fifty-year pin last Veteran's Day, November 11th.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Reavis Hardy; one daughter, Mrs.
James R. Sparks, of Portsmouth, Va.; four sisters, Mrs. N. B. Hardeman and Mrs.
M. S. Richardson, Columbia, Mrs. Stewart Thomas, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Harley
Weatherly, Chattanooga; two brothers, Robert K. Brown, Lynnville and J. K.
Brown, Hermitage; and four grandchildren.
BROWNLOW, Bertha McCracken The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Mrs. Bertha McCracken Brownlow, 83, widow of Garland Brownlow and a former Giles
Countian, died Saturday, January 20, in Fort Worth, Texas. Burial was in that
city.
Mrs. Brownlow was the daughter of the late Robert and Virginia Blow McCracken of
Bunker Hill.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include three children, all of Fort Worth; four sisters, Mrs. Clay
Minatra and Mrs. Rufus Campbell of Pulaski, Mrs. Luther Holt of Madison and Mrs.
Claud Dale of Cornersville; one brother, Mahlon McCracken of Bunker Hill.
BROWNLOW, Bertha Tucker The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jun 1969
Mrs. Bertha Tucker Brownlow, 82, died Wednesday night, May 28, at Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, May 30, at two o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. W. B. Nunley and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Kedron Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Brownlow was born April 21, 1887, the daughter of
the late John W. Allred and Adaline Hughey Brownlow.
Survivors include two sons, Oscar E. Tucker, Nashville, Giles E. Tucker, Giles
County; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Dan Williams, Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Andrew
Birchett, Donelson, Mrs. Leslie Clark; Cornersville, Mrs. Charles Solomon,
Pulaski, and two stepsons, Roy Brownlow and Ben Brownlow; five grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWNLOW, Dolly Saunders The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Dolly Saunders Brownlow, 90, widow of William N.
Brownlow, Bunker Hill resident were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning in
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Herbert McNeese, Church of Christ
minister. Burial took place in the Wright Cemetery at McBurg. Mrs. Brownlow died
on Wednesday, August 5, at Stephen Rock Haven Nursing Home in Lewisburg.
Born December 12, 1873, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late
George Saunders and Lamanda Wright Saunders. She was a member of the Church of
Christ. Her husband, William N. Brownlow, died approximately eighteen years ago.
There were no immediate survivors.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWNLOW, Hattie Reagin The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Reagin Brownlow, 78, widow of J. Erskine
Brownlow, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Earl Willoughby, with the burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery
at Stella. Mrs. Brownlow died Thursday night, November 14, 1963, at a Nashville
hospital following an extended period of declining health.
Born December 6, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Reagin and Emma Smith Reagin. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Her husband died a number of years ago. Mrs. Brownlow is survived by one son,
Sterling Brownlow, Stella; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Kerr, Stella, and Mrs. Ruth
Gardner, Dayton, Ohio; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Emma Kerr, Kansas. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
BROWNLOW, John Milton The Pulaski Citizen 19 Dec 1962
Funeral services for John Milton Brownlow, 79, retired farmer of the Rockwood
Community, were held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Wesley Holden and the Rev. William H. Moss,
Methodist ministers. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Brownlow died Friday afternoon, December 14, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Dan Williams, in Birmingham, Ala., where he had been making his home.
Born May 16, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sterling Brownlow
and Mrs. Elizabeth Paisley Brownlow. His wife, Mrs. Rena Petty Brownlow, died in
1956. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to the daughter in Birmingham, Mr. Brownlow is survived by two sons,
Roy P. Brownlow, Pulaski druggist, and Ben Brownlow, Pulaski lumber dealer;
three other daughters, Mrs. Leslie Clark, Cornersville, Mrs. Charles Solomon,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Andrew Birchett, Nashville; twenty-one grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Jim Forsythe, Hohenwald; and one brother,
Leonard Brownlow, Ethridge.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BROWNLOW, Leonard B. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Leonard B. Brownlow, 93, retired farmer were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon, December 29, at Ethridge Baptist Church, with burial
in John Lay Cemetery. Mr. Brownlow died December 27 in Lawrenceburg Sanitarium.
Born September 16, 1870 in Giles County, he was the son of the late J. S. and
Mary E. Brownlow. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Brownlow is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Forsythe Brownlow; one son, L.
M. Brownlow, Minor Hill; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild; and one
sister, Mrs. Edna Forsythe, Hohenwald.
BROWNLOW, William Paisley The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1961
Funeral services for William Paisley Brownlow, 70, retired farmer of the Stella
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pleasant Hill Cumberland
Presbyterian Church with burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Brownlow who had
been in failing health, died Sunday night, May 7, at his home.
A native of Giles County, he was born July 15, 1890, the son of the late J.
Sterling Brownlow and Betty Paisley Brownlow. He was a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Brownlow is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Forsythe Brownlow; three sons,
John W. Brownlow and Ewing Brownlow, both of Stella and Robert H. Brownlow of
2California; two grandchildren; two brothers, Leonard Brownlow, Ethridge and
John M. Brownlow, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. J. M. Forsythe, Murfreesboro.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRUCE, Agnes Whitt The Pulaski Citizen 5 Oct 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes Whitt Bruce, 36, were conducted Saturday,
October 1, at 3:00 p. m. at the Elkton Baptist Church, with burial in the Elkton
Cemetery. The Rev. William T. Suddarth, officiated.
Mrs. Bruce, a native of Alabama, died Friday, September 30, in Vanderbilt
Hospital, following an extended illness. She was born October 17, 1929, the
daughter of Mrs. R. E. Whitt of Decatur, Ala., and the late Mr. Whitt.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, Macon Bruce; three
daughters, Misses Brenda, Cathie, and Janet Bruce, all of Elkton; eight sisters,
Mrs. Bobbie Laxon, Pulaski, Mrs. Jane Sparkman, Decatur, Ala., Mrs Marveline
Pike, Mrs. Gladys Drummond of Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. Lila Dorning, Harvest,
Ala., Mrs. Leona Bartz, West Chester, Pa., Mrs. Gail Ray and Mrs. Myrtice Pepper
of Pontiac, Mich.; and one brother, Carl Whitt of Pontiac, Mich.
BRUCE, Annie Roberts The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Mrs. Annie Roberts Bruce, 71, native Giles Countian, died on Monday, January 7,
at the home of her daughter in Los Angeles, Calif. Funeral services and burial
took place in that city.
Born June 12, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Ed Roberts
and Willie Rogers Roberts. In 1916, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce move to Los Angeles where
he died in August of 1962.
In addition to the daughter, Mrs. Bruce is survived by three sons; four
brothers, Claude W. Roberts, Los Angeles, Calif., Flournoy Roberts, San
Francisco, Calif., Blanchard Roberts and Rubert Roberts, Giles County; and three
sisters, Mrs. Houston Newton and Mrs. Edward Holland, Pulaski, and Mrs. Thomas
Glover, Shelbyville.
BRUMIT, Minnie Thomason The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Thompson Brumit, 75, Pulaski resident, were
held at 1:30 o'clock on Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, Baptist minister, and G. C. Fox, Church of Christ
minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemeter. Mrs. Brumit died at 5:50
o'clock Thursday morning, March 24, at her home in Chapman Sub-Division, after a
long illness.
Born February 7, 1885, in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Isaiah
Thomason and Martha Morrow Thomason, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her husband, Riddle Lewis Brumit, died in 1925.
Mrs. Brumit is survived by three sons, Claude Brumit and Willie Brumit, both of
Pulaski, and Paul Brumit, Lynnville; three daughters, Mrs. Pearl Brooks,
Hollywood, Calif., Mrs. Nora Dell Cisco, Nashville, and Mrs. Katherine Stone,
Manitoba, Canada; fourteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. Evie Henson, Mt. Pleasant; and one brother, Will Thomason,
Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BRYANT, Mamie Ponder The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1968
Mrs. Mamie Bryant, 79, of Tracy City, died Sunday, February 18, at Wyandotte
General Hospital, Wynadotte, Mich.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bryant will be held Thursday, February 22, at the
First Methodist Church in Tracy City. Burial will be in Tracy City Cemetery.
A native of Grundy County, she was the daughter of the late J. M. and Mary
Ponder and wife of the late Oscar Bryant.
Mrs. Bryant is survived by three sons, Willis Bryant, Pulaski, Everett Bryant,
Huntsville, Ala., and Ponder Bryant, Tracy City; one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn
Warren, Wyandotte, Mich.; and two grandchildren.
BUCHANAN, Alice Gatlin The Pulaski Citizen 27 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Gatlin Buchanan, wife of a Pulaski native, were
held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Waverly Methodist Church in Waverly,
Tenn., with the burial in that city. Mrs. Buchanan died on Sunday night,
November 24, in the Waverly Hospital.
A native of Waverly, Mrs. Buchanan is survived by her husband, Roscoe Buchanan;
two sisters and two brothers. Mr. Buchanan is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John Buchanan of Pulaski.
BUCHANAN, Cullie Hannah The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1960
Mrs. Cullie Hannah Buchanan, 78, widow of Solon Buchanan, died at 3 o'clock
Tuesday morning, February 16, at Giles County Hospital after two weeks' critical
illness.
Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Chester A. Stephens and burial in the
family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born May 13, 1881, at Campbellsville, she was the daughter of the late J. Clint
Hannah, former County Judge of Giles County, and Mrs. Martha Campbell Hannah.
Her husband died several years ago. She was a member of the Minor Hill Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Buchanan, a resident of Pulaski for many years, is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. George Sanders, employee of The Union Bank; three brothers,
Campbell Hannah, former County Judge of Giles County, R. Grady Campbell,
Pulaski, and Felix Hannah, San Antonio, Texas; and three sisters, Mrs. Dudley
Stennis, Newton, Miss., and Mrs. R. S. McLaurin, Brandon, Miss.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BUCHANAN, Emma Martin The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Martin Buchanan, 86, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at First Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. W. Floyd Cates, pastor of the church. Burial took place in
the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Buchanan died Sunday, April 14, at
Fairhaven Nursing Home after an extended illness.
Born September 21, 1876, she was the daughter of the late William Martin and
Martha Johnston Martin. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Her husband,
John B. Buchanan, died many years ago.
Mrs. Buchanan is survived by two sons, Morgan Buchanan, Pulaski, and John R.
Buchanan, Waverly; one daughter, Mrs. Joe Dean, Pulaski; thirteen grandchildren,
twenty-one great-grandchildren, eleven great-great-grandchildren; one brother,
Emmett Martin; and one half-sister, Mrs. Robert Price; both of Pulaski.
BUFFALO, Mandy Greene The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Mandy Green Buffalo, 91, widow of Elvet Buffalo, were
held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Puncheon Church with Elder E. O.
Coffman officiating. Burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Buffalo died
Sunday afternoon, January 26, at the home in the Minor Hill section.
Born September 5, 1872, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Willis
Green and Mollie McNutt Green. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Buffalo is survived by one son, O. G. Buffalo, Minor Hill; five sisters,
Mrs. Clarence Crabb and Mrs. Minnie Thompson, Minor Hill; Mrs. Matt McCree,
Pulaski; Mrs. Claude Prince, Goodsprings, and Mrs. Rozella Chapman,
Lawrenceburg; and one half brother, Thomas Green, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BUFORD, Mark Nicholas The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1967
Mark Nicholas Buford, 71, died Thursday, November 2, at Veterans' Hospital in
Murfreesboro.
Services were conducted Saturday morning, November 4, at 10:00 o'clock at the
Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Buford, a native of Philadelphia, Pa., was born October 30, 1896, the son of
the late Mark and Alice Osborne Buford. He was a retired Internal Revenue Agent.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruby Lawson Buford; one daughter, Mrs. Sibly
Burnett, Oak Ridge; one son, Foster O. Barnett, Franklin; and four
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BUFORD, Mary Brown The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Edward Buford, 89, native Giles Countian, were held
Sunday afternoon in Lakeland, Fla., where she had made her home for many years.
Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville, Tenn., at 3 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. Mrs. Buford died on Friday, June 1, at her home in Lakeland.
Born in the Lynnville Community, March 18, 1873, she was the former Miss Mary
Brown, the daughter of the late Dr. Owen V. Brown and Elizabeth Buford Brown.
Her husband, Edward Buford, died June 22, 1901.
Mrs. Buford served as postmaster of the Lynnville office from 1916 to 1920, when
the family moved to Lakeland. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and
taught a Sunday School class for several years.
Mrs. Buford is survived by one son, Edward Brown Buford, St. Augustine, Fla.;
one daughter, Mrs. Bert Johnson, Lakeland; two grandsons, Edward O. Greeson,
Newtonville, N. Y., and John A. Greeson, Houston, Texas; and six
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BULL, John Williams The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1960
John Williams Bull, 72, native of Elkton and retired lawyer of Tampa, Fla., died
Friday, October 21, at a Columbia, S. C. hospital, after an illness of three
years.
Funeral rites and burial took place on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, S. C.
Born and reared at Elkton, he was the son of the late Charles O. and Maude
Beasley Bull. He attended Webb School at Bellbuckle and was graduated from
Vanderbilt University in 1911 and began the practice of law in Tampa.
Mr. Bull is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Hall Bull; one daughter, Mrs. Guy
Whetstone, Boykin, S. C.; one sister, Mrs. Wendell Baugh, Decatur, Ala.; and one
half-sister, Mrs. J. Henry Ragsdale, Fort Myers, Fla.
BULLINGTON, Nishie Lura Gatlin The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Nishie Lura Gatlin Bullington, 73, resident of the
Minor Hill
section, were held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at Lovell Chapel Church of
Christ in Salem, Ala., with the burial in Giles Memory Gardens. Mrs. Bullington
died Thursday, February 4, in Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born July 17, 1891, in Limestone County, Ala., she was the daughter of the late
Smith Gatlin and Caldonie Hendrix Gatlin. She was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Mrs. Bullington is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Roy Scruggs, Pulaski, Mrs.
Lacy Gatlin and Mrs. Earl Russell, Winter Haven, Fla., Mrs. Leonard Bannister,
Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Buford Adams, Athens, Ala.; five sons, Hobart
Bullington, Atlanta, Ga., Roy Bullington, Attala, Ala., Kenneth Bullington and
David Bullington, both of Athens, Ala., and Gene Bullington, Salem, Ala.; a
number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; four brothers, Coy Gatlin and
Robert Gatlin, Minor Hill, and Tommy Gatlin and Cullen Gatlin, both of Lawrence
County; and one sister, Mrs. Erskine Townsend, Minor Hill.
BULLINGTON, Sherry Diana The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jun 1968
Sherry Diana Bullington, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Marcus
Bullington, died Saturday, June 1, at Giles County Hospital.
Graveside services were held Sunday, June 2, at 2:00 o'clock at New Zion
Cemetery.
BUNCH, George Lee The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1963
Funeral services for George Lee Bunch, 72, Linden resident, and step-father of a
Pulaski resident, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at McDonald Funeral
Home in Linden with the burial in the Bunch Cemetery. He died of pneumonia
Friday, March 22, at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville.
Mr. Bunch is survived by his wife, Mrs. Deltie Anderson Bunch; a son; two
daughters; three step-daughters, including Mrs. Betty Routon, Pulaski; five
brothers; and two sisters; and nine grandchildren and fourteen
step-grandchildren.
BUNCH, Mamie Clark The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Will Bunch, 87, native Giles Countian, are tentatively
set for 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial
in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Bunch died at 4 o'clock Tuesday
morning, July 21, at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Sam (Patricia Paisley)
Buford, in Brawley, Calif.
Born August 6, 1876, and reared in Giles County, she was the former Miss Mamie
Clark, daughter of the late Peter Clark and Anna Smith Clark. She was a member
of Pulaski's First Presbyterian Church.
Her husband, Will Bunch, one of the first Rural Mail Carriers out of the Pulaski
Post Office, served in that capacity for more than thirty years. Mrs. Bunch
served as his substitute carrier for a number of years. Since the death of Mr.
Bunch in 1943, Mrs. Bunch has resided with Mrs. Buford in Brawley.
Mrs. Bunch is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Herod Tomes, Huntsville, Ala.,
Mrs. Brown Hamlin, Austin, Texas, and Mrs. Fred Perron, Seattle, Wash.; nine
grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
BUNDRANT, Alfred J. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Apr 1964
Alfred J. Bundrant, 62, resident of Lawrenceburg and brother of a Pulaski
resident, died on March 29 in that city. Funeral rites were held the following
day at North Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg with the burial in the John Lay
Cemetery at Ethridge.
His wife, Mrs. Annie Mae Sanders Bundrant, died nine years ago. He was member of
First Baptist Church, Lawrenceburg.
Mr. Bundrant is survived by one son, William Dallas Bundrant, Atlanta, Ga.; one
daughter, Miss Sandra Rose Bundrant, Lawrenceburg; two grandchildren; and six
sisters, including Mrs. Buford M. White of Pulaski.
BUNN, Walter J. The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jan 1963
A former minister of the Elkton-Ardmore Circuit, Rev. Walter J. Bunn, died
Monday night, December 31, in a Nashville hospital of complications following a
heart attack.
Rev. Bunn, 62, had been hospitalized since suffering the seizure on Thanksgiving
Day.
Services will be held today, January 2, at 3 p. m. at the St. Paul Methodist
Church, with the burial at the Spring Hill Cemetery.
Rev. Bunn was serving as pastor of the St. Paul Methodist Church in Nashville at
the time of his death.
From 1943-48, he served in the Elkton-Ardmore Circuit in this county. Prior to
coming here, he held a pastorate in the Leoma Circuit in Lawrence County. He
served the St. Joseph Circuit in that county from 1949 to 1951.
He attended Martin College for two years and was graduated from Athens College
in Athens, Ala.
Rev. Bunn's first wife, Mrs. Eleanor Marie Smith Bunn, died in 1947.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Barbara Perry Bunn; five daughters, Mrs. Cosmer
Mir of Hendersonville, Mrs. Victor Meyer of Cornewll's Heights, Pa., Mrs.
Enrique Cicchetti of Bolivia, Mrs. Charles Killiam of Welmore, Ky., and Miss
Barbara Eileen Bunn of Nashville; one son, Julian Sewell Bunn of Nashville; one
sister, Mrs. Neal Culter of Philadelphia, Pa.; one
brother, John Alvin Bunn of Pa.; and nine grandchildren.
BURCH, Beulah L. Ray The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1967
Mrs. Beulah L. Burch, 87, died Saturday, January 14, at her home in
Cornersville.
Services were conducted Monday afternoon, January 16, at 2:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Lloyd Hickman and Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Burch, a native of Giles County, was born September 14, 1879, the daughter
of the late Bud and Annie Hardiman Ray. Her husband, the late Roy Burch, died
several years ago.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Jewel Williams, Detroit, Mich.; four sons,
Raymond, Lynnville, Melvin, Markham, and Billy Burch, all of Cornersville;
nineteen grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; one brother, Arnie
Ray, Pulaski.
BURCH, Lee Roy The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Lee Roy Burch, 86, retired farmer, were held at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton and the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, Baptist ministers. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Burch died Saturday afternoon, June 26, in a Nashville
hospital.
Born June 19, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of the late B. M. Burch and
Mary Black Burch. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Burch is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Ray Burch; four sons, Raymond
Burch, Lynnville, and Melvin Burch, Markham Burch, and Billy Burch, all of
Cornersville; one daughter, Mrs. W. B. Williams, Detroit, Mich.; nineteen
grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren; two brothers, D. Will Burch,
Sylacauga, Ala., and Solon Burch, Texas; and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Harwell,
Frankewing and Mrs. Hawkins Cardin, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURCH, Will Tom The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Graveside services for Will Tom Burch, 87, former Pulaski merchant and farmer,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the family lot in Maplewood
Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, Methodist minister. Mr.
Burch who had made his home most of the past forty-five years in Raymond, Miss.,
died Saturday morning, February 8, in a convalescent home in Raymond.
Before removing to Mississippi, Mr. Burch was a member of the firm of Harwell
and Burch in Pulaski.
Twice married: his first wife was the former Miss Carrie Cook of Campbellsville
who died a few years after their marriage. Later, Mr. Burch married her sister,
the former Miss Mack Cook. She died in Raymond in 1956.
Mr. Burch has no immediate survivors; only more distant relatives in Giles
County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURCHELL, David The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for David Burchell, 74, retired farmer, were held at one
o'clock Friday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr.
Burchell died on Wednesday, October 20, at his Lynnville home after a long
illness.
Born October 22, 1890, at Morristown, Tenn., he moved with his parents, Sam
Burchell and Viola Fralix Burchell, to Giles County when he was seven years old.
His wife, Mrs. Georgia Lane Jones Burchell, died April 12, 1941. He was a member
of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Burchell is survived by one son, Rogers Burchell, Joliet, Ill.; one
daughter, Mrs. Flavoues Whitt, Detroit, Mich.; ten grandchildren, one
great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Laura Morgan, Mrs. Alice White, Mrs. John
Carpenter, all of Giles County; and one half-sister, Mrs. Jasper Jones, Peoria,
Ill.; and one half-brother, Roy Wilson, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURGESS, Ben Clark The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jan 1968
Services for Ben Clark Burgess, 82, of Lynnville, were held at 10:30 a. m.
Friday, December 29 at McDaniel's Funeral Home in Cornersville. Burial was in
Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Burgess died Wednesday night, December 27, in Giles County Hospital.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Loyd Hopkins and Mrs. Allen Hopkins,
Cornersville, Mrs. Wilson Spivey and Mrs. Neely Hobbs, Lynnville, and Mrs.
Marian Goodgine, Franklin; two step-daughters, Mrs. Joe Fry London, Lewisburg,
and Mrs. Sheldon Wheeler, Lenoir City; two sisters, Mrs. Sidney Williams and
Mrs. Alf Connell, Pulaski; twenty-two grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
BURGESS, James The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1969
James Burgess, 78, died Monday night, February 17, at his home in the Appleton
Community, Lawrence County.
Funeral services for Mr. Burgess were held Wednesday afternoon, February 19, at
2 o'clock in the Appleton Church of Christ with Andy Brown, Church of Christ
minister officiating. Burial was in the Appleton Cemetery.
Mr. Burgess was the son of the late Gaines and Becky Owens Burgess. Survivors
include his wife, Mrs. Mary Ethel Stevenson Burgess, Appleton; one step-son,
Thomas Monroe, Minor Hill; four step-daughters, Mrs. Aubrey Hardiman, Mrs.
Everette Rosson, and Mrs. Dewey White, all of Appleton, Mrs. Tyson Townsend,
Minor Hill; one brother, Rick Burgess, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Etha Wray,
Minor Hill and Mrs. Annie Smith, Nashville, and two grandchildren.
BURGESS, James Samuel The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1962
Funeral services for James Samuel Burgess, 74, retired meat cutter at a local
market for many years, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel
of Pulaski Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of
First Methodist Church, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial
took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Burgess died at 4 o'clock Monday morning, January 8, at Giles County
Hospital after several months declining health.
Born in Giles County on December 14, 1887, he was the son of the late John W.
Burgess and Mary Ann Clark Burgess. His wife, Mrs. Mattie Ione Burton Burgess,
died January 24, 1960. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Mr. Burgess is survived by one daughter, Mrs. L. G. Gregory, Pulaski; two
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. K. H . Burton, Mrs.
Alf Connell and Mrs. S. M. Williams, all of the Brick Church Community; and one
brother, Clark Burgess, Lynnville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURGESS, Lou Davis The Pulaski Citizen 8 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Clyde Burgess, 71, retired school teacher, will be
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at McDaniel Funeral Home with the burial in
Beechwood Cemetery at Cornersville. She died about one o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon, April 7, at Giles County Hospital after a brief illness.
The former Miss Lou Davis, she was born in Marshall County, the daughter of the
late Mrs. Betty Davidson Davis, and was graduated from Lewisburg High School.
She taught in public schools in Marshall and Giles County for many years. For a
period of time she served as manager of the lunch room at Beech Hill School. She
was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Burgess is survived by her husband, Clyde Burgess, Brick Church; three
brothers, Turney Davis, Brick Church, Paul Davis, Lewisburg, and Joe Davis
Tallahassee, Fla.; one step-son, James Burgess, Florence, Ala.; and one niece
and nephew whom she reared.
BURGESS, Mattie Ione Burton The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam Burgess, 74, resident of the Brich Church
Community, were held at 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning, January 26, at Pulaski
Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Raymond Crawford, pastor of New
Zion Baptist Church, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister.
Mrs. Burgess died unexpectedly of a heart attack at her home at Brick Church
Sunday morning.
A native of Giles County, born April 26, 1885, she was the former Miss Mattie
Ione Burton, the daughter of the late John C. Burton and Mary Marshall Burton.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Burgess is survived by her husband, J. S. Burgess; one daughter, Mrs. L. G.
Gregory, Brick Church; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and one
brother, Kenneth Burton, Brick Church.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURGESS, Myron Goodrum Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Myron Goodrum Burgess, Sr., 74, retired farmer and veteran
of WWI, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Brick Church Presbyterian
Church with the burial in the church cemetery. He died Friday, November 26, in
Gordon Hospital.
Born March 16, 1891, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Willis Goodrum
Burgess and Phoebe Collins Burgess. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Burgess is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lola Sue Hatfield Burgess; one
daughter, Mrs. Jo Anne Wingett, Nashville; three sons, Dwayne Burgess, Pulaski,
M. G. Burgess, Jr., Lynnville, and Paul Burgess, Goodlettsville; and six
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURGESS, Pearl Doggett The Pulaski Citizen 2 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. B. C. Burgess, 78, Lynnville housewife, were held at
one o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Lynnville Church of Christ with burial in
Lynnwood Cemetery. She died Sunday, November 29, at her home.
The former Pearl Doggett, she was born January 27, 1886, in Giles County, the
daughter of the late Harvey Doggett and Donnie Kincaid Doggett. She was a member
of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Burgess is survived by her husband, B. Clark Burgess; eight daughters, Mrs.
Wilson Spivey and Mrs. Neely Hobbs, Lynnville, Mrs. Joe Fry London and Mrs.
Allen Hopkins, Cornersville, Mrs. John Goodgine, Franklin, Mrs. Sheldon Wheeler,
Lenoir City, and Mrs. Billy Locke, Nashville; twenty-six grandchildren and
fourteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Orr, Lewisburg; and one
brother, Clyde Doggett, Lynnville.
BURGESS, Robert Dudley The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Robert Dudley Burgess, 87, retired farmer of the Brick
Church Community, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Brick Church
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the former pastor, the Rev. John B.
Lindenberger of Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Burgess died on Saturday, September 4, in
Giles County Hospital.
Born March 18, 1878, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Willis Burgess
and Phoebe Chiles Burgess. His wife, Mrs. Sarah Owen Abernathy Burgess, died
several years ago.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Burgess is survived by one son, Woodrow Burgess; one daughter, Mrs. William
Barczi and one grandchild, all of the Brick Church Community; and one brother,
M. G. Burgess, Brick Church.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURGESS, Robert Stone The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jun 1960
Robert Stone Burgess, native Giles Countian and retired Superintendent of Air
Mail of the U. S. Postoffice Dept., in Washington, D. C., died Monday at 8 a. m.
in Chattanooga, following an illness of several years. Funeral services were
conducted at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Roesch-Patton Funeral Home in
Nashville, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in that city.
The son of Robert A. and Lula White Burgess, he was born Oct. 10, 1895, at
Pulaski and received his education at Abernathy Preparatory School and Massey
School for Boys. He entered the postal service in 1914 as a substitute in the
Railway Mail Servive at Pulaski.
Mr. Burgess joined the air mail division of the Postoffice Dept. in 1940, as
Assistant Superintendent of Air Mail at Atlanta, Ga. In August, 1944, he was
transferred to Washington, D. C., as acting Supt. of Air Mail, and later
received the permanent appointment to that position, which he held until his
retirement a few years ago.
He had been a semi-invalid since suffering partial paralysis about three years
ago, and his death followed an operation three weeks ago for a blood clot.
Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Hester Dunnavant; three daughters,
Mrs. Jane Franklin, Chattanooga, Mrs. Lynnwood Mason of Hawaii, and Mrs.
Sylvester Adams of Washington, D.C.; two sons, Robert, Jr. of Korea, and Tom
Burgess of Washington, D. C.; two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Hill and Mrs. G. R. Page
of Huntsville, Ala.; one brother, William A. Burgess of Huntsville; sixteen
grandchildren; and a number of cousins in Pulaski and Giles County.
BURKS, William Hugh Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Apr 1965
William Hugh Burks, Sr., father of a Pulaski resident and veteran of WWI, died
Thursday, March 25, in Veterans Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., after an extended
illness. Funeral rites and burial took place on Saturday, March 27, in Columbus,
Ga., hometown of the family for a number of years.
Mr. Burks is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jetta Strickland Burks; four sons,
William H. Burks, Jr., Pulaski, member of the faculty of Martin College; Thomas
Burks, Unionville, Tenn., Larry Burks, Toney, Ala., principal of Blanch High
School in Lincoln County, and Michael Burks, Columbus, Ga., and seven
grandchildren.
BURNETT, Lizzie Mae Potts The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Mrs. Lizzie Mae Potts Burnett, 78, native Giles Countian, died on Sunday
afternoon, February 4, at her home in Blytheville, Ark., after an extended
illness. Funeral services and burial took place in that city on Tuesday.
Born January 18, 1884, at Prospect in Giles County, she was the daughter of the
late John Baker Potts and Eliza C. Williamson Potts.
Mrs. Burnett is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alfred Williams and Mrs. Marilyn
B. Caldwell, Blytheville; two sons, John Burnett, Blytheville, and Joe Burnett,
Kansas City, Mo.; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Maples, Athens,
Ala., and Mrs. W. L. Gladish, Lawrenceburg; and one brother, Louis M. Potts,
Long Beach, Calif.
BURNS, Ada Clift The Giles Free Press 4 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Burns, 89, were held at 2 p.m., Monday, January 1,
at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. William Moss officiating.
Mrs. Burns, a native of Giles County, died at the Hewitt Home, Sunday, December
31, 1961.
Her parents were the late John and Mary Jane Hogan Clift. Her husband was the
late Lee Burns.
She is survived by nieces and nephews.
BURNS, Annie Mae (Doris) Fite The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Mae (Doris) Fite Burns, 39, resident of the
McBurg Community, were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning in McBurg Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. G. C. Self, and the Rev. Edwin Moore of Dellrose.
Burial took place in Wright Cemetery. Mrs. Burns died at 5:30 o'clock Monday
morning, April 18, in Lincoln County Hospital, after an extended illness.
Born January 13, 1927, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Theo Fite
of Lincoln County and the late Mr. Fite. She was a member of the McBurg
Methodist Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Burns is survived by her husband, James Ollie
Burns, native of Giles County; two sons, Gerald and Terrell Burns; and one
sister, Mrs. Pauline Bishop, Lincoln County.
BURNS, Edward Craig The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Edward Craig Burns, 66, retired employee of Redstone
Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala., were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Burns
died Friday, August 16, at Veterans Hospital, Nashville, following a period of
declining health.
Born October 15, 1896, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Mary Jane Wolaver
Burns and the late John G. Burns. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a
veteran of World War I.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Burns is survived by two sons, Edward C. Burns,
Boulder, Colo., and Robert E. Burns, Hendersonville; one grandchild; three
sisters, Mrs. R. B. Robbins, Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Ernest Jones, Arlington, Va.
and Mrs. Clara B. Dugger, Pulaski; and two brothers, W. N. Burns and John O.
Burns, both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURNS, Iver Robinson The Pulaski Citizen 6 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Iver Robinson Burns, 64, widow of Louis Garland Burns
who died in January of this year, were held at o'clock Sunday afternoon at
McBurg Methodist Church. The Rev. Gus C. Self, pastor, and the Rev. Lloyd
Hickman, Baptist minister, officiated, and burial took place in the Wright
Cemetery. Mrs. Burns died at 8 o'clock Friday night, October 1, at her home,
following surgery performed two weeks earlier.
Born February 14, 1901, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late
Otis Robinson and Gleaner Roberts Robinson. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Burns is survived by two sons, James Ollie Burns and Wade Burns, Lincoln
County; three daughters, Mrs. Otis B. Mitchell and Mrs. James M. Mitchell, Jr.,
Lincoln County and Mrs. Bobby J. Durham, Huntsville, Ala.; thirteen
grandchildren; one brother, Carl D. Robinson, Lynnville; and three sisters, Mrs.
Sam Poole, Mrs. C. Everett Williams, Pulaski, and Mrs.
Melvin Burch, Cornersville, Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURNS, Louis Garland The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Louis Garland Burns, 65, retired farmer of the McBurg
Community, were held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at McBurg Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Gus Self and the Rev. Lloyd Hickman. Burial took place in
the Wright Cemetery. Mr. Burns died Thursday, January 28, at his home.
Born December 25, 1899, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Ollie Burns
and Eliza Mitchell Burns. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Burns is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Robinson Burns; three daughters,
Mrs. Juanita Mitchell, Fayetteville, and Mrs. Martha Mitchell, Fayetteville, and
Mrs. Naomi Durham, Huntsville, Ala.; two sons, James O. Burns and Donald W.
Burns, both of Giles County; thirteen grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mary
Thurman, Pulaski; and a half-sister, Mrs. Alma Peacock, Atlanta, GA. Bennett-May
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURNS, Lucien E. The Pulaski Citizen 2 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Lucien E. Burns, 72, retired city employee, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Burns died Friday, October 28, at Giles County Hospital, after a
period of declining health.
Born March 17, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe Young Burns
and Sallie Reaves Burns.
Mr. Burns is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Simpson Reaves Burns; one son,
Lewis Burns, Louisville, Ky.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Katherine Noah, Pulaski,
and Mrs. Frances Cave, Owensboro, Ky.; two grandchildren; and fourteen
step-grandchildren.
BURNS, Marion Johnson The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Marion Johnson Burns, 43, resident of Newton, Iowa, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Blooming Grove Methodist Church in Giles
County, conducted by the Rev. James T. Parsons, retired Methodist minister.
Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Burns who had been in failing
health the past two years, died Friday, July 23, at St. Thomas Hospital,
Nashville.
Born January 22, 1922, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Archie Burns
and Sadie Harwell Burns. He was a veteran of WWII and had been employed by the
Maytag Company in Newton for a period of years.
Mr. Burns is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Mason Burns, also a native of
Giles County; one brother, Charles Burns, Lewisburg; and two sisters, Mrs. Selma
Dixon, Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Sallie Shaw, Selma, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURNS, Mary Jane Wolaver The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1963
Giles County's oldest citizen, Mrs. Mary Jane Burns, died last Friday. She was
101 years old, having been born January 15, 1862.
Mrs. Burns died Friday, two days after she broke her hip in a fall and was
admitted to Giles County Hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. W. Floyd Cates officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born in Greenville the year after the Civil War began, Mrs. Burns came to Giles
County when she was 6-years-old and lived in Diana and Pulaski all of her life.
Her parents were William Wolaver and Elizabeth Gosnell Wolaver.
In 1886, Miss Wolaver and John G. Burns were married at the Wolaver home in the
Diana community. Mr. Burns died 19 years ago.
On her 100th birthday, Mrs. Burns was quoted as saying, "I'm surprised I've
lasted this long."
She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. R. R. Robbins, Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. E. P.
Jones, Arlington, Va., and Mrs. A. C. Dugger, Pulaski; two sons, John O. Burns
and William Nick Burns, both of Pulaski; 10 grandchildren; 14
great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
BURNS, Sarah (Sadie) Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 16 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah (Sadie) Harwell Burns, 66, lifelong resident of
Giles County, were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Gus Self, pastor of the Frankewing Methodist
Church, and the Rev. Raymond Hudson, Baptist minister of Lewisburg. Burial took
place in the Center Point Cemetery. Mrs. Burns died unexpectedly on Wednesday,
December 9, at her Frankewing home.
Born November 8, 1898, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Harwell and Frances Worley Harwell. She was a member of the Frankewing Methodist
Church.
Her husband, Archie Burns, died thirty-four years ago.
Mrs. Burns is survived by two sons, Charles Burns, Lewisburg, and Marion Burns,
Newton, Ia.; two daughters, Mrs. Jesse Dixon, Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Claude
Shaw, Selma, Ala.; five grandchildren; one brother, Horace Harwell, Beech Hill;
and one sister, Mrs. Sam Mitchell, Friendship Community of Giles County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURNS, Verna Maude Houston The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Duncan Burns, 69, resident of the Bodenham section,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. A. Wesley Holden, pastor of Trinity Charge of the Methodist Church.
Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Burns died at 7:30 o'clock on
Thursday evening, January 11, at her home.
Born September 29, 1892, at Town Creek, Ala., she was the former Miss Verna
Maude Houston, the daughter of the late John H. Houston and Alice Hamlett
Houston. She was a member of the Trinity Methodist Church.
Mrs. Burns is survived by her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Steve Drone, Franklin;
one son, John Wilson Burns, Bodenham; four grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.
Roy Choate, Bodenham. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BURTON, Flora Mai Burgess The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Mai Burgess Burton, 76, were conducted on
Monday, January 16, at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville with burial in the
Brick Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Burton, a native of Giles County, died Sunday morning, January 15.
Survivors include her husband, K H. Burton; one son, Philip Burton, Brick
Church; a foster-daughter, Mrs. L. S. Hopkins; one grandchild; two sisters, Mrs.
Fanny Connell and Mrs. Sidney Williams, both of Pulaski; and one brother, Clark
Burgess, of Lynnville.
BURTON, Hattie R. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie R. Burton, 8, were conducted on Friday,
November 18, at 2:00 o'clock, at the Brick Church Presbyterian Church, with the
Rev. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in Brick Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Burton, a native of Giles County, died Thursday, November 17, in Madison
Hospital in Madison, Tenn. She was born September 10, 1878, the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Graham Williams of Old Hickory; two sons,
C. E. and William R. Burton, Brick Church; four grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
BURTON, Kenneth H. (Doc) The Pulaski Citizen 29 Oct 1969
Funeral services for Kenneth H. (Doc) Burton, 82, were conducted Wednesday
afternoon, October 29, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral
Home with the Rev. Jim Gilbert and Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial will
be in Brick Church Cemetery.
Mr. Burton died Tuesday morning, October 28, at his home in Brick Church.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Burton was born March 28, 1887. His wife was the
late Flora Burgess Burton.
Survivors include one son, Phillip Burton, Brick Church; one foster daughter,
Mrs. L. S. Hopkins, Brick Church; and one grandchild.
BUTCHER, Katy The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Katy Butcher, 80, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon in Pulaski Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
Baptist minister. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Butcher died Wednesday
in Fairhaven Nursing Home in Pulaski.
A native of Austria, she was the widow of Mitchell Butcher, also a native of
Austria.
Mrs. Butcher is survived by one son, Curtis Butcher, Giles County; and one
niece, Mrs. Jennie Mae Musgroves, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BUTCHER, Mitchell The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mitchell Butcher, 73, retired farmer and merchant, were
held at 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Pink Griggs conducting the rites. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Butcher died Sunday morning, August 20, at Giles County Hospital after a nine
weeks illness.
Born December 24, 1887, in Austria Hungary, he had lived most of his adult life
in Giles County. He was a veteran of World War I, a member of the American
Legion and Welcome Valley Baptist Church.
Mr. Butcher is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katie Savage Butcher; and one son,
Curtis Butcher.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BUTLER, Barry Kent The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Barry Kent Butler, 18-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Butler, was killed
Saturday, March 2, when struck by a car in the backyard of his home in North
Augusta, S. C.
He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gregory and Mr. and Mrs. John D.
Butler, all of Pulaski.
His father operates a garage in the backyard of their home and a customer
accidentally backed over the toddler, police said.
Survivors include two brothers, John M., Jr., and Mike Butler, also of North
Augusta.
BUTLER, Christy Matthewson (Matt) The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Christy Matthewson (Matt) Butler, 51, veteran of WWII, and
employee of Genesco, Inc., were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Ed Harper and the Rev. Reaves.
Burial took place in the Hastings Cemetery, near Ardmore. Mr. Butler died
Friday, June 25, in Veterans Hospital, Nashville.
Born November 15, 1913, in Giles County, he was the son of J. Mahlon Butler and
Katye Garrett Butler. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Butler is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah
Biggerstaff Butler; one daughter, Miss Kristi Lynn Butler, Elkton; one son,
Robert Earl Butler, Elkton; one sister, Mrs. Mary Alice Brown, Elkton, and one
brother, Jim H. Butler, Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BUTLER, Ezina Cripps The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jun 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Ezina Butler, 68, were held Tuesday afternoon, June
24, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Butler, wife of Clayton Butler, died at her home in Aspen Hill Sunday, June
22, after a brief illness.
A native of Canada, Mrs. Butler was born August 31, 1900, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Cripps.
Survivors in addition to her husband include one brother.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BUTLER, Georgia Eva White The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1967
Mrs. Georgia Eva Butler, 75, died Monday, October 23, at Giles County Hospital,
after suffering a heart attack.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at St. Andrew
Methodist Church, with the Rev. Marshall Moss and Bill Moss officiating. Burial
was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Butler, a native of Lawrence County, was born November 15, 1891, the
daughter of the late Thomas and Fannie McAlester White.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Robert D. (Nancy) Thomas,
Nashville, and Mrs. William M. (Johnny Sue) Davis, McMinnville; two sons, W. C.
Butler, Jr., Pulaski, and Thomas H. Butler, Nashville; six grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. Mitchell Wright, Pulaski; six brothers, Reedy White, Ardmore,
Okla., R. I. White, Kansas, Frank White, Louisville, Ky., Sidney White,
Nashville, Carter White, Jonesboro, Ark., and E. V. White, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BUTLER, Hattie May Wilbourn The Pulaski Citizen 27 May 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie May Wilbourn Butler, 90, Pulaski church and
club leader, will be held at ten o'clock Thursday morning in First Presbyterian
Church, with the rites conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor of the
church. Burial will take place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Butler died at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, May 26, at her home following an
extended illness. She sustained a paralytic stroke several years ago.
Born December 8, 1873, in Pine Bluff, Ark., she was the daughter of the late
Lucius Lamar Wilbourn, native Mississippian, and Catherine Braden Wilbourn,
member of a pionee Giles County family. Her husband, Henry Warring Butler,
merchant at Appleton and later in Pulaski died January 29, 1941.
Mrs. Butler was a Sunday School teacher, chairman of women's work, church
historian, and member of the choir for many years, having been a member of First
Presbyterian Church nearly eighty years. She was Past Matron of Eastern Star and
was a charter member of the Twentieth Century Literary Club and was a charter
member of the Gay Nineties Club.
Mrs. Butler is survived by two daughters, Miss Isabel Butler, member of the
faculty of Martin College, and Miss Margaret Butler, librarian at Giles County
High School.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BUTLER, Isabel The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jun 1967
Funeral services for Miss Isabel Butler, 69, will be conducted on Thursday
afternoon, June 8, at 2:00 o'clock at the First Presbyterian Church, with the
Rev. R. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Miss Butler died Tuesday, June 6, in a Huntsville, Ala., hospital following a
short illness. She was a native of Giles County, born March 10, 1893, the
daughter of the late Henry Waring and Hattie Wilburn Butler.
She was the holder of bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from the
University of Tennessee and also had attended Peabody College. She was a member
of the Pulaski First Presbyterian Church and Delta Gamma Society.
She taught in high schools at Knoxville before coming a member of the Martin
College faculty ten years ago.
She is survived by a sister, Miss Margaret Butler, Pulaski.
BUTLER, Jerome The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1960
News has been received here of the death on Saturday, September 17, at his home
in Howe, Texas, of Jerome (Romey) Butler, 75, a native Giles Countian who moved
to Texas as a young man. Funeral rites took place in the Texas city on Sunday.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hunt
Butler, Sr., and was a brother of John I. Butler and Misses Lela and Pearl
Butler, of Howe, all of whom survive. In addition to his brother and sisters,
Mr. Butler is survived by his wife and several children, all of Texas; and
several nieces and nephews of Giles County.
BUTLER, Mahlon E. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Mahlon E. Butler, 57, employee of the Gabriel Company and
milk truck driver, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Andrew Brown, Pulaski, and David East,
former minister of Second Street Church of Christ. Burial took place in Giles
Memory Gardens.
Born September 10, 1908, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Noah Monroe
Butler and Lillie Harden Butler. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Butler is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Mae Womack Butler; one son,
Robert Edward Butler, Pulaski; two grandchildren; one brother, Brown Butler,
Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs. Katie Armor and Mrs. Frances Wilson, Louisville,
Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BYFORD, Robert Harvey The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Robert Harvey Byford, 77, retired Sumac farmer were held at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Lloyd
Hickman, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Byford
died Sunday, March 12, at his home after a long illness.
Born July 31, 1883, in DeKalb County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
George Byford. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Byford is survived by his wife, Mrs. Memory Newton Byford; two daughters,
Mrs. Hubert Crider, Bruceton, and Mrs. Opal Meeks, Memphis; five sons, Loyd
Byford, Trenton, and Eugene Byford, Memphis, Paul Robert Byford, Michigan and
Dwayne Byford and Joseph Byford; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Langston, Nashville, and
Mrs. Frank Blair, Woodbury; and two brothers, George Byford and Hiram Byford, of
Smithville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
BYRD, Bertha Wells The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1969
Mrs. Bertha Wells Byrd, mother of Mrs. Katherine Cannon of Pulaski, died
Tuesday, January 28, at her home in Fultondale Estates in Birmingham, Ala.
Funeral services for Mrs. Byrd, wife of the late William H. Byrd, were held
Thursday morning, January 30, at 10 o'clock in the chapel of Echol and Angwin
Funeral Home in Birmingham. Burial was in Valhalla Cemetery, Birmingham.
Survivors include one other daughter, Mrs. Ike Howell of Birmingham, Ala.; one
son, Jack L. Byrd, Birmingham; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren;
four sisters, Mrs. T. B. Culver, Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Nathan Bell of Carbon
Hill, Ala., Mrs. L. J. Kennedy, Arch, Ala., and Mrs. Eleanor Messer, Bessemer,
Ala.
BYRD, Calvin Luther The Pulaski Citizen 18 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Calvin Luther Byrd, 81, resident of the Weakley Creek
section, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at North Funeral Home in
Lawrenceburg, with the burial in Mars Hill Cemetery in Lawrence County. Mr. Byrd
died Saturday, March 14, in Giles County Hospital following a paralytic stroke
sustained recently.
Mr. Byrd is survived by one son, Herschel Byrd, R. 5, Lawrenceburg; one
grandson; and four great-grandchildren, Lawrenceburg; four brothers, Manuel
Byrd, Lawrenceburg, G. C. Byrd, Melrose, N. Mex., Leonard Byrd and O. E. Byrd,
both of Lubbock, Tex.; and one sister, Mrs. Everett Roberson, Texas.
CALHOUN, James Bumpass The Pulaski Citizen 3 Oct 1962
James Bumpass Calhoun, former teacher and principal of Elkton High School, died
suddenly on Saturday, September 22, at Gatlinburg. Funeral rites took place at 2
o'clock the following Monday afternoon at Ferguson Memorial Chapel of Belmont
Methodist Church in Nashville with the burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
He made his home in recent years in Nashville where he was connected with the
State Board of Education.
Mr. Calhoun is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. R. F. Roddy, Nashville;
three sons, John R. Calhoun, Palo Alto, Calif., William J. Calhoun, Opelika,
Ala., and Daniel H. Calhoun, Cambridge, Mass.; and seven grandchildren.
CALLAHAN, Annie The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1960
Miss Annie Callahan, 76, native of Giles County and in recent years a resident
of Nashville, died unexpectedly Saturday at her home in Nashville. Funeral rites
were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church in Pulaski with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Owen Callahan
and Mary Lorigan Callahan. She was a communicant of St. Mary's Catholic Church
in Nashville.
Miss Callahan is survived by two sisters, Mrs. George Cole, Pulaski, and Mrs.
Dan Callahan, Columbia.
CALLAHAN, Frank Davis The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Frank Davis Callahan, 85, resident of Pulaski and retired
Giles County farmer, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First
Methodist Church, and the Rev. J. C. Elkins. Burial took place in Giles Memory
Gardens. Mr. Callahan died Saturday night, January 16, in Giles County Hospital.
Born March 26, 1879, in Maury County, he was the son of the late Jim Callahan
and Lou Moore Callahan. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Callahan is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maude McCree Callahan; two sons,
Clarence Callahan, Pulaski, and Edward Callahan, Minor Hill; five grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren; three brothers, Hugh Callahan and Jesse Callahan,
Pulaski, and Carter Callahan, Cornersville; and one sister, Mrs. Erskine
Abernathy, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CALLAHAN, Jessie Robert The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jun 1967
Funeral services for Jessie Robert Callahan, 78, will be conducted Thursday
morning, June 22, at 11 o'clock, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. J. C. Elkins, officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Callahan died Tuesday, June 20 at Fairhaven Nursing Home. He was a native of
Giles County, born September 13, 1888, the son of the late James Edward and
Lucretia Moore Callahan.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elsie Tinnon Callahan; two brothers, Hugh
Callahan, Pulaski, and Carter Callahan, Cornersville; and one sister, Mrs.
Erskin Abernathy.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CALLAHAN, John Hugh The Pulaski Citizen 12 Nov 1969
John Hugh Callahan, 84, died Tuesday, November 11, at his home on South First
Street.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, November 12, at 3:00
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. W. E. Gober
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Callahan was born February 26, 1885, the son of
the late James Edwin Callahan and Sara Lou Moore Callahan.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lillie Webster Callahan; one daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Bessie Callahan, Pulaski; one grandson, Mike Clayton Smith, Pulaski; and
one brother, Carter Callahan, Cornersville.
CALLAHAN, Lillie Webster The Pulaski Citizen 3 Dec 1969
Mrs. Lillie Webster Callahan, 80, died Saturday, November 29, at Taylors
Hospital, Lewisburg.
Funeral services for Mrs. Callahan, wife of the late Hugh Callahan, were
conducted Sunday afternoon, November 30, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home with the Rev. W. E. Gober officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clayton Callahan, one
great-grandson, Mike Smith, one sister, Mrs. Shirley McMillion, Louisville, Ky.,
and two nieces.
CALLAHAN, Thomas Owen The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Thomas Owen Callahan, 56, owner of the Houston-Callahan
Construction Company, Florence, Ala., and native Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon at Morrison-Elkins Chapel, Florence, with the Rev. Richard
Waggoner, officiating. Burial took place in Greenview Cemetery in Florence. He
died Wednesday, February 24, at ECM Hospital, following a brief illness.
Born at Pulaski, he was the son of Mrs. May Callahan Callahan, now residing in
Columbia, lived at Ardmore for a time, later locating in Florence twenty years
ago. He was a veteran of WWII and was a member of the Elks Lodge 820, having
served as part exalted ruler and trustee.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Callahan, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anne
Boone Callahan; one sister, Mrs. Hugh Mahlon Cooper, Columbia; one nephew and
several nieces.
CALLAHAN, William Clayton The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jun 1964
Funeral services for William Clayton Callahan, 50, Pulaski businessman, were
held Monday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy Craighead,
pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Callahan died at 9:30 p. m. Saturday in Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital of a
heart ailment.
He owned and managed South End Grocery for the past 18 years, and also owned
Dutch Maid Laundry. He was a native of Giles County.
Mr. Callahan was a member of First Methodist Church, where he was in the George
Morgan Bible Class.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie Parsons Callahan; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Callahan; and grandson, Michael Clayton Smith, all of Pulaski.
CALSOR, Ledford The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Ledford Calsor, 54, veteran of WWII, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Andrew Brown, Church
of Christ minister. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Calsor died of a heart
attack on Friday night,
June 10, in Redstone Army Hospital, Huntsville, Ala., after several hours
illness.
Born January 13, 1912, in Coffee County, Tenn., he was the son of the late Lace
Calsor and Lela Dudley Calsor.
Mr. Calsor is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eunice Phillips Calsor; one son, Marcus
Calsor, Pulaski; one brother, Roy Calsor, McMinnville; two sisters, Mrs. Nona
Mae Rettie, Las Vegas, Nev., and Mrs. Ethel Sappington, Tupelo, Miss.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CAMERON, Barham Porter The Pulaski Citizen 17 Mar 1965
Barham Porter Cameron, 54, retired newspaperman, and resident of Carthage, Mo.,
died on February 22. Funeral rites and burial took place in Carthage.
He was the son of the late Rev. Irvine Turner Cameron, native Giles Countian and
Methodist minister and Mrs. Cameron.
Mr. Cameron is survived by his wife, Mrs. Golda Thomas Cameron; two sons, one
brother, I. T. Cameron, Jr., Carthage; and three sisters, Mrs. Horace Burdick,
Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Charley Conley, Royal Oak, Mich., and Mrs. L. V. Kelly,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
CAMERON, Blanche Tarpley The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Tarpley Cameron, 85, native Giles Countian,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Ollie Binkley, Methodist minister. Burial took place
in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Cameron died on Tuesday, February 25, at Brown
Hospital, Lewisburg, after a period of declining health.
Born April 16, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Epperson
Tarpley
and Melissa Kellum Tarpley. Her husband, J. E. Cameron, died January 2, 1939.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Cameron is survived by one son, Eugene Cameron, Lynnville; one daughter,
Mrs. John M. Wooten, Pulaski; three grandchildren; and one brother, Earl
Tarpley, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CAMPBELL, Annie English The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1960
Graveside services were held at 10:30 o'clock on Friday morning, April 22, in
Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, for Mrs. Alexander Campbell, 79, native of
Giles County. Mrs. Campbell died on Wednesday morning, April 26, at her home in
Fairyland, Lookout Mountain.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the former Miss Annie English, the
daughter of the late James K. Polk English and Sophia Harwood English, and was a
graduate of Martin College in Pulaski. Her husband, Alexander Campbell, native
of Campbellsville and son of the late Dr. James Campbell and Mrs. Mary Alexander
Campbell, died in 1940.
Mrs. Campbell is survived by five daughters, Mrs. C. W. Tharpe and Mrs. Charles
Farnsworth, Chattanooga, Mrs. Joseph E. Silk, Perth Amboy, N. J., Mrs. Clyde
Phelps, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. William B. Derby, Chicago, Ill.; six
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and one brother, Fain English,
Orlando, Fla.
CAMPBELL, Blanch The Pulaski Citizen 26 Nov 1969
Miss Blanch Campbell, 85, of Veto, Ala., died Monday night, November 24, in a
Nashville Nursing Home.
At press time funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Survivors include two brothers, Mahlon Campbell and Herman Campbell; two
sisters, Mrs. Attie Smith and Mrs. Joe Whitfield, of Nashville.
Wilson Carter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CAMPBELL, Edna Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1968
Mrs. Edna Campbell, 47, died Thursday, January 11, in Giles County Hospital
after a two weeks illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Campbell were held Saturday, January 13, in the
capital of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Rev. Hoyt Wilson and Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Campbell, a native of Giles County, was born December 20, 1920, the
daughter of the late Henry D. and Frances Fry Abernathy. She was the wife of
Henry Campbell.
Survivors in addition to her husband are three daughters, Sandra, Betty and
Debbie Campbell, Pulaski, one son, Willie Joe Campbell, Lawrenceburg; six
sisters, Mrs. Walter Miles, Mrs. Viola Cox, Giles County, Mrs. Albert Smith,
Indiana, Mrs. Carroll Campbell, Mrs. George Owens, and Mrs. Lewis Harris, all of
Giles County; two brothers, Wilson Abernathy, Giles County, and LeRoy Abernathy,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CAMPBELL, Fred Howard The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1966
Word has been received her of the death recently of Fred Howard Campbell, former
Giles Countian, making his home in Houston, Texas. He was a magician and
operated a novelty shop in Houston.
Mr. Campbell is the son of Mrs Emma Newton Campbell Rose, Spartanburg, S. C.,
and the late Herbert Campbell, former blacksmith of Pulaski. Mr. Campbell is
also survived by an aunt, Mrs. F. G. Gardner, Columbia.
CAMPBELL, Garland The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Garland Campbell, 61, native of Giles County, were held at
2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Campbell
died at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning, August 17, at Louisville General
Hospital, Louisville, Ky., after a period of declining health.
Born December 28, 1899, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John
Campbell and Esther Shelton Campbell.
Mr. Campbell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy Whitley Campbell; two sons, I.
C. Campbell, Leoma, Tenn, and Aubrey Campbell, Jasper, Ala.; three daughters,
Mrs. Mildred Stafford, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Ozell Jackson, Blytheville, Ark.,
and Mrs. Alma Hood, Leoma; a number of grandchildren; two brothers, Floyd
Campbell, Columbia and Virgil Campbell, Lawrenceburg; and one sister, Mrs. Ruby
Garner, Goodspring.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CAMPBELL, Grace Tomerlin Newton The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Tomerlin Newton Campbell, 83, Giles Countian,
were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, March 17, at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, Baptist minister. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Campbell died on Wednesday at Lofton Nursing Home in
Franklin after a long illness.
Born March 20, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Vasar
Tomerlin and Adeline Armour Tomerlin. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
She was twice married: her first husband, Dock Newton, died many years ago. Her
second husband, Tom G. Campbell, died several years ago.
Mrs. Campbell is survived by one son, Vernon Newton, Ector, Texas; two
step-daughters, Mrs. Sam Baxter and Miss Ora Newton, Giles County; twelve
grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Oscar
Tomerlin, Flint, Mich., and Arthur Tomerlin, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CAMPBELL, Ida Hannah The Pulaski Citizen 31 Dec 1969
Mrs. Ida Hannah Campbell, 87, died Monday, December 29, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning, December 31, at 11:00 o'clock
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Gilbert Shaffer, Church of Christ
minister officiating.
Burial will be in Cool Springs Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was born January 27, 1882, the daughter of the
late Robert A. and Elizabeth Phillips Hannah. She is the wife of the late Walter
Campbell and a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include six sons, Rufus E. Campbell, Thomas A. Campbell, Pulaski, W.
Howard Campbell, Glendale, Calif., Lawrence B. Campbell, Athens, Ala., Giles E.
Campbell, Tucson, Ariz., Robert N. Campbell, Knoxville; thirteen grandchildren;
twelve great-grandchildren; three brothers, Walter Hannah, Whitesbourgh, Tex.,
Bob Hannah, Tanner, Ala., Andy Hannah, Hermit, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Maxie
Zeigler, Pulaski, and Mrs. Laura Seivers, Decatur, Ala.
CAMPBELL, James E. (Jim) The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1968
James E. (Jim) Campbell, 83, died Tuesday, December 3, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Campbell, retired farmer of the New Prospect community,
will be held Thursday morning, December 5, at 10 o'clock in the chapel of Carr
and Erwin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Campbell was born July 15, 1885, the son of the
late Brady and Ellen Myers Campbell.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nina Cates Campbell, New Prospect; two sons,
Emmitt Campbell, Osceola, Ind., and Henry Campbell, Pulaski; six daughters, Mrs.
Malcolm Pratt, Pulaski, Mrs. Leon Griggs, Southland, Ind., Mrs. Vernon C. Green,
Mrs. Howard Graves, Mrs. Mitchell Ramsey, Mishawaka, Ind., and Mrs. William
Valahantonis, South Bend, Ind.; one brother, Millard Campbell, Giles County;
nineteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
CAMPBELL, Reece The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1966
Reece Campbell, 81, retired Campbellsville merchant and farmer, died at 5
o'clock Thursday morning, March 24, in Umble Nursing Home in Lewisburg,
following a long period of declining health.
Funeral rites took place at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Jerry Corlew, Campbellsville Church of
Christ minister. Burial took place in the family lot in Campbellsville Cemetery.
Born January 31, 1875, at Campbellsville, he was the son of the late Dr. James
H. Campbell and Mary Alexander Campbell. His wife, Mrs. Annie English Campbell,
died September 6, 1956. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Campbell for many years was a traveling salesman for the Carter Dry Goods
Company of Louisville, Ky. Retiring from the road, he entered the mercantile
business in his home community which he operated for many years.
Mr. Campbell, the last member of his immediate family, is survived by two sons,
James Campbell, Campbellsville, and John E. Campbell, New York City; one
daughter, Mrs. Jerome Smith, Pulaski; and two grandchildren.
CAMPBELL, Rufus The Pulaski Citizen 7 Nov 1962
Rufus Campbell, 77, retired farmer of the Pleasant Ridge section, died Saturday
night, November 3, at Lawrence County Sanitarium after a long illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge
Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Wesley Holden, with the burial in the
church cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born February 17, 1885, the son of the late
Mrs. and Mrs. Abraham Campbell. His wife was the late Dezzie James Campbell.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
The only survivors are nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CAMPBELL, Sam S. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1961
Sam S. Campbell, 40, vice-president of the Columbia Auto Parts company, died
Tuesday at his home at 308 Fifth Ave. (Riverside), after a few weeks illness.
Services are to be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home. The
Rev. W. Bruce Strother, pastor of the First Methodist Church, is to officiate.
Burial will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Riverview Cemetery, Fayetteville.
Mr. Campbell was a native of Lincoln County and served in the Navy in World War
II. He was the son of the late Ross U. Campbell, and Mrs. E. R. Smith of
Fayetteville, who survives.
Mr. Campbell moved to Columbia 2 � years ago from Pulaski after having lived in
Fayetteville, Huntsville, Ala., and Lewisburg.
Survivors in addition to his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Lucy Baugh Campbell;
two daughters, Mrs. Clint Morris, III, Pulaski, and Miss Jane Campbell,
Columbia; a son Sam Morris Campbell, Washington, D. C. and a grandchild.
CAMPBELL, Walter Neal The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1967
Funeral services for Walter Neal Campbell, 89, retired farmer, were conducted
Wednesday afternoon, February 8, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with Gilbert Shaffer, Church of Christ minister, officiating.
Burial was in Cool Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Campbell died Tuesday morning, February 7, at Giles County Hospital, born
August 15, 1877, the son of the late Thomas Neal and Lou Coleman Campbell. He
was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ida Hannah Campbell; six sons, Rufus E. and
Tom, Pulaski, Howard, Glendale, Calif., Lawrence, Athens, Ala., Giles, Tucson,
Ariz., and Robert Campbell, Knoxville; thirteen grandchildren; twelve
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. A. I. Davenport, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CANNON, Perry A. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Perry A. Cannon, 76, Lynnville farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoonat Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia. Burial
took place in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mr. Cannon died Tuesday, December
11, at Giles County Hospital, after a long illness.
Born at Lynnville, he was the son of the late Thomas Cannon and Mrs. Tennie
Brown Cannon.
Mr. Cannon is survived by one brother, Thomas Cannon, Birmingham, Ala.; and six
nephews and one niece.
CAPLEY, Robert Calvin The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Robert Calvin Capley, 58, were held at 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at Morrison-Elkins Funeral Home in Florence, Ala., with the burial in
that city.
He died Saturday morning, March 2, at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence
after a three weeks illness.
A former resident of Giles County, he was the son of the late Emmett Capley,
Sr., and Annie Roberts Capley.
Mr. Capley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Meadows Capley; two sons and two
daughters, nine grandchildren, all of Florence, Ala.; three brothers, Bascom
Capley, Lynnville, Charles Capley, Lawrenceburg, and Emmett Capley, Jr.,
Florence, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs.
Herbert Coker, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. William Neal Braly, Bodenham, and Mrs.
John Pollard, Pulaski.
CARDEN, Charles Baugh The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
Charles Baugh Carden, 77, brother of Mrs. Cope Whitfield, died Wednesday, May 3,
at his home in Claremore, Okla.
Services were conducted Friday, May 5, at 2:00 p. m., in Moore's Memory Chapel,
with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Claremore.
Mr. Carden, a native of Giles County, was the son of the late William Henry and
Joanna Watson Carden. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Boston Avenue
Methodist Church and the Akdar Shrine. He served twenty-one years in government
service in Oklahoma.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sue Williams Carden, Claremore; one daughter,
Mrs. Martha Stuart of Midland, Texas; one brother, F. B. Carden, Tulsa, Okla;
three sisters, in addition to Mrs. Whitfield are, Mrs. O. C. Park, Hartselle,
Ala., and Mrs. Mary E. Neal, Ft. Worth, Texas, and one grandchild.
CARDIN, James Hawkins The Pulaski Citizen 05 Oct 1961
Funeral services for James Hawkins Cardin, 83, retired farmer and former member
of Giles County Quarterly Court who died Friday, Sept. 29, at Giles County
Hospital following a short illness, were conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday at
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. John E. Christopher of Athens, Ala.,
officiating and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, born July 23, 1878, he was the son of the late James
and Nancy Williams Cardin. He was reared in the Bunker Hill community and lived
there until his retirement several years ago when he moved to Pulaski. He
represented the Twentieth Civil District as a magistrate from September 1, 1936
through August 31, 1942. Mr. Cardin was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Helen Burch Cardin; two sons, Robert Cardin of
Giles County and Clay Cardin of Chattanooga; two daughters, Mrs. Laten White and
Mrs. Van Hughes of Pulaski; two brothers, Fisher Cardin of Decatur, Ala. and
Kirk Cardin of Campbellsville; two sisters, Mrs. M. F. Birdsong and Mrs. C. Y.
Allison of Nashville; fifteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
CARDIN, Ollie Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 16 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Ollie Thomas Cardin, 63, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Floyd
Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church, Pulaski, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
Baptist minister. Burial took place in the Hanna Cemetery. Mr. Cardin died of a
heart attack at 5:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning November 9, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born July 10, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Tommy Cardin and
Ketty Thomas Cardin.
Mr. Cardin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Trotman Cardin; eight sons, Ollie
Cardin, Jr., Peoria, Ill., Ray Cardin, San Diego, Calif., Robert, James, Joe,
Gene, Charles and Alvin Cardin, all of Giles County; three daughters, Mrs. John
Smith, Pulaski, Mrs. G. K. Johnson, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Atha Mitchell, Jr.,
Frankewing; four grandchildren; one brother, Harry Cardin, Decatur, Ala.; and
two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Boaz, and Mrs. Annie Mitchell, both of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CAROTHERS, Hugh Wilse The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Hugh Wilson (Wilse) Carothers, 80, retired farmer of the
Wales section, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert Hall and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took
place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Carothers died Sunday afternoon, June 28, at
Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born July 23, 1883, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late Bean
Carothers and Mollie Hunt Carothers. He had lived most of his life in Giles
County and was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Carothers is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Maude Puryear Carothers; two
daughters, Mrs. Johnny W. Prentice, Pulaski, and Mrs. Walter O. Faught,
Nashville; one grandchild; one great-grandchild; and two brothers, Clint
Carothers, Lewisburg, and Clyde Carothers, Nashville. Bennett-May Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
CARPENTER, Albert Houston The Pulaski Citizen 12 Sep 1962
Funeral services for Albert Houston Carpenter, 82, retired farmer of the Yokley
section, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral
Home in Columbia with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Carpenter died
Saturday night, September 8, at Maury County Hospital.
Born December 16, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George
Carpenter and Nancy Elizabeth Strawn Carpenter. He was a member of the
Presbyterian Church and was a retired school teacher of Giles County. He moved
to Maury County last year following his retirement from farming. For several
years, Mr. Carpenter was a correspondent from his community, Route 1, Lynnville
for The Pulaski Citizen.
Mr. Carpenter is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora Martin Carpenter; one son,
George S. Carpenter, Columbia; six daughters, Mrs. T. A. Gilliam, Mrs. H.M.
Dixon, Mrs. W. A. Lane, Mrs. Mildred Sargent, Columbia, Mrs. Wesley Sargent,
Anderson, Ind., and Mrs. Bill Smith, Lynnville; twenty grandchildren and
eighteen great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. H. M. Smith, Columbia, and
Mrs. M. C. Cross, Lynnville.
CARPENTER, Auty A. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1968
Mrs. Auty A. Carpenter, 70, of Route 1, Lynnville, died Thursday, February 3, at
Giles County Hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services were held Saturday, February 10, at Union Valley Baptist
Church, with the Revs. Mack Pinkelton , Ernest Casteel and Glen Dunnavant,
pastor of Union Valley Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in Gibsonville
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Carpenter was born July 13, 1897, the daughter of
the late George and Lillie Street Uselton. Her husband was the late Coy
Carpenter.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Fred Halbrooks, Decatur, Ala.; and several
nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARPENTER, Carrie Effie Lee Thurman The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Lee Thurman Carpenter, 84, widow of J. P.
Carpenter, were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Carpenter died on Thursday, July11,
at Giles County Hospital after several months illness.
Born May 8, 1879, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Thurman and Nancy E. Petty Thurman.
Mrs. Carpenter is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William Anderson, Giles
County, and
Mrs. Eugene Holt, Mayfield, Ky.; one son, Earl Carpenter, Houston, Texas; nine
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Miss Ethel Thurman,
Lynnville; and two brothers, Harold Thurman and Arlo Thurman, both of Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARPENTER, Cora Shrader The Pulaski Citizen 23 Apr 1969
Mrs. Cora Shrader Carpenter, 82, died at Maury County Hospital, Monday morning,
April 21, after an extended illness. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia. Burial was in
Lynnwood Cemetery in Lynnville.
Mrs. Carpenter was a native of Giles County, living most of her life near
Lynnville. She had lived in Columbia for eight years. She was the wife of the
late Houston Carpenter and the daughter of the late Bob and Ella Joines Shrader.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Wesley Sargeant, Anderson, Ind., Mrs. Tom
Gilliam, Mrs. Angus Lane, Mrs. H. M. Dickson, Mrs. William Dickson, Mrs. William
(Bill) Smith of Lynnville and Mrs. Mildred Sargeant of Columbia; one son, George
Carpenter of Columbia; twenty grandchildren, thirty-three great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
CARPENTER, Edward Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 6 Sep 1967
Funeral services for Edward Taylor, 61, retired farmer of Maury County, were
held at one o'clock Monday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home Chapel,
conducted by the Rev. Henry Cortner and the Rev. J. C. Elkins, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Carpenter died Saturday
night, September 2, at his home on Bailey Street in Columbia.
Born May1, 1906, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Samuel Edward
Carpenter and Louisa Smith Carpenter. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Carpenter is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rachel Brumit Carpenter; one son,
Paul Carpenter, Mt. Pleasant; one daughter, Mrs. T. H. Rankin, Columbia; four
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Chat Wells, Campbell Station; one step-brother,
Rufus Parker, Wales.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARPENTER, Elmer James The Pulaski Citizen 31 May 1967
Funeral services for Elmer James Carpenter, 73, will be conducted Thursday
afternoon, June 1, at 2:00 o'clock , in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial will be in Lynnwood Cemetery in
Lynnville.
Mr. Carpenter died Tuesday night, May 30, in Giles County Hospital. He was a
native of Giles County, born July 23, 1893, son of the late Henry and Anna
Hendricks Carpenter. He was a retired farmer of the Aspen Hill Community.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ella Mae Carpenter; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd
Banks, Giles County and Mrs. Lucile Banks, Hickman County; three sisters, Anna
Murphy, Giles County, Mrs. Etta Bitticks, Tanner, Ala., and Miss Gracie
Carpenter, Athens, Ala.; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARPENTER, Forrest English The Pulaski Citizen 21 May 1969
Forrest English Carpenter, 78, died Tuesday night, May 20, in Nashville.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, May 23, at 2 o'clock in the
chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dallas Bass officiating.
Burial will be in Gibsonville Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Carpenter was born November 18, 1890, the son of
the late William Carpenter and Eda Duncan Carpenter. His wife was the late
Maggie Mangrum Carpenter.
Survivors include five sons, Forrest Carpenter, Cincinnati, Ohio, John
Carpenter, Roger, Tex., B. M. Carpenter, Mason, Ohio, William Carpenter,
Fayetteville, S. C., and Junior Carpenter, Atlanta, Ga.; two daughters, Mrs.
Edna Tomerlin, Nashville, and Mrs. Ruby Banks, South Bend, Ind.; two brothers,
L. F. Carpenter, Sr., Lynnville and Albert Carpenter, Nashville; seventeen
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARPENTER, John Gray The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jul 1962
Funeral services for John Gray Carpenter, 67, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery.
He died at 4:40 o'clock Saturday morning, July 7, at his home in the Tarpley
section.
Born December 27, 1894, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Henry
Carpenter and Emma C. Hendrix Carpenter.
Mr. Carpenter is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mae Burchell Carpenter; one son,
Clyde Allen Carpenter, Lafayette; two daughters, Miss Edna Mae Carpenter,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Allen Woodard, Lynnville; fifteen grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren; one brother, Elmer Carpenter, Pulaski; and three sisters,
Mrs. Anna Murphy and Miss Grace Carpenter, Pulaski, and Mrs. Etta Bitticks,
Tanner, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARPENTER, Lena Pearl Gilliam The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mark Carpenter, 71, Pulaski resident, were held at 10
o'clock Friday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. W. H. Mansfield
and the Rev. G. C. Self, Methodist ministers. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery. Mrs. Carpenter died at 4:20 o'clock Wednesday afternoon , February 21,
at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Willie N. Felker, in Pulaski, after a period of
declining health.
Born in Giles County, February 22, 1890, she died the day before her
seventy-second birthday anniversary. The former Miss Lena Pearl Gilliam, she was
the daughter of the late Sam Gilliam and Martha Barlar Gilliam. Her husband,
Mark Carpenter, died eight years ago.
Mrs. Carpenter is survived by two sons, Kenneth Carpenter and Herman Carpenter,
Nashville; three daughters, Mrs. Felker, Miss Katherine Carpenter and Mrs.
Wheeler Chapman, Pulaski; fourteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren;
one brother, Sherman Gilliam, Pulaski; one half-brother, Gary Gilliam,
Nashville; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Herman Cross and Mrs. Bob Bolden,
Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARPENTER, Mary Elizabeth Tacker The Pulaski Citizen 5 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Tacker Carpenter, 77, Lynnville
resident, were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, at Lynnville Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Ollie Binkley, pastor, and the Rev. Bill Drake,
Baptist minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery, Mrs. Carpenter died
Friday afternoon, November 30, at Maury County Hospital after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Clint Tacker and
Elizabeth Felker Tacker. She was the widow of Oliver Carpenter who died in
October of 1958. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Carpenter is survived by two sons, Walter Carpenter, Lynnville, and Brown
Carpenter, Nashville; two grandsons; and two sisters, Mrs. Austin Petty and Mrs.
O. B. Petty, both of Lynnville.
CARPENTER, Voyd William The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1966
Voyd William Carpenter, 61, Giles County native, died on April 11 at Buffalo, in
Erie County, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, May 13, in the
chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with burial in the Gibsonville Cemetery on the
Giles-Maury County line.
Born November 6, 1904, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Billy
Carpenter and Etter Duncan Carpenter. He was a carpenter by trade.
Mr. Carpenter is survived by two sons, Voyd W. Carpenter, Jr., Memphis, and
Billy Carpenter, Mississippi; three brothers, L. F. Carpenter, Sr., and English
Carpenter, both of Route 1, Lynnville, and Albert Carpenter, Nashville; and
several nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARPENTER, Walter Mack The Pulaski Citizen 5 May 1965
Funeral services for Walter Mack Carpenter, 59, farmer and truck driver, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Robert Droke. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Carpenter died on
Saturday, May 1, at his Lynnville home.
Born October 30, 1905, he was the son of the late Oliver Carpenter and Mary
Tacker Carpenter.
Mr. Carpenter is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Sewell Carpenter; and one
brother, Brown Carpenter, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARR, Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Clarence Car, 51, Kedron resident, were held at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at New Zion Church of Christ, with the burial in the church
cemetery. Mr. Carr died Friday morning, January 10, at the home.
Born September 16, 1912, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Will Carr
and Catherine James Carr.
Mr. Carr is survived by one uncle, Buford James, Prospect, and two aunts, Mrs.
O. J. Carter, Bethel, and Mrs. Harvey Fox, Pulaski.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
CARTER, Almeda James The Pulaski Citizen 10 Sep 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Almeda James Carter, 62, were conducted Sunday
afternoon, September 7, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home at 2:00
o'clock with the Rev. James Merritt officiating. Burial was in New Zion
Cemetery.
Survivors include one son, W. J. Carter, Bethel; one brother, Buford James,
Prospect; and one sister, Mrs. Harvey Fox, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARTER, Annie Solomon The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
Mrs. Annie Solomon Carter, 83, died Saturday, March 30, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carter, widow of J. A. Carter, who died May 3, 1967,
were held Sunday afternoon, March 31, at 3 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home, with the Revs. Billy Craighead and J. C. Elkins officiating.
Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Lincoln County, Mrs. Carter was born May 11, 1884, the daughter of
the late George Washington Solomon and Delphia Fanning Solomon.
Survivors include one brother, J. J. Solomon, Pulaski; several nieces and
nephews, and several great-nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARTER, Charles Perkins (Nick) The Pulaski Citizen 13 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Charles Perkins (Nick) Carter, 71, resident of Nashville
and former resident of Pulaski, were held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home in Pulaski with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Prayer services were held in Nashville on Friday.
Mr. Carter, a retired linotype operator for the Newspaper Printing Corporation,
Nashville, died at 10 o'clock Wednesday night, February 6, at St. Thomas
Hospital.
Mr. Carter, member of the Episcopal Church, is survived by one son, Dr. Donald
Lee Carter, Columbus, Miss.; two daughters, Mrs. James Albertson, Montgomery,
Ala., and Mrs. Lucy C. Barnes, Birmingham, Ala.; six grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. John T. Corbitt, Jr., Memphis, Mrs.
Theo Plemons and Mrs. Douglas Brown, both of Nashville.
CARTER, Cullen Tuller The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1966
The Rev. Cullen Tuller Carter, 85, widely known Methodist minister and church
historian, died at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, April 20, of a heart attack at
his home south of Pulaski.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at First
Methodist Church with Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Burial
will be in Maplewood Cemetery. The body will remain at the residence until the
funeral.
The Rev. Mr. Carter was born Nov. 15, 1880, in Hickman County and was admitted
to the Tennessee Methodist Conference in 1905 and ordained a minister in 1909.
He was the son of the late James T. and Cynthia Barr Carter.
He was active in the ministry for forty-eight years and was a chaplain in the
Army during World War I. He had served churches in the Tennessee Conference, the
North Alabama Conference, and Centenary Mission.
Known as one of the most authoritative sources of church history in Tennessee,
he was credited with chronicling the history of all Methodist Churches in Giles
County. He was a past president of the Tennessee Conference Historical Society
and served for four years as the Conference Historian and was curator of the
Conference Museum at Martin College.
Mr. Carter was the author of several widely read historical works, including A
History of the Tennessee Conference and Methodist Leaders of the Old Jerusalem
Conference.
He was twice married. His first wife, whom he married in 1905, was the former
Miss Mary Lucy Christopher who died in 1957. In 1959 he was married to Mrs. Mary
McFerrin Duncan, who survives.
Other survivors include a son, James Paul Carter of Chicago, Ill.; a brother,
Dr. Carlos C. Carter of Parkin, Ark.; one grandchild, Mrs. Joseph Edward
Cheatham of Minneapolis, Minn.; and two great grandchildren.
CARTER, Ella Buchanan The Pulaski Citizen 26 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Haynes Carter, Sr., will be held at one o'clock Friday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in the family lot in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Carter, following a long illness, died at 6 o'clock on
Tuesday night, April 25, in Nashville.
Born and reared in Giles County, where she spent most of her life, she was the
former Miss Ella Buchanan, the daughter of the late Polk Buchanan and Almeda
Black Buchanan. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her husband, Haynes Carter, lifelong resident of Giles County, died a number of
years ago.
Mrs. Carter is survived by three sons, Haynes B. Carter, Nashville, James
Carter, Akron, Ohio, and Everett Carter, Detroit, Mich.; and three sisters, Mrs.
W. B. McAlister, Nashville, Mrs. J. B. Ussery, Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. A. M.
Brown, Florence, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARTER, E. M. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Oct 1962
Funeral services for E. M. Carter, 69, retired senior vice-president of First
National Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, Okla., were held Tuesday, October 9,
in Tulsa with burial in that city. Mr. Carter died the preceding Sunday in a
Tulsa hospital.
He was a native of Elkton in Giles County, taught school at Cornersville; was a
veteran of World War I. He had been an employee of the Tulsa bank for forty-four
years, received a law degree from University of Tulsa, was a member of the
Methodist Church and was a 33 degree Mason.
Mr. Carter is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nelle Glaze Carter, also a native of
Elkton; one daughter, Miss Louise Carter, Hartford, Conn.; and one sister, Mrs.
B. H. Woodard, Spring Hill, Tennessee.
CARTER, Faye George The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1967
Mrs. Faye George Carter, 58, wife of Wilson Carter, Prospect Funeral Director,
died Tuesday, November 7, at Giles County Hospital, following an extended
illness.
Services were conducted on Wednesday, November 8, at 1:00 o'clock at the
Prospect Methodist Church, with the Rev. J. C. Elkins, Rev. W. C. Folks, and
Rev. Rudolph Janes officiating. Burial was in Riverview Memorial Gardens,
Fayetteville.
Mrs. Carter, a native of Lincoln County, was the daughter of the late Earl B.
and Clara Holt George. She was reared in the Dellrose Community.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one brother, Frank Wyatt George
of Dellrose, and two nephews.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
CARTER, Joseph Almus The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1967
Joseph Almus Carter, 85, died Wednesday, May 3, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Services will be conducted Thursday afternoon, May 4, at 2:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. J. C.
Elkins officiating. Burial will be in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Carter, a native of Giles County, was born March 1, 1882, the son of the
late J. Taylor and Mary Virginia Smith Carter. For many years he and his wife
operated the Carter House, and he was a retired L & N railroad employee.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie Solomon Carter; two sisters, Misses Mable
and Gertrude Carter; one brother, Wilson Carter all of Prospect; and several
nieces and nephews.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
CARTER, Lelie The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lelie Carter, 88, Decatur, Ala., resident, were held at
11 o'clock Friday morningat Central Methodist Church with the burial in Roselawn
Cemetery, that city. Mrs. Carter died at 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning,
December 29, at the home of a niece, Mrs. Ray Kelley in Decatur.
Mrs. Carter is survived by one step-daughter, Mrs. Leda Miller, Pulaski; three
nieces, Mrs. Kelley and Mrs. Paul Milan, Decatur and Mrs. William Mangold, St.
Petersburg, Fla.; and one nephew, John McBride, Decatur.
CARTER, Mary Faires Duncan The Pulaski Citizen 28 May 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Faires Duncan Carter, 82, were held Wednesday,
May 21, at the Greenbriar First Methodist Church, with burial in Robinson County
Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Carter died Tuesday, May 20, in a Manchester Hospital where she was
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Clyde Hearshman.
She was a native of Lawrence County and was the daughter of the late Rev. and
Mrs. J. W. Faires.
Mrs. Carter was a retired teacher and the wife of the late Rev. Cullen T.
Carter. The Carters resided in Giles County on their farm on Highway 31 South
for several years.
Survivors in addition to Mrs. Hearshman include one son, Barry Duncan, Jr.,
Greenbrier; one step-son, Paul Carter, Chicago, Ill.; two other daughters, Mrs.
Marianna Thedford and Mrs. Don G. Williams, Greenbriar; one brother, Loyd T.
Faires, Greenbriar; fourteen grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
CARTER, Nan White The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Tom B. Carter, 75, lifelong resident of Giles County,
will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, Pastor of First Presbyterian
Church. Burial will take place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Carter died unexpectedly at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, May 18, in Giles
County Hospital after a brief illness.
The former Miss Nan White, she was born September 23, 1890, the daughter of the
late Tony A. White and Charlie McClellan White. She was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church. Her husband, Tom B. Carter, Pulaski businessman, died in
June of 1953.
Mrs. White is survived by three sons, Tom B. Carter, Jr., and William C. Carter,
both of Washington, D. C., and Robert T. Carter, Tullahoma; four grandchildren;
and one brother, Charles A. White, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARTER, Otis J. The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
Otis J. Carter, 64, well-known Giles County Electrician, died Wednesday, May 3,
at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Friday, May 5, at 2:00 p. m., at the New Zion
Church of Christ, with James Merritt officiating. Burial was in the New Zion
Cemetery.
Mr. Carter, a native of Limestone, County, Ala., was born January 8, 1903, the
son of Mrs. Pearl Smith Carter of Leggtown, Ala., and the late Will Carter.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Almeda James Carter,
Bethel; one son, W. J. Carter, Bethel; two brothers, Leon and Charlie Carter,
both of Leggtown, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARTER, Thomas Brown The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Thomas Brown Carter, 52, a member of the White House civil service staff in
Washington since 1946 and a former Pulaskian, died unexpectedly Sunday, Jan. 21,
in an Arlington, Va., hospital following a heart attack.
Funeral services will be conducted at Bennett-May Chapel at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning with the Rev. James Willbank officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born Feb. 15, 1915, and was educated in local
schools. His parents were the late Thomas B. and Nan White Carter. He was a
Presbyterian.
Mr. Carter's service at the White House began during the administration of
President Harry Truman. He made his home in Fall Church, Va.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ila Smith Carter, and a son, John C. Carter,
both of Falls Church; and two brothers, Col. William Carter, U. S. Army, McLean,
Va., and Bobby Carter, Tullahoma, Tenn.
CARTER, Thomas Merry Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Thomas Merry Carter, Jr., 52, Lynnville farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in the
family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Carter died at one o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, August 14, at the family home in the Lynnville section.
Born March 1, 1911, in Giles County, he was the son of the late T. M. Carter and
Zada Woodward Carter. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Carter is survived by one brother, James Carter, Lynnville, and two sisters,
Miss Annie Lou Carter, Lynnville and Mrs. Margaret C. Davis, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARTER, Zaida Woodward The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Zaida Woodward Carter, 85, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. J. E. Eddings, former pastor of Lynnville Methodist Church
and the Rev. Ollie Binkley, pastor. Burial took place in the family lot in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Carter died at 10:30 o'clock Saturday night, March 30,
at her home following several years illness.
Born March 8, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Pinckney
Foster Woodward and Henrietta Rogers Woodward. She was the widow of Thomas Merry
Carter who died May 4, 1952. She was a member of the Lynnville Methodist Church,
and the old Home-makers Club of Giles County.
Mrs. Carter is survived by two daughters, Miss Annie Lou Carter, Lynnville, and
Mrs. Margaret C. Davis, Nashville; two sons, James Carter and Tom M. Carter,
Jr., Lynnville; and two brothers, Jones Woodward, Kosciusko, Miss., and John
Luther Woodward, Harlingen, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARVELL, Robert Aymett The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Robert Aymett Carvell, Sr., 83, retired farmer, were held
at 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at Minnow Branch Baptist Church. Rites were
conducted by the Rev. H. G. Coston and the Rev. Mr. Miller. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Carvell died at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning, July 9,
at the home of his daughter in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
A native of Giles County, he lived in the Minnow Branch Community until two
years ago when he moved to Fort Lauderdale. He was the son of the late Robert
Carvell and Julia Ann Joines Carvell.
His wife, Mrs. Cora Lee Ball Carvell, died July 2, 1956.
Mr. Carvell is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Dana Hargrove, Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., Mrs. Sadie Morgan, Columbia, Mrs. Vera Cross, Bowling Green, Ky., and Mrs.
Ann Capley, Lynnville; five sons, Grady Carvell, Tonnie Carvell, Dewey Carvell,
and R. A. Carvell, Jr., all of Giles County, and C. L. Carvell, Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.; nineteen grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. John Morgan, Pulaski.
CARVER, Finner R. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1961
Funeral services for Finner R. Carver, Sr., 77, retired merchant of Vardaman,
Miss., were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Vardaman, with burial there.
Mr. Carver, who had lived in Pulaski for six years, died on Friday afternoon,
May 5, after a long illness at the home of his son, Finner R. Carver, Jr.
A native of Webster County, Miss., he was born May 6, 1883, the son of the late
Newt Carver and Lillian Berryhill Carver, and was a member of the Baptist
Church.
In addition to his son, Mr. Carver is survived by two grandsons in Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CARWILE, Nora Breeding The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Nora Breeding Carwile, 76, resident of the Minor Hill
Community, were held at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Dodson Chapel Church
near Cookeville with the burial in Dodson Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Carwile died on
Sunday night, July 28, at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Overton County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Breeding, and was the widow of John Carwile. She was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Carwile is survived by two brothers, Jim Breeding, Minor Hill, and Ervin
Breeding of Goodspring; two step-sons, Roscoe Carwile, Dayton, Ohio, and Forrest
Carwile, Nashville; three step-daughters, Mrs. Will Bennett, Mrs. Benton
Langford and Miss Bessie Carwile, all of Dayton, Ohio; and several grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CASE, Grover Cleveland The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Grover Cleveland Case, 83, retired merchant and former
postal employee, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Prospect Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Thomas Smith, pastor, and the Rev. J. C. Elkins.
Burial took place in the family lot in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Case died
unexpectedly at 10:40 o'clock Thursday night, December 30, at a local hospital.
Born July 27, 1882, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Henderson
Case and Carrie Ann Setzler Case.
Mr. Case is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betsie Pully Case, Nashville, and Mrs
Dennis Harris, Holtland; one son, John Isaac Case, Nashville; eight
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. W. C. Elder, Prospect; and one brother, L. E.
Case, Prospect.
Wilson Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
CASE, Ida Weece The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Weece Case, 84, native of Giles County, were held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church in Decatur,
Ala. Rites were conducted by the Rev. R. E. Wilkins, the Rev. Harold Wright and
the Rev. William Stallcoup, Baptist ministers. Burial took place in the City
Cemetery, Decatur.
Mrs. Case died at 3:20 o'clock Thursday morning, October 5, at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. O. W. Wilson, in Decatur, after a brief illness.
Born August 22, 1876, at Elkton in Giles County, she was the daughter of the
late Leonard Weece and Sarah Hasting Weece. Her husband, Oscar Case, also a
native Giles Countian, died March 9, 1950. The family moved to Decatur in 1923.
She was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to the daughter in Decatur, Mrs. Case is survived by two other
daughters, Mrs. John Wilburn, Prospect, and Mrs. R. L. Phillips, Columbus, Ga.;
four sons, R. E. Case, J. E. Case, and M. V. Case, Decatur and M. C. Case,
Huntsville, Ala.; twenty-four grandchildren, forty great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.
CASE, James Elba The Pulaski Citizen 28 Aug 1963
Funeral services for James Elba Case, 53, Decatur, Ala., city policeman were
held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with the
burial in Decatur City Cemetery. Mr. Case died of an apparent heart attack at 10
o'clock Saturday night, August 24, at Decatur General Hospital.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Oscar W. Case and Ida Bell
Weece Case, and was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Case, who had served on the police force five and a half years, is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Ellen P. Case; one son, Donald Case, Decatur; three sisters,
Mrs. John D. Wilburn, Prospect, Mrs. O. W. Wilson, Decatur, Ala., and Mrs. R. L.
Phillips, Columbus, Ga.; and three brothers, R. E. Case, M. V. Case, Decatur,
and Mahlon Case, Huntsville, Ala.
CASE, Mary Elizabeth (Betsie) Pully The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jun 1969
Mrs. Mary E. (Betsie) Case, 81, died Tuesday, June 3, at Nashville Memorial
Hospital in Madison.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, June 4, at 2:30 o'clock at
Prospect Methodist Church, with the Rev. John Bradford and the Rev. W. B. Nunley
officiating. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Case was born September 5, 1887, the daughter of
the late Isaac V. and Josephine Gilbert Pully.
Mrs. Case was the widow of G. C. Case, who died in 1965.
Survivors include one son, J. I. Case of Nashville; two daughters, Mrs. Dennis
Harris of Holtland, and Miss Edith Case of Nashville.
CASEY, Newman The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1960
Newman Casey, brother of Mrs. J. K. Needham of Pulaski, died unexpectedly on
Thursday, September 22, at a hospital in Jackson after a brief illness. Funeral
rites took place in Jackson on Friday with the burial in that city.
In addition to Mrs. Needham, Mr. Casey is survived by his wife and two children;
his mother, Mrs. J. T. Casey, Dover, Del.; and a brother, Jess Casey, Rock Hill,
S. C.
CASTEEL, Harrison Stephen The Pulaski Citizen 1 Dec 1965
Harrison Stephen Casteel, 76, retired farmer and carpenter, died early in the
morning of December 1, in Giles County Hospital after an illness of four years.
The time for the services had not been set at press-time, pending the arrival of
relatives, but the services will be held at Liberty Hill Baptist Church and will
be conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. W. W. Stockman, Baptist
ministers. Burial will take place in the John Lay Cemetery at Ethridge.
Born May 15, 1889, in Wayne County, he was the son of the late Bub Casteel and
Emmaline Bedford Casteel.
Mr. Casteel is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Hardin Casteel; one son, J. W.
Casteel, Goodsprings; four daughters, Mrs. Emmitt Woodard, Pulaski, Mrs Rachel
Locktish, Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Marie Stastney, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs.
Lacey Boston, Joliet, Ill.; eleven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren;
one brother, Jim Casteel, Ethridge; and one sister, Mrs. Ora Ayres, Arkansas.
CASTEEL, Jo Ann Inman The Pulaski Citizen 17 Nov 1965
Graveside services for Mrs. Jo Ann Inman Casteel, 28, resident of Pensacola,
Fla., were held Monday afternoon in Rose Hill Cemetery in Giles County. Mrs.
Casteel died Thursday, November 11, in a Pensacola hospital after a long
illness.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Lavonia Inman of
Pensacola, and the late John Inman. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Casteel is survived by her husband, John T.
Casteel; two daughters, Carol and Cathy Casteel; three sons, Carlos, James, and
Michael Casteel; and two brothers, J. W. Inman and Wayne Inman, both of
Pensacola, Fla.
CATES, Ernest P. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Ernest P. Cates, 87, father of a local minister, and
retired grocer, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Woodfin Memorial
Chapel in Murfreesboro with the burial in Evergreen Cemetery in that city. Mr.
Cates died Monday, October 29, at Rutherford County Hospital following a heart
attack.
A native of Cannon County, he was the son of the late G. B. Cates and Josephine
Cates. In 1925, he moved to Murfreesboro where he retired from the grocery
business. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Cates is survived by five sons, The Rev. W. Floyd Cates, pastor of First
Baptist Church, Pulaski, Eugene Cates, Murfreesboro, Cecil Cates, Knoxville, Ray
Cates, Ocala, Fla., and Charles Cates, Decatur, Ala.; four daughters, Mrs.
Lavada Caffey, Miss Pauline Cates, Mrs. Margaret Eakin and Mrs. Lorene
Armstrong, all of Murfreesboro; ten grandchildren; and one brother, Aubrey M.
Cates, Murfreesboro.
CATES, Mrs. Ernest P. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. E. P. Cates, 78, mother of the Rev. W. Floyd Cates,
pastor of the First Baptist Church in Pulaski, were held Thursday at Woodfin
Memorial Chapel, Murfreesboro, with the burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Cates
died Wednesday in Rutherford Hospital after a short illness.
In addition to Mr. Cates in Pulaski, Mrs. Cates is survived by her husband, E.P.
Cates; four other sons, Cecil Cates, Knoxville, Ray A. Cates, Ocala, Fla.,
Eugene M. Cates, Murfreesboro, and Charles Cates, Decatur, Ala.; four daughters,
Mrs. Lavada Caffey, Miss Pauline Cates, Mrs. Margaret Eakin, and Mrs. Lorene
Armstrong, all of Murfreesboro; ten grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Ida
Brashears, Murfreesboro.
CATHCART, Edna Hastings The Pulaski Citizen 11 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Hastings Cathcart, 74, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Elkton Methodist Church,
conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, pastor of the church, and the Rev. J. C.
Elkins. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Cathcart died on Friday,
March 6, at Giles County Hospital, after a long period of declining health.
Born November 14, 1889, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Hastings and Lillie Vinson Hastings. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
There are no immediate survivors, but there are several nieces and nephews
including Mrs. Martha Ann Dickey, John Robert Hastings and Billy Hastings, al of
Pulaski.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
CATHEY, W. Sam The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1965
Funeral services for W. Sam Cathey, 69, retired farmer of the Bellville
Community of Lincoln County, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Higgins
Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Burial took place in Boonshill Cemetery. Mr.
Cathey died unexpectedly of a heart attack Saturday night, January 9, at his
home.
He was a native of Lincoln County and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Cathey is survivedby his wife, Mrs. Beulah Rambo Cathey; three daughters,
Mrs. Grady Crane, Pulaski, Mrs. James Donovan and Mrs. Edward Matherly, both of
Louisville, Ky.; five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
CATLETT, Hansford The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
Hansford Catlett, 60, father of a Pulaski resident, died at 3 o'clock Tuesday
morning, February 6, at his Shelbyville, Ky. home. Services will take place at
3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon with the burial in Grove Hill Cemetery there.
Mr. Catlett, a farmer, was a native of Anderson County, Ky. He was a member of
Sands Spring Baptist Church, a member of the Farm Bureau and was president of
the 4-H Club Council.
Mr. Catlett is survived by his wife; one son, Roy Catlett, the new manager of
the Pulaski plant of Kraft Foods, Inc.; two grandchildren; three brothers and
four sisters.
CAUDLE, Lena Hickman The Pulaski Citizen 6 May 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Hickman Caudle, 89, resident of the Austin Hewitt
Home, Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist
Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. She died Friday, May 1, at the
Home.
Born April 7, 1875, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Hickman and Frances Thurman Hickman. Her husband, Sterling Caudle, died many
years ago.
She was a member of the Methodist Church. The only survivors are nieces and
nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAMBERS, Lillie Davis The Pulaski Citizen 1 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Davis Chambers, 75, Pulaski resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Minor Hill Church of Christ, with burial in
the Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Chambers died Monday morning, August 30, in Giles
County Hospital after a long illness.
Born August 15, 1890, in Limestone County, Ala., she was the daughter of the
late Tom Davis and Amanda Davis Davis, but had lived most of her life in Giles
County.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Chambers is survived by her husband, W. C. Chambers; five sisters, Mrs.
Effie White, Mrs. Nancy Crabb and Miss Lela Davis, Pulaski, and Mrs. Ellie
Wright and Mrs. Lucy Ridgeway, both of Anthony Hill, Giles County; and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
CHAMBERS, Tera Birdsong The Pulaski Citizen 23 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Tera Birdsong Chambers, 68, native Giles Countian,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist
Church. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Chambers died in her sleep on
Monday morning, December 21, at the home of her daughter in Birmingham, Ala.,
after a two year period of failing health.
Born May 5, 1896, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Edward Birdsong and
Annie Leslie Hollis Birdsong. Her husband, John Chambers, also a native of Giles
County, died many years ago. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Chambers, who had lived most of her life in Giles County, is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Grady Mayhew, Birmingham, Ala.; one son, Stokley (Tip)
Chambers, Birmingham; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. John Ezell, Pulaski,
and Mrs. Annie Tom B. Tate, Prospectl; and one brother, Newton Birdsong,
Decatur, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Arthur Lee The Pulaski Citizen 10 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Arthur Lee Chapman, 75, retired farmer and lumberman, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, and the Rev. M. D. Moss of Columbia. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery. He died Monday, March 8, in Giles County
Hospital after a long period of declining health.
Born August 7, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late France Chapman
and Amanda Page Chapman.
Mr. Chapman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Oma White Chapman; one son, Garland A.
Chapman, Pulaski; one daughter Miss Linda Lee Chapman, Pulaski; five
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; one brother, Eugene E. Chapman,
Pulaski; one half-brother, Auvie Chapman, Decatur, Ala.; two step-sons, Billy
Hastings and John Robert Hastings, both of Pulaski; and one step-daughter, Mrs.
Martha Ann (Joe) Dickey, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Auby Woodrow The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Auby Woodrow Chapman, 82, of Decatur, Ala., who died Monday
morning, July 18, in Banks Hospital after suffering a heart attack, were held
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock in the Grant Street Church of Christ, with
burial in that city.
Mr. Chapman, a retired insurance agent, was a native of Giles County, born
September of 1883, the son of the late France and Mary Page Chapman.
Mr. Chapman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Eakes Chapman; two daughters,
Mrs. Homer Eubank, Tanner, Ala., and Mrs. Thelma Hanks, Decatur, Ala.; two sons,
Woodrow Chapman and Billy Chapman, both of Decatur, Ala.; thirteen
grandchildren, and a number of great-grandchildren; and one half-brother, Eugene
Chapman, of Pulaski.
CHAPMAN, Ben Sam The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1963
A Pulaski furniture dealer, Ben Sam Chapman, 61, died at 4:30 a. m. today
(Wednesday) at Giles County Hospital, after being in ill health over the past
two or three years.
The funeral will be at Bennett-May Funeral Home at 3 p. m. Thursday, with burial
in Maplewood Cemetery, Tommy Vernon, pastor of Second Street Church of Christ,
will officiate at the services.
Mr. Chapman had suffered a heart attack at his home on Fayetteville Highway last
Friday. He was a partner in Burt and Chapman Furniture Company in Pulaski, and
was active in the business up until his death.
The native of Giles Countian was the son of the late William P. Chapman and
Rebecca Worsham. He graduated from Massey Military School with honors. He was a
Mason and a Junior Order, and a member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Susie Braden Chapman; stepmother, Mrs. Edith S.
Chapman, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs. Lady C. Seymour, Birmingham, Ala. and
Mrs. Geneva C. Barr, Pulaski.
CHAPMAN, Della Ada The Pulaski Citizen 20 May 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Della Ada Chapman, 81, were held on Wednesday, May 13,
at Rock Springs Baptist Church with the burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs.
Chapman died Monday, May 11, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Tom Bee in the Hams
Creek section.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Ada, and a member of the Baptist Church. Her husband, J. Matt Chapman, died more
than a year ago.
In addition to Mrs. Bee, Mrs. Chapman is survived by another daughter, Mrs.
Marvin McClure, Goodsprings; four sons, Wilburn Chapman and Henry Chapman, Giles
County, and Claude Chapman and James Chapman, Lawrence County; thirty-four
grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren.
CHAPMAN, E. E. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1963
Funeral services for E. E. Chapman, 79, retired Pulaski businessman, were held
at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Robert E. Wilsford, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Chapman died at 9 o'clock on Wednesday night, August 7, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born May 10, 1884, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late J. G. Chapman
and Alice McNeal Chapman.
Mr. Chapman, who retired a few years ago, owned and operated the Chapman
Plumbing Company on the west side of the public square for many years.
His wife, Mrs. Adelaide Rankin Chapman, died in January, 1957.
Mr. Chapman is survived by two first cousins, Mrs. Sarah Mansfield, Petersburg,
and Mrs. G. S. Markham, McBurg.
CHAPMAN, Eugene Marion The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jun 1968
Eugene M. Chapman, 81, retired farmer of the Olivet Community, died Saturday
morning, June 15, at Giles County Hospital. Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p. m. by the Rev. Henry Cortner and Rev. J. C. Elkins
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Chapman, a native of Giles County, was married to the former Ophelia Mae
Eakes who died in 1965. He was the son of the late Francis M. and Amanda Page
Chapman. He was a member of the Olivet Methodist Church.
Pallbearers were nephews and great nephews and honorary pallbearers were the
members of the Dr. Allen Bible Class of Olivet Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Oscar Inman, Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs.
Thomas A. Birdsong, Pulaski; four grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Everett The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1963
Funeral services for Everett Chapman, 53, native Giles Countian, were held
Tuesday at Central Church of Christ in Decatur with the burial in that city. Mr.
Chapman, resident of Decatur for many years, died unexpectedly of a heart
attack, May 20, at Banks Street Hospital.
He was the son of Auvy Chapman and Minnie Eakes Chapman of Decatur who survive.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by three children; two sisters, Mrs.
Grady Hanks and Mrs. Homer Eubank; and two brothers, Woodrow Chapman and Billy
Chapman, all of Decatur.
CHAPMAN, Holly Lynn The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jun 1963
Death struck Tuesday afternoon on the streets of Pulaski for the fourth time
this year. A month-old child was fatally injured when the car her mother was
driving struck a bridge abutment. The victim, Holly Lynn Chapman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Arvil Chapman, Jr., Pulaski, died enroute to a Nashville hospital.
Mrs. Chapman, 22, was driving east on West Madison Street with her infant
daughter on the front seat beside her. According to police reports about 1:20 p.
m. the mother leaned over from under the steering wheel to take care of the
baby, lost control of the 1957 car and ran off the right side of the street,
hitting the two-foot high concrete abutment of a bridge which crosses a small
branch. The scene of the accident was near where Valley View Drive runs north
off West Madison Street.
The child was taken to Giles County Hospital with head injuries and looked at by
Dr. J. U. Speer. A few minutes later, a 75-mile ambulance ride to Nashville
started with the injured baby. In Franklin, just 20 miles from Nashville, the
baby's condition worsened and she was taken to a hospital there, where she died
about 3:40 p. m. In the ambulance, besides Bennett-May driver Bobby Erwin, were
the child's father and grandmother, Mrs. Arvil Chapman, Sr. and a Giles County
Hospital nurse, Mrs. Doris Bowen.
The traffic victim's mother is in the hospital in Pulaski with a broken right
ankle, fractured ribs and cuts on the left leg and face. Her condition is listed
as fair.
When the accident happened, Mrs. Chapman was returning from the Lee-Mar Shirt
Company plant where she had showed the baby, who was born May 27, to some of her
friends. She is on leave from Lee-Mar, where her husband also is employed.
Graveside services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Maplewood
Cemetery with Gilbert Shaffer of East Hill Church of Christ officiating.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Others than the parents, survivors include the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Lentz of Lewisburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Arvil Chapman, Sr.
CHAPMAN, Jack Henry The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1966
The grandson of a Pulaski couple was fatally injured Friday night, Sept. 9, in
Tullahoma where the bicycle he was riding ran into the side of the locomotive of
a northbound L&N freight train.
He was Jack Henry Chapman, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett A. Chapman of
Tullahoma and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Henry, Sr., of Pulaski.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at First Methodist
Church, Tullahoma, with the Rev. Elmer T. Broyles officiating. Burial was in the
Lynchburg Cemetery.
The accident occurred at a downtown street crossing about 9 p. m. and young
Chapman was dead on arrival at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville where he was
taken following emergency treatment at Nashville.
A native of Moore County, he was born Dec. 15, 1952, Jack was an eighth grade
student at East Junior High School in Tullahoma, a Methodist and an active Boy
Scout. On Tuesday night, three days before his death, he had received several
badges in a Boy Scout Court of Honor and lacked only one more before attaining
Eagle Rank.
Other survivors, besides his parents and maternal grandparents, include three
brothers, Len of Lynchburg and Jimmy and Bill Chapman of Tullahoma; and his
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chapman of Lynchburg.
CHAPMAN, James Ewing The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1963
Funeral services for James Ewing Chapman, 73, who died Friday, March 29, were
conducted Sunday at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert
Hall, Cumberland Presbyterian minister, officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood
Cemetery at Lynnville.
Mr. Chapman died from a gunshot wound when Sheriff Jack Cox was apparently
self-inflicted. He reportedly shot and killed himself while seated in an
automobile in front of the home of his son, Arvil Chapman at Campbellsville.
None of the family was at home at the time and the body was not discovered until
late Friday. Coroner Bill Bennett said Mr. Chapman had probably been dead for
several hours. He had been in ill health for several years.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late James W. and Mary Carter
Chapman and was a member of the Campbellsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
His wife, the former Miss Reda Shrader, died Dec. 19, 1962.
In addition to his son who is a teacher at Giles County Junior High School, Mr.
Chapman is survived by a sister, Mrs. Edgar Hamlett of the Cedar Grove
community; five grandchildren, Mrs. Joe Harrison of Anchorage, Alaska, Mrs.
Denver Trapp of Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Knox Hughey of Middletown, Pa., Arvil
Chapman, Jr., Pulaski, and Steve Chapman of Campbellsville, and four
great-grandchildren.
CHAPMAN, James Homer The Pulaski Citizen 2 Dec 1964
Funeral services for James Homer Chapman, 47, Giles County resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with
North Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg in charge of arrangements. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. He died Friday night, November 27, in Giles County
Hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Chapman, an employee of the T. W. Faulkner Welding Shop, Pulaski, was born
March 24, 1917, in Giles County, the son of the late Romie Chapman and Lula Jane
Lovett Chapman.
Mr. Chapman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Brownie Waldrop Chapman; four
brothers, Jesse Chapman, Atlanta, Ga., Romie Chapman, Jr., Murray, Ky., Carl
Chapman, Lewisburg, and Leonard Chapman, Pulaski; and four sisters, Mrs. Cordell
Wiser, Mrs. Leonard White and Mrs. Alvie Lovett, all of Pulaski, and Mrs. Mattie
Sue Jones, Lawrenceburg.
CHAPMAN, James Hoyt The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1961
James Hoyt Chapman, 54, native Giles Countian, died unexpectedly Thursday
afternoon, July 13, at 2:15 p. m. at Vanderbilt Hospital where he had been
admitted earlier that day after suffering a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at City Road
Chapel Methodist Church in Madison, he was manager of the National Stores
Department Store at Third Avenue and Deaderick Street in Nashville and had been
associated with that firm for 31 years. He was a member of the Official Board of
City Road Church and the Nashville Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Chapman was married in 1936 to the former Miss Flora Clark of Winchester,
who survives.
Other survivors are a son, James Ronald Chapman of Nashville, and two sisters,
Mrs. Frank Maxwell of Pulaski and Mrs. James P. Williams of Nashville.
CHAPMAN, James Matt The Pulaski Citizen 27 Mar 1963
Funeral services for James Matt Chapman, 83, retired farmer of the Nineteenth
Civil District, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Rose Hill
Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Clice Daniels. Burial took place in the
church cemetery. Mr. Chapman died at 9:25 o'clock Tuesday night, March 26, at
Giles County Hospital after an extended illness.
Born January 2, 1880, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Chapman
and Polly Chapman Chapman. He was a deacon in Rose Hill Baptist Church.
Mr. Chapman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Della Ada Chapman; two daughters, Mrs.
Marvin McClure, Goodspring, and Mrs. Tom Bee, Wales; four sons, Wilburn Chapman,
Ethridge, Henry Chapman, Campbellsville, and Claude Chapman and James Chapman,
Lawrenceburg; thirty-four grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Sam Chapman, Pulaski and Cove Chapman, Columbia; and four sisters,
Mrs. Elsie Dickey, Ethridge, Mrs. Peggy Frances, Chapel Hill, Mrs. Jennie Cross,
Lynnville, and Mrs. Malinda Rose, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Lee The Pulaski Citizen 16 May 1962
Funeral services for Lee Chapman, 58, employee of the County Highway Department
and foreman of the bridge crew, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at
Scotts Hill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Argine Hughes, with the burial
in the church cemetery. Mr. Chapman died at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning, May
10, at his home in the Scotts Hill Community after a long illness.
Born November 25, 1903, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Richard
Chapman and Lucy Shrader Chapman.
Mr. Chapman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Gertrude Cox Chapman; one
daughter, Mrs. Delene Longshore, Scotts Hill; two sons, Guy Chapman, Pulaski,
and Earl Chapman, Paris, Tenn.; three grandchildren and two step-grandchildren;
and four sisters, Mrs. Florence Smith and Mrs. Flossie Davis, both of Paris,
Mrs. Mamie Taylor, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Ewing Cox, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Leonard The Pulaski Citizen 6 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Leonard Chapman, 56, saw mill employee, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Chapman, a bachelor, died at one o'clock Monday morning, October
4, in the home of his sister, Mrs. Alvie Lovett in the Bunker Hill Community,
after a long illness.
Born April 19, 1909, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Romie Chapman
and Lula Jane Lovett Chapman. In addition to Mrs. Lovett, he is survived by
three other sisters, Mrs. Leon White, Mrs. Cordell Wiser, both of Pulaski, and
Mrs. Elwyn Jones, Lawrenceburg; and three brothers, Carl Chapman, Lewisburg,
Jesse Chapman, Chamblee, Ga., and Junior Chapman, Murray, Ky.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Luther The Pulaski Citizen 30 May 1961
Funeral services for Luther Chapman, 69, were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon, May 21, at Scotts Hill Baptist Church. Burial took place in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Chapman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Abbott Chapman; one son,
Ollie Chapman, Stuttgart, Ark.; one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Mae Ward, Almyra,
Ark.; eighteen grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren; one brother,
Mark Chapman, Cincinnati, Ohio; and four sisters, Mrs. Floyd Walls, Mrs. Maggie
Walls and Mrs. Sarah Drake, Pulaski, and Mrs. Bertha McCree, Louisville, Ky.
CHAPMAN, Melvin The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Melvin Chapman, 60, were conducted on Saturday, September
17, at 2:00 p. m., at the Friendship Baptist Church, with burial in the church
cemetery. The Rev. Howard Jones officiated.
Mr. Chapman, a native of Maury County, died Thursday, September 15, at Leonard's
Hospital in Lewisburg. He was born July 8, 1906, the son of the late Joe and
Effie Lee Isbell Chapman.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Louise Chapman; three daughters, Mrs. Mary
Berry and Mrs. Ruth Davidson, St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Effie Frost, Columbia;
six sons, M. C. , Oley, Melvin, Leonard, Elmer, and James Chapman of Culleoka;
twenty-two grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs Alice Hunt, Columbia.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Ophelia Mae Eakes The Pulaski Citizen 17 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Ophelia Mae Eakes Chapman, 78, resident of the Olivet
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Henry Cortner, pastor of Olivet
Methodist Church, and the Rev. J. C. Elkins, a former pastor. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Chapman died Friday morning, November 12, in Giles
County Hospital.
Born July 23, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John R.
Eakes and Mary Jeams Rogers Eakes. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Chapman is survived by her husband, Eugene M. Chapman; two daughters, Mrs.
Thomas A. Birdsong, Pulaski, and Mrs. Oscar Inman, Huntsville, Ala.; four
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Will Bass, Pulaski,
Mrs. A. W. Chapman, and Mrs. Carson Compton, both of Decatur, Ala.; and one
brother, Robert Eakes, Chattanooga.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Owen The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Owen Chapman, 62, Pulaski resident, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Chapman
died unexpectedly while en route to the Giles County Hospital on Thursday,
September 15.
Born July 20, 1898, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Buck Chapman and
Martha Ann Walls Chapman.
Mr. Chapman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Coleman Chapman; one son, Owen
Chapman, Jr., Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Adams, Wabash, Ind., and Mrs.
Floyd Johnson, Athens, Ala.; four brothers, Bill Chapman, Texas, W. C. Chapman,
Matt Chapman, and Luther Chapman, all of Columbia; and four sisters, Mrs.
Cynthia Parker, Columbia; Mrs. Sallie Polin, Camden and Mrs. Annie Cole and Mrs.
Jessie Dudley, both of Oklahoma.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Raymond David The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Raymond David Chapman, 56, employee of Genesco, Inc.,
Pulaski, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
Baptist ministers. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Chapman died
Tuesday, February 16, in Giles County Hospital, after a brief illness.
Born March 2, 1908, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Hugh Chapman and
Mamie Forline Chapman.
Mr. Chapman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ozelle Birdsong Chapman; one son,
Raymond D. Chapman, Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. James Dunavant and Miss Betty
Chapman, all of Giles County; and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Hissong, Canadian
Park, Calif., and Mrs. Nola Gray, Los Angeles, Calif.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Reda Shrader The Pulaski Citizen 26 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Reda Shrader, 70, lifelong resident of Giles County,
were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Chapman died on
Wednesday, December 19, at Giles County Hospital after a brief illness.
Born April 30, 1892, she was the daughter of the late Robert M. Shrader and Ella
Joines Shrader. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at
Campbellsville.
Mrs. Chapman is survived by her husband, Ewing Chapman; one son, Arvil Chapman,
Wales; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. A.
H. Carpenter, Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Rosella Green The Pulaski Citizen 27 Nov 1968
Mrs. Rosella Chapman, 82, died Saturday, November 23 at Oakview Nursing Home in
Lawrenceburg.
Funeral services for Mrs. Chapman, wife of the late Ed Chapman, were held Sunday
afternoon, November 24, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with Andy Brown, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Minor
Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Chapman was born March 17, 1886, the daughter of
the late James William Green and Mollie McNutt Green.
Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Mattie McCree, Pulaski, Mrs. Minnie
Thompson, Mrs. Beulah Prince and Mrs. Clarence Crabb, all of Minor Hill; one
half brother, Thomas Green; and nieces and nephews.
Bennett May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHAPMAN, Mrs. Katie Lee Davis The Pulaski Citizen 21 May 1969
Mrs. Katie Lee Davis Chapman, 58, died Friday afternoon, May 16, at 3 o'clock at
her home in Lewisburg following an extended illness.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, May 18, at 2:30 o'clock in the
chapel of London Funeral Home, Lewisburg, with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery.
She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Davis and a native of
Marshall County. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Chapman was an employee of the Venus Pencil Company for sixteen years.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Jimmy and Wayne Chapman; one daughter,
Mrs. C. J. (Buck) Beard; one brother, Howard Davis of Chicago, Ill.; three
sisters, Mrs. Matt Copeland, Mrs. Frank Ervin, and Mrs. Clyde Usselton, all of
Lynnville; and sixteen grandchildren.
CHAPMAN, William Hugh The Pulaski Citizen 30 May 1961
A seventeen-year-old member of the 1961 graduating class of Giles County High
School was fatally injured Monday afternoon, May 29, when he was dragged about
half-a-mile by a mule which he had been working on a farm near the Pisgah
community.
William Hugh Chapman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Chapman of Blooming Grove, was
the victim of the unusual accident which occurred about 3 p. m. as he was
returning the mule from the Lancaster Reese farm a mile east of Pisgah to the
home of Cecil Holland on an adjoining farm.
Holland's son, Wayne, was in his yard when he saw young Chapman being dragged by
the running mule. He said the youth's foot was caught in the trace chain,
indicating that he had tried to mount the animal. Chapman was alone at the time
and the exact cause of the tragedy could not be determined. He died within
minutes of the time the mule dragged him into the Holland's yard, witnesses
said.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete, pending arrival of a brother, Roy, who is
serving with the U. S. Navy. The body is at Bennett-May Funeral Home where rites
will be conducted by Rev. Lloyd Hickman.
Surviving in addition to his parents and brother, are two sisters, Misses Betty
and Joyce Chapman of Blooming Grove.
CHEATHAM, Bessie Sue Baxter The Pulaski Citizen 23 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Luther M. Cheatham, 77, Giles County resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Tommy Vernon, minister of Second Street Church of Christ. Mrs. Cheatham died
Friday, May 18, at the home of her daughter, Miss Mary Cheatham, in Tampa, Fla.,
where she had been residing since the death of her husband.
Born July 24, 1884, in Marshall County, she was the former Miss Bessie Sue
Baxter, the daughter of the late William Harris Baxter and Evie Bercheen Baxter.
She was a member of the Church of Christ. Her husband, Luther M. Cheatham, died
February 1, 1958.
In addition to Miss Cheatham, who lives in Florida, Mrs. Cheatham is survived by
two other daughters, Mrs. Ewell Scott, Columbia, and Mrs. Arch Taylor, Dalton,
Ga.; five sons, Nat Chapman and Charlie Cheatham, both of Columbia, Thomas
Cheatham and Robert Cheatham, both of Nashville, and Jesse Cheatham, Lynnville;
sixteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Wilma
Mitchell, Fayetteville; and two brothers, Stanley Baxter and Kenneth Baxter,
both of Lewisburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHEATHAM, Dyke Douglas The Pulaski Citizen 6 Aug 1969
Funeral services for Dyke Douglas Cheatham, 45, farmer of the Coldwater
community of Lincoln County, were conducted Monday afternoon, August 4, at 2:30
o'clock in the chapel of Higgins Funeral Home, Fayetteville. Burial was in
Riverview Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Cheatham died Saturday, August 2, in Lincoln County Hospital after a short
illness.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Faye Phelps Cheatham; two sons, Steve and
Dennis Cheatham; his mother, Mrs. Ellen Thurston Cheatham; and one brother,
Billy Cheatham, all of Lincoln County.
CHEATHAM, Emma Corinne The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Corinne Phillips Cheatham, 44, Giles County
resident, were held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with Andrew Brown, minister of Second Street Church of
Christ, officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Cheatham died
early Tuesday morning, September 7, at her home.
Born October 4, 1920, in Giles County, she was the daughter of L. Gilbert
Phillips and Gladys Louise Hardy Phillips.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cheatham is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Linda Shannon Turner, Barboursville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHEATHAM, Joseph Fletcher The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Joseph Fletcher Cheatham, 89, retired Giles County farmer
and resident of Pulaski were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the rites conducted by the Rev. Billy E.
Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery. Mr. Cheatham, who had been in failing health for several years, died
Thursday, February 4, in Umble Nursing Home in Lewisburg.
Born January 19, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Fletcher
Cheatham and Louisa Verelda Miller Cheatham. He was a member of the United
Methodist Church
Mr. Cheatham is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Hamlett Cheatham; and two
sisters, Mrs. Sam O. Dunlap, Pulaski and Mrs. J. A. Hardin, Franklin.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHEATHAM, Lena Evers The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Miss Lena Evers Cheatham, 78, former resident of the
Campbellsville section, were held Thursday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in
Columbia with the burial in Friendship Cemetery in the Culleoka Community in
Maury County. Miss Cheatham died on Wednesday, July 18, at her home in the
Glendale Community.
She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Cheatham, and was a member
of Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
The survivors include four sisters, Miss Neely Cheatham and Mrs. Myrtle
Matthews, Glendale, Mrs. Buck Matthews, Hopewell, and Mrs. Herbert J. Evans,
Pulaski.
CHEATHAM, Neely The Pulaski Citizen 12 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Miss Neely Cheatham, 80, resident of the Glendale Community
of Maury County, were held at 11 o'clock Monday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral
Home in Columbia with the Rev. Burns P. Drake, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
pastor. The burial took place in Friendship Cemetery, Maury County. Miss
Cheatham died at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, December 9, at Fairmont Nursing
Home, Columbia, following a few months illness.
A native of Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Frank Benjamin
Cheatham and Josie Kerr Cheatham. She lived in Maury County most of her life and
was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Miss Cheatham is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Buck Matthews, Hopewell
Community, and Mrs. Herbert Evans, Pulaski, and two nephews and four nephews.
CHEEK, Ada Bralliar The Pulaski Citizen 7 Apr 1965
Mrs. Ada Bralliar Cheek, 64, widow of William H. Cheek, Sr., died of cancer
Thursday, April 1, at Giles County Hospital where she had been supervisor of
nurses for six years.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Iowa, Mrs Cheek was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Floyd
Bralliar. She was born Nov. 13, 1900. Dr. Brailler was widely known for his
gardening columns in Nashville Newspapers and was formerly dean of men at
Madison College.
Mrs. Cheek was a graduate of Nursing School of Madison College, and, with her
husband, operated Cheek's Restaurant in Pulaski for a number of years. Mr. Cheek
died in 1958.
She was a member of First Methodist Church and was chairman of the Giles County
Chapter of the American Cancer Society. An active member of Pulaski Garden Club,
she had achieved outstanding success in the growning of orchids.
Survivors include a son, William H. Cheek, Jr., Pulaski; two daughters, Ada
Marie Roland and Ellene Deane of Jackson; two brothers, Lt. Col. Max Bralliar,
U. S. Air Force, Laughlin, AFB, Texas, and Dr. Floyd Bralliar, of Wickenburg,
Ariz.; a sister, Mrs. Paul Rahn of San Leandro, Calif.; eleven grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
CHILDRESS, Dallas The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1967
Dallas Childress, 82, of the Wales Community, died Tuesday, December 12, in
Fairhaven Nursing Home, Pulaski.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday, December 13, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Childress, born April 12, 1885, was the son of the late John and Fannie
Turner Childress.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ellen Joins Childress; two daughters, Mrs.
Henry Ward, Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Atlas Cross, Wyandotte, Mich.; two sons,
Amos and Hume Childresss, both of the Wales Community; fifteen grandchildren;
nineteen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Smith, Giles County and
Mrs. Ida Curtis, Arkansas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHILDRESS, Otis The Pulaski Citizen 9 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Otis Childress, 77, resident of Route 1, Wales, will be
held at one o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial will take place in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery. Mr. Childress died at 5:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, December 9, in
Giles County Hospital.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Childress.
Mr. Childress, a bachelor, is survived by one brother, Dallas Childress, Giles
County; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Smith, Leoma, and Mrs. Ida Curtis, Little Rock,
Ark. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHILDRESS, Raymond Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Raymond Wesley Childress, 60, retired blacksmith of the
Campbellsville section, were held Saturday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Childress
died Thursday night, March 3, in Giles County Hospital.
Born October 4, 1905, in Giles County, he was the son of Dallas Childress and
Ella Joines Childress of Giles County. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Childress, in addition to his parents, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
Tatum Childress; three sons, Joe P. Childress and Lewis McKinley Childress, both
of Cleveland, Ohio, and Robert W. Childress, New York; five grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Henry Ward, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Atlas Cross; and two
brothers, Hume Childress and Amos Childress, both of Route 1, Wales.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHILES, Benjamin Walter Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Benjamin Walter Chiles, Sr., 91, father of a Pulaski
businessman, were held at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at North Funeral Home
in Lawrenceburg. Burial took place in Lawrence Memorial Gardens. Mr. Chiles, a
former resident of Giles County, died Monday morning, September 23, at his home
in Lawrenceburg, after an extended illness.
Mr. Chiles is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dezzie Smith Chiles; two sons, Benjamin
W. Chiles, Jr., Pulaski, and Tom Chiles, Lawrenceburg; two daughters, Mrs Otis
Sumners, Fayetteville, and Miss Sara Elizabeth Chiles, Lawrenceburg; five
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
CHILES, Dezzie Smith The Pulaski Citizen 16 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Dezzie Chiles, 80, who died Monday, November 7, were
conducted on Wednesday at 10:00 a. m., at North Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg,
with burial in Lawrence Memory Gardens. The Rev. Wolf officiated.
Mrs. Chiles, a native of Giles County, was born January 4, 1886, the daughter of
the late John A. and Elizabeth Kerr Smith.
She is survived by two sons, Ben W. Chiles of Pulaski, and Thomas J. Chiles of
Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Otis Sumners of Fayetteville; five grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Florrie Appleton, Pulaski, Mrs.
Clarence Nix, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Garnett Mooney of Birmingham, Ala.
CHOATE, Charles Hunter The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1968
Charles Hunter Choate, 75, died Tuesday, April 9, in a Murfreesboro hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Choate will be held Thursday afternoon, April 11, at
2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy
Craighead officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Choate was born April 13, 1892, the son of the
late Charles and Bessie Hunter Choate. His wife was the late Ellen Choate.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHRISTIAN, Charlie Raymond The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Charlie Raymond Christian, 50, Peoria, Ill., were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Fall River Church of Christ, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Fall River Cemetery. Mr.
Christian died at 9 o'clock Thursday, June 25, at his home.
Born November 18, 1913, in Loudon County, Tenn., he was the son of Mrs. Bell
Patterson Christian and the late William Alexander Christian. In addition to his
mother, Mr. Christian is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Hamby Christian; one
son, Charles R. Christian, Fort Bragg, N. C.; and one sister, Mrs. Hazel McNabb,
Philadelphia, Tenn.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHRISTOPHER, Mamie Eleanor Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie Eleanor Abernathy Christopher, 70, were held at
10 o'clock Friday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. R. L.
Greenway, Methodist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Christopher died at 4:35 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, August 2, at her home,
near Pulaski, after a long illness.
Born January 28, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Carson
Lee Abernathy and Mattie Ezell Abernathy. Her husband Walter C. Christopher,
died fifteen months ago. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Christopher is survived by two sons, Mack Christopher and Billy D.
Christopher, Pulaski; five grandchildren; three brothers, Herbert Abernathy,
Raymond G. Abernathy, and Arthur L. Abernathy, all of Pulaski; and one sister,
Mrs. Edwin Driver, Madison.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CHRISTOPHER, Walter Mack The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1960
Funeral services for Walter Mack Christopher, 76, who died suddenly Tuesday, May
10, will be conducted at Bennett-May Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock by the Rev. N. O. Allen of Shelbyville. Burial will be in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Christopher, a retired farmer, suffered a heart attack while walking on his
farm with a son, William D., and a colored employee and died at 5:15 p. m.
The son of the late William Edward and Louise Browning Christopher, he was born
in Limestone County, Ala., March 15, 1884, but had lived for many years in Giles
County. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Other survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mamie Abernathy Christopher; another son,
Mack, and five grandchildren, all of Pulaski; two brothers, Braden Christopher
of Louisville, Ky., and Ross Christopher of Tucson, Ariz., three sisters, Mrs.
Ella Harwell, Mrs. Ben Holt and Mrs. John Bledsoe, all of Giles County.
CHURCH, Pearl Booth The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1969
Mrs. Pearl Booth Church, 87, mother of Mayor John T. Church, died at 7:30 a. m.,
Thursday, Jan. 31 at Fairhaven Nursing Home after a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Bennett-May
Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Billy Craighead, pastor of First Methodist
Church. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Ellen Huff
Jackson Booth. Her husband, the late M. S. Church, died in 1955.
She was a graduate of Martin College and a member of the First Methodist Church,
Pulaski, a life member of Women's Society of Christian Service, a charter member
of the Pulaski Garden Club, the Magazine Club and the Gay 90's Club.
In addition to Mayor Church, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Marion
Slaughter, Twenty-nine Palms, California; and a sister, Mrs. M. E. Eagle,
Jackson.
CLACK, Coley The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1964
A 50-year-old Negro, Coley Clack, was found dead at his home on Gimlet Creek
Road in the Bodenham community early Monday morning.
Chief Deputy Sheriff James (Red) Newton said that he and County Coroner Bill
Bennett went out to the house and Clack apparently died of natural causes. He
was found by an unidentified school bus driver.
Funeral services will be at 1 p. m. tomorrow (Thursday) at Ebenezer Baptist
Church in Goodsprings, with the pastor, the Rev. Robert Oliver, officiating.
Burial will be in Goodsprings Cemetery. The body is at Jordan Funeral Home in
Pulaski.
Survivors include a son, Coley Clack, Jr., Louisville, Ky.; four sisters, Mrs.
Eddie Mae Stewart, Miss Carolyn Clack and Mrs. Estelle Childress, all of
Nashville, and Mrs. Geraldine Snaford Alcadena, Calif.; and six brothers, James
Roy Clack, Goodsprings, William Clack, Brooklyn, N. Y., and O. D. Gilbert, Hosea
Gilbert, A. J. Gilbert and William Gilbert, all of Nashville.
CLAGETT, Linda Primm The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Alf E. Clagett, wife of the Giles County Judge, were
held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at First Methodist Church with the rites
conducted by Dr. W. Bruce Strother of Columbia and the Rev. W. H. Moss, pastor
of the church. Burial took place in Centerville, former home of the family. Mrs.
Clagett died at 9:30 o'clock on Saturday night, January 23, at Giles County
Hospital after a brief illness.
Born and reared at Centerville, she was the former Miss Linda Primm, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Primm. She was a member of First Methodist Church, and
was a graduate of Belmont College in Nashville, and the Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music.
Her husband is the only immediate survivor.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLAGETT, Robert H. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1967
Robert H. Clagett, 78, retired newspaperman and educator and brother of Judge
Alf Clagett of Pulaski, died Wednesday in Jackson, Madison County General
Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 a. m. Friday, January 6, at St. Luke's
Episcopal Church, with burial in Riverside Cemetery.
In addition to Judge Clagett, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elnora White
Clagett; one son, Col. R. H. Clagett, Jr., Washington, D. C.; one daughter, Mrs.
Charles B. Greenlese, Syracuse, N.Y.; and three sisters, Misses Ann and Mary
Clagett, and Mrs. W. O. Thompson, all of Centerville.
CLARK, Amos Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Nov 1962
Funeral services Amos Clark, Sr., 82, retired farmer of the Brick Church
section, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. J. C. Elkins and the Rev. Bobby Whitsett, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens, Pulaski. Mr. Clark died
Saturday, November 24, at Gordon Hospital in Lewisburg, after a long illness.
Born November 5, 1880, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Ed Clark and
Mollie Burgess Clark. He was a member of Diana Methodist Church.
Mr. Clark is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Fox Clark; three sons, Leslie
Clark, Cornersville, Rivers Clark, Lynnville, and Amos Clark, Jr., Diana; four
daughters, Mrs. Robert Williams, Cornersville, Mrs. Clarence Colbert, Mrs.
Robert Clark and Mrs. Oscar Randolph, all of Pulaski; eighteen grandchildren and
sixteen great-grandchildren; two brothers, Charlie Clark and Lem Clark, Diana;
and one sister, Mrs. Oliver Wolaver, Diana.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLARK, Arthur Cecil The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Arthur Cecil Clark, 62, former resident of Pulaski, who
died Tuesday, May 30, at his home in Winchester, were held at 3 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon in Watson-Huffman Funeral Home with the burial in Winchester
Memorial Cemetery.
The son of the late Joe T. Clark for a number of years and Mrs. Clark, he
attended Pulaski schools before attending David Lipscomb, Nashville, and
University of Chattanooga. He operated a cabinet shop in Winchester and was a
former Hamilton County school teacher. He was a member of the was a member of
the Church of Christ and the Winchester Rotary Club.
Mr. Clark is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva Belle Vaughan Clark; one sister,
Mrs. Claude Bennett, Birmingham, Ala.; and one brother, Joe T. Clark, Jr.,
Chattanooga.
CLARK, Esther Lee Burgess The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1967
Mrs. Esther Lee Burgess Clark, 81, of Petersburg, died Saturday, January 14, in
Gordon Hospital, in Lewisburg.
Services were conducted at 2:00 o'clock on Sunday, January 15, at the Delina
Church of Christ, with burial in New Hope Cemetery at Cornersville.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Kovac, San Francisco, Calif.;
three sons, R. G., St. Petersburg, Fla., Bob, Jeffersonville, Ind., and Joe
Clark of the Delina community; five grandchildren; and one sisters, Mrs. Icie
Ralston, Lewisburg.
CLARK, Eunice Serten The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Eunice Clark, 89, were conducted Monday, January 8, in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Shoal Bluff Cemetery.
Mrs. Clark, wife of the late Charlie Clark, died Sunday, January 7, in her home
at Minor Hill, Route One.
A native of Giles County, she was born May 1, 1878, the daughter of the late
Henry and Molly Serten.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Alvie Lawrence, Minor Hill; three
grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLARK, Golden Speer The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Golden Clark, 76, were held Wednesday morning,
February 12, at 11 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Clark, wife of the late Joe Clark, died Monday, February 10, in Gordon
Hospital, Lewisburg.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Clark was born October 11, 1892, the daughter of
the late John Speer and Nannie Newton Speer.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Blanche Felker, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Ladye
Harris, Lewisburg, Mrs. Geraldine Johnson, and Mrs. Robbie Goldstein, both of
Pulaski; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and on sister, Mrs.
Jessie Sutton, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLARK, Joe Farrar The Pulaski Citizen 24 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Joe Farrar Clark, 75, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Wesley Holden, Methodist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Clark died on Friday, October 19, at his home after a long illness.
Born November 1, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James Thomas
Clark and Adeline Wolaver Clark. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Clark is survived by his wife, Mrs. Golden Speer Clark; four daughters, Mrs.
Paul Felker, Mrs. W. L. Johnson, Jr., and Mrs. Samuel Goldstein, Pulaski; and
Mrs. Luther Edwards, Mooresville; six grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs.
Grady Eslick and Mrs. Will Price, Pulaski, and Mrs. Will Hodge, Cornersville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLARK, John Frank "Dick" The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jul 1960
Funeral services for John Frank "Dick" Clark, 65, retired carpenter and painter
of Bunker Hill, were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Rev. J. W. McCullough, Church of God minister. Burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Clark who had been ill several months, died at
7:45 o'clock Sunday night, July 3, at Giles County Hospital.
Born in Giles County, November 3, 1894, he was the son of the late Jasper Newton
Clark and Martha Virginia Stewart Clark.
Mr. Clark is survived by his wife, Mrs. Arnera Erwin Clark; one sister, Mrs.
Dunk Holland; and one brother, O. J. "Pete" Clark, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLARK, Mary Lillian Fox The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lillian Clark, 82, were held Tuesday, January 2,
at 1:30 p. m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Revs. Howard
Haynes and J. C. Elkins officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Clark died January 1 in Giles County Hospital after an extended illness.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Clark was born May 28, 1885, the daughter of the
late Howard and Sidney Emerson Fox.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Robert Williams, Cornersville, Mrs.
Claude Colbert, Mrs. R. L. Clark, and Mrs. W. E. Worsham, Pulaski; three sons,
Leslie Clark, Cornersville, Rivers Clark, Lynnvile, and Amos Clark, Jr.,
Pulaski; twenty-grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, two
great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Sidney George Fox, Cornersville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLARK, Mary Sneed The Pulaski Citizen 5 Aug 1964
Lawrenceburg-One of the oldest pioneer women in this area, Mrs. Mary Sneed
Clark, 103, was buried at Center Point Methodist Church here last Saturday.
She was born in the Choates Creek community of Giles County on April 15, 1861,
the day Confederate troops fired on the Union Fort of Charleston, S. C., to
begin the Civil War. She died Thursday at her home in the Ramar Community near
Leoma. She had been ill for many months.
Mrs. Clark was the former Mary Sneed. She was married to George W. Clark in 1882
near Prospect in Giles County. Two years later the family traveled by covered
wagon to Kansas and settled on a land grant for four years. There, the Clarks
lived in a dug-out and were the only family in their settlement, with a glass
window in their home.
They later moved back to Tennessee-this time to Lawrence County-to make their
home. Clark died in 1939.
Daughter of the late P. A. O. and Roseanna Sandusky Sneed. Mrs. Clark was sister
of George and William Sneed, founders of the old Sneed Academy in the Bodenham
Community of Giles County. She was educated at the academy and later taught
school there for a time.
During the summer of 1963, The Pulaski Citizen published a series of 15 articles
written about Mrs. Clark's life by her grandson, Rt. 1, Leoma. The series was
daughter, Mrs. Pauline Garrett, taken from a published book, "Mary Catherine
Clark and a Century of Memories."
Active in church and civic affairs, Mrs. Clark was a Methodist and a member of
the Lawrence County Over Eighty Club.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Rosie Curtis, Mrs. Lillie Bradley and
Miss Lizzie Clark, all of Leoma, and Mrs. Bessie Bassham, Five Points; two sons,
Thomas P. Clark, Sr., Loretto, and George W. Clark, Leoma; 17 grandchildren; 36
great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
CLARK, Ollie Jones (Pete) The Pulaski Citizen 22 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Ollie Jones (Pete) Clark, 79, retired farmer and carpenter
of Bunker Hill, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the rites conducted by the Rev. Thomas Vann of
Thompson Station and the Rev. Jerry Hattle. Burial took place in the Old Baptist
Cemetery on Indian Creek.
Born January 1, 1885 in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Jasper Newton
Clark and Virginia Stewart Clark.
Mr. Clark is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jessie Theo Cardin Clark; five sons, Tom
Rye Clark, Pulaski, Jasper Murray Clark, Amarillo, Texas, Robert Kelly Clark,
Nashville and Harold Clark, Watsonville, Calif.; five daughters, Mrs. John Baugh
Martin, Mrs. Virginia Hardiman, and Miss Carol Clark, all of Pulaski, Mrs. A. F.
Pittillo, Crowell, Texas, and Mrs. Ted Sandlin, Leoma, Tenn.; thirteen
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLARK, Robert S. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Robert S. Clark, retired funeral home director and Mayor of Uniontown, Ky., and
coroner for that city for twenty-five years, died Friday, November 29, at
Fairhaven Nursing Home at Pulaski. Funeral rites took place at 9 o'clock Monday
morning at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Uniontown with the burial in St. Agnes
Cemetery.
Born October 25, 1879, in Kentucky, he was the son of the late Lucian Clark and
Katherine Abernathy Clark. He was a communicant of the Catholic Church.
His wife died several years ago.
Mr. Clark is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Joe W. Henry, Jr., Pulaski; two
grandsons, Joe W. Henry, III, and Robert Clark Henry, Pulaski; one brother,
Clarence Clark; and one sister, Mrs. Guy French, both of Uniontown, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLARK, Stella M. Glasgow The Pulaski Citizen 27 Nov 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Stella M. Glasgow Clark, 77, were held Friday,
November 22, at Diana Methodist Church with burial in Diana Cemetery.
Mrs. Clark, of the Diana community, died Thursday, November 21, in a Lewisburg
hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Charles Robert Clark, Diana; three daughters,
Mrs. H. B. Holley, Pulaski, Mrs. Clayton Williams, Cornersville, and Mrs.
Wallace Whitworth, Diana; a step-mother, Mrs. J. W. Glasgow, Nashville; a
brother, Clayton Glasgow, Nashville; a half-sister, Mrs. Ralph Clayton,
Nashville; fourteen grandchildren; and eighteen great-grandchildren.
CLARK, Zana Scott The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Zana Scott Clark, sister of Fred D. Scott of Pulaski,
were held on Monday afternoon in Fort Worth, Texas, with the burial there. Mrs.
Clark died early Sunday morning, October 22, at Fort Worth Hospital after an
extended illness.
A native of Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Jeff Scott and Mary
Lou S. Scott.
In addition to the brother at Pulaski, Mrs. Clark is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. R. W. Russell, and two grandchildren, Fort Worth.
CLAUD, Linsley The Pulaski Citizen 2 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Linsley Claud, 81, retired farmer, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at the home, 405 South Third Street, Pulaski. Burial took
place in Roselawn Cemetery in Athens, Ala. Mr. Claud died at 12:35 Sunday
morning, January 30, at his home after a long illness.
Born July 2, 1884, at Prospect, he was the son of the late L. B. Claud and Susie
Hardiman Claud. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Claud is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Hargrove Claud; four daughters,
Mrs. F. A. Tate and Mrs. John Henderson, Prospect, Mrs. Ben Holt, Elkmont, Ala.,
and Mrs. Bruce Rochelle, Athens, Ala.; six sons, Vernon Claud, Harold T. Claud,
Virgil Smith Claud and Robert Claud, Pulaski, Dan Claud, Altus, Okla., and Tip
Kenneth Claud, Geneva, Ill.; twenty grandchildren; and one brother, Haywood
Claud, Murfreesboro.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
CLAUD, Oakley H. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Oakley H. Claud, 33, native of Giles County, and resident
of Elkmont, Ala., were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, August 28, at
McConnell Funeral Home in Athens, Ala., with the burial in Rosemont Cemetery in
Athens. Mr. Claud died Sunday morning, August 25, at Veterans Hospital in
Houston, Texas.
Born and reared at Prospect, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Claud of
Prospect who survive.
Other survivors include his wife, Mrs. Helen Daniels Claud; five sisters, Mrs.
F. A. Day, Mrs. John Henson and Miss Alma Claud, all of Prospect, Mrs. Ben Holt,
Elkmont, Ala., and Mrs. Ruth Rochelle, Athens, Ala.; and six brothers, Vernon
Claud and Robert Claud, both of Prospect, Dan Claud, U. S. Air Force, Oklahoma,
H. C. Claud, White Bluff, Tip Claud, St. James, Ill., and Smitty Claud, U. S.
Army.
CLAYTON, MacCauley (Mack) The Pulaski Citizen 25 Mar 1964
MacCauley (Mack) Clayton, 71, retired Birmingham, Ala., Gas Department employee,
died on Tuesday, March 17, at West End Baptist Hospital, Birmingham, after an
extended illness. Funeral services took place at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at
Rideout-Brown Funeral Chapel at Roebuck, with the burial in Elmwood Cemetery in
that city.
Mr. Clayton, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
Lou Clayton; one son, Mack Clayton, Jr., Birmingham; one daughter, Mrs. George
Huston, Mobile, Ala.; four grandchildren; three brothers, Martin L. Clayton,
Pulaski, R. Owen Clayton, Mobile, Ala., and R. F. Clayton, Birmingham; and one
sister, Mrs. Hubert Hafner, Armory, Miss.
CLAYTON, William Marvin Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1961
Funeral services for William Marvin Clayton, Jr., 39, former resident of the
Lynnville Community, were held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at London Funeral
Home in Lewisburg, with burial in the Lewisburg Cemetery. Mr. Clayton died on
Monday June 26, at Veterans Hospital at Murfreesboro, after a long illness.
Born in Marshall County, he was the son of W. M. Clayton of Murfreesboro and the
late Mrs. Rachel Witt Clayton. Living at Lynnville the greater part of his life,
he was graduated from Jones High School at Lynnville, and attended Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was a veteran
of World War II, a member of the American Legion, and was a member of the
Methodist Church.
In addition to his father, Mr. Clayton is survived by one sister, Miss Ann
Clayton of Nashville.
CLAYTON, William Marvin Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for William Marvin Sr., 73, former Lewisburg building supply
dealer, were held Wednesday, February 27, at London Funeral Home with the burial
in Lone Oak Cemetery at Lewisburg. Mr. Claytn, veteran of WWI, died Tuesday,
February 26 in Veterans Hospital in Murfreesboro, after a lengthy illness.
A native of Marshall County, he was the son of the late Daniel D. Clayton and
Cora McCord Clayton. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt University and was a member
of the Methodist Church. His wife, the former Miss Rachel Witt of Lynnville,
died a number of years ago.
Mr. Clayton is survived by one daughter, Miss Anne Witt Clayton, Nashville; one
sister, Mrs. Della Clayton Lee, Pulaski; and one brother, Everett Clayton,
Nashville.
CLEM, Guy The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Guy Clem, 82, lifelong resident of Elkmont, Ala., were held
at 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning, July 20, at Elkmont Methodist Church,
conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Gerald Champion. Burial took place in Athens
Cemetery. Mr. Clem died at 7:15 o'clock on Monday morning at his home after a
period of declining health.
A retired farmer, he was born May 9, 1878, the son of the late Cass Clem and
Susan Clem Clem. He had been a member of the Methodist Church most of his life,
serving as a steward for a period of several decades, and was an honorary
steward at the time of his death. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Clem is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida McMullins Clem; four daughters, Mrs.
Otey Hargrove, Pulaski, Mrs. Bill McAllister and Mrs. Tommy McClung, Athens,
Ala., and Mrs. Willie Bates, Elkmont, Ala.; one son, Mabron Clem, Martin, Tenn.;
thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; one brother, Lakin Clem,
Elkmont.
CLEM, Ida McMullins The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Guy Clem, 75, mother of a Pulaski resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Elkmont (Ala.) Methodist Church with the burial
in Athens City Cemetery. Mrs. Clem died at 9:30 o'clock Friday night, December
30, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Bill McAlister in Athens, Ala., after a
period of declining health.
Born July 19, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Franklin P.
McMullins and Mattie Whitt McMullins, and was a member of Elkmont Methodist
Church. Her husband, Guy Clem, died July 18, this year.
In addition to Mrs. McAlister, Mrs. Clem is survived by three other daughters,
Mrs. Otey Harrove, Pulaski, Mrs. Tommy McClung, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Willis
Bates, Elkmont, Ala.; one son, Mabron Clem, Martin, Tenn.; thirteen
grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; one sister; one half-sister; and five
half-brothers. A sister, Mrs. Delia Arnett, died November 12 at Austin Hewitt
Home, Pulaski.
CLEMENTS, Grace Anderson The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1964
Mrs. M. T. Clements, 73, the former Miss Grace Anderson of Campbellsville, died
on Sunday, July 12, at a hospital in her home town of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Funeral rites and burial took place in that city.
Mrs. Clements, a retired public high school teacher, was born October 10, 1890,
the daughter of the late J. Perry Anderson and Jennie Hays Anderson. The family
moved to Stephenville, Texas, many years ago.
Mrs. Clements is survived by one daughter, Mrs. William A. Harris, Oklahoma
City, Okla; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. James R. (Kathryn) Rice, Wichita
Falls, Texas; and one brother, J. Percy Anderson, Jr., Stephenville, Texas.
CLIFT, Lulie Young The Pulaski Citizen 30 Oct 1968
Mrs. Lulie Young Clift, 72, of Cornersville, died Saturday, October 26, at
Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg, after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clift were held Monday afternoon, October 29, at 2
o'clock at McDaniel's Funeral Home, Cornersville, with the Rev. Pink Griggs and
the Rev. Dunn officiating. Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County and former resident of the Beech Hill community, Mrs.
Clift was the daughter of the late D. A. Young and Pearl Smith Young Ingram. Her
husband, the late Thomas Moore "Tom" Clift, died in 1949.
Survivors include two sisters, Miss Evelyn Young, Pulaski and Mrs. Quinton R.
Hopper, Orange City, Fla.; one niece, Miss Nancy Hopper; and one nephew, Gary
Hopper, both of Orange City, Fla.
CLIFT, Zada Lillian Judia Cosby The Pulaski Citizen 20 Aug 1969
Mrs. Zada Lillian Clift, 83, died Friday, August 15, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clift, wife of the late Arthur Clift, were conducted
Saturday afternoon, August 16, at 3 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, near Stella.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Clift was born September 8, 1885, the daughter of
the late Thomas Judia and Mary Reagan Judia.
Survivors include one son, James Cosby, Giles County; one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Dean Holley, Fayetteville; one sister, Mrs. Grace Poole, Nashville; three
grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
CLIFTON, Claude C. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Claude C. Clifton, 67, Conway farmer, were held at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning at Elkton Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Raymond L. Greenway, pastor of the church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Clifton died unexpectedly on Monday night, January 16, at Giles
County Hospital.
Born May 1, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Newton Clifton and
Frances Bishop Clifton, and was a member of Elkton Methodist Church.
Mr. Clifton is survived by his wife, Margie Mangrum Clifton; five sons, Charlie
Clifton, Edward Clifton, Giles County, C. E. Clifton, Claude Clifton, Jr., and
Villard Clifton, Nashville; four daughters, Mrs. Roy Holder, Mrs. Roy Grant,
Mrs. Eugene Tatum and Mrs. Edward Stafford, Pulaski; twenty-four grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Richard Shelton, Mrs. Bob
McMillion and Mrs. Will Wiley, all of Maury County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLINARD, Helen Geneva The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1967
Miss Helen Geneva Clinard, 55, of Anderson, Ala., died Sunday, August 20, at
Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Tuesday, August 22, at 2:00 o'clock at the Puncheon
Church of Christ, with the minister, Alden Hendrix, officiating. Burial was in
Mitchell Cemetery in Anderson.
Miss Clinnard, a native of Giles County, was born May 28, 1911, the daughter of
Mrs. Zilphia Williams Clinard, and the late Frank Clinard.
Surviving, in addition to her mother, are one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Nunley,
Anderson; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Comer Campbell, Cullman, Ala.,
and Mrs. Alton Wray, Lawrence County; three brothers, Hestel, Nole Dean, and
Everett Clinard, Anderson.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLINARD, John Yeager The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1960
Funeral services for John Yeager Clinard, 83, resident of Lawrenceburg, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Appleton Church of Christ, conducted by
Elder Hendrix. Burial took place in Appleton Cemetery. Mr. Clinard died Monday
at the home of a son, Shirley Clinard, in the Minor Hill Community.
Born December 17, 1876, in Cheatham County, he was the son of the late Robert
Clinard and Georgia Ann Knight Clinard. His wife, Mrs. Vera Clinard, is
deceased.
In addition to the son at Minor Hill, Mr. Clinard is survived by three other
sons, Willie Clinard, Alabama, Vernon Clinard, Nashville, and Nashville, and T.
E. Wright, Lawrenceburg; three daughters, Mrs. Irene Robertson, Mrs. Alma Wisdom
and Mrs. Allie Wiley, all of Alabama; and two sisters, Mrs. Annie Douglas and
Mrs. Janie Chambers.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CLYMER, Michael Lee The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
The 7-year-old son of a former Giles Countian was killed Thursday, Jan. 19, in
an automobile wreck on a snow-covered highway near Peru, Ind., when the family
was en route to their family at Berrien Center, Mich., after a visit with
relatives in Pulaski and a Florida vacation. He was Michael Lee Clymer, son of
Donald and Hazel Williams Clymer and grandson of Mrs. Tippie Williams of
Pulaski.
Mr. and Mrs. Clymer and his mother, Mrs. Verne Clymer, were admitted to a Peru
hospital where they remained patients this week. A passenger in a second car
involved in the accident was killed and the driver of that car was hospitalized.
Funeral services for Michael Clymer were conducted at Eau Claire, Mich., on
Monday, January 23.
Besides his parents and two grandmothers, he is survived by a great-grandmother,
Mrs. Mae Clymer, also of Berrien Center.
COATES, John Ray The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jun 1965
Funeral services for John Ray Coates were held at 10 a. m. Sunday at Elkwood
Baptist Church, at Akemont, Ala., and burial took place at Antioch Cemetery at
Morris Cross Roads.
A native of Alabama, he is the son of Charlie H. and Myrtle Irene Hamby Coates
of Route 2, Elkmont, Ala. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one son, Johnnie Ray Coates of
Athens, Ala.;
Four sisters, Mrs. Gladys Marie Dunn, Columbus, Ga., Mrs. Charlie Will Lewter,
Athens, Ala., Mrs. Jennie B. Rogers and Miss Peggy Alene Coates, both of
Elkmont, Ala.; two brothers, George Robert Coates, Elkmont, Ala., and R. B.
Coates, Marion, Ind.
COBB, Birdie Ingram The Pulaski Citizen 1 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Olin Cobb, 76, native of Giles County, were held at 11
o'clock Friday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Marshall D. Moss of Columbia. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Cobb
died of a heart attack at one o'clock Thursday morning, October 19, in Nashville
en route to a hospital. Since the death of her husband, Olin Cobb, three years
ago, she had made her home with a niece, Mrs. Robert Corlew, in Nashville.
The former Miss Birdie Ingram, she was born in May of 1885, the daughter of the
late John Ingram and Sara Roden Ingram. She was a member of the Blooming Grove
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Cobb is survived by one sister, Mrs. Agnes Graves, Nashville; and one
brother, Robert Roden Ingram, Blooming Grove; and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COBB, Elizabeth Hastings The Pulaski Citizen 9 Sep 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Hastings Cobb, 78, widow of W. A. Cobb, were
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Elkton Methodist Church with the burial
in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Cobb died on Tuesday September 1, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born March 5, 1886, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jody
Hastings and Angie Poor Hastings. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Cobb is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jewell Stinnett, Elkton; one son,
William Joe Cobb, Memphis; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and
two sisters, Mrs. O'Neal Hightower, Bryson, and Mrs. Mattie George Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COBB, Harry The Pulaski Citizen 29 Aug 1962
Harry Cobb, 34, native Giles Countian, who had made his home in Louisiana for a
number of years, died August 20, in a New Orleans Veterans Hospital after a four
year's illness. Funeral services were held in his home town of Monroe, La.
Mr. Cobb is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Hagan Cobb; one son, Bryan Cobb;
four brothers, Herbert Cobb, Jerry Cobb and Jim Cobb, Pulaski, and Edd Cobb,
Nashville; and seven sisters, Mrs. Wilma Hardy, Mrs. Malcolm Ingram and Miss
Elene Cobb, Pulaski, Mrs. Raymond Burch, Lynnville, Mrs. Bryant Barlar,
Nashville, Mrs. Bobby Hamlett, Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Marguerite Sams,
Detroit, Mich.
COBB, Hume Collins The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Hume Collins Cobb, 65, veteran of World War I, were held at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon at North Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg, conducted by
the Rev. W. L. Swafford. Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery in the 19th
Civil District of Giles County. Mr. Cobb died Friday, July 7, at Thayer Veterans
Hospital in Nashville, after a long period of declining health.
Born in 1896 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jesse M. Cobb and Nancy
Collins Cobb. He was a member of Summertown Baptist Church.
Mr. Cobb is survived by his wife, Mrs. Julia Frances Howell Cobb; two brothers,
J. Mason Cobb and Guy F. Cobb, both of Louisville, Ky.; and one sister, Mrs. Ray
Baumstark, Collinwood, Tenn.
COBBLE, Stella Pratt The Pulaski Citizen 23 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Cobble, 76, resident of Giles County, were held
at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. R. E. Stevenson, Methodist minister. Burial took place in
the Fogg Cemetery. Mrs. Cobble died on Monday, December 21, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born April 3, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jake Pratt
and Bell Pullen Pratt. Her husband, Harvey Cobble is deceased.
Mrs. Cobble is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Roy Allen and Mrs. Edd Allen,
both of Prospect, Mrs. Gardner Pratt and Miss Ruby Mae Cobble, both of Pulaski;
eighteen grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; one brother, Oscar Pratt,
Franklin; one half-brother, Webb Pratt, Nashville; one sister, Mrs. Virgil
Hellmantaller, Columbia; and two half-sisters, Miss Madge Pullen and Mrs. Dave
Green, both of Spring Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COBBS, Frank S. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Frank S. Cobbs, 74, native Giles Countian, died on Saturday night, December 17,
at his home in North Birmingham (Ala.) Funeral rites took place at 3:30 o'clock
Monday afternoon at Rideout Roebuck Chapel with the burial in Forest Hill
Cemetery, Birmingham.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert S. Cobbs and Callie Bell
Cobbs.
Mr. Cobbs is survived by his wife, Mrs. Essie King Cobbs; two sons, Robert W.
Cobbs, Oak Ridge, and Orville Gray Cobbs, North Carolina; three grandchildren;
one brother, Garland G. Cobbs, Birmingham, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs. Turner
Braly, Columbia, and Mrs. T. N. King and Mrs. Ed Traylor, Birmingham.
A sister, Mrs. Grady K. (Grace Cobbs) Smith, died on December 8, in Louisville,
Ky.
COBBS, Mary Frances Anderson The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Rainey Cobbs, lifelong resident of Giles County, were
held at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. W. H. Moss and Dr. W. H. Mansfield. Burial took place in
the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Cobbs died at 8:30 o'clock on Thursday morning, March 24, at the residence
on East Madison Street after an illness of several years.
Born in the Campbellsville Community, she was the former Miss Mary Frances
Anderson, the daughter of the late Neil Anderson and Almanza Young Anderson. She
was a member of First Methodist Church and Circle No. 3 of the Women's Society
of Christian Service. She was a former member of the Pulaski Garden Club.
Mrs. Cobbs is survived by her husband, Rainey Cobbs, retired Pulaski
businessman; one sister, Miss Anne Anderson, Pulaski; one niece and three
nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COBBS, Robert Rainey The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jul 1965
Robert Rainey Cobbs, 75, well-known Giles County farmer and retired feed and
grain merchant, died early Saturday, July 24, at his home on East Madison Street
following a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. William H. Mansfield, the Rev. Billy Craighead and
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery with
Masonic rites.
Mr. Cobbs was a native Giles Countian, the son of the late Ambrose Houston and
Martha Ann Johnston Cobbs. He was born May 12, 1890.
He was a member of Moriah Presbyterian Church and was a 32nd degree Mason and a
Shriner. He was a stockholder and director of The Union Bank.
His wife, the former Miss Mary Frances Anderson Cobbs, died March 24, 1960/
The survivors include a sister, Mrs. Floyd Kimbrough of Pulask, five nieces and
eight nephews.
COBLE, Cleothas Sherman The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Cleothas Sherman Coble, 66, native of Giles County and
veteran of World War I, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Cornersville
Church of Christ with the burial in Mars Hill Cemetery. Mr. Coble, farmer and
director of the Cornersville Farmers Bank, died Thursday morning, July 19, at
his home following a heart attack.
Mr. Coble is survived by his wife, Mrs. Evalena Taylor Coble; and one sister,
Mrs. W. L. Pruitt, Cornersville.
COBLE, George Gray The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
George Gray Coble, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Coble of Goodsprings, was
killed Friday night, May 5, in a two-car collision near Park City, Ky., as he
and a companion were en route to Louisville to attend the Kentucky Derby on
Saturday.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Cool Springs Church
of Christ with Charles Gibbons, minister of the church, officiating. Burial was
in Giles Memory Gardens.
Born August 1, 1944, Coble was a native of Giles County and was graduated with
honors from Giles County High School in 1962. He was a senior student, majoring
in fine arts and economics, at Vanderbilt University and was scheduled to
graduate in August.
He was an outstanding high school student, active in Beta Club, Latin Club and
Future Teachers of America, and was voted by his fellow seniors as the "Most
Studious" student of his graduating class.
At Vanderbilt he was a student of Dr. Puryear Mims, professor and sculptor, and
planned a career related to fine arts.
The fatal accident occurred about 3� miles west of Park City on U. S. Highway
31W. State police said the car driven by Coble collided with a vehicle driven by
Terry Ellis Luck of Daleville, Ala. Luck was slightly injured. Richard Allen
Ellis, a Vanderbilt sophomore from Berkely Heights, N. J., a passenger in the
Coble car, was admitted to a Bowling Green hospital as a result of injuries
suffered in the collision and was listed in fair condition.
The parents, John H. and Sara Connell Coble, are young Coble's only survivors.
COBLE, Herman Woodrow The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Herman Woodrow Coble, 53, employee of Pulaski Rubber
Company, were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by Herbert McNeese, Church of Christ minister. Burial
took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Coble died Thursday, March 31, in Giles
County Hospital.
Born September 2, 1912, in Lincoln County, he was the son of John Marshall Coble
and Lizzie Smith Coble. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Coble is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Helen Harwell Coble; three sons,
Capt. Milan Coble, USAF, stationed in Viet Nam, and Alton Coble and Ray Coble,
both of Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Peggy Clifton, Nashville and Miss Nancy
Coble, Pulaski; ten grandchildren; two brothers, Floyd Coble, Texas and Marvin
Coble, Taft, Tenn.; and three sisters, Mrs. Rouchan Horton, Valdosta, Ga., Mrs.
Lena Smith and Mrs. Georgia Coggin, both of Frankewing.
COBLE, William Hutton The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jul 1967
William Hutton Coble, 44, native Giles Countian, died Sunday, July 2, of a heart
attack at the Federal Prison in Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with Tom Campbell, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Coble, born May 29, 1923, was the son of the late John H. and Olive Erwin Coble.
He had been in the prison since April, 1965, when he was sentenced to 25 years
for the robbery of a Charlotte, N. C. bank and was also under sentence for
robberies of the Bank of Frankewing and the Ardmore Branch of First National
Bank.
Coble twice escaped from Nashville jails, first in September 1963 whenhe was
awaiting prosecution for the $4,383 bank robbery at Frankewing on July 20, 1962,
and again in May 1964. After the first escape he was captured Jan. 9, 1964, at a
Fort Pierce, Fla., motel and returned to Tennessee for trial in the Ardmore
case.
On the second occasion, he walked out of the jail shortly after having been
admitted to await transfer to the federal prison in Atlanta to begin serving a
17-year sentence for the $34,623 robbery at Ardmore on Sept. 27, 1963.
Survivors include three brothers, John H. Coble, Jr., of Pulaski, Flournoy
English Coble of Nashville and Harwood Coble of Chapel Hill.
COCHRAN, Kate Colvett The Pulaski Citizen 13 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Colvett Cochran, 82, native of Giles County and
resident of Nashville, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in
Pettus-Owen-Wood Funeral Home in Nashville with the burial in Woodlawn Memorial
Park on Thompson Lane in that city.
She died Friday afternoon, April 3, in St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville.
Born September 5, 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Sam P.
Colvett and Josephine Morrow Colvett. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Cochran is survived by her husband, Arthur Cochran; one half-sister, Mrs.
Edna Stanfield, Sparta; and six nieces and nephews; including Mrs. Vema
Henderson, Mrs. Kenneth Wells and Mrs. Velmer Colvett, all of Giles County.
COE, Lessie Knight The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Lessie Knight Coe were held Monday afternoon, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home with the Rev. Riley
Moore, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Coe, the widow of Lessie F. Coe, died Friday night, May 10, in Tampa, Fla.
A native of Maury County, Mrs. Coe was the daughter of the late C. D. and Sally
Foster Knight.
Mrs. Coe, a member of the Church of Christ, had been living in Tampa, Fla. for
the past several years.
Survivors include one brother, C. W. Knight of McCain; three sisters, Mrs.
Lillie Walker, Mrs. Edgar Baites, both of Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Annie Cannon,
Athens, Ala.; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
COFFMAN, Bessie Blasingham The Pulaski Citizen 12 Oct 1966
Mrs. Bessie Blasingham Coffman, 90, died Tuesday morning, October 11 in Giles
County Hospital after an extended illness.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, October 12, at 2:00 o'clock in
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. R. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
She was born June 10, 1876, in Giles County, daughter of the late Mary Marelio
White and W. J. Blasingham, who were among the early settlers of Giles County.
She was educated at Pleasant Hill Academy at Stella, Bethany Presbyterian School
at Bryson and Davidson and Walker School at Pulaski, and taught in Giles County
and Clifton, Tenn. school prior to her marriage to James Dave Coffman on June
23, 1899.
Mrs. Coffman was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski, and was very
active in church work before her illness.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Mary Coffman Rambo; one grandson, J. D.
Coffman, III; and six great-grandchildren.
COFFMAN, Marie Burton The Pulaski Citizen 5 Sep 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Burton Coffman, 50, widow of Pulaski businessman
J. D. Coffman, Jr., were held at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning at Bennett-May
Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. Wallace Carr and the Rev. Robert Neal Dean,
Presbyterian ministers. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Coffman died on Saturday morning September 1, at Giles County
Hospital.
A native of Lawrenceburg, born June 4, 1912, she was the daughter of the late
Dr. W. M. Burton and Mrs. Claude Stockard Burton. She was a member of First
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Coffman died in 1959.
Mrs. Coffman is survived by two sons, J. D. Coffman, III, and Wilson Burton
Coffman; four grandchildren; all of Pulaski; one brother, Wilson Burton,
Nashville; and one sister, Mrs. Jane Schwabenton, Crewe, Va.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COFFMAN, Wilson Burton The Pulaski Citizen 8 Dec 1965
Wilson Burton Coffman, 25, Pulaski businessman, died at 8:30 o'clock Thursday
night, Dec. 2, in Maury County Hospital after an illness of several months.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. R. Neal Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian Church,
and the Rev. William Brown of Columbia officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Pulaski, Mr. Coffman was born Dec. 9, 1939, the son of the late
James David Coffman, Jr. and Marie Burton Coffman.
He was graduated from Columbia Military Academy and attended Vanderbilt
University, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was an active
member of First Presbyterian Church, and held membership in the Pulaski Rotary
Club, Elks Lodge 1827 and Hillcrest Country Club.
With his brother, J. D. Coffman III, he was co-owner of Coffman Oil Company
which distributes Phillips 66 products in Giles, Lawrence and Wayne Counties.
In addition to his brother, survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jerry Sue Johnson
Coffman; a son, Wilson B. Coffman, Jr.; two daughters, Mary Hailey and Jennifer
Lee Coffman; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. J. D. Coffman, Jr.
COGGIN, Mary Kate "Katie" Tarpley The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Kate Tarpley Coggin, 89, widow of John Coggin,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Leo Bunt, and the Rev. W. C. Moorehead of
Fayetteville. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Coggin, the last member of her immediate family, died early Monday morning,
March 1, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. Moorehead, on Old Highway 15.
Born June 20, 1875, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Fletcher Tarpley and Eliza Keeling Tarpley. She was a member of the Baptist
Church.
In addition to Mrs. Moorehead, Mrs. Coggin is survived by another daughter, Mrs.
R. T. Adkins, Pulaski; eleven grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren and
two great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COKER, Herbert Henry The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1968
Graveside services for Herbert Henry Coker, 63, a resident of Jacksonville,
Fla., will be held Friday morning, April 26, at 11 o'clock in Lynnwood Cemetery,
with Gilbert Shaffer, Church of Christ minister officiating.
Mr. Coker, a former resident of Giles County, died Monday, April 22, at his home
in Jacksonville, Fla.
A native of Alabama, Mr. Coker was born February 28, 1905.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Florence K. Coker; and one brother, J. T.
Coker, Evergreen, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLBERT, John The Pulaski Citizen 18 Mar 1964
Funeral services for John Colbert, 69, husband of A Giles Countian, were held at
one o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the Pisgah Cemetery. Mr.
Colbert died Friday morning, March 13, at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Mich.
A resident of Detroit, he was born March 15, 1895, in Louisport, Ky.
Mr. Colbert is survived by his wife, Mrs. Arcenia Parr Colbert, native Giles
Countian; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLBERT, John Lipton The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1962
Services were held Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home for John Lipton
Colbert, 81, owner of Colbert garage and trucking line, who died at his home
here Saturday, February 24. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Colbert had operated Colbert Brothers Garage since 1927, with his sons, Clarence
and the late Richard Colbert, taking over interest in the business during recent
year.
He was a member of the Church of Christ .
Colbert was born Sept. 11, 1880, in Giles County, son of Valarie and Margaret
Hare Colbert. His wife was the late Ethel Arthur.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eugene Eslick, Pulaski and Mrs. D. M.
Grammar, Nashville; a son, Clarence L. Colbert of Pulaski; a foster daughter,
Mrs. Woodrow Barlar of Pulaski; 15 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
COLE, Catherine A. "Rena" Callahan Worsham The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1964
Mrs. George W. Cole, 77, the former Miss Catherine A. Callahan, died at 12:05 on
Wednesday morning, January 1, at her home on South Second Street in Pulaski,
after a long illness. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 o'clock on Thursday
evening in the chapel at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the funeral rites taking
place at 11:00 o'clock on Friday morning at the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church. Burial will take place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born August 12, 1886, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Owen
Callahan and Mary Lorigan Callahan. Mr. Cole died several years ago.
Mrs. Cole is survived by one son by a previous marriage, William Edward Worsham,
Pulaski; three daughters, Miss Jane Cole, Mrs. L. Hilton Andrews, Nashville, and
Mrs. John H. McCord, Jr., Columbia; five grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Dan Callahan, Columbia. Bennett-May
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Carl William The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Carl William Cole, 56, retired Railroadman, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Cole, who had been in declining health, died unexpectedly Friday
morning, July 6, at his home on East Cemetery Street.
Born in Giles County, December 24, 1905, he was the son of the late John S. Cole
and Fannie Cole Cole.
Mr. Cole is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ellie Redd Cole; a step-daughter, Miss Jo
Nell Stone, Nashville; two sisters, Mrs. Reynolds Shaw, Pulaski, and Mrs. Mary
English, Chattanooga.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Charles Mann The Pulaski Citizen 26 Mar 1969
Funeral services for Charles Mann Cole, 81, were held Monday morning, March 24,
at 10:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Cole died Saturday, March 22, in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, he was born December 11, 1887, the son of the late
Taylor Cole and Jane Ellison Cole.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maggie Lucile Scruggs Cole, Pulaski; one
step-daughter, Mrs. Edward Wilburn, Pulaski; one step-grandchild; one brother,
Herman Cole, Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Flournoy The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Flournoy Cole, 82, retired farmer, and Beech Hill School
caretaker for several years, were held at one o'clock Monday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Pink Griggs, Rev. A. W. Holden
and J. H. McCord. Burial took place in New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Cole died Friday,
November 17, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lester Mangrum on Childers
Street, after a period of declining health.
A native of Giles County, he was born April 4, 1879, the son of the late Richard
Cole and Sara Elizabeth Creecy Cole.
Mr. Cole is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Aleane Mangrum and Mrs. Roy Pratt,
Pulaski, Mrs. Frank Williamson, Goodspring, and Mrs. Ralph Wheeler, Velienople,
Pa.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Kelly Marks, Pulaski; five grandchildren, two
great-grandchildren; on sister, Mrs. Sam Whitsett, Pulaski, and one brother, Sam
Cole, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Lavestia Weaver The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Lavesta Weaver Cole, 78, resident of the Pisgah
Community, were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. J. T. Parsons, Methodist minister, and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Red Hill Cemetery in
Livingston, Tenn. Mrs. Cole, who was in declining health, was dead on arrival at
2:15 o'clock Tuesday morning, September 24, at Giles County Hospital; her death
attributed to a heart attack.
Born March 3, 1885, in Cumberland County, she was the daughter of the late G. W.
Weaver and Mary Patton Weaver. Her husband, Joseph R. Cole, died fifty-five
years ago. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Cole is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William T. Eason, Pisgan, with whom
she lived, and Mrs. S. H. Thompson, Nashville; five grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren; and two brothers, J. T. Weaver, Louisville, Ky., and T. E.
Weaver, Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Mary Eliza Mitchell The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eliza Mitchell Cole, 77, widow of R. B. Cole and
resident of Pulaski, will be held at 11 o'clock on Thursday morning at Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield. Burial will take place in
New Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Cole died on Tuesday night, July 26, at her home after a
long illness.
Born April 13, 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late T. F.
Mitchell and Mattie B. Brown Mitchell.
Mrs. Cole is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W. B. Thurman, Pulaski, and Mrs. W.
M. Johnson, Atlanta, Ga.; one son, L. G. Burns, McBurg; seven grandchildren and
fourteen great-grandchildren; three step-daughters, Mrs. George Lanier and Mrs.
T. B. Marks, Pulaski, and Mrs. Mary Bonds, Lynnville; one step-son, Brown Cole;
one brother, H. A. Mitchell, Frankewing; four half-brothers, Kenneth Mitchell
and Dean Mitchell, both of Giles County, and Holley Mitchell and Ed Mitchell,
Lincoln County; and four half-sisters, Mrs. Blanche Crabtree and Mrs. Nora
Bevels, Petersburg, Mrs. Odie Bland, McBurg, and Mrs. Tully Bolton, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Mollie Daws The Pulaski Citizen 13 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie Daws Cole, 88, widow of John Cole, were held at
11 o'clock Saturday morning at New Zion Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Lloyd L. Hickman, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Cole died at her home in the Sumac Community on Thursday, February 7, after
a long illness.
Born March 12, 1874, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Daws and Caroline Curtis Daws.
Mrs. Cole is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Ed Cook, Mrs. Mary Mitchell and
Mrs. Emmett Martin, Pulaski, and Mrs. Athene Carter, Louisville, Ky.; sixteen
grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Daisy
Vernon, Lenoir City, Tenn., and Mrs. Nannie Doss, Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Myrtle Thompson The Pulaski Citizen 21 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Thompson Cole, 65, widow of W. C. Cole, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ with the
burial in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Cole died at 4:55 Monday morning, November
19, at Mid-State Baptist Hospital, after a two week illness. Born February 10,
1897 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William Blake Thompson
and Sara Katherine McGill Thompson. She was a member of the Minor Hill Church of
Christ.
Her husband, W. C. Cole, Sr., died July 2 of this year.
Mrs. Cole is survived by one son, W. C. Cole, Jr., Minor Hill; four daughters,
Mrs. James Hutton, Tullahoma, Mrs. Robert C. Holt, Madison, Mrs. Roy R.
Maultsby, Jr., Nashville, and Mrs. Joe Richter, Knoxville, and five
grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Orman The Pulaski Citizen 18 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Orman Cole, 69, retired mill worker, were held Friday at
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Cole died
Thursday, March12, in Giles County Hospital after a period of declining health.
Born August 14, 1894, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Samuel H. Cole
and Willie Rebecca Cole Cole.
Mr. Cole is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mallie Richardson Cole; one brother,
Robert Cole, Pulaski; and six sisters, Mrs. George Beavers, Mrs. Elmo Tate, Mrs.
Iliff Tate and Miss Hattie Cole, Pulaski, Mrs. Hazel O'Neal, Columbia, and Mrs.
Jasper Love, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Robert William The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Robert William Cole, 66, retired painter, were held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Cole died Thursday, January 7, in Giles County Hospital.
Born December 6, 1898, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel H. Cole.
Mr. Cole is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Johnson Cole; a daughter, Mrs.
Royce Tucker, Pulaski; and six sisters, Mrs. Elmo Tate, Mrs. Iliff Tate, Miss
Hattie Cole and Mrs. George Beaver, Pulaski, and Mrs. Jasper Lane, Nashville,
and Mrs. Hazel O'Neal, Columbia.
He was a brother of Orman Cole who died March 12, 1964/
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Sammie N. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Sammie N. Cole, approximately 70, a native of Giles County,
and resident of Louisville, Ky., will be held at 2 o'clock Friday in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Diana Cemetery. Mr. Cole died
Tuesday afternoon, October 26, in a Louisville hospital.
He was the son of the late Richard Cole and Sarah Creecy Cole.
Mr. Cole is survived by three sons, Edward Cole and Wilson Cole, both of
Louisville and William Howard Cole, Beloit, Wis.; one daughter, Mrs. Sarah
Feusner, Louisville; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews who
reside in Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLE, Wilburn C. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jul 1962
Wilburn C. Cole, Sr., member of the Giles County Quarterly Court for about 25
years, died Monday, July 2, in the Giles County Hospital after a brief illness.
Cole, a retired farmer, was 78. He served as county magistrate for three
eight-year terms. An elder in the Minor Hill Church of Christ, he was also
active in civic affairs.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 4, at Minor Hill Church of Christ
with Tommy Vernon and Clyde Balderson officiating. Burial was in the Minor Hill
Cemetery. Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Thompson Cole; four daughters, Mrs.
James Hutton, Tullahoma, Mrs. Roy Maultsby, Nashville, Mrs. Robert C. Holt,
Madison, and Mrs. Joe Richter, Knoxville; one son, W. C. Cole, Jr., Goodspring;
three sisters, Mrs. Anna C. Daniel, Prospect, Mrs. Russell Gilbert, Akron, Ohio,
and Mrs. Ray Davis, Lawrenceburg; and one brother, Earl Cole, Nashville.
He was the son of the late Lewis and Elizabeth Balch Cole.
COLE, William Milton Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jun 1968
William Milton Thomas Cole, 82, died Wednesday, May 29, in Dallas, Texas.
Funeral services for Mr. Cole were held Friday afternoon, May 31, at 2:30
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Wayne Brashears
of Dallas, Texas, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Cole was born January 24, 1886, the son of the
late Tom and Molly Brownlow Cole. His wife was the late Ella M. Cole.
Survivors include three sons, Thomas Jack Cole, Dallas, Texas, W. E Cole,
Mobile, Ala., Clattie Will Cole, Shelbyville; one daughter, Mrs. Hattie Story,
Dallas, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Eddie Shelton, Ardmore; seven grandchildren; and
thirteen great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLEMAN, James Elliott Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Oct 1969
James Elliott Coleman, Sr., 61, died Monday afternoon, October 27, in Giles
County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Coleman, employee of the Genesco Corp. for 45 years,
were conducted Wednesday afternoon, October 29, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Phillip R. Pitt officiating. Burial
was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, he was born December 7, 1907, the son of the late
James S. and Viola Haywood Coleman.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mildred Bernett Coleman; three sons, Ray C.
Coleman, San Antonio, Texas, James E. Coleman, Minor Hill, Kenneth Coleman,
Decatur, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Lois Golba, Pulaski; one brother, Otha
Coleman, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Lorean Kelly and Miss Irene Coleman,
Nashville; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
COLEMAN, Mattie Mae Wheeler Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Mae Wheeler Phillips Coleman, 66, WAC during
World War II, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of
Williams Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with Bennett-May Funeral Home of Pulaski
in charge of arrangements. Burial will take place in the family plot in
Greenwood Church of Christ Cemetery on Weakley Creek in Giles County. Mrs.
Coleman died at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, February 2, in Veterans Hospital
in Nashville, after several weeks illness.
Born September 30, 1898, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Will
L. Wheeler and Ada Reynolds Wheeler. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Coleman is survived by two children by a previous marriage, a son, Bryson
Phillips, Cedar Falls, Iowa; one daughter, Mrs. Jim Floyd, Mt. Pleasant; four
grandchildren; and two brothers, Lester Wheeler, Lebanon, N. H., and Reynolds
Wheeler, Lawrenceburg.
COLLINS, Abner Malcolm The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Abner Malcolm Collins, 59, were held Sunday, December 31,
at 2 p. m. in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Revs. Frank Ledford
and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Bee Spring Cemetery.
Mr. Collins, a retired farmer, died Friday, December 29, in Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
A native of Lincoln County, Mr. Collins was born June 23, 1908, the son of the
late Charlie Collins and Annie Pearl Brady Collins. He was the husband of Ozella
Mitchell Collins.
In addition to his wife, survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Donald Hagood,
Pulaski; one son, Charles Thomas Collins, Houston, Texas; three grandchildren;
three sisters, Mrs. Malvern Caldwell and Mrs. Don Risner, Fayetteville, and Mrs.
Dean Mitchell, Indiana.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLLINS, Drake McCrory The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1961
Drake McCrory Collins, Sr., 77, well known businessman and former Giles County
Trustee, died Friday, February 24, at the home of his son, D. M. Collins, Jr.,
at Savannah Beach, Ga., following a coronary thrombosis.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 p. m. Sunday at Bennett-May Funeral Home
with Dr. William H. Mansfield officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Collins was a native of Giles County, the son of the late Robert Bugg and
Lula Moore Collins. He attended Abernathy-Luna Preparatory School in Pulaski and
was a member of its football team, the first to be formed in the town.
For a number of years he was a salesman for a tailoring firm and later operated
a dry cleaning business. He served for one term as Trustee and in recent years
had been one of Pulaski's most familiar figures as he tended his popcorn stand
at the southeast corner of First and Madison Streets. He was a member of First
Methodist Church.
His wife, the former Miss Cora Barrett of Covington, died a number of years ago.
Survivors include two other sons, Robert Collins of Anniston, Ala., Richard
Collins of Dyersburg; six grandchildren, Drake M. III, Marvin and Duane of
Savannah Beach, Tanya of Anniston, Richard Jr. and Robert of Dyersburg and two
sisters, Mrs. H. N. Rees and Mrs. Calvin Dale of Fayetteville. Mr. Collins was
an uncle of Miss Lucile G. Hunter of Pulaski.
COLLINS, Jesse M. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Jesse M. Collins, 86, retired farmer of the Sumac
Community, were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at New Zion Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelon, Baptist minister, and R. A. Johns.
Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Collins died at 8 o'clock on
Thursday night, December 5, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fred Coggins, on
Route 5.
Born August 28, 1877, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Collins
and Fannie Adcock Collins. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Collins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Newton Collins; three sons,
Alta Lee Collins, Columbia, Willie Collins, Beech Hill, and Raymond Collins,
Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs. Fred Coggins and Mrs. Luther Porterfield, Pulaski,
Mrs. Eris Journey, Cornersville, and Mrs. Duffie Frazier, Webber Falls, Okla.;
twenty-two grandchildren and thirty-one great-grandchildren; and three brothers,
Charlie Collins, Pulaski, and Tom Collins and George Collins, Alabama.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLLINS, John Elvis The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
John Elvis Collins was killed instantly at 1 p. m. Tuesday about three miles
east of Pulaski on U.S. Highway 64, when struck by a car driven by Edward
McCracken Marks, 20, of Frankewing.
Marks was driving west on the federal highway and passing another vehicle at the
same time a small foreign car heading east, pulled out on the highway from
Collins Grocery. The Marks car sideswiped the foreign car on the right front
side, then crashed into a gasoline pump and kerosene tank, sheared off an
electric line pole and ripped up 100 feet of fence before coming to rest in a
field.
A transformer from the broken utility pole fell and ignited kerosene which was
spilled on the ground. The fire swept up the roadside for 100 feet and slightly
burned the corner of the store, before it was extinguished by Pulaski firemen.
Collins had just given directions to the driver of the foreign car, identified
as Clarence J. Seaman, 42, Columbus, Miss., and was standing in front of his
store when he was struck and knocked some 15 or 20 feet into a fence off the
northwest corner of the store building.
Funeral services for Mr. Collins will be at 10 a. m. Thursday at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial will be in Wright
Cemetery in Lincoln County.
COLLINS, Lou Orr The Pulaski Citizen 23 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. W. W. Collins, 87, native Giles Countian, were held at
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Diana Methodist Church, with the rites
conducted by the Rev. J. C. Elkins, Methodist minister. Burial took place in
Diana Cemetery. Mrs. Collins died at 11 o'clock Monday night, December 21, in
Fairhaven Nursing Home in Pulaski.
Born June 26, 1877, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Lou Orr, the
daughter of the late Wiley Orr and Fannie Burgess Orr.
Her husband, W. W. Collins, Diana merchant, died several years ago.
Mrs. Collins is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Slater Varnell, Lookout Mountain;
one son, W. W. Collins, Mobile, Ala.; one granddaughter, Miss Dianna Collins,
New Orleans, La.; and one brother, Burt Orr, Ormand Beach, Fla.
COLLINS, Ruth Porter The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1963
Mrs. Wilson Collins, 65, native Pulaskian and resident of Knoxville, died
Friday, October 11, at University Hospital, Knoxville, following a heart attack.
Graveside services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, conducted by the Rev. Billy Craighead and the Rev. R. Neal
Dean.
The former Miss Ruth Porter, she was born and reared in Pulaski, the daughter of
the late Robert H. Porter and Courtney White Porter. She had resided in
Knoxville since 1927.
Her husband, Wilson Collins, also a native Pulaskian, was football coach at
Knoxville High School from 1928 to 1941. He played football at Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, and was a professional baseball player for several years
before becoming a football coach. Mr. Collins died in 1941.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Collins is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Chambliss F. Pierce, Knoxville;
two grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Rankin Rhea, Miss Janie Porter and
Mrs. John Edward Roe, all of Pulaski.
COLLINS, Sam Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1966
Sam Floyd Collins, 50, Fayetteville plumber and electrician, died Wednesday,
July 6, in Leonard's Hospital, Lewisburg, of injuries received in a traffic
accident on July 1.
Funeral services were held Friday at Ralston Funeral Home, Fayetteville, with
burial in Wright Cemetery near Boonshill.
Mr. Collins was injured in a two-car collision on Highway 110 about two miles
south of Fayetteville. Mrs. Homer Boggs of Ardmore, driver of the other
automobile, was seriously injured and remains hospitalized in a Huntsville,
Ala., hospital.
A native of Lincoln County, Mr. Collins was the son of Charlie Matt and Pearl
Brady Collins.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Grace Rhyner Collins; two daughters, Mrs. Doris
Bates of Peoria, Ill., and Mrs. Joyce McDonald of Fayetteville; two sons, Samuel
Dwight and Donald Collins, both of Fayetteville; a brother, Malcolm Collins of
the Bunker Hill Community; three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Mitchell of Indianapolis,
Ind., Mrs. Verne Caldwell and Mrs. Lillie Vance Rhyner, both of Fayetteville;
and five grandchildren.
COLLINS, Tom Robert The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Funeral services for Tom Robert Collins, 83, who died Sunday, July 16, in a
Tuscaloosa, Ala., hospital, will be conducted Thursday, July 20, at 10:00 a.m.
in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. The Rev. Mack Pinkelton will officiate
and burial will be in the New Zion Cemetery.
Mr. Collins, a native of Tennessee, was born October, 1883, the son of the late
John and Fannie Adcock Collins.
Survivors include two sons, Charlie Collins, Giles County, and George Collins,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLLINS, Willie G. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Willie G. Collins, Sr., framer and merchant of Fairview
Community, Lincoln County, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday, March 5, at Higgins
Funeral Home, Fayetteville. Burial took place in the Barnes Cemetery. Mr.
Collins was dead on arrival at Jones Clinic, Fayetteville, following a heart
attack suffered at the home of a neighbor, J. O. Harris.
Mr. Collins was a native of Lincoln County, the son of the late Sam A. Collins
and Alice Smith Collins.
The survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lula Milliken, Fayetteville and Mrs.
Will Aubrey Parr, Pulaski; three sons, W. G. Collins, Jr., Franklin, Lewis
Collins, Chicago, Ill., and Ray Collins, Fayetteville; ten grandchildren and one
brother, Ode Collins, Lincoln County.
COLVETT, David Dee The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1966
Funeral services for David Dee Colvett, 73, retired farmer of the Campbellsville
community, will be conducted Thursday afternoon, December 8, at 2:00 p. m. at
the Marcella Falls Church of Christ with Gilbert Tyler, minister of the church,
officiating. Burial will be in the Colvett Family Cemetery.
Mr. Colvett died Tuesday morning, December 6, in Maury County Hospital, after
suffering a stroke on Thursday. He was born in Giles County on March 16, 1893,
the son of the late James C. and Eliza Ussery Colvett. He was a member of the
Church of Christ.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. R. L. Clifton, Mrs. Carl Tomerlin,
Lynnville, Mrs. Willard Workman, Mrs. Harlan McKissack, Mt. Pleasant, and Mrs.
Calvin Bradly, Columbia; two sons, Bruce, of Ethridge and Cordie Colvett,
Lynnville; eighteen grandchildren; one brother, John Colvett, Brick Church; and
one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lewis Colvett.
COLVETT, James Lewis The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1964
Funeral services for James Lewis Colvett, 49, resident of Flat Rock, Mich., will
be held at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Colvett died of a heart attack on Sunday
morning, February 23, at his home.
Born July 10, 1914, in Giles County, he was the son of D. D. Colvett of
Campbellsville and the late Allie Dugger Colvett. He was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Mr. Colvett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Watson Colvett; two sons, John
David Colvett and Johnny Colvett, of the home address; two brothers, Bruce
Colvett, Ethridge, and Cordie Colvett, Lynnville; and five sisters, Mrs. R. L.
Clifton and Mrs. Carl Tomerlin, Giles County, Mrs. Willard Workman and Mrs.
Harlan McKissick, both of Mt. Pleasant, and Mrs. Calvin Bardley, Knoxville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLVETT, James Polk The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1960
Graveside funeral services for James Polk Colvett, 76, retired farmer of Giles
County, were held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Lucy Cemetery in the
Fourteenth Civil District, with the rite conducted by G. C. Fox, Church of
Christ minister. Mr. Colvett died on Thursday, April 14, at Jackson Clinic at
Lester, Ala., after a short illness.
Born July 25, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James Carroll
Colvett and Elzie Ussery Colvett. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He
had lived in Giles County the greater part of his life but had moved to Elkmont,
Ala., in recent years.
His wife, Mrs. Myrtle Seagroves Colvett, died eighteen years ago.
Mr. Colvett is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W. D. Hight, Pulaski; two sons,
Virgil Colvett, Legg Town, Ala., and Brown Colvett, Elkmont, Ala.; eleven
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and two brothers, John Colvett,
Brick Church and Dee Colvett, Route 1, Ethridge.
COLVETT, Jessie Lee Hickman The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Lee Hickman Colvett, 73, of the Brick Church
Community, who died early Tuesday, June 25, at Gordon's Hospital, Lewisburg,
were held today (Wednesday) at Pulaski Funeral Home with Billy Cole, Church of
Christ minister, officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville.
Mrs. Colvett, wife of John Colvett and daughter of the late Noah and Liza Sneed
Hickman, was born in Giles County on May 25, 1890. She was a member of the
Church of Christ.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, John Allen Colvett of
Brick Church; five daughters, Miss Juan Colvett of Brick Church, Mrs. Ernie
Crabtree of Prospect, Mrs. Lacey McGee of Lewisburg, Mrs. Buford Brewer of
Nashville and Mrs. Forrest Tate of McMinnville; two sisters, Mrs. Lennie Goats
of Pulaski and Mrs. Jim Goats of Columbia; fourteen grandchildren and twelve
great-grandchildren.
COLVETT, John Allen The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
John Allen Colvett, 47, died Sunday, October 8. Services were conducted Monday
afternoon, October 9, at 3:30 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
with Bill Cole officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Colvett was born in Giles County on January 30, 1920, the son of John J.
Colvett, and the late Mrs. Jessie Hickman Colvett.
In addition to his father, he is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Ernie Crabtree,
Kedron, Miss Juan Colvett, Giles County, Mrs. Lacy McGee, Lewisburg, Mrs. Buford
Brewer, Nashville, and Mrs. Ray Tate, McMinnville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COLVIN, Jesse P. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Sep 1968
Jesse P. Colvin, 63, well-known former Pulaski automobile dealer died Thursday,
Aug. 29, in a Huntsville, Ala., hospital following a short illness.
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Friday at Bennett-May Chapel with the
Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Colvin was born June 9, 1905, near Boaz, Ala., the son of Ed W. and the late
Cindy Ragsdale Colvin., and move to Pulaski in 1933. He was married in 1924 to
the former Miss Rosie Mae Lockridge who died abut 20 years ago. In 1959 he moved
to Cullman, Ala., and served for a time as a field man for a cable TV firm out
of Huntsville and then again entered the automobile business. He was a Baptist.
Survivors, in addition to his father are his wife, Mrs. Oda Lee Gatlin Colvin,
formerly of Pulaski; one son, J. Patrick Colvin, Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs.
Davy Edwards, St. Simons Island, Ga., Mrs. Mark Dunavant of Campbellsville, Mrs.
Bill Lee Biles of Nashville and Mrs. Ray Hughes of Murfreesboro; two
step-daughters, Mrs. Joe Felker of Nashville and Mrs. Jim Davis of Elkmont,
Ala.; a stepson, Tommy Williams of Bowling Green, Ky.; three brothers, C. A.
Colvin of Columbia, A. B. Colvin of Guntersville, Ala., and Carl Colvin of West
Palm Beach, Fla.; four sisters, Mrs. Jess Cooper, Mrs. Floyd Douglas, Mrs. Ray
Hendrix and Mrs. Edna Copeland, all of Alabama; and 23 grandchildren.
COLVIN, Sadie Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1967
Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Andrew Colvin, who died January
12, in Berrian Springs, Mich., where she had made her home with her son, A. J.
Colvin, for the past several years.
She was the former Miss Sadie Abernathy, daughter of the late Judge and Mrs.
Andrew J. Abernathy.
COMER, Calvin Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 31 May 1967
Calvin Taylor Comer, 66, retired farmer, died Thursday, May 25, at his home in
the Goodsprings Community.
Services were conducted Friday, May 26, at 2:00 p. m. at the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in the Mt. Zion
Cemetery.
Mr. Comer, a native of Giles County, was born October 3, 1900, the son of the
late John and Roxie Roberts Comer.
Survivors include two sons, Gene Comer, Giles County, and William Comer,
Chicago, Ill.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Colene Norwood, Chicago.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COMER, Rachel Harris The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Rachel Harris Comer, 61, were conducted on Tuesday
afternoon, November 8, at 1:00 o'clock, at Mt. Zion Methodist Church, with
burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery. The Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiated.
Mrs. Comer, who died at the home in Minor Hill, was born in Giles County on
September 13, 1905, the daughter of the late Henry Harris and Ollie Belew
Harris.
She is survived by her husband, Calvin Comer; one daughter, Mrs. Colene Norwood,
Chicago, Ill.; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs.
Florine Tankersley, Mrs. Cennie Tankersley, both of Minor Hill, and Mrs. Addie
Brown, California; and one brother, Elmer Harris, Lynnville.
COMPTON, Clayton N. The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Clayton N. Compton, 55, employee of Redstone Arsenal at
Huntsville, Ala., for a number of years, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at Lakewood Methodist Church with the burial in Huntsville Cemetery.
Mr. Compton died of a heart attack on Friday, March 1, at a Huntsville hospital.
Born and reared at Lynnville in Giles County, he was the son of the late Newton
Compton and Lillian Abernathy Compton.
Mrs. Compton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eleanor Landis Compton; four sons,
Don Compton, Huntsville, Ala., R. H. Compton, Birmingham, Ala., William Compton,
Houston, Texas, and Kenneth Compton, Johannesburg, South Africa; two daughters,
Mrs. Robert Moon, Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Jim Childress, Columbus, Ga.;
nineteen grandchildren; and five sisters, Miss Mary Compton, Mrs. J. R.
Thomason, Mrs. H. B. Locke and Mrs. Paul Adams, all of Nashville, and Mrs. J. D.
Woodard, Lynnville.
COMPTON, Florence Fry The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Fry Compton, 87, resident of the Lynnville
section, were held at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Lynnville Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Ollie Brinkley, pastor of the church. Burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Compton
died at 8:15 o'clock Monday night, January 29, at Maury County Hospital, having
entered the day before. She had been in declining health several months.
A lifelong resident of the Lynnville community, she was born August 29, 1874,
the daughter of the late Nimrod Porter Fry and Missouri Carolina Sands Fry, and
was the widow of Zopher Elihue Compton who died in 1941. She was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Compton is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ella Pinkelton, Columbia, Mrs.
Minnie Carpenter and Mrs. Mavis Shrader, Lynnville; five sons, Holt Compton,
Jarrett Compton, and John Compton, Detroit, Mich., Porter Compton, Nashville,
and Zopher Compton, Columbia; eighteen grandchildren and seventeen
great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COMPTON, Holt The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1969
Holt Compton, 70, of Elk Rapids, Michigan died Sunday morning, February 16, of a
heart attack.
Funeral services for Mr. Compton were conducted Wednesday afternoon, February
19, at 2:30 o'clock at Wilhelm Funeral Home in Elk Rapids, Michigan. Burial was
in Elk Rapids.
Mr. Compton, a native of Giles County, was the son of the late Zophar and
Florence Fry Compton. He was a retired employee of Parke-Davis Medical Company
in Detroit, Mich.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Byers Compton; three brothers, John
Compton, Detroit, Mich., Porter Compton, Nashville, Zophar Compton, Columbia;
three sisters, Mrs. Clyde Pinkleton, Columbia, Mrs. James Shrader and Mrs.
Minnie C. Carpenter of Lynnville.
COMPTON, Jarrett The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Funeral services for Jarrett Compton, 65, will be conducted Thursday, October
19, at Harrison Fuenral Home in Detroit, Mich., with burial in that city.
Mr. Compton, a native of Giles County, died Monday, October 16, in Detroit. He
was the son of the late Zophar and Florence Fry Compton, born March 4, 1902.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Florence Smith Compton, Detroit; three
daughters, Misses Shirley, Alene, and Carol Compton, all of Detroit; one son,
Bobby Compton, Detroit; six grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Clyde Pinkelton,
Columbia, Mrs. James Shrader and Mrs. Minnie C. Carpenter, Giles County; four
brothers, Porter Compton, Nashville, Zophar Compton, Jr., Columbia and John and
Holt Compton, Detroit.
COMPTON, Jo Peacher Braden The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1966
Graveside services for Mrs. Frank G. Compton, 76, Tuscumbia, Ala. resident, and
native of the Lynnville Community, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in
Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mrs. Compton died at 1:15 o'clock Sunday
morning, March 12, at Kelly's Nursing Home in Tuscumbia, after an extended
illness.
Born January 28, 1890, she was the former Jo Peacher Braden, daughter of the
late Joe Braden and Mary Peacher Braden. Her husband, Frank G. Compton, was an
employee of the Lynnville Bank until the family moved a number of years ago to
Tuscumbia where he became associated with the bank in that city.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Compton is survived by her husband; and one son, Tom Compton, Columbia.
COMPTON, John Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 7 Nov 1963
Funeral services for John Thomas Compton, 66, retired L&N Railroad employee,
were held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Compton died at 4:30 o'clock on Thursday
afternoon, November 1, at Giles County Hospital
after a long period of declining health.
Born August 15, 1896, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late R. B. and
Sarah Ellis Compton. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Compton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Virginia Smith Compton; three
sisters, Mrs. F. T. Rudd, Pulaski, Mrs. J. H. Ealy, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Alex
Reed, Fayetteville; and one brother, J. W. Compton, Delina.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COMPTON, Malcolm The Pulaski Citizen 11 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Malcolm Compton, 55, automobile company employee for many
years, will be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Detroit, Mich., with
the burial in that city. Mr. Compton died on Monday, October 9, at a Detroit
hospital after a long illness.
Born November 24, 1905, he was born in Giles County, the son of Mrs. Florence
Fry Compton and the late Zophar Compton. Twenty-nine years ago he moved to
Detroit.
He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Compton is survived by his wife; one son, Terry Lee Compton, Detroit; five
brothers, Holt Compton, Jarrett Compton, and John Compton, Detroit, Porter
Compton, Nashville, and Zophar Compton, Columbia; and three sisters, Mrs. Clyde
Pinkelton, Columbia, and Mrs. G. C. Carpenter and Mrs. James Shrader, Lynnville.
COMPTON, Thomas Monroe The Pulaski Citizen 21 Mar 1962
Thomas Monroe Compton, 81, native of Giles County, died on Monday afternoon,
March 19, at his home in Shawnee, Okla., where he had been making his home for
more than four decades. He had been in declining health for several months.
Funeral rites took place at 2:30 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon with burial in
that city.
Mr. Compton, retired employee of the Oklahoma Public Utilites Company in
Shawnee, was born August 9, 1879, in Giles County, the son of the late John
Compton and Ann Brown Compton. He was a member of the United Brethren Church and
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge.
His wife, a native of Oklahoma, died fifteen or more years ago.
Mr. Compton is survived by two brothers, Frank Compton, Tuscumbia, Ala., and
Brown Compton, Dallas, Texas.
COOK, Ada Clark The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Clark Cook, 92, native of Giles County, were held
at 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Cook who has been a resident of the Austin Hewitt
Home in Pulaski for many years, died in a Nashville hospital on Wednesday, June
12, following a long period of declining health.
Born January 6, 1871, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Clark and Mary Ann Burgess Clark.
Mrs. Cook is survived by two step-sons, J. E. Cook, Pulaski, and A. M. Cook,
Nashville; and three step-daughters, Mrs. W. M. Compton, Elkmont, Ala., Mrs. C.
M. Crawford, Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Iris Ridner, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COOK, Arthur M. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Arthur M. Cook, 86, retired Birmingham, Ala., railroad
employee, will be held at 12:30 o'clock Thursday in Roebuck Funeral Home with
the burial in Oakland Cemetery in that city. Mr. Cook died Tuesday, February 8,
at his home, following a period of declining health.
Mr. Cook is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Mae Cook; five daughters, Mrs.
Hayes Holland, Pulaski, Tenn., Mrs. Earl Posey, Mrs. George Hayden and Mrs Carl
Miller, all of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. R. D. Fogg, Athens, Ala.; two sons,
Arthur M. Cook, Jr., Fort Smith, Ark., Ga., and Harold L. Cook, Lafayette, Ga.;
and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
COOK, Asa Moore The Pulaski Citizen 8 May 1968
Asa Moore Cook, 68, died Monday, May 6, in a Nashville hospital.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, May 8, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. David Claypool officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Cook was the husband of the late Mrs. Elise Newton Cook.
Survivors include three sons, William M., Kenneth T., and Harold F. Cook, all of
Nashville; three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Pendergrass, Mrs. Ruby G. Wheeler,
both of Nashvile, and Mrs. Janie M. Palmer, Smyrna; six grandchildren; three
sisters, Mrs. Iris Ridner, Giles County, Mrs. Lizzie Compton, Elkmont, Ala., and
Mrs. Ruth Austin, Birmingham, Ala.; and one brother, Edward Cook, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COOK, Christy Lynn The Pulaski Citizen 9 May 1962
Graveside services for Christy Lynn Cook, infant daughter of Kirkland and Helen
Frances Cook, were conducted at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, May 5 at Maplewood
Cemetery with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
The baby died shortly after her birth at Vanderbilt Hospital, Friday, May 4.
Other survivors are the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Cook and
the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Laten White, all of Pulaski.
COOK, Elise Newton The Pulaski Citizen 27 May 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Asa M. Cook, 65, native Giles Countian, were held at
2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the funeral director, Wooddbine Funeral Home of Nashville. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, with Mr. Claypool of Nashville officiating. Mrs.
Cook died at 6 o'clock Saturday evening, May 23, at her Nashville home. (The
family moved from Giles County to Nashville in 1945).
The former Miss Elise Newton, she was born in Giles County, the daughter of the
late John Newton and Henrietta Ross Newton. She was a member of Providence
Church of Christ in the Sumac section of Giles County.
Mrs. Cook is survived by her husband, Asa M. Cook; three sons, William Moore
Cook, Harold Cook and Kenneth Cook, all of Nashville; three daughters, Mrs.
Gordon Wheeler and Mrs. Elizabeth C. Pendergrass, Nashville, and Mrs. Janie C.
Palmer, Smyrna; and six grandchildren.
COOK, Elizabeth Brown The Pulaski Citizen 27 Aug 1969
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Cook, 93, died Wednesday, August 20, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Graveside services were conducted Thursday afternoon, August 21, at 2 o'clock in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the Rev. Willis J. and
Illinois H. Tungett Brown. Her husband was the late H. G. Cook.
There are no immediate survivors.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COOK, Elizabeth M. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1967
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Cook, 81, mother of Mrs. Hayes Holland, died at her home in
Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday, January 5.
Services were conducted on Saturday afternoon, January 7, at Roebuck Funeral
Home, with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Her husband, the late Arthur M. Cook,
died February 8, 1966.
In addition to Mrs. Hayes, she is survived by four other daughters, Mrs. Earl
Posey, Mrs. George Hayden and Mrs. Carl Miller, all of Birmingham, and Mrs. R.
D. Fogg, Athens, Ala.; two sons, Arthur M. Cook, Jr., Fort Smith, Ark., and
Harold R. Cook, Lafayette, Ga.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
COOK, Jesse Frank The Pulaski Citizen 02 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Jesse Frank Cook, 77, retired farmer of Ardmore, were held
at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Rainey and Son Funeral Home at Ardmore
with Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister, officiating. Burial took
place in the Gatlin Cemetery. Mr. Cook died Monday, January 31, in a Nashville
hospital.
He was born December 25, 1888, in Giles County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Cook. His wife, Mrs. Sallie B. Clem Cook, died six years ago.
Mr. Cook is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Clifton Toone, Pulaski, Mrs.
Bernard Warkola, Mt. Ephrian, N. J., and Mrs. Kenneth Keck, Denver, Colo.; two
sons, Jimmy Cook, Ardmore, and Robert L. Cook, Denver, Colo.; thirteen
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Lennie Clem, Decatur, Ala.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
COOK, Thomas Henry The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1968
Thomas Henry Cook, 99, died Monday morning, March 4, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Cook, a retired salesman, were held Wednesday morning,
March 6, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, Church of
Christ minister officiating. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Cook was born September 3, 1868, the son of the
late George E. and Susan Williamson Cook.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nora Lee Peters Cook; four sons, William L.
Cook and J. B. Cook, both of Detroit, Mich., Charles Moran Cook, Huntsville,
Ala., and James Ed Cook, Memphis; one step-son, George Evans Oakley, Pulaski;
one sister, Mrs. Warren G. Dixon, Nashville; fifteen grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COOPER, Clyde The Pulaski Citizen 23 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Clyde Cooper, 80, resident of the Rose Hill section, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the
Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Cooper died on Sunday, December 20, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born October 1, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Cooper and
Alice Pendleton Cooper.
Mr. Cooper is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pernie Hayes Cooper; one son, Hubert
Cooper, Pulaski; two brothers, Clay Cooper, Fayetteville and William Cooper,
Halls, Tenn.; and two sisters, Mrs. Hallie Dickey, Wales, and Mrs. Hattie
Bevins, Lewisburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COOPER, D. Smith The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1960
Funeral services for D. Smith Cooper, 64, farmer of the Marcella Falls
Community, were held Sunday at Union Valley Baptist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Leo Bunt, with burial in the Baker Cemetery. Mr. Cooper died Saturday after
a sudden illness at his home.
A veteran of World War I, he was the son of the late Ross Cooper and Willie
Colvett Cooper.
Mr. Cooper is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethelene Brewer Cooper; two sons, James
Cooper, Lynnville and Rayburn Cooper, Route 1, Ethridge; one daughter, Mrs.
Charles McKissick, Mt. Pleasant; five grandchildren; and two brothers, J. W.
Cooper, Mt. Pleasant, and Carl Cooper, Lewisburg.
COOPER, Frankie Dwight The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1967
Giles County's first traffic fatality of the year was recorded early Sunday
morning, March 5, when a Pulaski youth was killed instantly in a one-car
accident on the Bethel Road south of Cedar Grove.
Frankie Dwight Cooper, 20, was thrown from the rear seat of the automobile in
which he was riding after the vehicle struck a bridge abutment at 1 a. m.
Sunday, according to State Trooper James Dyer, who investigated.
Lawrence Johnson, 20, of Campbellsville, driver of the car, and Larry Bowen, 17,
of Pulaski, another passenger, escaped injury. Both were using seat belts, Dyer
said.
Johnson was charged with involuntary manslaughter and bound over to the Giles
County grand jury after a hearing in General Sessions Court Tuesday.
Funeral services for Cooper were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday at Bennett-May Chapel
with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Rev. Clarence Stewart and Rev. Hoyt Wilson
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Lois Goats Cooper and Joseph
Burgess Cooper. He was born Oct. 10, 1946.
Cooper's survivors besides his parents, include four brothers, Jerry, with the
U. S. Air Force in Guam, Leon, Phillip and Mark, all of Pulaski; and five
sisters, Mrs. Juanita O'Malley and Mrs. Betty Tankersley, both of Giles County,
Mrs. Frances Stuckey of Charleston, S. C. and Sherrell and Sheila Cooper of
Pulaski.
COOPER, Joseph B. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1968
Joseph B. Cooper, 65, died Thursday, March 7, in Fairhaven Nursing Home after an
extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Cooper were held at 1 p. m. Sunday afternoon, March 10,
in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with the Revs. Hoyt Wilson and Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Granger County, Mr. Cooper was born November 14, 1902, the son of
the late Ike and Maggie Cooper.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lois Cooper, Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs. John
O'Malley and Mrs. Eugene Tankersley, both of Pulaski, Mrs. Patricia Strucki,
Charleston, S. C., and Miss Toby Cooper, Pulaski; four sons, Jerry Cooper,
Cleveland, Ohio, Gary, Phillip and Mark Cooper, all of Pulaski; one sister, Mrs.
Thomas Overton, Nashville; one brother, Estes Cooper, Chester, Pa.; and nine
grandchildren.
COOPER, Kenneth E. The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Kenneth E. Cooper, 55, Metropolitan Life Insurance Agent,
Columbia, and former resident of Pulaski, were held at 4 o'clock Monday
afternoon in Williams Funeral Home in Columbia. J. Roy Vaughn of Lewisburg and
Leon C. Burns of Johnson City officiated. Burial took place in Rose Hill
Cemetery in that city. Mr. Cooper died Sunday, June 13, after becoming ill while
attending services at West Seventh Street Church of Christ, of which he was a
member.
Mr. Cooper, a native of Maury County, was the so of W. L. Cooper and the late
Brownie Campbell Cooper. He was past president of Columbia Civitan Club and a
former director of the King's Daughters Home for Retarded Children. Mr. Cooper
and his family resided in Pulaski during the World War II years.
Mr. Cooper is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Kirk Cooper; his father; two
sons, Kenneth Cooper, Jr., Nashville and William Cooper, Columbia; one sister,
Mrs. Elsie Harper, Nashville; and one brother, W. L. Cooper, Jr., Johnson City.
COOPER, Sarah Shaw The Pulaski Citizen 7 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Shaw Cooper, 44, nurse at the local hospital,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Cooper died Friday, April 2, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born November 13, 1920, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Bessie
Cole Shaw who survives and the late Reynolds Shaw. She was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Cooper is survived by her husband, Claude E. Cooper; two sons, Buford Ray
Cooper, Elkton, and Harold Dean Cooper, Montana; two grandchildren; and one
brother, Luther Shaw, Kentucky.
COOPER, Tinie Catherine Richardson The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Tinie Catherine Richardson Cooper, 85, widow of R. M.
Cooper, were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at First Methodist Church, with
the rites conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of the church. Burial
took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Cooper died at 12:15
o'clock Friday afternoon, August 7, at Giles County Hospital, following a period
of declining health.
Born March 30, 1879, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Richardson and Callie Estes Richardson. She was a member of First Methodist
Church. Her husband, Bob Cooper, died August 22, 1946.
Mrs. Cooper is survived by five daughters, Mrs. George Turner, Mrs. Luther
Felker and Mrs. Richard Raines, Pulaski, Mrs. Wesley Ledford, Knoxville, and
Mrs. Frank Divanti, Jeanette, Pa.; one son, Hugh Mahlon Cooper, Columbia;
sixteen grandchildren and forty great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Luther
Richardson, Bodenham, and Willie Richardson, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COPELAND, Peggy Ann The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Peggy Ann Copeland, 17-year-old Jones High School senior, died Thursday, Oct.12,
in a Nashville hospital from injuries received in an automobile accident near
Pulaski on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 8, bringing to seven the number of traffic
deaths on Giles County roads this year.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Lynnville
Church of Christ with Ollie Collins, minister, officiating. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. McDaniel Funeral Home of Cornersville was in charge of
arrangements.
Miss Copeland suffered the fatal injuries when the car in which she was a
passenger skidded on the wet pavement of Highway 31, north, near Pigeon Roost
Bridge, skipped a ditch and rammed into a utility pole.
The driver of the vehicle, Steven Prince, 19, son of Mrs. Lurton Prince of
Pulaski, and a freshman at Martin College, remains hospitalized at Giles County
Hospital for treatment of multiple injuries.
COPELAND, Lennie Wiley The Pulaski Citizen 21 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Lennie Wiley Copeland, 78, widow of Dr. W. F. Copeland
of Campbellsville and Lynnville, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Lynnville Methodist Church. Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood
Cemetery. Mrs. Copeland died Friday night, March 16, at a Lewisburg Nusing Home.
Born December 17, 1883, in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late
William Young Wiley and Collie Donie Chaffin Wiley. She was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Dr. Copeland, who was born and reared at Campbellsville and practiced both at
Campbellsville and Lynnville, died October 30, 1952.
Mrs. Copeland is survived by one son, Matthew W. Copeland, Lynnville; four
daughters, Mrs. Joe Moore, Nashville, Mrs. Lyndal Smith, Chattanooga, Mrs. Earl
Davis, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Rives Rainey, Greenville, S. C.; eleven grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. J. C. Rhea, Mrs. L. A.
Spain, Nashville, and Mrs. Felix Weatherford, Culleoka.
CORBITT, Ethel Carter The Pulaski Citizen 7 Apr 1965
Mrs. Ethel Carter Corbitt, 57, native Giles Countian, died on Tuesday, April 6,
in a hospital in Phoenix, Ariz., hometown of the family.
Funeral services have been tentatively set for Saturday at Bennett-May Funeral
Home IN Pulaski with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Corbitt is survived by her husband, John Corbitt; two sons and two sisters,
Mrs. Douglas Brown and Mrs. Mary Plemmons, both of Nashville.
CORLEW, William Blunt The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Funeral services for William Blunt Corlew, 81, retired General Sessions Judge of
Clarksville and brother of a Pulaski resident, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at McReynolds Funeral Home with the burial in Greenwood Cemetery in
that city. Mr. Corlew died Sunday, December 25, in Memorial Hospital after a
long illness.
The brother of Mrs. Clyde Coggin of Pulaski, Mr. Corlew is also survived by his
wife, Mrs. Beulah Hagewood Corlew; three sons; two daughters; two brothers, Dan
Corlew, Clarksville and T. H. Corlew, Nashville; and two other sisters, Mrs. Sam
Weems and Mrs. Laura Vick, Clarksville.
CORPIER, Ola Cashion The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1963
Mrs. Ola Cashion Corpier, 72, widow of T. H. Corpier, died Saturday, March 9, at
Washington, Ga., after a two weeks illness. Prayer services were held there on
Sunday morning, followed by funeral services at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Cash Point Baptist Church in Lincoln County. Burial took place at Gatlin
Cemetery.
A native of Franklin County, she was born October 7, 1890, the daughter of the
late Rev. William Anderson Cashion and Sarah Catherine Wiseman Cashion. She
taught school in Lincoln County where she lived most of her life. The past eight
years she had made her home in Washington. She was a member of the Baptist
Church. Her husband, Thomas Henry Corpier, died August 15, 1936.
Mrs. Corpier is survived by one son, Harry Corpier, Pulaski; five daughters,
Mrs. Glen Bridgeman, Chickamauga, Ga., Mrs. L. M. Howard, Washington, Ga., Mrs.
Odell Poarch, Cornersville, Mrs. Levoyd Whitt, Ardmore, and Mrs. Edwin Wright,
Atlanta, Ga.; and one sister, Mrs. D. J. Marshall, Washington, Ga.
COSBY, Lillie Shook The Pulaski Citizen 14 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Shook Cosby, 85, resident of Lawrenceburg, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with
the burial in Maplewood Cemetery, with the rites conducted by Rev. Mack
Pinkelton. Mrs. Cosby died Friday morning, April 9, in Elm Rest Nursing Home at
Lawrenceburg, following an extended illness.
Born December 10, 1879, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late J. L.
Shook and Betty Yancey Shook. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
She had made her home with a nephew, the Rev. William V. DeRamus, pastor of the
Methodist Church in Lawrenceburg, since the death of her husband, Tom Shook, in
1952.
Mrs. Cosby is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ethel M. Bass, Pulaski, and Mrs.
Vera Smith, Loretto; and several nieces and nephews.
COSBY, Pearl Jones The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
Funeral services for services for Mrs. Pearl Jones Cosby, 84, resident of
Monroe, La., and native of Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
in Mulhurn Funeral Home with the burial in Monroe. Mrs. Cosby died at one
o'clock Sunday afternoon, February 6, in that city.
Born August 22, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late C. W.
Jones and Martha Drake Jones.
Mrs. Cosby is survived by her husband, Roy M. Cosby; three sons, Aubrey Cosby,
West Monroe, La., Laurel Cosby, California, and Leroy Cosby, Alexandria, La.;
three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Herrington and Mrs. Frank Anthony, both of
Monroe, and Mrs. Lura Arthur, Shreveport, La.; a number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Burtle Jones and Drake Jones, Giles
County.
COSBY, Sinai Inez Judia The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1968
Mrs. Inez Judia Cosby, 91, died Saturday, August 17, 1968, at her home on Route
One, Prospect.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cosby, wife of the late Alonzo Cosby, were held Monday
morning, August 19, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. J.
C. Elkins and the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in Stella
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Cosby was born October 17, 1878, the daughter of
the late Thomas H. and Mary R. Judia.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Clift, Fayetteville and Mrs. John
Poole, Nashville; one nephew; and nine nieces.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COTTRELL, Charles L. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1967
SM 3-C Charles L. Cottrell, 21, died Tuesday, March 7, in San Diego Naval
Hospital, after suffering a stroke on his ship, the USS Porterfield.
Services were conducted Friday, March 10, at 1:30 p. m., in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Paul McKissack and Andrew Brown, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Garden.
Mr. Cottrell, a native of Giles County, was born February 15, 1946, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Arthur Cottrell of Goodspring. He was a 1964 graduate of
Minor Hill High School and had served in the Navy since May of that year.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, are six sisters, Mrs. Harold Beard,
Goodspring, Mrs. Jean Tucker and Miss Dianne Cottrell, Nashville, and Mrs. Jim
Tom Englett, Birmingham, Ala., Miss Dorothy Cottrell, Mrs. James Townsend,
Benton Harbor, Mich.; two brothers, Dennis, Goodspring, and Dale Cottrell,
Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COTTRELL, Jerry Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
A Killen, Ala., man was killed Tuesday night in a one-car traffic accident on
Union Hill Road about a mile-and-a-half north of Ardmore when his car went out
of control and left the road as he attempted to evade a pursuing police officer.
Jerry Franklin Cottrell, 25, was the victim of the third fatal accident in Giles
County this year. Doyce Howard of Anderson, Ala., a passenger in the car, was
taken to an Athens, Ala., hospital for treatment of injuries thought to be
minor.
Sgt. Homer Smith of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, who investigated, said
Cottrell was observed running a red traffic light in Ardmore; Police Chief
Elifus Sanders gave chase and Cottrell turned right on the Union Hill Road just
north of the railroad underpass in Ardmore.
Sanders was quoted as saying that Cottrell was traveling at high speed and, when
they approached Old Smith Hollow Road, he (Sanders) slowed down, realizing that
the pavement ended just over the rise, and was out of sight when the accident
occurred.
When the Cottrell car hit the end of the pavement it reportedly sailed through
the air for approximately 50 yds., struck the ground and traveled another 90
yards or more before stopping.
The accident occurred at 8 p. m.
COX, Annie Lou Rose The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jul 1968
Mrs. Annie Lou Rose Cox, 34, died Monday, July 15, at Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cox, wife of John Thomas Cox, were held Wednesday
afternoon, July 17, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Fred
Chapman and
the Rev. James Sewell officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Cox was born March 29, 1934, daughter of Herman
C. Rose and the late Mrs. Viola Garrett Rose.
Survivors include her husband, John T. Cox, Sr., Nashville; a son, John Thomas
Cox, Jr., Nashville; father, Herman C. Rose, Pulaski; step-mother, Mrs. Minnie
Carter Rose, Pulaski; three sisters, Miss Ella Lee Rose, Nashville; Mrs. Arney
Parker and Mrs. James Nave, both of Pulaski; three brothers, Herman C. Rose,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Forrest Rose, Pulaski, and Walker Rose, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COX, Claudia Velma Haley The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Claudia Velma Haley Cox, 70, Pulaski resident, were
held at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. W. H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Cox, who recently underwent surgery in Nashville, died
at 8:50 o'clock on Monday morning, October 2, at Giles County Hospital.
Born September 4, 1891, in Coffee County, she was the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Haley. She was a member of First Methodist Church.
Her husband, Egbert Cullin Cox, a former deputy sheriff, died in 1940.
Mrs. Cox is survived by three sons, Jack Cox and Clay Cox, Pulaski, and Hubert
Cox, Nashville; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Claude Ingram, Manchester;
and one brother, Orbe Haley, Lewisburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
COX, Henry Benton The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1962
Henry Benton Cox, 18, former Giles Countian, died Monday night, Jan. 29 at a New
Orleans, La., hospital from an accidental gunshot wound, according to reports
received here Tuesday.
The accident occurred at his home late Sunday when the rifle which the young man
was cleaning accidently discharged, relatives said.
Funeral services will be held at Bennett-May Funeral Home in Pulaski, Friday,
Feb.2 at 2 p. m. with burial in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville, James E. Holt will
officiate.
His parents, Hamilton Cox and Mrs. Lois Pettus Cox Rawls of New Orleans, who
survives, are both natives of Giles County.
Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Leis J. Silva and Miss Nancy Carolyn
Cox, both of New Orleans; three aunts, Mrs. Edward Grubbs of Giles County, Mrs.
Butler West of Lawrenceburg and Mrs. Alton Watson of Huntsville, Ala.; three
uncles, C. B. Pettus and James Pettus of Nashville and Joe Pettus of Houston,
Texas.
COX, Viola Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 7 May 1969
Mrs. Viola Cox, 58, died Monday, May 5, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cox, wife of John Cecil Cox, were conducted Wednesday
afternoon, May 7, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Scott's Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Cox was born April 25, 1911, the daughter of the
late Henry D. and Emeline Fry Abernathy.
Survivors in addition to her husband include five sons, Eugene Cox, Roy Felix
Cox, and Johnny Cox, all of Pulaski; Ervin Lee Cox, Old Hickory, and J. D. Cox,
Nashville; five daughters, Mrs. Dessie Dean Harris, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Helen Sue
Plemuay, New Brunswick, Ohio, Mrs. Joyce Dickey, Miss Julia Cox, and Miss Janice
O'Deal Cox, all of Pulaski; three step-sons, Duey Cox and Carl Cox, Pulaski, and
Malcolm Cox, Nashville; twenty-six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Wilson Abernathy, Pulaski, and LeRoy Abernathy, Cleveland, Ohio; five
sisters, Mrs. Carol Campbell, Mrs. Walter Miles, Mrs. Florence Harris and Mrs.
George Owens, all of Giles County, and Mrs. Elbert Smith, Evansville, Ind.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CRABB, Charlie Sanford The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Charlie Sanford Crabb, 65, retired farmer, were conducted
on Saturday afternoon, November 5, at 2:00 p. m. at Pulaski Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Crabb died Wednesday, November 2, at his home in the Goodspring Community.
He was born February 17, 1901 in Giles County, the son of the late Noah Albert
and Willie Ann Buffalo Crabb.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy Davis Crabb; two sons, Davis and Thurman
Crabb, Michigan City, Ind.; five daughters, Mrs. Blondina Smith, Mrs. Inez
Liggins, Mrs. McKellar Wallace, and Mrs. Juanita White, all of Michigan City,
and Mrs. Marcella Cottrell of Goodspring; one sister, Mrs. Roscoe Newton of
Pulaski; eighteen grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CRABB, Mary Clarence Green The Pulaski Citizen 17 Sep 1969
Mrs. Mary Clarence Crabb, 79, died Thursday, September 11, at her home at Minor
Hill, Route 1.
Funeral services for Mrs. Crabb, wife of Taylor F. Crabb, were held Saturday
afternoon, September 13, at 2:00 o�clock in Puncheon Church of Christ with Mr.
Gilbert Gibbs officiating. Burial was in Noblett {Noblit} Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Crabb was born January 11, 1890, the daughter of
the late Willis Allen Green and Molley McNutt Green.
Survivors in addition to her husband include one daughter, Mrs. William Binkley,
Minor Hill; one grandson; three great grand children; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie
McCree, Pulaski; Mrs. Sam Thompson and Mrs. Claude Prince, both of Minor Hill;
and one half brother, Thomas Green, Giles County.
CRABB, Robert Perry The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
Robert Perry Crabb, 74, retired farmer of Minor Hill, died Friday, May 5, in
Giles County late Wednesday, May 3, in a one-car accident on Highway 11 just
north of Minor Hill. His death was the second traffic fatality in the county
this year.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home
with Paul McKissack, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Minor
Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Crabb was born in Giles County on December 23, 1892, the son of the late
Thomas Franklin and Mary Whitaker Crabb. He was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eva McConnell Crabb; a son, Justin Crabb; two
daughters, Mrs. Deborah Wright and Miss Kathy Crabb; a brother, Taylor Crabb;
and two grandchildren, all of Minor Hill.
CRABB, Rufus The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
Rufus Crabb, 81, former Giles Countian, died May 1, at his home in
Campbellsville, Ky.
Sevices were conducted on May 2, in that city.
Mr. Crabb, born September 24, 1882, was the son of the late W. J. and M. J.
Crabb.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ophene Hayes, Campbellsville, Ky., and
Mrs. Donna Curry, Chattanooga; one son, Aubry Crabb, Campbellsville, Ky.; one
brother, Freelin Crabb, Pulaski; and several grandchildren.
CRABTREE, Alga Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 4 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Alga Thomas Crabtree, 58, employee of International
Minerals and Chemical Corporation, Mulberry, Fla., were held at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Kedron Methodist Church, with the burial in the church
cemetery. Mr. Crabtree died Saturday, February 29, in the Florida city.
Born June 24, 1905, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Will E. Crabtree
and Alice Wright Crabtree.
Mr. Crabtree is survived by is wife, Mrs. Maggie Boyd Crabtree; two sons, Billy
Crabtree, Lenoir City, and Larry Crabtree, Pulaski; five grandchildren; and one
brother, Ernie Crabtree, Kedron.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CRABTREE, Alice Wright The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Will Crabtree, 74, resident of the Kedron Community,
were held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, March 10, at Kedron Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. A. J. Rollings, Athens, Ala., Church of Christ
minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Crabtree died at 8:15
o'clock on Tuesday night, March 8, at Giles County Hospital after a long period
of declining health.
Born February 10, 1886, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Alice Wright,
the daughter of the late Josh Wright and Sallie Whitehead Wright, and was a
member of the Church of Christ. Her husband, Will Crabtree, died October 1,
1958.
Mrs. Crabtree is survived by two sons, Ernest E. Crabtree, Kedron and Algie
Crabtree, Mulberry, Fla.; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. W. A. Glover, Athens, Ala.; and one brother, Eugene Wright, Kedron.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CRABTREE, Grace W. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Oct 1969
Mrs. Grace W. Crabtree, 63, died Friday, September 26, at Florence Memorial
Hospital, Florence, Alabama.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, September 28, at 2 o'clock in
the Chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with G. C. Fox, officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include one granddaughter, Donna Fowler Jackson of Dadesville,
Alabama.
CRAIG, Edwin Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jul 1969
Edwin Wilson Craig, 76-year-old native Giles Countian and Nashville financial
and civic leader, died at Vanderbilt Hospital Thursday night. He had been
confined there since February 16, suffering a heart ailment.
Funeral services were held at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at West End
Methodist Church, Nashville, of which he was a member. The Rev. Roy C. Clark,
pastor of the church, officiated, and burial took place in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mr. Craig was born in Giles County, March 8, 1893, son of the late Cornelius
Abernathy and Margaret Sinclair Craig. His grandparents were the late William
Jackson Craig and Virginia Abernathy Craig of the county.
His father was one of the founders of National Life and Accident Insurance
Company and Mr. Craig joined that enterprise in 1913, following his schooling at
Wallace University School, Nashville, Branham and Hughes Preparatory School,
Spring Hill, and Vanderbilt University. He began his career in the insurance
business by house-to-house selling and collecting insurance premiums in Texas,
and his reminiscences concerning these struggling days were always of keen
interest to his friends. Through personal merit and determination to succeed, he
climbed steadily through accepting ever-widening responsibility until he was
named president of the company thirty years after his first association with it.
Mr. Craig was instrumental in the founding of WSM Radio in 1925 and its most
famous program, the Grand Ole Opry. His contribution to broadcasting and the
world of country music brought him numerous citations during the long service to
the Nashville community.
In 1965, he was chosen "Country Music Man of the Year." He was named a director
of National Life Trust Corporation holding company for the National Life and
Accident Insurance Company, Third National Bank and WSM, Inc.
The Giles County Library located on South Second Street, Pulaski, was made
possible through the gift of Mr. Craig's parents, who gave it to the County
about 25 years ago.
The elder Craig also established the Maggie S. Craig Scholarship for Giles
County students in 1945. A large number of local young people have benefitted
from this fund which was instituted as a memorial tribute to his wife, Mrs.
Maggie Sinclair Craig.
Although having left Giles County many years ago, Mr. Edwin Craig is remembered
here especially for his unfailing aid in placing many local young people in
employment in the organizations he headed in Nashville.
In 1916, he was married to the former Miss Elizabeth Wade, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. David Wade of the Wales community. She is a sister of David Wade, Pulaski
attorney. In addition to his widow, Mr. Craig is survived by one son, Cornelius
A. Craig, II; two daughters, Mrs. Walter M. Robinson, Jr., and Mrs. William C.
Weaver, Jr.; a sister, Mrs. Douglas Henry, Sr.; six grandchildren and one great
granddaughter.
CRAIG, Elvin Leroy The Pulaski Citizen 20 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Elvin Leroy Craig, 80, father of a Pulaski resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in North Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg,
conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, the Rev. Jack Wolfe and the Rev. Glen
Grigsby.
Mr. Craig, a retired Railroad Agent, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Register
Craig; three sons, Dr. Charles E. Craig, Frank Craig, Lawrenceburg, and David
Craig, Orlando, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Linden Martin, Pulaski; three
grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Vernon Hazelwood and Mrs. Herschel Watkins,
both of Lawrenceburg.
Dr. Charles E. Craig, an optometrist formerly practiced in Pulaski.
CRAIG, Fannie Mamie Chapman The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Mamie Chapman Craig, 80, wife of Ollie Craig,
were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Gus Self, pastor of Berea Methodist Church. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Craig died at 11:25 o'clock Sunday morning, December 3,
at the home on the Columbia Highway, after a long illness.
Born July 21, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Francis
Marion Chapman and Sarah Ann McMillion Chapman. She was a member of Berea
Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Craig is survived by two sons, Mitchell Craig
and Marion Craig, both of Pulaski; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild;
one brother, Auvy A. Chapman, Decatur, Ala.; and two half-brothers, Eugene
Chapman and Arthur Chapman, both of Pulaski.
CRAIG, Francis Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 23 Nov 1966
Francis Jackson Craig, 66, well-known composer and orchestra leader of
Nashville, who was a Pulaski resident in his youth, died following a heart
attack in Sewanee on Sunday, Nov. 20.
Graveside services were held Monday at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville with Dr.
Ben B. St. Clair officiating.
Mr. Craig had suffered a heart attack at his home in Sewanee on Friday and had
been taken to Emerald Hodgson Hospital where he remained until death occurred.
A native of Dickson and the ninth of ten children, he was the son of the late
Rev. Robert James Craig, a minister and presiding elder of the Columbia District
of the Methodist Church and the late Fannie Frost Craig. The family moved to
Pulaski when Francis Craig was about four years old, and made their home in a
stucco residence in the 400 block on the north side of East Washington Street.
Other members of his father's family who lived in Pulaski were Cornelius A.
Craig, founder of National Life and Accident Insurance Company, Nashville, Ed
Craig, Treasurer of the State of Tennessee, and Will R. Craig, operator of a
feed and grain business here, all of them brothers of the Rev. Robert James
Craig.
Old residents here recall when Francis Craig was too small to climb onto a piano
stool, his interest in music was remarkable, and before he was five years old,
he would try to pick out melodies.
He attended Massey Preparatory School here, and left to attend Vanderbilt
University in 1919. While a student there, he organized his first band, and by
1929 had begun to be widely known for his hotel radio and played at the
Hermitage Hotel for almost twenty-five years, and his orchestra was the first
studio band to broadcast over Radio Station WSM, Nashville. He served as musical
director of that station for many years, and originated the network show,
"Sunday Down South."
One of Craig's greatest hits was the song "Near You," which was recorded in 1947
and sold more than 35 million copies. Other favorite successes composed by him
included "Beg Your Pardon," "Tennessee Tango," "Too Much Sugar for a Dime," and
"Don't Make Me Sorry."
He helped many musicians and entertainers launch their own careers, among them
being Dianh Shore, Snooky Lanson and James Melton.
He met his wife, who survives, on one of his out-of-town musical engagements.
She was Miss Elizabeth Gowin of Birmingham. They had lived in Nashville until
three months ago when they moved into a new home at Sewanee but continued to
maintain an apartment in Nashville.
He is survived also by two daughters, Mrs. W. Lane Abernathy, Jr., of Nashville,
whose husband, a former Pulaskian, is the son of Mrs. W. L. Abernathy; Mrs.
Buford Dickerson II, of Nashville; four sisters, Mrs. Lewis Lowe of Slermont,
Fla., Mrs. Roy Howes of Ithaca, N. Y.; Mrs. Roswell Bushnell of Boone, N. C.,
and Mrs. David Oliver of Charleston, S.C., three brothers, Gen. Charles F. of
Asheville, N.C., Col. William H. of Crystal River, Fla., and Robert J. Craig, of
Port Charlotte, Fla.; and six grandchildren.
CRAIG, Robert Percy The Pulaski Citizen 20 Sep 1961
Robert Percy Craig, about 80, native Giles Countian, died at 10:15 o'clock
Tuesday evening, September 12, at a Nashville hospital, after a long period of
declining health.
Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning in the chapel of
Finley, Dorris and Charlton Funeral Home in Nashville, with the burial in Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.
An employee of National Life and Accident Insurance Company in Nashville for
many years, he was the son of the late William R. Craig and Mrs. Sallie Ezell
Craig, members of pioneer families of Giles County.
Mr. Craig is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Frith Craig; one sister, Mrs.
Charles A. Duggan, Nashville; and two brothers, Edward M. Craig, Greeneville, S.
C. and J. Kennedy Craig, Knoxville.
CRAVEN, Valeria The Pulaski Citizen 16 May 1962
Funeral services for Miss Valeria Craven, former resident of Pulaski, were held
at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Birmingham, Ala., where she had made her
home for a number of years. Burial took place in Elmwood Cemetery in that city.
Miss Craven, who had a heart ailment, died unexpectedly Monday morning, May 14,
in Birmingham.
The daughter of the late Mrs. Fannie Craven who lived in Pulaski while her
daughter was attending school, is survived by one first cousin, Mrs. C. J.
Staples, also a former Pulaski resident, who lived with Miss Craven.
CRAWFORD, Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 14 Nov 1962
Clarence Crawford, about 78, Birmingham, Ala., resident, died of a heart attack
on Sunday, November 4, in Birmingham with services and burial in that city.
Mr. Crawford is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lavonia Cook Crawford, a native Giles
Countian; one son, Junior Crawford, Birmingham, Ala.; two grandchildren; and one
sister, Birmingham.
CRAWFORD, William Grady The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1960
Funeral services for William Grady Crawford, 71, resident of Highland Park,
Mich., and father of Mrs. J. M. Hobbs of Pulaski, will be held at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, April 7, at the Ronald Churchill Funeral Home in Murray, Ky.
Burial will take place in Murray.
Mr. Crawford died of a heart attack on April 2 in Highland Park.
A native of Murray, Ky., he was the son of the late Kemble Crawford and Eula
England Crawford. He had been associated with General Motors for twenty-five
years, and was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to the daughter at Pulaski, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eunice
Scherffins Crawford; another daughter, Mrs. F. K. Bartlett, Collinsville, Ala.;
and three sisters and one brother.
CREECY, J. B. The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jan 1966
J. B. Creecy, 51, victim of an accidental gunshot wound, died Saturday morning,
Jan. 22, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral
Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Creecy was visiting Sam English, about 80, at his home in the Diana
Community Thursday afternoon, Jan. 20, when the accident occurred. Deputy
Sheriff James Newton quoted a witness as saying that Mr. English had purchased a
new double barrell shotgun which he took to his front porch and fired once. He
came back into the house and accidently pulled the trigger to the other barrell,
the shot hitting Creecy in the abdomen from a distance of some 7 to 8 feet. No
charges were placed against English, Deputy Fred Hunter assisted in the
investigation.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Creecy was born March 18, 1914, the son of Mrs.
Bertha Clay Creecy of Diana and the late James Scott Creecy. He was a painter.
Besides his mother, he is survived by a son, James McLin Creecy of Peru, Ind.; a
daughter, Mrs. Peggy Kerry of Detroit, Mich.; three brothers, James of Franklin,
John of Pulaski and Holland Creecy of College Grove; one sister, Mrs. Louise
Jenkins of Columbia; and three grandchildren.
CREECY, James Scott The Pulaski Citizen 17 Nov 1965
Funeral services for James Scott Creecy, 73, retired railroad employee, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with
the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.Creecy died on Monday morning, November 15,
at the home of a son in College Grove.
Born June 19, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Creecy and
Mollie Huskett Creecy. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Creecy is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Creecy; four sons, Holland
Creecy, College Grove, J. B. Creecy, Diana, John Creecy, Pulaski, and James
Creecy, Franklin; one daughter, Mrs. Louise Jenkins, Columbia; ten grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren; and one brother, Joe Creecy, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CRICK, Frank The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Frank Crick, 73, were conducted Tuesday morning, December
27, at 11:00 o'clock, in the Chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Crick, a native of Giles County, died unexpectedly Sunday, December 25, at
his home in Maury County. He was born April 28, 1893, the son of the late John
and Lucy Francis Kirk Crick. His wife, Mrs. Eva Crick, died in 1957.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. R. B. Brown, Missouri, Mrs. William A.
Moon, Huntsville, Mrs. Lawrence Matthews, New York; one son, Frank Crick, Jr.,
Greenville, S. C.; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; three
sisters, Mrs. Johnney Hickman, Lynnville, Mrs. Minnie Roach, Nashville, and Mrs.
Mamie Johnson, Alabama.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CRIDEBRING, Lizzie Cox The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1967
Mrs. Lizzie Cox Cridebring, 86, sister of Mrs. Charles R. Gilbert of Pulaski,
died Tuesday, May 2, at her home in Tucumcari, New Mexico.
Services will be conducted Thursday, May 4, in Tucumcari, with burial in that
city.
Mrs. Cridebring, a native of Giles County, was born May 22, 1880, the daughter
of the late Ed R. and Augusta Abernathy Cox. She taught in Giles County Schools
for many years before moving to New Mexico. Her husband was the late J. J.
Cridebring.
Survivors in addition to Mrs. Gilbert, include one son, Edwin C. Cridebring, New
Mexico; four daughters, Mrs. Josephine Snyder, New Mexico, Mrs. Holley Arizona,
Helen Cridebring and Mrs Floy Havanec, New Mexico; and several grandchildren.
CRONEY, Thomas Cordie The Pulaski Citizen 21 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Thomas Cordie Croney, 72, retired Elkton farmer, were held
at 1:30 Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Edward Harper,
Church of Christ mnister. Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Fayetteville. Mr. Croney died at 6:30 o'clock Sunday morning, March 18, at
Lincoln County Hospital in Fayetteville after a period of declining health.
A native of Giles County, he was born July 20, 1891, the son of the late Joe
Burgess Croney and Delia Hobbs Croney.
Mr. Croney is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Hasty Croney; two daughters,
Mrs. Charles Gross, Fayetteville and Miss Eleanor Croney, Elkton; two sons, J.
B. Croney, Elkton and Fred Croney Atlanta, Ga.; eight grandchildren; five
sisters, Mrs. O. S. Dollar, Elkton, Mrs. Alma Ramsay, Fayetteville, Mrs.
Vernelee Ferrell, and Mrs. Erma Davis, both of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Albert
Pack, Toledo, Ohio, and one brother, Joe Croney, Elkton.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CRONEY, William Howard The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1960
Funeral services for William Howard Croney, 53, resident of Birmingham, Ala.,
and a native of Elkton, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Elkton
Methodist Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev. R. L. Greenway and the Rev.
Talmadge Clayton with the burial in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Croney died Monday,
October 24, at Carraway Methodist Hospital in Birmingham.
Mr. Croney, who had resided in Birmingham twenty-three years, was the son of the
late Joe Burgess Croney and Delia Hobbs Croney.
The survivors include three brothers, Cordy Croney and Joe Croney, Elkton, and
Alton Croney, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and five sisters, Mrs. O. S. Dollar, Sr.,
Elkton, Mrs. Jim Ramsay, Fayetteville, Mrs. Albert Pack, Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs.
Verneil Ferrell and Mrs. Erena Davis, both of Birmingham.
CROOK, William Roy The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1963
Funeral services for William Roy Crook, 86, retired local carpenter, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
W. Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Crook died of pneumonia at 5:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, March 8,
at Umble Nursing Home in Lewisburg following a period of declining health.
Born May 12, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Crook and
Melinda Watson Crook. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Berdie Wilkerson Crook, died in 1944.
Mr. Crook is survived by one son, Harry Crook, Pulaski; and one grandson,
Kenneth Hugh Crook, student at Peabody College, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CROW, W. R. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1968
W. R. Crow, 88-year-old retired realtor, died at his home on South First Street
at 1 a. m. Tuesday.
He had been in ill health for ten years, after having suffered a stroke of
paralysis.
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Chapel, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Crow was born on October 19, 1880 in the South First Street home, son of the
late Henry Clay and Sara Catherine Dickerson Crow.
He was educated at Abernathy School, Pulaski. As a young man, he went to El
Paso, Texas, where he was employed in the Railroad office for a ten year period.
He returned to Pulaski and became associated for several years with The Pulaski
Citizen at the time the late W. B. Romine was editor. About 1924 he entered the
real estate business in Chattanooga where he stayed until 1932 when he moved to
Louisville, Ky. He was a member of the Credit Department of Federal Land Bank
from 1932 to 1935. At that time, he returned to Pulaski and opened his own real
estate agency which he operated until he was stricken with a paralytic stroke
about nine years ago.
Mr. Crow was a member and a former steward of First Methodist Church, a member
of the Masonic Lodge, Pulaski Rotary Club, and Pulaski Chamber of Commerce.
He was married to the former Miss Carrie Simmons, who survives.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. B. D. Jackson,
Memphis and a nephew, Henry Ward Hicks, Chicago.
CROWDER, John R. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1960
John R. Crowder, 75, Fayetteville business and civic leader and former owner of
Radio Station WKSR in Pulaski, died Thursday night, March 17, and funeral
services were conducted Saturday in Fayetteville. J. Roy Vaughan of Nashville
and Marvin Wiser of Frankewing officiated, and burial was in the Rose Hill
Cemetery.
A native of Lawrence County, Mr. Crowder moved to Fayetteville in 1917. He
entered the radio broadcasting field in 1949 as principal owner of WKSR and sold
his interest in that station in 1951. Since that time he had been part owner of
several stations in the state, including Stations WKER, Fayetteville and WMCP,
Columbia.
CRUMLEY, Charles A. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Charles A. Crumley, 51, native Giles Countian, were held at
1:30 o'clock Thursday at Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with burial in Polk
Memorial Gardens at Columbia. Mr. Crumley, who had been ill four months, died
Tuesday, July 20, at his home in that city.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of Annie Virginia Woodard Glasco, Pulaski,
and the late Alex Crumley.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Crumley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile Page
Crumley; three sons, Charles M. Crumley, Columbia, Thomas J. Crumley, Nashville,
and Bobby Crumley, Mt. Juliet; three daughters, Mrs. Marie Fralix, Lynnville,
Mrs. V. M. James, Shelbyville, and Mrs. Dwight E. Moore, Summertown; three
step-daughters, Mrs. Helen Jean Adams and Mrs. Burley Gregory, both of Columbia,
and Mrs. Buddy Hughes, Nashville; twenty grandchildren; three brothers, Bill
Crumley and Shirley Crumley, both of Columbia, and Solon Crumley, Hampton, Va.;
and four sisters, Mrs. F. L. Gowan, Ethridge, Mrs. Selma Whidby, Nashville, Mrs.
Lee Darncil, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Jessie Barnett, Giles County.
CRUMLEY, David Wade The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1960
Word has been received here of the death by drowning of David Wade Crumley, 4,
on Tuesday, March 15, at Margate, Florida.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer C. Crumley of Margate, and the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Crumley and Mrs. A. W. Horn, all of Pulaski. Other survivors
include two sisters and one brother.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p. m. Friday at Margate, Florida.
CRUMLEY, Jesse Clay The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1961
Funeral services for Jesse Clay Crumley, 59, employee of International Minerals
and Chemical Corporation at Wales for eighteen years, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by G. C. Fox,
Church of Christ minister, and the Rev. Pink Griggs of Cornersville, Baptist
minister, and burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Crumley died early
Friday morning, April 28, at Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg, following four months
illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born May 31, 1901, the son of the late Alec and
Virginia Woodard Crumley, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Crumley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Letha Barnes Crumley; three sons,
Jesse C. Crumley, Jr., Sheffield, Ala., James L. Crumley, Florida; one step-son,
Garland Swanner, Tupelo, Miss.; two step-daughters, Mrs. John L. Fox, Sheffield,
Ala., and Mrs. Robert T. Owen, Giles County; twenty-five grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. F. L. Gowan, Ethridge; two half-sisters,
Mrs. Henry Widdy, Nashville and Mrs. James Barnett, Pulaski; and four brothers,
A. B. Crumley, Charles Crumley and Sherrell Crumley, all of Columbia, and Solon
Crumley, Virginia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CRUMLEY, O. B. (Bill) The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1966
O. B. (Bill) Crumley, 60, of Columbia died Tuesday morning, Aug. 16, at Maury
County Hospital after an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at Williams Funeral
Home in Columbia with burial in Polk Memorial Gardens there.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Virginia Woodard Crumley
Glasco of Pulaski and the late Alexander Crumley. He was a veteran of World War
II and a member of the American Legion. He was a member of Fairview Church of
Christ in Giles County.
Mr. Crumley was a bulldozer operator for M. C. West Construction Company.
Survivors, besides his mother include his wife, Mrs. Lillie Ann Wallace Crumley;
four sisters, Mrs. Jurann Barnett of Pulaski, Mrs. Christine Gowen of Ethridge,
Mrs. Selma Whidby of Nashville and Mrs. Lee Darnell of Lewisburg; and two
brothers, Shirley Crumley of Columbia and Solon Crumley of Hampton, Va.
CRUMLEY, Ola May Walls The Pulaski Citizen 26 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Ola May Walls Crumley, 53, native of Giles County,
were held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at Williams Funeral Home in Columbia
with burial in Polk Memorial Gardens. She died Thursday, December 20, at Maury
County Hospital after a long illness.
Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Lindsey L. Walls and
Minnie May Walls, but had spent most of her life in Maury County. She was a
Methodist.
Mrs. Crumley is survived by her husband, Charles Allen Crumley; three sons,
Charles M. Crumley, Columbia, Thomas J. Crumley and Bobby Hugh Crumley,
Nashville; three daughters, Mrs. Marie Fralix, Mrs. Mildred James and Miss
Margaret all of Columbia; fourteen grandchildren; two brothers, James Walls, Mt.
Pleasant, and Amos Walls, McCains; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lee Chapman,
Columbia, and Mrs. Albert Baker, Theta Community, Maury County.
CULLEY, Laura Springer The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank L. Culley, 53, former resident of Lawrenceburg,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at First Baptist Church in
Lawrenceburg, with Dr. Arthur Hottel officiating. Burial took place in Mimosa
Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Culley died Sunday morning, March 26, in Fall
Church, Va., hospital following surgery.
A resident of Fall Church, she was the former Miss Laura Springer, and the
daughter of the late Fred Springer and Martha Jane Hollis Springer of
Lawrenceburg.
Mrs. Culley is survived by her husband, Frank L. Culley; one daughter, Miss Jane
Culley, Fall Church, Va.; two brothers, John A. Springer and Will Springer,
Lawrenceburg; and three sisters, Mrs. Clarence Van Dermark, Pulaski, Mrs. Roy A.
Harpe, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Grady Hedgecoth, Rockwood, Tenn.
CULPS, Martha Adelaide (Addie) The Pulaski Citizen 29 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Miss Martha Adelaide (Addie) Culps, 83, retired Pulaski
milliner, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church of which
she was a member. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Miss Culps died early Monday morning, August 27, at Giles County Hospital, after
a long period of declining health.
Born September 3, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Esq.
Robert C. Culps and Mrs. Mary Jane Boyd Culps. For many years she worked as a
milliner on the Sol Cohn Store on the east side of the public square.
The last member of her immediate family her only survivors are nieces and
nephews living in California and Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CUMINS, Robert Houston The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Robert Houston Cumins, 57, Maury County farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Williams Mt. Pleasant Funeral Home with the
burial in Arlington Cemetery. Mr. Cumins died Thursday, June 20, at his home in
the Spencer Hill Community following a heart attack.
Mr. Cumins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Naomi Prentice Cumins; one son, Robert
Lee Cumins, Lynnville; four daughters, Mrs. Betty Kersey, Lynnville, Mrs. Johnny
Baugus, Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Robbie Odom and Mrs. Gladys Ragsdale, Taylor, Mich.;
fifteen grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Mary Clark Cumins, Mt. Pleasant; six
brothers, Leslie Cumins, Odell Cumins, W. A. Cumins, and Brown Cumins, Mt.
Pleasant, and Ellis Cumins, Columbia; and one sister, Mrs. Maxie Workman, Mt.
Pleasant.
CUMMINS, Annie Naomi Prentice The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Naomi Prentice Cummins, 58, Mt. Pleasant
resident, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Williams Funeral Home with
the burial in Arlington Cemetery at Mt. Pleasant. She died Monday morning, April
18, in Maury County Hospital after an illness of several days.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Calvin Prentice and
Lela Vick Prentice. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Cummins is survived by four daughters, Mrs. John Baughus, Mt. Pleasant,,
Mrs. Claiborne Kersey, Screamer, Mrs. Alvin Odum, Garden City, Mich., and Mrs.
Homer Ragsdale, Taylor City, Mich., one son, Robert Lee Cummins, Screamer, Maury
County; four sisters, Mrs. Grady Allen, Ethridge, Mrs. Reece Colvett, Mt.
Pleasant, Mrs. Gertrude Porter, Melvindale, Mich., and Mrs. Charles Cavanaugh,
Lincoln Park, Mich.; and one brother, Raymond Prentice, Ethridge.
CUMMINS, Ethel Medearis The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jan 1963
Mrs. Ethel Medearis Cummins, widow of Dr. J. O. Cummins and Nashville resident,
died on Monday morning, January 28, at her home. Funeral rites took place at 11
o'clock on Wednesday morning at Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home in Nashville with
the burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in that city.
Mrs. Cummins is survived by three sisters, Mrs. A. R. Tallman, Bethel, Giles
County, Mrs. Edward Saxon, and Mrs. H.L. Morgan, both of Nashville, Mrs. J. W.
Cato, Bethel, is a niece.
CUNNINGHAM, Lois Townsend The Pulaski Citizen 26 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. E. C. Cunningham, 84, Clarksville resident most of her
life, were held at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning at Tarpley Funeral Home with the
burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Cunningham died Tuesday, April 18, while
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edwin T. Martin in Atlanta, Ga.
A native of Pulaski, she was the former Miss Lois Townsend, the daughter of the
late Niles S. Townsend and Ellen Chessman Townsend. A past regent of the Capt.
William Edmiston Chapter, DAR, she was a graduate of Old Giles College in
Pulaski, and a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Cunningham is survived by her husband; one
son, Niles C. Cunningham, Salinas, Calif.; two grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
CUNNINGHAM, Patricia Ann The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jul 1965
Miss Patricia Ann Cunningham, 14, a sophomore at Prospect High School, died
Wednesday night, July 21, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville of a pistol wound
in the head.
The girl, who had been in ill health for about three years, apparently shot
herself at her home earlier in the day. She was given emergency treatment at
Giles County Hospital and transferred to Nashville.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Prospect Methodist
Church
with the Rev. Thomas Smith officiating. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery. Wilson
Carter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cunningham; three sisters,
Mrs. Bobbie Sue Surles, Decatur, Ala., Mrs. Catherine Mae Watkins of Ardmore,
Ala., and Mrs. Christine Johnson of Prospect; three brothers, Johnny with the
Armed Forces in Alaska, and Dale and Randy of Prospect.
CURRIN, A. R. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jun 1969
A. R. Currin, 79, of Ardmore, died Wednesday, May 28, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Currin were held Thursday afternoon, May 29, at 4
o'clock in the chapel of Rainey Funeral Home, with the Rev. Thomas Davis
officiating. Burial was in Gatlin Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Currin was born July 8, 1889 the son of the late
William A. and Marie Whitt Currin.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Taft of Taft; four sons, Ronald
Currin, Goodspring, Barron Currin, Ardmore, Paul Currin, Fayetteville, and Billy
Currin of Athens, Ala.; and six grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Bob Campbell
and Mrs. Selvin Smith of Ardmore, Mrs. Morgan Delap of Knoxville, and Mrs.
Arthur Griffin of Louisville, Ky.; and one brother, John Currin of Louisville,
Ky.
CURRIN, Roberta Smith The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1966
Mrs. Roberta Smith Currin, 70, died Monday morning, August 15, in Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, August 16, at 2:00 o'clock at Rainey
Funeral Home in Ardmore. The Rev Ben Alford officiated. Burial was in Gatlin
Cemetery.
Mrs. Currin, a native of Giles County, was born December 12, 1895. She was a
Presbyterian, and the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Smith.
She is survived by her husband, A. R. Currin, of Ardmore; one daughter, Mrs.
Charles Taft, of Taft; four sons, Ronald Currin, Goodsprings, Billy Currin,
Athens, Ala., and Paul Currin, Fayetteville; six grandchildren, and one sister,
Mrs. Luther Stevens, Taft.
Rainey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CURRY, Atha Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jan 1968
Atha Clarence Curry, 53, of 3109 20th Avene, Sheffield, Ala., outstanding
Sheffield educator, and former Giles Countian, died in the Colbert County
Hospital Tuesday, January 2.
Funeral services for Mr. Curry were conducted Thursday, January 4, at
Morrison-Elkins Chapel, Tuscumbia, Ala., with Revs. Lamar Plunkett and David
Underwood officiating. Burial was in Sheffield Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr. Curry was the son of the late Atha C. and Mattie Eubank Curry.
Mr. Curry was vocational counselor for the unified training program at Deshler
High School, Tuscumbia. During his teaching career, he had been connected with
six schools in Alabama, including Sheffield and Coffee, and for 12 years was
supervising teacher in the college student teaching program at Florence State
College. He had coached all sports associated with high schools at one time or
another. He had taught classes in science, social studies and physical education
at various schools.
He received his AB from Birmingham Southern College, his Master's in school
administration from FSC, and vocational education training at the University of
Alabama.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Lee Curry; two sons, Johnny and Tommy
Curry, Sheffield; one daughter, Mrs. Donald M. Alldredge, Ft. Bragg, N. C.; one
brother, W. C. Curry, Cleveland; one sister, Miss Louise Curry, Sheffield; and
one grandchild.
The following Giles Countians are relatives, Mrs. Houston Rost, Julius Alred,
Mrs. Mitchell Howard, Mrs. Arney White, Mrs. Smith Eubank, Robert E. Curry, and
Mrs. Smith Legg.
CURRY, Sara Minnie Stapp The Pulaski Citizen 10 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Minnie Stapp, 86, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First
Methodist Church and the Rev. J. C. Elkins, associate pastor. Burial took place
in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Curry died on Monday afternoon,
November 8, in Giles County Hospital after an extended illness.
Born November 25, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
Carroll Stapp and Sara Campbell Stapp. Her husband, Robert Emmett Curry, died
November 16, 1936.
She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Curry, the last member of her immediate family, is survived by one son,
Robert E. Curry, Pulaski banker; four daughters, Mrs.Mitchell E. Howard, Aspen
Hill, Mrs. Smith Legg, Mrs. Arney White, and Mrs. Smith Eubank, Pulaski; and
thirteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CURRY, Turner The Pulaski Citizen 17 Sep 1969
Turner Curry, 88, died Sunday morning, September 14, at Island Grove, Florida,
where he was making his home with his son, Leldon Curry.
The remains will be at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Lee Edmundson on the
Bethel-Stella Road until Thursday afternoon, September 18, at 2:00 o'clock when
graveside services will be held at the Prospect Cemetery with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating.
Mr. Curry, born and reared in the Kedron Community, was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. James Curry of Kedron.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Tom Nipper of Knoxville; two sons, Leldon
Curry, Island Grove, Fla., and James Curry, Kedron; one sister, Mrs. Lee
Edmundson; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
CURTIS, Annie Elizabeth Birdsong The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Birdsong Curtis, 77, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton and the Rev. J. W. McCullough. Burial took place in McCracken
Cemetery. Mrs. Curtis died at 2:30 o'clock Monday morning, August 7, at Giles
County Hospital after a long illness.
Born May 17, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Ben
Birdsong and Ella Hollis Birdsong. She was a member of the First Presbyterian
Church in Pulaski.
Her husband, Henry Curtis, died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Curtis is survived by two sons, Herman Curtis, Sarasota, Fla., and Lester
Curtis, E. Chatham, N. Y.; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Birdsong and Mrs. James
Dunavant, both of Bunker Hill Community, Giles County; twenty-one grandchildren
and one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. D. Robinson, Delrose, Mrs. C. B.
McKnight and Mrs. Lola McLin, Pulaski; and two brothers, Virgil Birdsong,
Frankewing and Arnold Birdsong, Delrose.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
CURTIS, Etta Watson The Pulaski Citizen 18 Feb 1953
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Watson Curtis, 74, were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon at Young's Chapel Presbyterian Church. The Rev. G. H. Turpin, of
Chattanooga, a former pastor, officiated and burial took place in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Curtis died at 7 o'clock Sunday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Willie
Mangrum in Murfreesboro.
She was reared at Bunker Hill, the daughter of the late William (Comfort) Watson
and Lizzie Gilliam Watson. Her husband, Jim Curtis, died several years ago.
Mrs. Curtis, a member of the Presbyterian Church, is survived by the one
daughter; one granddaughter; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Gaines Jones, Pulaski, and
Mrs. Fredonia Williams, Dellrose; and one brother, Bill Watson, Oklahoma.
CURTIS, Robert Wade "Bob" The Pulaski Citizen 31 May 1967
Robert Wade "Bob" Curtis, 45, well known Ardmore merchant and alderman on the
Ardmore, Tenn., City Council, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning, May 31, at
Giles County Hospital following a heart attack.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Ardmore
Methodist Church with the Rev. Ben Alford, pastor, and the Rev. Horace Bass of
Nashville officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery at Pulaski. Rainey
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
A native of the Bryson community in Giles County, Mr. Curtis was the son of the
late John K. and Lucy Watson Curtis. His birth date was April 9, 1922. His wife,
who survives, is the former Miss Eugenia Hamlett of Ardmore.
Before entering the merchantile business some five years ago, Mr. Curtis was
associated with the Dupont Company at Columbia for ten years. He was a member of
the Ardmore Methodist Church.
Surviving, in addition to his wife; are a daughter, Carol Curtis, a student at
Auburn University; three sons, Bob Wade, Ricky and John Curtis, all of Ardmore;
five brothers, Gilbert of Elkton, Jack of Huntsville, Ala., J. K. of Lynnville,
Max of Memphis and Cecil Curtis of Prospect; and two sisters, Mrs. Harvey May of
Elkton and Mrs. Bobby Ray of Tullahoma.
DADE, Roxye Hudson The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1961
Mrs. Roxye Hudson Dade, life-long resident of Pulaski, died unexpectedly at 4
o'clock Thursday morning, November 16, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter
McLean, Jr., in Fairfield, a suburb of Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Dade had had a
heart ailment for some time. Graveside services were held at one o'clock Friday
afternoon in Maplewood Cemetery with the Rev. Neal Dean, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Born and reared in Pulaski, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Thaddeus E.
Hudson, Cumberland Presbyterian minister, and Mrs. Laura Elizabeth Johnson
Hudson. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Dade is survived by the one daughter, Mrs. McLean; two grandchildren, Mrs.
Tom B. Gullege, Jr., Birmingham, and Michael McLean, Fairfield; a
great-granddaughter, Gina Camille Gullege; and one sister, Mrs. Sam S. Heide,
Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DALE, Claude D. The Pulaski Citizen 5 May 1965
Funeral services for Claude D. Dale, president of the Cornersville Farmers Bank
and a native of Giles County, were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon in
Cornersville Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Thomas Vann, pastor of the
church. Burial took place in Beechwood Cemetery in Cornersville. Mr. Dale died
Friday morning, April 30, in Gordon's Hospital in Lewisburg, after a long
illness.
Born June 1, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James Dale and
Mrs. Lila Pettus Dale. He had lived in Marshall County the past thirty-five
years.
Mr. Dale was a veteran of World War I, a member of the American Legion, past
president of the Lions Club and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Dale is survived by his wife, Mrs. Robbie McCracken Dale; three daughters,
Mrs. Ruth Sisk, Cornersville, Mrs. Billy Gunn, Clearwater, Fla., and Mrs. Billy
C. Bills, Nashville; three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Clyde Hatfield,
Pulaski; and two brothers, Clyde M. Dale, Old Hickory, and Frank Dale,
Cleveland, Ohio.
DALE, Clyde Morgan The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1968
Clyde Morgan Dale, 66, died Thursday afternoon, February 22, at his residence,
1908 Riverside Drive, Old Hickory.
Funeral services for Mr. Dale, a retired druggist, were held at the First
Baptist Church of Old Hickory, Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, with the Rev.
Norris Hite officiating. Burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Dale was born September 9, 1901, the son of the
late James A. and Lila Pettus Dale.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Laura Martin Dale; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond
J. Foster, Jr., Waynesboro, Va.; one son, Clyde M. Dale, Jr., Mountain Grove,
Mo.; one sister, Mrs. Clyde Hatfield, Pulaski; one brother, J. Frank Dale,
Cleveland, Ohio; and seven grandchildren.
DALE, Dave W. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Dave W. Dale, 89, died Thursday, October 12, at his home in Frankewing.
Services were conducted on Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Howard Haynes and the Rev. Clarence
Stewart, officiating. Burial was in Frankewing Cemetery.
Mr. Dale was a native of Giles County, born December 23, 1877, the son of the
late Hamlett and Mary Marshall Dale.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sara B. Troxler Dale, Frankewing; six
daughters, Mrs. Clara Moore, Mrs. Nathan Nipp, Frankewing, Mrs. Glen Adams,
Pulaski, Mrs. J. W. Haislip, Petersburg, Mrs. Haley Cornwell, Nashville, and
Mrs. W. F. Davis, Spring Place; two sons, Ike Dale, Pulaski, and Coleman Dale,
Frankewing; eighteen grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren; and one
brother, Tom Dale, Frankewing.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DALE, Nellie Hardiman The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1968
Mrs. Nellie Hardiman Dale, 64, died Wednesday, June 12, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dale, wife of James Frank Dale, were held Sunday
afternoon, June 16, at two o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Dale was the daughter of Mrs. Ella Parsons
Hardiman and the late Alex Hardiman.
Survivors in addition to her husband and mother include one son, James F. Dale,
Jr., Cleveland, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Shelby Taylor, Mrs. Ruth Gaines, and
Mrs. Forrest Allen, all of Pulaski; two brothers, Byron and Charles E. Hardiman
both of Nashville; and two grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DALE, Roy Bernard The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1961
Roy Bernard Dale, 64, veteran railway employee and ticket agent at the Pulaski
station of Louisville and Nashville Railroad for the past seventeen years, died
suddenly for a heart attack on Sunday, February 2, at Giles County Hospital
where he had been a patient for two weeks as a result of injuries receeived when
he was struck by a pickup truck on South First Street.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p. m. today at First Methodist Church, of
which he was a member, by the Rev. William H. Moss, the Rev. Chester A. Stephens
and Dr. William H. Mansfield. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, Mr. Dale had lived most of his life in Giles County
and had served as agent at several other L & N stations in the county during the
past forty-four years. He was the son of the late James Hamilton and Mary
Elizabeth Marshall Dale.
He had served on the official boards of Methodist churches at Ardmore and
Frankewing and was a member of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nancy Eliza Troxler Dale; one daughter, Mrs.
Robert Sullivan of Meridian, Miss.; two brothers, Dave and Tom G. Dale of
Frankewing; and six grandchildren.
DALY, Charles The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jan 1968
Charles Daly, 35, disabled veteran anf former mental patient, was shot and
killed early Monday following an argument and scuffle at Si Will Brown's tavern
in west Pulaski. The victim and his accused slayer, Bobby G. Hammonds, 26, are
both Negroes.
The incident occurred about 12:20 a. m. Jan. 1, according to Sheriff Jack Cox,
who said an argument developed between Hammonds' brother, Thomas Hammonds, and
Daly after Thomas refused Daly's request for a quarter and then a dollar. The
two were engaged in a scuffle when Bobby allegedly shot. Bullets struck Daly
under the left arm and in the back, and another hit Thomas in the side but did
not cause serious injury.
Bobby Hammonds is being held in Giles County Jail, and Sheriff Cox said a
preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday.
Daly is survived by his wife, Josephine, and four children; his parents, Lewis
and Mary Daly; three brothers and five sisters.
Funeral services are to be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday at Jordan Funeral Home
with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
DALY, Dave The Pulaski Citizen 30 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Dave Daly, 92, retired farmer of Giles County, were held at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton and the Rev. G. D. Marion of Blanche. Burial took place in Giles
Memory Gardens. Mr. Daly died at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, December 25, in
Giles County Hospital.
Born November 26, 1882, in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late
Sam Daly and Mattie Trotter Daly.
Mr. Daly is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Mae Walls Daly; four sons, Samuel D.
Daly and David Daly, both of Prospect, and Joe Daly and George Daly, both of
Toledo, Ohio; seven daughters, Mrs. Calvin Sanders, Pulaski, Mrs. Bessie Minor
and Miss Barbara Daly, Prospect, Mrs. Esterlene Wise, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Edith
Wilkerson, Taft, Mrs. Frances Allen, Nashville, and Mrs. Doris Smith, Tampa,
Fla.; twenty-two grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Birdie McIntosh, St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. Annie Rochelle and Mrs. Maggie
Hargrove, Athens, Ala.; and one brother, George Daly, Decatur, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DALY, Dayton The Pulaski Citizen 02 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Dayton Daly, 78, retired railroad employee, were held
Sunday in Rainey Funeral Home in Ardmore with burial in the Daly Cemetery in
southern Giles County. Mr. Daly died on Tuesday, January 25, at his home in
Dayton, Ohio.
He was born in Giles County, the son of the late William Lucas and Martha Calvin
Daly. Mr. Daly is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Sledge Daly; one daughter,
Mrs. J. L. Chambers, Clarksville; and one granddaughter.
DALY, Harold Douglas The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Harold Douglas Daly, seventeen-year-old Prospect High
School senior who drowned in Elk River Friday night, August 4, were conducted at
McConnell Funeral Home, Athens, Ala., Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. James E.
Holt, Church of Christ minister, officiated and burial was in Daly Cemetery near
Elkton.
The youth was one of a group of young people who had gone swimming at Morrell's
Mill about 10 p. m., according to Bill Morris, Giles County chief deputy
sheriff, who said he was told that Daly swam across the river and was returning
when he disappeared at midstream.
Linden Ward, one of the group, attempted to rescue Daly but was unable to fine
him after he sank from view. Officers were notified and rescue operations were
begun immediately. The body was recovered about 2 a. m. Saturday after being
spotted by Butch Gibson a short distance downstream from where the youth had
disappeared.
The scene of the drowning is about 15 miles south of Pulaski and not far from
Daly's home just south of the Tennessee-Alabama state line.
He was the son of Robert W. and Louise Bates Daly of Veto, Ala.
Other survivors include two brothers, Roger Dale Daly of Veto and Donald Ray
Daly of Nashville; one sister, Brenda Kay Daly of Veto; and his grandparents,
Raymond Daly of Veto and Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Bates of Pettusville, Ark.
DANIEL, Bessie King The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1966
Mrs. Bessie King Daniel, 85, died Monday, August 15, at a Lawrenceburg
infirmary. Services were held at 10:00 o'clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs Daniel was a native of Giles County. A member of the Methodist Church, she
was the daughter of the late Owen W. and Mary Knight King. Her husband, Clarence
E. Daniel, died several years ago.
She is survived by one son, Owen Daniel, Decatur, Ala.; one grandchild, and a
sister, Mrs. Thurston Griffin, of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DANIEL, Billy A. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1969
Billy A. Daniel, brother of Mrs. Maurice E. Wilkinson of Elkton, died Tuesday
morning, February 18, in a Nashville hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Daniel will be held Thursday afternoon, February 20, at
2 o'clock in the Cosmopolitan Chapel, with the Rev. Herman Jacobs officiating.
Burial will be in National Cemetery.
Survivors include one son, William F. Daniel, Lomita, Calif.; one other sister,
Mrs. Ozelle Hammonds, Manchester; two brothers, Monroe A. Daniel and M. L.
Daniel, both of Tullahoma; and two grandchildren.
DANIEL, Marvin Luther The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1968
Marvin Luther Daniel, 73, of the Bodenham community, died Tuesday, January 30
after a heart attack.
A native of Giles County and a member of the Church of Christ, Mr. Daniel was
born June 1, 1894, the son of the late Samuel and Nellie Daniel.
Mr. Daniel was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Annie Daniel; five daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Gully, Mrs. Mildred Weldon, Mrs. Margaret Morris, all of Pulaski, Mrs. Fannie
Furlanio, Irving, N. Y., and Mrs. Bertha Pregner, Scranton, Pa.; six sons,
Morris Daniel, Santinas, Calif., Robert Daniel, Lynnville, Charles Dewey, Lonnie
and Paul Daniel, all of Pulaski; two brothers, Bob Daniel, Washington State, and
Clifford Daniel, Pulaski; and twenty-two grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DARNELL, John Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jun 1964
Funeral services for John Thomas Darnell, 75, farmer of the Seventeenth Civil
District, will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Raymond Johns and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
Baptist ministers. Burial will take place in New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Darnell died
at one o'clock Tuesday morning, June 16, at Giles County Hospital.
Born September 24, 1888, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late Joe
Darnell and Hattie Boone Darnell. He was a member of New Zion Baptist Church.
Mr. Darnell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie Whitsett Darnell; two
daughters, Mrs. Hattie Mae Vincent and Mrs. Lucile Vincent, Pulaski; ten
grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren; one
brother, Adrian Darnell, Pulaski; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Mae Gilliam and
Mrs. Louise Gilliam, both of Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DARNELL, Wiley Adrian The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1968
Funeral services for Wiley Adrian Darnell, 71, were held Sunday afternoon, May
6, at 2 o'clock in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Clarence Stewart
officiating. Burial was in New Zion Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Darnell died Friday, May 3 at his home. Mr.
Darnell born March 8, 1897, was the son of the late Joe and Mattie Darnell.
Survivors include four son, Joe Darnell, Chicago, Ill., Jesse and Melvin
Darnell, both of Giles County, and James Darnell, Lewisburg; four daughters,
Mrs. Richard Whitsett, Marshall County, Mrs. Vestal Gowan, Mrs. Carter Wright,
and Mrs. Joe Wright, all of Giles County; thirty-five grandchildren; nineteen
great-grandchildren; two half sistrers, Mrs. Gray Gilliam and Mrs. Kenneth
Gilliam, both of Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DART, Dazzie Ruth The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Morris Dart, 54, native Giles Countian, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Dart died on December 30
in her home town of Sacramento, California.
The former Miss Dazzie Ruth Hazelwood, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
and Nancy Windsor Hazelwood. Her first husband, Rollie Martin, died in 1928.
Mrs. Dart is survived by her husband, Morris Dart; one daughter, Mrs. Walter
Campbell, Nashville; three grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Lillie Gaines,
Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Jim Martin, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DARWIN, James Brown (Jimmy) The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1967
James Brown (Jimmy) Darwin, 58, well-known Pulaski businessman, died
unexpectedly of a heart attack at 9:45 a. m. Tuesday morning, Dec. 5. He was
dead on arrival at Giles County Hospital after suffering the seizure at his real
estate office on South Second Street.
Funeral services were conducted at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. John M. McGinnis and Dr. William H. Mansfield officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Darwin was a native of Huntsville, Ala., the son of the late Davis Humphrey
and Beulah Tarpley Darwin. He was born June 15, 1909.
He moved to Pulaski thirty-three years ago, at which time he was associated with
the Tennessee Valley Authority. Prior to opening the Darwin Realty Company
several years ago, he owned and operated Nu-Way Laundry for a number of years.
Mr. Darwin was a communicant of The Church of the Messiah, Episcopal, and a
Mason and Shriner.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Sanders Darwin, and one sister, Mrs.
J. O. Baites of Pulaski.
DAUGHERTY, Herbert Daniel, Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Dec 1969
Dr. Herbert Daniel Daugherty, Sr., 74, former resident of Nashville, died Monday
morning, December 15, at his home in Black Mt., N. C.
Dr. Daugherty, a native of Minor Hill, was a veteran of WWII, serving with the
313 machine gun Old Hickory 30 Division. He was a member of the V. F. W. and
American Legion.
He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1926 and practiced in Nashville until
1939 when he went with the Veteran Administration. He was a mason and a member
of B. M. United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Lucile Stuart; one son, H. D.
Daugherty, Jr. of Hendersonville; two grandsons; two sisters, Mrs. Lorene Mabe,
Lexington, Ala., and Mrs. Leana Teffetiler Knox; one brother, Thomas Daugherty,
Florence, Ala.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 17, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
DAUGHTERY, James Leslie (Jack) The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1963
Funeral services for James Leslie (Jack) Daughtery, 65, native Giles Countian
and resident of Donelson were held at 2:30 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at
Donelson Church of Christ with the burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park in
Nashville. Mr. Daughtry died Wednesday morning, May 8, at General Hospital in
that city.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late William F. Daughtery
and Hattie Warren Daughtery, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Daughtery was a retired employee of the Rudy Sausage Company at Donelson,
having with the company since its beginning.
The survivors include his wife, Mrs. Minnie Thigpen Daughtery; one son, Aubrey
Daughtery, Portland; one daughter, Mrs. Porter Freeman, Antioch; eight
grandchilden, one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Robin Marks, Pulaski, and
Mrs. John Crowder, Fayetteville; and one brother, William E. Daughtery, Paris,
Ky.
DAUGHTRY, Jessie Olliedine Hughes The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Olliedine Daughtry, 83, were conducted on
Friday, August 11, at 2:00 p. m., in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Freemon Cemetery in Leoma.
Mrs. Daughtry, a native of Lawrence County, died August 10 in Giles County
Hospital. She was born September 8, 1883, the daughter of the late George and
Mary Green Hughes. Her husband was the late William E. Daughtry.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Kobeck, and Mrs. Ada Ruth Smith,
Giles County; two sons, Oscar and Solon Daughtry, Giles County; eight
grandchildren; and fifteen grandchildren.
DAUGHTRY, John Harvey The Pulaski Citizen 29 Aug 1962
The body of a former Giles County man, son of a Pulaski woman, was found
floating in the Ohio River Saturday, August 18, near Owensboro, Kentucky. John
Harvey Daughtry, 54, son of Mrs. W. O. Daughtry, had been missing from his
Owensboro home since Wednesday, August 15.
According to Owensboro Coroner James H. Davis, Daughtry's body was found
floating face up in shallow water near the bank. Because drowning victims
usually float face down and because members of Daughtry's family stated he had a
serious heart condition, it was believed he may have suffered a heart attack
while walking on the bank and fallen into the water on his back.
Daughtry was born in Giles County, October 14, 1907, but had lived in Owensboro
for the past 35 years.
In addition to his mother, Daughtry has a sister, Mrs. Robert Tillman, living in
Pulaski.
Other survivors include his wife, Nellie Daughtry of Owensboro; two daughters,
Mrs. Arthur Colburn and Mrs. Roy Henry of Owensboro; four sons, Robert of
Nashville, Shirley, Oscar and Delbert of Owensboro; and four brothers, Herman of
Detroit, Mich., Buddy of Arizona, Ollie of California, and James of Waukegan,
Ill.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, August 26, in Owensboro.
DAVENPORT, Jerome Butler The Pulaski Citizen 14 Mar 1962
Jerome Butler Davenport, 60, native of Giles County, died on Friday, March 9, in
Auburndale, Fla., after several weeks illness. Funeral rites took place in that
city on Saturday.
Mr. Davenport was born April 3, 1901, the son of the late Levi Davenport and
Eunice Adams Davenport. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Davenport is survived by his wife, Mrs. Adgie Bee Davenport, Tampa, Fla.,
Charlie and Robert I. Davenport, both of Giles County; and four sisters, Mrs.
Mary D. Boyd, Riverside, Calif., and Mrs. Frank Pittard, Giles County, and Mrs.
L. M. Hightower and Mrs. Georgie Cole, both of Nashville.
DAVENPORT, Maude Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 5 Mar 1969
Mrs. Maude Campbell Davenport, 80, died Saturday, March 1, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Davenport, wife of the late R. I. Davenport, were held
Sunday afternoon, March 2, at 3:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Gilbert Shaffer and Andy Brown, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Davenport was the daughter of the late Thomas M.
Campbell and Lucinda Coleman Campbell.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Tom Campbell, Pulaski; two sons, Campbell
Davenport, Pulaski, and Pat Davenport, Nashville; one step-son, R. W. Davenport,
Whitehouse; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchildren.
DAVENPORT, Robert Ira The Pulaski Citizen 23 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Robert Ira Davenport, 84, retired farmer were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home conducted by
the Rev. R. E. Stevenson, Methodist minister, and Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister
of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in Giles Memory Garden. Mr.
Davenport died Friday, February 18, in Giles County Hospital after a long period
of declining health.
Born October 15, 1881, in the Bethel Community of Giles County, he was the son
of the late Levi Patrick Davenport and Eunice Adams Davenport. He was a member
of Cedar Grove Methodist Church.
Mr. Davenport is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maude Ella Campbell Davenport; three
sons, R. W. Davenport, White House, Tenn. Campbell Davenport, Pulaski and Pat
Davenport, Madison; one daughter, Mrs. Tom Campbell, Pulaski; nine
grandchildren; two brothers, Charles A. Davenport, Pulaski, and Roy Davenport,
Tampa, Fla.; and four sisters, Mrs. R. Dudley Boyd, Riverside, Calif., Mrs.
Frank Pittard, Knoxville, Ms. L. M. Hightower and Mrs. Georgia Cole, both of
Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Amanda Malinda Johnson The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda Malinda Johnson Davis, 86, native of Giles
County, were held at one o'clock Sunday afternoon at one o'clock Sunday
afternoon at Choates Creek Methodist Church. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mrs. Davis died Friday, January 10, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Cecil Alsup, in Dexter, Mo.
Born June 14, 1877, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Johnson and Elizabeth Hamilton Johnson. She was a member of the Church of God.
Her husband, Ben F. Davis, died in July of 1930.
In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Davis is survived by four sons, Bennie Davis
and Everett Davis, Pulaski, James W. Davis, Paris, Tenn., and Joseph E. Davis,
Manila, Ark.; fifteen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and seven
great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Finis Johnson, Pulaski; and four
step-children, George Davis and John Davis, both of Texas, Charlie Davis,
Oklahoma, and Mrs. Delia Pratt, Ethridge.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Bammer Wright The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Bammer Wright Davis, 64, Giles County resident for
fifty-five years, will be held at one o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial
will take place in Scotts Hill Cemetery. Mrs Davis who had been in failing
health, died at 4:45 o'clock Tuesday morning, October 1, at Mid-State Baptist
Hospital in Nashville.
Born December 15, 1898, in Florence, Ala., she was the daughter of the late Jim
Wright and Emma Worley Wright. Her husband, Jim Davis, died in 1950. She was a
member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Davis is survived by one brother, Lawrence Wright, Pulaski; and one
half-brother, Clyde Clements, Louisville, Ky.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Charles Du Bose The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1961
Charles Du Bose Davis, 79, native of Pulaski, and manager of the manufacturing
department of the U. S. Tobacco Company in Nashville for 53 years, died February
2, at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the residence on
Hampton Avenue, with burial in Spring Hill Cemetery in that city.
Mr. Davis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Cato Davis; two daughters, Mrs.
Edith Nolen, Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Charldene Hatcock, Nashville; three
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mamie Wyman, Nashville; and one brother, Fred W.
Davis, Nashville.
DAVIS, Charlie W. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1967
Funeral services for Charlie W. Davis, 72, were conducted at 2:00 p. m. Sunday,
March 5, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Jolly
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Davis died Friday, March 3, in Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. He was a
native of Giles County, born September 23, 1894, the son of the late G. L. and
Almeda Bass Davis.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Robert Strawn and Mrs. Ronald Currin, both
of Giles County; two grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Roy McRee, Mrs. Maude
Thornton, Giles County, and Mrs. Fred King, Alabama; two brothers, Luther and
Guy Davis, Giles County.
DAVIS, Dora Slayton The Pulaski Citizen 23 Apr 1969
Mrs. Dora Davis, 50, wife of William J. Davis, died in Cincinnati, Ohio on
Sunday. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 11 a. m. at Elkton Baptist Church
where she held membership. Burial took place in New Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Davis was a native of Giles County, the daughter of Dee and Theo Walker
Slayton.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Steve Hester,
Cincinnati; four brothers, A. C. Slayton, D. A. and Herbert Slayton, all of
Giles County, and J. B. Slayton, Huntsville, Ala.; three sisters, Mrs. Aaron
Pendley, Old Hickory, Tenn., Mrs. Roy Bietz, Rossville, Ga., and Mrs. Gilbert
Birdsong, Giles County, and two grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Elizabeth Scott The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Scott Davis, 81, of Prospect, who died
Monday, July 1, at Fairhaven Nursing Home, were conducted Tuesday at 2:30
o'clock at Prospect Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The
Rev. J. C. Elkins officiated, assisted by the Rev. R. R. Langston, pastor, and
the Rev. W. C. Folks.
Mrs. Davis, born January 6, 1882, was a native of Giles County, daughter of the
late Sam and Mary Frances Whitfield Scott. She was the widow of Stout P. Davis.
Survivors include two sons, John Davis of Pulaski and George Davis of
Campbellsville; six daughters, Miss Ozell Davis of Prospect, Mrs. H. G. Burton
of Nashville, Mrs. Jack Curtis of Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. Margaret Phillips of
Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Jimmy Vieti of Los Angeles, Calif., and Miss Emily Davis
of Massachusetts; fourteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
Carter Funeral Home of Prospect in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Frances Dunnavant The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Howard F. Davis, 57, native Giles Countian and
resident of Baton Rouge, La., for approximately 20 years, were held at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in Ravenhorst Funeral Home with the burial in Baton Rouge. Mrs.
Davis died Saturday, July 24, in Lady of the Lake Hospital in that city after an
extended illness.
The former Miss Frances Dunnavant, she was the daughter of the late William
Marvin Dunnavant and Sammie Abernathy Dunnavant. She was graduated at Martin
College, Pulaski, and had taught in the Giles County School System several
years.
Mrs. Davis is survived by her husband, Howard F. Davis; one son, Howard F.
Davis, Jr.; and one sister, Mrs. Warren N. Evans, Nashville.
DAVIS, George McClinton The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1962
Funeral services for George McClinton (Bud) Davis, 52, employee of Genesco,
Inc., of Pulaski, for nineteen years, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by the Rev.
Marcus Nickell and the Rev. W. H. Moss, Methodist ministers. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Davis died at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, January 16,
of a heart ailment at Giles County Hospital following a two year period of
declining health.
Born July 9, 1909, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Ervin Davis and
Ophie Thigpen Davis. He was a member of Pisgah Methodist Church.
Mr. Davis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Tomerlin Davis; one son, Jimmy
Davis; and one daughter, Donna Davis; one brother, Coleman Davis, Prospect; and
two sisters, Mrs. Clifford Cole and Mrs. Clifford Russell, both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Gilbert Joseph The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1968
Gilbert Joseph Davis, 51, died Monday, January 15 in Memphis. Funeral services
for Mr. Davis will be held Thursday, January 18, in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with Rev. William Suddarth officiating. Burial will be in Elkton
Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Louise Pope Davis; three sons, Gilbert J.
Davis, Jr., Omaha, Nebr., Melvin Davis, U. S. Air Force and Homer Davis, U. S.
Navy; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Ann Christopher, Birmingham, Ala., and Miss
Clara Jean Davis, Memphis; two grandchildren; three brothers, Edward Davis,
Gary, Ind., Walt Davis, Augusta, Ga., and Clyde Davis, Pennsylvania.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Grover Cleveland The Pulaski Citizen 19 Dec 1962
Funeral Services for Grover Cleveland Davis, 70, Minor Hill resident, were held
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist Church with the burial in Minor
Hill Cemetery. Mr. Davis died early Saturday morning, December 15, at Jackson
Clinic at Lester, Ala.
A native of Lauderdale County, Ala, he was born August 1, 1892. He had lived in
Gainesville, Fla., until two years ago when he moved to Minor Hill. He was a
member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Davis is survived by Mrs. Jessie Powell Davis; and one daughter, Miss
Barbara Davis, Richmond, KY.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Mrs. James G. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Nov 1966
Services for Mrs. James G. Davis, 88, of Lawrenceburg, were held at 2 p. m.
Sunday at North Funeral Home. Burial was in John Lay Cemetery, Ethridge.
Survivors include her husband; four daughters, Mrs. Abbie Dunman, Shelbyville,
Mrs. Elizabeth Knowles, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Flora Stephens, Jasper, and Mrs.
Nellie Mae Hembree, Sparta; a son, Siegel Davis, Ethridge; five sisters, Mrs.
Carlos Couch, Savannah, Mrs. Jim Haynes, Mrs. Edgar Moore, and Mrs. W. T.
Miller, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Mary White, Pulaski; ten grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
DAVIS, John Paul The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
Word was received Saturday, January 11, by Giles County relatives that Pfc. John
Paul Davis of Boonshill had been killed while serving in the Vietnam area.
The 20 year old Lincoln County soldier, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Davis,
had been stationed in Vietnam since the first of December. He was inducted into
the army six months ago.
The body will be returned to Boonshill, within a three weeks' period and funeral
arrangements are tentatively placed at a date within that time. Burial will be
in the Wright Cemetery.
Pfc. Davis was a 1966 graduate of Boonshill High School and was a member of the
Church of Christ.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Maudie Ruth
Orr, Georgia, Mrs. Rosemary Hudson, Florida, and Mrs. Theada Wilkins; two
brothers, William Loyd Davis and Phillip Davis, both of Boonshill; and two
grandparents, Mrs. W. E. Davis and Mrs. Linda Oliver Pope.
DAVIS, John Milton The Pulaski Citizen 5 Mar 1969
Funeral services for John Milton Davis, 76, half-brother of Judge Coleman Davis,
were held Wednesday afternoon, March 5, at North Funeral Home. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Davis, a retired banker, died Monday, March 3, at his home in Lawrenceburg.
A native of Alabama, he was a son of the late William W. and Tera Weatherford
Davis.
He moved to Giles County at an early age, and attended public schools here, as
well as Massey Preparatory School.
Mr. Davis began his banking career in 1911 at Athens, Ala., and later went to
Florence, Ala., before going to Lawrenceburg. He was also vice-president of the
Murfreesboro Bank and Trust Co.
A former state bank examiner, he held this position for 27 years. In 1951 he
became manager of the Commerce Union Bank at Lawrenceburg and remained there
until his retirement in 1953.
Mr. Davis was a member of the Lawrenceburg Masonic Lodge No. 542 and the Rotary
Club. He was named "Mr. Rotary" in 1964, was a former president of the club and
served as secretary since 1955.
He was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Survivors in addition to Judge Davis, include his wife, Mrs. Margaret Meadows
Davis; one brother, H. Grady Davis, Athens, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. B. W.
Walters, Columbus, Ga.; and one half-sister, Miss Ruth Davis, of Pulaski.
DAVIS, Lela The Pulaski Citizen 17 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Miss Lela Davis, 68, resident of Pulaski, were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon in Minor Hill Church of Christ, with the burial in
Minor Hill Cemetery. She died Saturday, November 13, in Elm Nursing Home in
Lawrenceburg.
Born February 2, 1897, in Giles County, the daughter of the late Tom Davis and
Amanda Davis Davis.
She is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Effie White and Mrs. Nancy Crabb, both of
Pulaski, Mrs. Ellie Wright, and Mrs. Lucy Ridgway, both of Goodspring; and and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Lola Vada Inman The Pulaski Citizen 21 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Charlie W. Davis, 67, resident of Giles County, were
held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. James L. Jolly, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church of
which she was a member. Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mrs. Davis
died Wednesday, April 14, at her home in the Goodsprings section.
Born February 9, 1898, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Lola Vada Inman,
the daughter of the late Joseph Inman and Elizabeth Davis Inman.
Mrs. Davis is survived by her husband, Charlie W. Davis; two daughters, Mrs.
Robert Strawn and Mrs. Ronald Currin, both of Pulaski; two grandchildren; five
brothers, Ernest Inman, Detroit, Mich., Jasper Inman, Clifford Inman, and Leslie
Inman, all of Nashville, and Clyde Inman, Dayton, Ohio; one half-brother, Carter
Duncan, Ethridge; one sister, Mrs. W. C. Hall, Nashville; and one half-sister,
Mrs. Nela Derryberry, Detroit, Mich.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Maggie Smith The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Smith Davis, 85, Pulaski resident, will be held
at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Ben T. Shawhan, rector of the Episcopal Church, and the Rev. Billy E.
Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial will take place in the
family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Davis died at 7:10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, July 24, at Fairhaven Nursing Home where she had been a patient several
days.
Born December 23, 1877, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Hiram
A. Smith and Fannie Keele Smith. She was the widow of John W. Davis, Jr., who
died June 25, 1917. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Davis is survived by one son, Coleman G. Davis, County Court Clerk of Giles
County; one daughter, Miss Maggie Ruth Davis, Pulaski; one sister, Miss Mackie
Smith, Pulaski; three step-children, Grady Davis, Athens, Ala., John M. Davis,
Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Lucile Waters, Columbus, Miss.; and nine grandchildren
and twelve great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Mazie Irene Prince The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral Services for Mrs. Mazie Irene Prince Davis, 61, Minor Hill resident,
were held at 2:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist Church, with
the Rev. Harold Smith and the Rev. Bob Brothers officiating. Burial took place
in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Davis died of a heart attack at 2:15 o'clock Friday
afternoon, January 19, at Giles County Hospital.
Born 20 July 1900, she was the daughter of the late John Prince and Mahala
Jackson Prince. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Her husband, Silas R.
Davis, died in 1954. Mrs. Davis is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Clifford
Davis, Five Points, Mrs. Lonas Campbell, Goodspring, Mrs. Morris Cleveland,
Pulaski; one son, Aubrey Davis, Nashville; ten grandchildren and three great
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Leewell Cribbs, Winter Haven, Fla.; and three
brothers, Erskine Prince, Cleveland, Ohio, Homer Prince, San Antonio, Tex., and
James E. Prince, Houston, Tex.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, "Red" The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Ardmore man died from exposure; body found early Saturday. The frigid weather of
Saturday morning was credited with the death of "Red" Davis, about 30, resident
of the Ardmore community, whose frozen body was found lying on cotton hulls
outside one of the Ardmore gins, according to reports received in Pulaski.
Mr. Davis' body was discovered by his son who made a search of the area when his
father failed to return home Friday night.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Ardmore Baptist Church and
burial was in the church cemetery.
In addition to his son, Mr. Davis is survived by his wife.
DAVIS, Rufus Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1966
Funeral services for Mr. Rufus Clarence Davis, 74, who died Sunday night,
October 23, in a Maury County Nursing Home, were conducted on Tuesday afternoon,
at 2:00 o'clock, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. The Rev. James
Schultz officiated with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Davis, a native of Giles County, was born March 12, 1892, the son of the
late George L. and Almeda Bass Davis.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Blanche Parsons Davis; three daughters, Mrs.
Mamie Newton, Pulaski, Mrs. Frank Hobbs,Jr. Elkton, and Mrs. Mary Ann Schultz of
Lawrenceburg; two sons, W. C. Davis, Giles County, and Lewis Davis, Virginia;
eleven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Roy McRee, Mrs.
Fred King, and Mrs.Maude Thornton; three brothers, Charlie, Guy and Luther
Davis, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAVIS, Viva Mai Brooks The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1968
Mrs. Viva Mai Davis, 66, died Tuesday afternoon, October 1, in the Lewisburg
Medi-Center.
Funeral services for Mrs. Davis, wife of the late Ozro Davis, were held
Wednesday afternoon, October 2, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Davis was born May 11, 1902, the daughter of the
late Edgar and Ola Anthony Brooks.
Survivors include two brothers, Floyd Brooks, Pulaski, and Oakley Brooks,
Prospect; one half-brother, Atha Ray Brooks, Pulaski; one half-sister, Mrs. Leon
Oaks of Columbia; and nieces and nephews. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
DAVIS, William Glenn The Pulaski Citizen 15 Aug 1962
William Glenn Davis, 70, brother of E. B. Davis of Pulaski, died Wednesday, Aug.
8, in Nashville, where he had made his home since his retirement from a position
in Chicago four years ago. Funeral services were held Friday at Martin's Funeral
Home and burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville.
Other survivors are his wife, Mrs. Luva M. Davis, and two brothers, Andrew
Lawson Davis and Sam Y. Davis, both of Nashville.
DAWES, Arthur The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Arthur Dawes, 79, farmer of the Stella Community, were held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Stella Church of Christ, conducted by Adrian
Merritt, Jr., Church of Christ minister, with the burial in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery at Stella. Mr. Dawes died at 8:30 o'clock Saturday morning, December 7,
1963, at his home.
Born January 3, 1884, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late Robert
Dawes and Ruthie Diana Turner Dawes. He was a member of the Church of Christ at
Stella.
Mr. Dawes is survived by his wife, Mrs. Zamer Duncan Dawes; four sons, Willie
Dawes, Athens, Ala., Eldred Dawes, Lester, Ala., Paul Dawes, Orlando, Fla., and
Dean Dawes, Stella; five daughters, Mrs. Eleanor White, Minor Hill, Mrs. Mary
Ruth Jackson, Goodsprings, Mrs. Buford Carroll, Nashville, and Mrs. Clara
Scruggs and Mrs. Louise Powell, both of Orlando, Fla.; sixteen grandchildren and
four great grandchildren; two brothers, Clyde Dawes, Prospect, and Walter Dawes,
Athens, Ala.; and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Bell Turner and Mrs. Gilmer Hannah,
both of Prospect.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAWES, Audie The Pulaski Citizen 23 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Audie Dawes, 75, former Giles Countian, were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at Market Street Church of Christ in Athens, Ala., and
the burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski. Mr. Dawes died Saturday
afternoon, November 19, at Athens Hospital after an eight week illness.
Born October 28, 1885, in Marshall County, he moved with his parents, Robert
Dawes and Diana Ruth Turner Dawes, at an early age to Giles County where he
lived the greater part of his life. Thirty years ago, he moved to Athens, Ala.
His wife, Mrs. Gracie Hunter Dawes, died approximately ten years ago.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Dawes is survived by one son, Willard Dawes, Athens, Ala.; two daughters,
Mrs. Wilma Shackelford, Pulaski, and Mrs. Edith Roberts, Nashville; nine
grandchildren and six great grandchildren; three brothers, Clyde Dawes and
Arthur Dawes, Stella, and Walter Dawes, Athens, Ala.; and two sisters, Mrs.
Gilmer Hanna, and Mrs. Jennie Bell Turner, both of the Stella Community.
DAWES, Walter The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Walter Dawes, 84, former resident of Giles County, and a
retired carpenter, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Market Street
Church of Christ in Athens, Ala., with the burial in City Cemetery in that city.
Mr. Dawes died on Friday, June 25, at the home in Athens after a two year period
of declining health.
Born in August, 1881, in Marshall County, Tenn., he was the son of the late
Robert Dawes and Anna Turner Dawes. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Mr.
Dawes moved to Athens in 1929.
His wife, Mendie Duncan Dawes, died in 1953.
Mr. Dawes is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Herman Tarpley, Lynnville, and
Mrs. Clarine Black, Mrs. Gladys Kilpatrick, Mrs. W. C. Thompson and Mrs. Eugene
Hughes, all of Athens, Ala.; one son, Wilburn Dawes, Decatur, Ala.; fifteen
grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; two
sisters, Mrs. Gilmer Hanna and Mrs. Jennie Bell Turner; and one brother, Clyde
Dawes, all of the Stella Community of Giles County.
DAWS, James Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 29 Oct 1969
James Wilson Daws, 28, died Saturday, October 25, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon, October 27, at 2:00 o'clock in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and Estes
Keykendal officiating. Burial was in Aspen Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born June 18, 1941, the son of Loney Daws and
the late Ozra Rogers Daws.
Survivors in addition to his father, include his wife, Mrs. Paulette Estes Daws;
one son, James Lee Daws; one daughter, Janice Marie Daws; one brother, Milton
Eugene Daws, Pulaski; five sisters, Mrs. Christine Shelton, Mrs. Estelle Lackey,
Mrs. Sara Pylant, Mrs. Katherine Helton, Pulaski, and Mrs. Mary Greenfield,
California.
DAWSON, Joe Stephens The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Joe Stephens Dawson, 80, retired railroad employee of
Dellrose, were held at 11 o'clock Monday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. W. C. Folks. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Maury County, he was born January 29, 1880, the son of the late Joe
Stephens Dawson, Sr., and Margaret Hicks Dawson.
Mr. Dawson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lola McAlister Dawson; one daughter,
Mrs. Logan Stevenson; and two grandchildren, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAWSON, Mrs. Ruben The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jul 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruben Dawson, 71, were held Tuesday morning, July 23,
at 11 o'clock in the chapel of Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home, Columbia, with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Dallas Bass officiating. Burial was in Rose
Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Dawson, wife of Ruben Dawson, died Sunday, July 21, in Maury County
Hospital after an extended illness.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Dawson was born January 10, 1897, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Pinkelton.
Survivors include her husband, Ruben Dawson; one son, and two grandchildren;
four sisters, Mrs. R. L. Hickman, and Mrs. James E. Cross, both of Lynnville,
Mrs. Annie Mae Carpenter, Nashville and Mrs. Ewing Dean, Pulaski; three
brothers, Clyde Pinkelton, Columbia, Milburn Pinkelton, Southport, and John Mark
Pinkelton, Martin.
DEAN, Ewing H. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Ewing H. Dean, 61, retired carpenter of the Campbellsville
section, were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Ed Templeton and the Rev. R. L. Greenway, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Dean died Tuesday, March
24, at his Campbellsville home.
Born June 28, 1902, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John H. Dean and
Rachel Yearwood Dean. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Dean is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lura Kate Pinkelton Dean; one son, Billy
E. Dean, Giles County; and two brothers, Harvey H. Dean, Pulaski, and James C.
Dean, Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DEAN, Lillie Mae Tate The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Harvey H. Dean, 69, were held at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss,
pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Dean died about one o'clock Thursday afternoon, November 9, at Giles County
Hospital, following a long period of declining health.
Born February 21, 1892, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Lillie Mae
Tate, daughter of J. B. Tate and Mattie Moates Tate. The last member of her
immediate family, she was a member of First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Dean is survived by her husband, Harvey H. Dean; one son, William E. Dean,
Giles County; four daughters, Mrs. Howard L. Hill, Corpus Christi, Texas, Mrs.
Melvin Hughes, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Robert White, Alexandria, La., and Mrs. J. W.
Gaines, Paducah, Ky.; and eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DEANE, Annie Neely The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1967
Mrs. Annie Neely Deane, 88, died Saturday night, February 4, in Giles County
Hospital.
Services were conducted Monday afternoon, February 6, at 2:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. Billy
Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Deane was a native of Kentucky. She was born January 12, 1879, the daughter
of the late M. B. and Dora Jenkins Neely. Her husband, the late Dr. Allen
Woodard Deane, died several years ago. She was a member years ago. She was a
member of the First Methodist Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Coleman G. Davis, Mrs. Gilbert Storey,
Mrs. Edward Hopkins, Giles County, and Mrs. Ralph C. McLean, Huntington, W. Va.,
ten grandchildren; and sixteen great grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
DEAN, Harvey H. The Pulaski Citizen 01 Mar 1967
Funeral services for Harvey H. Dean, 79, retired carpenter, were conducted
Wednesday morning, March 1, at 11 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Dr. W. H. Mansfield officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Dean, a native of Giles County, died Tuesday, February 28, at Taylor's
Hospital in Lewisburg. He was born July 6, 1887, the son of the late Jack and
Rachel Yearwood Dean.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes, Athens, Ala., Mrs.
Ozella White, Bastrop, La., Mrs. Virginia Hill, Nashville, and Mrs. Havana
Gaines, Oak Ridge; one son, W. E. (Bill) Dean, Minor Hill; eleven grandchildren;
ten great-grandchildren; and one brother, James C. Dean, Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DEASON, John Neal The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jun 1962
Funeral services for John Neal Deason, 86, retired farmer of the Goodspring
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Deason died at 7:15 o'clock Monday
Morning, June 11, at Giles County Hospital after a two weeks illness.
Born November 25, 1875, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John R.
Deason; nine sons, Thurman Deason, Columbia, Herman Deason, Washington, D. C.,
Edward Deason, Detroit, Mich., John Neal Deason, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., Harold
Deason, Nashville, J. B. Deason, Germany, Ervin Deason, Benton Harbor, Mich.,
and Willard Allen Deason, Goodspring, and two daughters, Mrs. Joe Catlett,
Louisville, Ky., and Mr. Loyce Watts, Pulaski; and twenty-five grandchilden and
one great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DEASON, Radeane McElhiney The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1967
Mrs. Radeane McElhiney Deason, 27, died Tuesday, October 3, at Giles County
Hospital.
Services will be conducted Tuesday morning, October 5, at 10:00 o'clock, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Burial will be in Jason Cemetery in Dixon, Tenn.
Mrs. Deason, was a native of Giles County, was born June 19, 1940, the daughter
of Ray W. and Goldie Russell McElhiney of Pulaski.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by one daughter, Rhonda Faye Deason,
Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. Jackie Shrader, Lafayette, La.; one brother, Raymond
W. McElhiney, Jr., Lafayete, La.; and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Hume
Russell, Wales.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DEASON, William Robert The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jul 1968
William Robert Deason, 71, died Monday, July 29, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Deason, a retired hardware businessman, were held
Wednesday afternoon, July 31, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Deason was the son of the late James Robert and
Ellen Lawson Deason.
Survivors include several cousins, Mrs. Emma Clem and Mrs. Maggie Head, both of
Martin, Mrs. Louise Higgins, Mrs. Jessie Wright, Mrs. Foster Cleveland,and Mrs.
Maybon Mitchell, all of Giles County; and O. L. Arthur, of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DEERE, Carolyn Ables, Kimberly Anne & Mrs. Al Deere The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug
1968
A former Pulaskian, her six-year-old daughter and her mother-in-law were among
the 35 crash victims of the crash of a Piedmont Airlines plane that overshot the
main runway at Kanawha Airfield in Charleston, W. Va., last Saturday, August 10.
Mrs. Donald Deere, 25, of Louisville, Ky., the former Carolyn Ables, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ables of Pulaski, was en route to Newport News, Va., to visit
her husband's sister. It was her 25th birthday and her first plane trip. Mr.
Deer had remained in Louisville due to the illness of his father.
In addition to the daughter, Kimberly Anne, and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Al Deere
of Louisville, two other Tennesseans were killed in the crash. They were S. Sgt.
Robert M. Brewer, son of H. V. Brewer, formerly of Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Brewer
of Springfield, and Stewardess Anna Pearl Steward of Cookeville.
Mrs. Deere was born at Elkton, the daughter of Floyd and Delia Jones Ables. She
was a graduate of Giles County High School where she was a member of the school
band for several years.
Funeral services for Mrs. Deere and Kimberly were conducted this morning
(Wednesday) at 10:30 o'clock in Louisville with burial there.
Mrs. Deere's survivors, in addition to her husband and parents, include five
brothers, Clyde, Cletus, Charles and F. R. Ables, all of Pulaski and Max Ables
of Upton, Ky.; and four sisters, Mrs. James Jones, Mrs. Larry Brumitt, and Mrs.
Jimmy Foster, all of Pulaski, and Mrs. Clay Merrill of Louisville.
DEFOE, Lewis Albert The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1960
Funeral services for Lewis Albert Defoe, retired farmer, were held at 2:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon at London Funeral Home, Lewisburg, with the burial in
Spring Place Cemetery, near Cornersville. Mr. Defoe died Wednesday, April 13, at
the home in Lewisburg after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Newt Defoe. He
was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Defoe is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie Jones Defoe; four daughters, Mrs.
Sammie Lee Thompson and Mrs. James Brown, both of Lewisburg;, Mrs. Smith
Winsett, Cornersville, and Mrs. Sherrill Cashion, Memphis; two sons, Lloyd
Defoe, Ostella and Bill Defoe, Cornersville; and five grandchildren; two
brothers, Noah Defoe and Roy Defoe, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. Della Mars,
Pulaski.
DEFOE, Noah H. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1967
Funeral services for Noah H. Defoe, 36, were conducted Wednesday afternoon,
March 23, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Scott's Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Defoe died Sunday, March 19, at a hospital in Orlando, Fla., following a
short illness. He was a native of Giles County, born September 14, 1930, the son
of Noa L. Defoe and the late Mrs. Annie Mae Johns Defoe.
In addition to his father, he is survived by three sisters, Misses Johnnie Sue,
Geneva, and Carolyn Defoe, Florida; four brothers, James Defoe, Elkton, Billy,
William, and George Defoe, Florida.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DENBO, Benjamin The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Benjamin Denbo, retired Athens, Ala., businessman and
brother of a Pulaski merchant, were held Thursday afternoon in Birmingham, Ala.,
with the burial in that city. Mr. Denbo died early Wednesday, February 24, in
Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, following a brief illness.
Born March 15, 1879, in Lithuania, he immigrated to the United States in 1900
Following his marriage to the late Ethel Jaffe, he moved to Huntsville, Ala.,
and in 1908 he moved to Athens, Ala., where he was engaged in business the
remainder of his life.
He had been a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Elks Club for many years.
Mr. Denbo is survived by one daughter, Mrs. A. J. Markewitz, Athens, Ala.; one
son, David Denbo, Huntsville, Ala.; two grandchildren; one brother, Ike Denbo,
Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. Freida Cashen, New York City, N. Y.
DENBO, Jeannette Rifkin The Pulaski Citizen 6 Sep 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Jeannette Rifkin Denbo, 66, well-known Pulaski
resident, were held at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon at The Temple on Harding Road,
Nashville, with the rites conducted by Rabbi Randall Falk. Burial took place in
The Temple Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Denbo died at 5:30 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, August 31, in Mid-State Baptist Hospital, Nashville after a four
weeks illness.
Born December 16, 1900, in Riga, Latvia, she was the daughter of the late Louis
Rifkin and Zetta Kahn Rifkin. In 1910, the family moved to America, locating in
Boston, Mass., where they lived until 1922 when the family moved to Birmingham,
Ala. In 1923, upon her marriage to Ike Denbo, she moved to Pulaski.
Mrs. Denbo was a member of The Temple, the American Legion Auxiliary of Pulaski
Post No. 60, The Eastern Star and the local unit of United Church Women.
Mrs. Denbo is survived by her husband, a Pulaski businessman; two sons, Charles
Denbo, Pulaski, and Morley Denbo, Decatur, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Ted Lipman,
Pulaski; and eight grandchildren.
DENHAM, Dove Browning The Pulaski Citizen 15 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Dove Browning Denham, 76, former Giles Countian, who
died Wednesday, August 8, at Louisville, Ky., were held Friday at First
Christian Church in Williamsburg, Ky.
Born January 6, 1886, at Prospect, Mrs. Denham was the daughter of the late
Thomas H. and Susan Emily Tennessee Butler Browning. She moved with her family
to Pulaski at the age of ten and resided here until her marriage to Ernest M.
Denham of Williamsburg, who died in 1937. She had been in ill health since
suffering a stroke about four years ago, and since that time had made her home
in Louisville, having formerly lived in Williamsburg.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Ralph W. Denham of Louisville and Glenn W.
Denham of Middlesboro, Ky.; two sisters, Mrs. Amos R. Young of Pulaski and Mrs.
Burt Hunter of Lewisburg; and five grandchildren.
DENISON, Franklin Ross The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jan 1963
Franklin Ross Denison, brother of Mrs. Floyd E. White of Pulaski, died on
Sunday, January 13, at a hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Funeral services were held at the Little Church of the Good Shepherd with the
Rev John DeForest, formerly of Pulaski, Tenn., officiating. Burial took place
Tuesday in San Antonio, Texas.
A construction engineer, he was well-known, having built roads, levees, and
bridges in Mid-Western States.
Mr. Denison is survived by three sisters and three brothers.
DePRIEST, Leonard E. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jul 1968
Leonard E. DePriest, 80, father of C. E. DePriest, and a retired Perry County
school teacher and farmer of the Pineview community, died Monday, July 15, in
Perry County Hospital.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning, July 17, at 10:00 at Pineview
Baptist Church. Burial was in Bible Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Vera Morris DePriest; three sons, C. E.
DePriest, Pulaski, Robert DePriest, Linden, and Thomas DePriest, Odessa, Texas;
four daughters, Mrs. Louise Branch, Jackson, Mrs. Betty Wahl, Odessa, Tex., Mrs.
Peggy Wahl, Ashland City, and Mrs. Paulette Bell, Linden; three brothers, Fred
and Grady DePriest, Linden and Jack DePriest, Evansville, Ind.; two sisters,
Mrs. Mavis Dandy, Clarksvile, and Mrs. Mattie Besilse, Holladay; thirteen
grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
DERRYBERRY, Elmo I. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Elmo I. Derryberry, 53, construction company employee of
Columbia, were held Friday, January 5, at Williams Funeral Home. Burial was in
Lone Oak Cemetery.
Mr. Derryberry died Tuesday in Maury County Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Boshears Derryberry; three daughters,
Mrs. Raymond Brewer, Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Luther Potts and Miss Ivy Marie
Derryberry, Columbia; one son, Gerald Derryberry, Columbia; one step-daughter,
Mrs. Linda Jean Bennett, Jacksonville, Fla.; one step-son, Stevie Ray Grooms,
Columbia; six grandchildren; six sisters, Mrs. Larry Welch and Mrs. Ed Hedstrom,
Palatka, Fla., Mrs. N. D. Devers and Mrs. M. L. Pruitt, Nashville, Mrs. E. O.
McCullough, Little Rock, Ark., and Mrs. William Gordon, Pulaski; three brothers,
Wade Derryberry, Nashville, Zollie Derryberry, Pulaski and Raymond Derryberry,
Miami, Fla.
DERRYBERRY, Melissa Virginia Overcast The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Melissa Virginia Derryberry, 79, who died Sunday at a
Nashville nursing home following a long illness, were conducted at 2 o'clock
Tuesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery
at Lewisburg.
A native of Bedford County, she was the daughter of the late William E. Overcast
and Amanda Brown Overcast. She was married to David Ivey Derryberry and lived in
Marshall County until his death in 1958, when she moved to Chapel Hill. Mrs.
Derryberry was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. William C. Gordon of Pulaski, Mrs. H. Gray
Richards of Palatka, Fla., Mrs. N. D. Dever, and Mrs. M. L. Pruitt, both of
Nashville, Mrs. Lawrence Welch of Detroit, and Mrs. E. O. McCullough of Little
Rock, Ark.; four sons, Zollie O. of Pulaski, Wade of Nashville, Elmo of
Columbia, and Raymond V. Derryberry of Miami, Fla.; a brother, Ernest Overcast
of Richmond, Va.; nineteen grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.
DICKERSON, Courtney Brown The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Courtney Brown Dickerson, 83, widow of Allen Achilles
Dickerson, were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. John B. Lindenberger, pastor of
Lynnville Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood
Cemetery. Mrs. Dickerson died on Monday afternoon, November 13, at Maury County
Hospital, Columbia, after an extended illness.
Born March 13, 1878, in the Lynnville Community, she was the daughter of the
late Dr. Owen V. Brown and Elizabeth Buford Brown. She had been a member of the
Presbyterian Church from her girlhood.
Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson lived in Nashville many years, returnng to Lynnville upon
his retirement. He died several years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ed Buford, Lakeland,
Fla.; and a number of nieces and nephews, one of whom was Hugh Rhea with whom
she had made her home in recent years.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DICKERSON, Thomas W. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1966
Funeral services for Thomas W. Dickerson, 51, father of a Giles County resident
were held at 10:00 o'clock on Thursday morning, July 28, at Franklin Memorial
Chapel, with burial in Franklin Memory Gardens.
Mr. Dickerson, a member of First Methodist Church of Franklin, died Tuesday
night, July 26, in Williamson County Hospital, after suffering a heart attack.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Bradley Dickerson; two daughters, Mrs.
C. Kenneth Frost, Lynnville, and Mrs. Fay Williams of Memphis; one step-son,
William S. Jones, Franklin; six grandchildren; one sister, and two brothers.
DICKEY, Ermon Steelman The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Homer Dickey, 71, resident of the Fourteenth Civil
District, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Liberty Hill Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Cleo Bunt, Baptist
ministers. Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery in the Nineteenth District.
Mrs. Dickey died at 8 o'clock Sunday night, February 23, in Lawrence County
Hospital after a long period of declining health.
The former Miss Ermon Steelman, she was born March 28, 1892, in Giles County,
the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Steelman and Polly Warren Steelman. She
was a member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church.
Mrs. Dickey is survived by her husband, Homer Dickey; four brothers, the Rev.
Eugene Steelman, Harvest, Ala., Everett Steelman, Lincoln County, Willie
Steelman, Athens, Ala., and Roscoe Steelman, Florida; two sisters, Mrs. Olivia
Rose, Lebanon and Mrs. Mattie Dickey, Lyles, Tenn.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DICKEY, Mattie Beets The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Beets Dickey, 72, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with the burial in Rose
Hill Cemetery in the Nineteenth Civil District. Mrs. Dickey died at 12:25 Sunday
afternoon, March 28, at Giles County Hospital.
Born May 22, 1892, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Beets and Mary Cooper Beets. She was a member of Rose Hill Primitive Baptist
Church.
Her husband, Frank Dickey, died many years ago.
Mrs. Dickey is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Dee Norman, Mrs. M. C. Norman and
Miss Maggie Beets, Pulaski, and Mrs. Leroy Goats, Columbia; and two
grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DICKEY, Mattie Lee Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 9 Sep 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Lee Abernathy Dickey, 48, native Giles
Countian, were held Friday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Dickey died of a heart ailment in
Vanderbilt Hospital on Thursday, September 3.
Born December 17, 1915, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Butler
Abernathy of Nashville and the late Mr. Abernathy.
She held a position in Pulaski before entering Civil Service through which she
held employment in Trieste, Italy, Japan and later Hawaii. Her husband, a U. S.
Army captain, whom she married in 1948, died in 1960. She has lived in Nashville
the past five years.
She was a member of Pulaski First Methodist Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Dickey is survived by five sisters, Miss Sue May
Abernathy, Mrs. Gwyn Derryberry, Pulaski, Mrs. Fred Luna, Ardmore, and Mrs.
James Arnold and Mrs. Roy L. Smith, Nashville; and four brothers, Andrew J.
Abernathy, Knoxville, Julius E. Abernathy, Nashville, and Charles Abernathy and
Jack Abernathy, both of San Antonio, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DICKEY, Neil S. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Neil S. Dickey, 94, resident of the Ray Branch section,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Campbellsville Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Horace Woodward of Cookeville, and
the Rev. Glen Dunavant of Lynnville. Burial took place in the Campbellsville
Cemetery. Mr. Dickey died at 1:50 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, November 2, at the
home of his son, Harvey Dickey, at Campbellsville, after a ten weeks illness.
Born August 27, 1871, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Bob Dickey and
Margaret Hedgpeth Dickey. His wife, Mrs. Mary Hattie May Dickey, died thirty-two
years ago.
He was a Cumberland Baptist.
Mr. Dickey is survived y two sons, Harvey Dickey and Homer L. Dickey, Rose Hill
section of Giles County; three daughters, Mrs. Owen Daniel, Decatur, Ala., Mrs.
Goldman Whitehead, Winchester, and Mrs. Chester Williams, Oakland, Calif.;
twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; one half-brother, Bobby
Dickey, Killen, Texas; and one half-sister, Mrs. Jim Davis, Lawrenceburg.
DICKEY, Solon Buchanan The Pulaski Citizen 12 Mar 1969
Funeral services for Solon Buchanan Dickey, 67, were held Sunday afternoon,
March 9, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with G. C. Fox,
Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery.
Mr. Dickey, a retired farmer, died Saturday, March 8, in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, he was born February 5, 1902, the son of the late
Willie and Alice Hayes Dickey.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Hallie Mae Cooper Dickey; two brothers, Joe
Dickey and John M. Dickey, both of Columbia; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Hobbs
and Mrs. Mattie Doggett, both of Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
DICKEY, Wesley Sherman The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
Wesley Sherman Dickey, 44, a resident of 154 Morningside Lane, died late
Wednesday afternoon, January 8, at Maury County Hospital following an extended
illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Dickey were conducted at Eastside Church of Christ with
Arnold Sexton and Alford Pagel officiating. Burial was in Polk Memorial Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Dickey was the son of the late Abner Crumley
Dickey. Mr. Dickey was a truck driver and was a member of the Eastside Church of
Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Addie B. Scott Dickey; one daughter, Brenda Ann
Dickey of Columbia; two sons, James Wesley Dickey of Columbia and Jerry Wayne
Dickey of the U. S. Navy; three brothers, Eugene Dickey of Rockwood, Walter
Dickey and Kenneth Dickey, both of Eueless, Tex.; and several nieces and
nephews.
DICKSON, Roy W. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Roy W. Dickson, 76, retired Kedron farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at Kedron Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Elmer
Howell, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Dickson
died unexpectedly at 6 o'clock Saturday evening, March 11, at his home after a
period of declining health.
A native of Maury County, he was born May 26, 1884, the son of the late Levi
Franklin Dickson. He had lived in Giles County 42 years and was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Mr. Dickson is survived by his wife, Mary Jones Dickson; three daughters, Mrs.
James Sanders and Mrs. J. B. Pollard, Prospect, and Mrs. Lawrence Taylor,
Glasgow, Ky.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. W.
C. Smithson, Columbia; one brother, Otto Dickson, Clifton; and two
half-brothers, Lennice Dickson and Lebert Dickson, both of Columbia.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
DILLEAHER, Edgar L. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Apr 1969
Word was received here this week of the death in Cleveland, Ohio, of Edgar L.
Dilleaher, 79, husband of the former Miss Janie May White, of Giles County.
He was found dead in bed at his home in Cleveland. Funeral services were held
there, and burial took place in Nashville on Saturday.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Thane Isbestor of
Nashville, and a son, Edgar Lee Dilleaher, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio.
DITTO, Katie Reed The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Mrs. Katie Reed Ditton, native of Giles County and resident of Brandenburg, Ky.,
died unexpectedly on December 29, at a nursing home in Louisville, Ky., after a
long illness. Funeral rites took plce the following Sunday with the burial in
Cap Anderson Cemetery in Brandenburg.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Richard
Reed and Ann Crow Reed. In 1911 she was married to H. K. Ditto, who died in
1940.
She was a member of the Methodist Church and was active in church, civic, and
political affairs of Brandenburg for many years.
Mrs. Ditto is survived by one son; one daughter; and two grandsons. One
grandson, Charles Ditto Smith, lives in Nashville, Tenn.
DIXON, William McCollie The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jun 1961
Funeral services for William McCollie Dixon, 82, retired carpenter, were held at
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at First Baptist Church, conducted y the pastor,
the Rev. Floyd Cates. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Dixon died at
one o'clock Monday afternoon, June 5, at his residence, 326 West Poplar Street
after an extended illness.
Born July 10, 1878, in North Carolina, he was the son of the late Robert Dixon
and Marietta Wright Dixon. He had been a member of First Baptist Church for many
years.
He had been a member of the Volunteer Fire Department for several decades and
was an honorary member at the time of his death. Members of the Fire Department
served as pall bearers.
Mr. Dixon is survived by his wife, Mrs. Inez Hanks Dixon; one daughter, Mrs.
Mary Etta Osborne, Thomasville, Ga.; three sons, William Robert Dixon,
Greeneville, Tenn.; Jesse L. Dixon, Huntsville, Ala., and George B.
Dixon,Palatine, Ill.; eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and one
brother, Jesse F. Dixon, Silver City, N. C.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DODSON, Robert P. (Bobby) Jr. ane Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Strawn
The Pulaski Citizen 25 Apr 1962
The lives of two young Pulaski youths were snuffed out last Thursday morning,
July 19, when the tractor-trailer being driven by one of the boys, jack-knifed,
overturned, and burned.
Robert P. (Bobby) Dodson, Jr., 19, and Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Strawn, 18, were
killed in Opelika, Ala., while enroute to Jacksonville, Fla., with a sixteen-ton
load of chicken feed. The accident was reported to have occurred at 1:35 a. m.
Thursday.
The boys left Pulaski late Wednesday to deliver the feed for Richland Mills,
owned by young Dodson's father. Strawn's account of the accident to hospital
authorities indicated that young Dodson, who was driving, lost control of the
vehicle upon rounding a curve just as he entered the city of Opelika, which is
about 290 miles southeast of Pulaski. It is believed that Dodson may have
applied the brakes too suddenly, causing the tractor-trailer to jack-knife.
Dodson was dead upon arrival at an Opelika hospital. Strawn died several hours
later, at about 9 a. m.
Joint services were held for the youths on Friday, July 20, at First Methodist
Church. Rev. William H. Moss, Rev W. H. Mansfield, and Rev. R. N. Dean,
officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, with Bennett-May Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Dodson was a native of Davidson County, though he had lived here many years. He
was a graduate of Giles County High School and attended the University of
Tennessee last year. He was enrolled at Martin College at the time of his death.
Survivors are his parents, Robert P. Dodson and Ellen Eastland Dodson, and one
sister, Nancy Jane Dodson; all of this city.
Strawn was born in Norfolk, Va., where his father was in service, but he lived
most of his life in Pulaski. He was a sophomore at the University of Tennessee.
Surviving Strawn are his parents, Woodrow Wilson Strawn and Mary Ellen Reed
Strawn, of this city; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Jack Strawn, also of
Pulaski.
DODSON, Samuel Robinette Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Samuel Robinette Dodson, Sr., 73, retired railroad mail
clerk and father of the Rev. Samuel R. Dodson, Jr., former pastor of First
Methodist Church in Pulaski, were held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at
Hampshire Methodist Church, Maury County. The Rev. J. J. Mabry conducted the
rites with the burial in Pisgah Cemetery in that community. Mr. Dodson died
Monday morning, February 18, in Maury County Hospital after several weeks
illness.
He was a native of Perry County, a member of Hampshire Methodist Church and was
a Mason.
His first wife was the former Beulah Lee Bourland who died several years ago.
Mr. Dodson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Bourland Dodson, Hampshire; one
daughter, Mrs. Lewis Grimes, Cleveland, Ohio; the one son, Rev. Mr. Dodson,
pastor of Calvary Methodist Church, Nashville; five grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. Jhn Hunter Brooks, Sr., and one brother, C. B. Dodson, both of Columbia.
DOGGETT, Evelena Pierce The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Otis Doggett, 64, native of Giles County, were held at
2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by John
Clifford of Lewisburg, and Gilbert Shaffer, Pulaski, Church of Christ ministers.
Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mrs. Doggett who was
presently residing in Jeffersonville, Ind., died of a heart attack on Tuesday,
May 17, at the hospital in that city, after several months of declining health.
The former Miss Evelina Pierce, she was born in Giles County May 23, 1895, the
daughter of the late Charlie Pierce and Mary Pierce. She was a member of the
Church of Christ.
Her husband, Otis Doggett, died in 1950. Since that time, she has made her home
with her children in Louisville, Ky. and Jeffersonville, Ind.
Mrs. Doggett is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Loyd Lowe, Jeffersonville,
Ind., Mrs. Oris Butler, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Homer Smith, Pulaski; three
sons, Joe Doggett, Bobby Doggett, and Ronny Doggett, all of Louisville, Ky.;
several grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. W. T. Whitworth, Mrs. D. J. McNeese,
and Miss Lacy Pierce, all of Giles County; and five brothers, Coley Pierce, Gail
Pierce, Graydon and Shelby Pierce, all of Giles County, and Dan L. Pierce,
Memphis. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DOGGETT, Otha Brown The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jul 1969
Funeral services for Otha Brown Doggett, 78, were conducted Saturday morning,
July 26, at 10:30 o'clock in Delina Methodist Church. Burial was in Medium
Cemetery in Delina.
Mr. Doggett died Thursday, July 24, in a Nashville hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Doggett was born November 17, 1890, the son of the
late Will and Nora Pigg Doggett.
Survivors include one son, Robert Doggett, Lewisburg; one daughter, Mrs. Nora
Carlton, Chapel Hill; one brother, Edgar Doggett, Falkville, Ala.; four
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
DOGGETT, William Floyd Jr. The Giles Free Press 30 Apr 1964
William Floyd Doggett, Sr., 68, a native Giles Countian, died Thursday, April
23, at the home of E. L. Pearson of the Stiversville community, where he made
his home.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Friday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home.
Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Doggett is survived by 3 daughters, 3 sons, 2 brothers, and a half-brother,
none of whom live in Giles County.
DOLLAR, Velma Lee Croney The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1969
Mrs. Velma Lee Dollar, 74, died Tuesday morning, January 7, at Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dollar, wife of Otey Dollar, were held Wednesay
afternoon, January 8, at 1 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the Rev. Thomas Davis and the Rev. R. L. Greenway officiating. Burial was
in Elkton Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Dollar was born February 3, 1894, the daughter of
the late Joe Croney and Belia Hobbs Croney.
In addition to her husband, survivors include one son, O. S. Dollar, Pulaski;
two daughters, Mrs. William H. Young, Selma, Ala., Mrs. Herbert K. Stevenson,
Birmingham, Ala.; four grandchildren; one brother, Joe Croney, Elkton; three
sisters, Mrs. Erma Davis and Mrs. Wilma Fareel, both of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs.
Dolly Pack, Toledo, Ohio.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DOLLINS, Loel Smith The Pulaski Citizen 4 Sep 1968
Loel Smith Dollins, 34, well-known cabinet maker of the Minor Hill community was
killed about 12:30 o'clock Saturday morning, August 31, in a one-car accident on
State Highway 11 about two miles north of the Alabama state line in Giles
County.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with Alden Hendrix of Florence, Ala., officiating. Burial was in Giles
Memory Gardens.
A native of the Minor Hill Community and a veteran of three years service in the
U. S. Army in the mid-1950's, Mr. Dollins was the son of David Brown and Iva
Smith Dollins, both of whom survive. He was a member of the Minor Hill Church of
Christ.
In addition to his parents, survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elaine Felker
Dollins; two sons, Gary Wayne and Gregory, and two daughters, Marquita and Tammy
Dollins, all of Minor Hill; four brothers, Winford of Athens, Ala., Leon of
Salem, Ala., Joel of Pulaski and Garlon of Palm Beach, Fla., and one sister,
Mrs. Ben Brownlow of Pulaski.
DOREMUS, Janet MacMaster The Pulaski Citizen 17 Mar 1965
Word is received here of the death of the death of Mrs. Janet Doremus, 48, in
New York City, New York on Monday March 15. Funeral services will be held in New
York, with burial in New Jersey.
Mrs. Doremus, a sister of Maxwell MacMaster of Pulaski, was a native of
Maplewood, N. J., but had lived for the past twenty years in New York. She was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell MacMaster.
Survivors in addition to her brother, Maxwell, include her husband, El Doremus,
a daughter, Miss Katie Doremus, two sons, Mark and Goline, and another brother,
David MacMaster of Brooklyn Heights, N. Y.
DORSEY, Jimmy Roy The Pulaski Citizen 20 Sep 1961
Jimmy Roy Dorsey, 19, died Monday night, Sept. 18, at 11:45 o'clock at Giles
County Hospital from chest injuries suffered an hour earlier when his car
overturned about 12 miles north of Pulaski on Highway 31.
Funeral services were conducted at Bennett-May Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock with the Rev. William H. Moss and Dr. William H. Mansfield
officiating. Burial was in Mimosa Cemetery at Lawrenceburg.
The son of James and Helen Frances Felker Dorsey of Pulaski, Jimmy was a
graduate of Giles County High School and had planned to register Tuesday for his
sophomore year at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, Cookeville.
According to Sgt. James G. Chandler of the Highway Patrol, who went to the scene
of the accident, the youth said he went to sleep while driving. The car
apparently veered to the left, then to the right where it struck an embankment
and overturned.
Dorsey was alone at the time of the accident and no other vehicle was involved.
He was returning to Pulaski from Nashville, where he had been employed during
the summer. His death brought to four the number of traffic fatalities recorded
in Giles County this year as compared with thirteen at this date in 1960.
Survivors, besides his parents, are a sister, Miss Donna Kay Dorsey of Pulaski;
the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Arthur Felker of Pulaski; and the
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dorsey of Lawrenceburg.
DOSS, Kizzie Medley The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Kizzie Medley Doss, 74, were held at 3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at Lynnville Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. John
B. Lindenberger, pastor, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Doss died on Friday morning, September 8, after a months
illness at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. E. Rowe on the Marshall-Giles County
line.
Her husband, Morgan Doss, died many years ago.
Born June 1, 1887, in Coffee County, she was the daughter of the late Joe Medley
and Betty Elizabeth Haley Medley. She was a member of the Lynnville Presbyterian
Church.
In addition to her sister, Mrs. Doss is survived by one son, Howard Doss,
Fayetteville; one grandson; two brothers, Sam Medley, Pulaski, and Henry Medley,
Fayetteville; and three step-sons.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DOTSON, Emma Lee Pillow The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Lee Pillow Dotson, 77, life-long resident of
Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by C. R. Franks, minister of Second Street Church of Christ.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Dotson died at noon on Sunday,
June 4, at Maury County Hospital in Columbia, following a period of declining
health.
Born January 31, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Pillow and Samella Cashion Pillow. She was a member of Second Street Church of
Christ.
Her husband, George Dotson, died February 16, 1926.
Mrs. Dotson is survived by two sons, Ewing Dotson, Pulaski and H. D. Dotson,
Selma, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Winston Stanford, Pulaski, Mrs. Harold
Murphy, Columbia, and Miss Mary Louise Dotson, Nashville; one step-son, James
Edward Dotson, Detroit, one step-daughter, Mrs. George Crews, Mt. Pleasant; five
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one brother, Roy Pillow, Pulaski; and
three sisters, Mrs. Ira Englett and Mrs. Joe Tidwell, Pulaski, and Mrs. J. D.
Brown, Center Point, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DOTSON, Harold D. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Nov 1965
Harold D. Dotson, 47, native Giles Countian and horse trainer and blacksmith,
died unexpectedly Sunday afternoon, November 7, in Selma, Ala., Baptist Hospital
following surgery.
Funeral rites took place Tuesday afternoon in Selma with burial service taking
place at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the grave in Maplewood Cemetery,
Pulaski. Andrew Brown, minister of Second Street Church of Christ in Pulaski,
officiated at the rites in Pulaski.
Born June 7, 1918, in Pulaski, he was the son of the late George W. Dotson and
Emma Pillow Dotson.
Mr. Dotson is survived by three sisters, Miss Mary Louise Dotson, Nashville,
Mrs. Winston Stanford, Pulaski, and Mrs. Harold Murphy, Columbia; one brother,
Ewing Dotson, Pulaski; one half-sister, Mrs. George Crews, Mt. Pleasant; and one
half-brother, James Edward Dotson, Detroit, Mich.
DOUGLAS, Effie Humphrey The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1967
Mrs. Effie Humphrey Douglas died Friday, October 20, at her home in Nashville.
Services and burial were on Sunday afternoon in Nashville.
Mrs. Douglas, a native of Giles County, was the daughter of the late James
Edward and Mary Biles Humphrey. Her husband was the late John Earl Douglas.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Hugh L. (Julia) Keith of Nashville.
DOUGLAS, Lillie Pearl The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Pearl Douglas, 84, were conducted Tuesday
afternoon, April 4, at 4:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with James E. Holt, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial took place in
Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mrs. Douglas died Monday, April 3, at Fairhaven Nursing Home. She was a native
of Giles County, born November 18, 1882, the daughter of the late Sam and Sara
Williams Harwell. Her husband was the late Dan Douglas.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAWES, Nancy Barnett The Pulaski Citizen 3 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Barnett Dawes, 47, Route 4, Pulaski, were held
at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial
in New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Dawes died on Tuesday morning,
November 2, at her home.
Born July 29, 1918, at Rogersville, Ala., she was the daughter of the late Lem
Barnett and Sis Lovett Barnett.
Mrs. Dawes is survived by her husband, Arthur Dawes; one son, J. D. Wisdom,
Pulaski; four grandchildren; five brothers, Logan Barnett, Loretto, William
Barnett, Goodsprings, George Barnett, Dellrose, and Johnny Barnett and Coleman
Barnett, Florence, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Grady, Mrs. Eunice
English and Miss Geraldine Barnett, all of Florence, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DAWS, Arzie Odell Rogers Daws The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Mrs Arzie Odell Rogers Daws, 58, Route 4, Pulaski, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with the burial in Aspen Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Daws died
Saturday, April 16, in Giles County Hospital.
Born May 12, 1907, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Andy Rogers
and Emma Daws Rogers. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Daws is survived by her husband, Loney Daws; two sons, James Wilson Daws
and Milton Eugene Daws, both of Pulaski; five daughters, Mrs. Mary Douglas
Greenfield, California, Mrs. Christine Shelton, Mrs. Estelle Garner, Mrs.
Kathleen Holton and Mrs. Sarah Emma Pylant, all of Pulaski; twenty
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Mary Musgrove, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DOZIER, William Vernon (Bill) The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
William Vernon (Bill) Dozier, 39, died Wednesday morning, March 24, in Baptist
Hospital, Nashville,, from injuries suffered in a traffic accident here the
previous Monday night. The death brought to four the number of traffic
fatalities in Giles County this year.
Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home
with additional services at 11 o'clock Friday morning at Associated Funeral Home
in Springfield. Burial was in Robertson County Memorial Gardens.
Dozier was a native of Robertson County, the son of Henry and Bertha King Dozier
of Springfield. He was born Feb. 1, 1926.
He had been associated with Southern Bell Telephone Company for eighteen years
and had served as plant foreman for the Pulaski office for the past five years.
He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, a deacon of First Baptist Church,
treasurer of the Pulaski Exchange Club, a member of the board of directors of
Pulaski-Giles County Chamber of Commerce, a Mason and a Boy Scout troop leader.
The collision in which Dozier suffered internal and head injuries occurred at
7:45 p. m. Monday, March 22 at the intersection of West College (Highway 64) and
Eighth Streets in west Pulaski when the company-owned pickup he was driving
north toward Southern Bell's maintenance plant was struck by a City of Pulaski
water-tank truck driven by Thomas Goats.
Dozier was given emergency treatment at Giles County Hospital and then removed
to the Nashville hospital for surgery.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Pitt Dozier;
a son, Kenny of Pulaski; a brother, Haskel Dozier of Springfield; and a sister,
Mrs. W. B. Perry, Jr., of Atlanta, Ga.
DRAKE, Lionel The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1960
A 33-year-old volunteer fireman, asleep during a fire at his own home at
Lewisburg Sunday, was burned to death.
Two bedrooms of the five room home were destroyed about 2:30 a.m. Relatives said
Lionell (Buddy) Drake, heavy sleeper, was awakened by his wife but apparently
was not awake enough to follow her out of their flaming bedroom.
Drake was a printer for the Marshall Gazette, a Lewisburg newspaper. His wife,
Mrs. Dorothy Doss Drake, led her two children out of the house from their
adjoining bedroom in the front of the house.
Mrs. Drake suffered first and second degree burns on her arms, hips and legs.
The children were not injured.
Paul McKissack, who is married to Drake's sister, said Mrs. Drake told him she
thought her husband followed her and the children out of the house. A few
minutes later she noticed he wasn't with them she said, and tried to re-enter
the house. She only got as far as the living room. The bedrooms had collapsed in
flames.
McKissick said, "Lionell was a very heavy sleeper. Dorothy told me she woke him
up and told him the house was on fire. He said something and she left the room,
thinking he was following her. He might have gone back to sleep."
The body was found on the floor about three feet from the bed. Mrs. Drake took
the children to the home of a neighbor, Willis Fitzpatrick, who called the fire
department.
Lewisburg firemen said the blaze was confined to the bedrooms and that the blaze
apparently was caused by faulty wiring in a water heater in a closet just
outside Mr. and Mrs. Drake's bedroom.
Funeral services were held Monday at 1:30 p. m. at Bennett-May Funeral Home in
Pulaski, with Paul McKissick, a Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial
was in the Diana Cemetery.
Drake was a native of Giles County, son of Hoyt and Etta Seagraves Drake of
Pulaski. He was a graduate of the Giles County schools, and was a veteran of
World War II and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He had been employed
by the Gazette for the last ten years.
In addition to his wife and parents, other survivors are two daughters, Mary
Jane, 12, and Frances Kyle, 9; a sister, Mrs. Paul McKissack, Pulaski; two
brothers, Wilson Drake of Muskegon, Mich., and William Drake of Petersburg.
DRAKE, Sara McLinda Chapman The Pulaski Citizen 5 Nov 1969
Mrs. Sara McLinda Drake, 89, died Thursday morning, October 30, in her home in
Pulaski.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon, November 1, at 1:30 o'clock
in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Scott's Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Drake was born February 8, 1880, the daughter of
the late George and Darthula Ayers Chapman.
Survivors include three sons, Frank Drake, Brentwood; Brown Drake, Cornersville;
and Allen Drake, Pelks, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Poe, Pulaski; one
brother, Mark Chapman, Cincinnati, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Menu Walls, Waco,
Mrs. Bertha McCree, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Maggie Walls, Lewisburg; twenty
grandchildren, and a number of great-grandchildren.
DRAKE, William Hoyt The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1960
Funeral services for William Hoyt Drake, 74, retired employee of International
Minerals and Chemical Corporation at Wales, were held at one o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at East Hill Church of Christ with David East officiating. Burial took
place in the Lucy Cemetery in the Fourteenth Civil District. Mr. Drake died
Sunday, February 14, at his home in Pulaski after a long period of declining
health.
Born August 25, 1885, in Coffee County, he was the son of the late Bill Drake
and Eliza Ayres Drake.
Mr. Drake is survived by his wife, Mrs. Etta Seagraves Drake; one daughter, Mrs.
Paul McKissick, Pulaski; two sons, William Drake, Petersburg, Tenn., and Wilson
Drake, Muskegon, Mich.; six grandchildren; one sister, Mr. W. G. Shelby,
Nashville, and one brother, N. W. Drake, Clear Creek Lake. Bennett-May and
Company in charge of arrangements.
DRUMRIGHT, William Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jun 1964
Funeral services for William Jackson Drumright, 89, retired Chapel Hill, Tenn.
policeman, were held at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning in Lawrence Funeral Home
in Chapel Hill with the burial in College Grove Cemetery. Mr. Drumright died at
7:30 o'clock on Thursday night, June 11, in Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg.
He was a native of Bedford County, but had lived most of his life in Marshall
County.
His first wife, Mrs. Ada Pritchett Drumright, died in 1928. Mr. Drumright is
survived by his second wife, Mrs. Dean Blackburn Drumright; two sons, W. H.
Drumright, Pulaski Policeman, and R. O. Drumright, Madison; one daughter, Mrs.
C. R. Dowland, Nashville; one grandson and two great-grandchildren; and four
step-children.
DUCKWORTH, Lola Anne Holley The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1961
Mrs. Dewey Duckworth, 61, native Giles Countian, died of a heart ailment on
Wednesday, February 22, in Gordon's Hospital, Lewisburg.
Funeral services were held Thursday at Spring Place Cumberland Presbyterian
Church with the burial in the church cemetery.
The former Miss Lola Anne Holley, she was the daughter of the late J. W. Holley
and Dovie Redd Holley.
Mrs. Duckworth is survived by two sons, Ernest Bass of Lewisburg, son by a
previous marriage, and Horace Duckworth, Lewisburg; two grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Herman Rudd, Diana, and Mrs. Myrtle Eubank, Pulaski; and two
brothers, Ernie Holley, Diana, and Willie Holley, Frankewing.
DUGAN, Charles A. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Charles A. Dugan, former resident of Chicago, Ill., died at
7 o'clock on Sunday evening, April 22, at a Nashville hospital. Funeral services
were held at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning in the chapel of Finley Dorris and
Charlton Funeral Home in Nashville, conducted by Dr. Farris F. Moore and Dr. E.
P. Anderson. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery at
Pulaski.
Mr. Dugan is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Myrtle Craig Dugan, native
Pulaskian; a sister, Mrs. E. G. Fauntleroy, Chicago, Ill.; and two nieces, Mrs.
Lester B. Knight, Winnetka, Ill., and Mrs. Daniel W. Latimore, Lookout Mountain,
Tenn.
DUGGER, Charlie Hubert The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
Charlie Hubert Dugger, 64, mechanic, died Sunday morning, March 31, at Giles
County Hospital after suffering a heart attack late Saturday while at work at
Bowers-Johnson Motor Company where he had been employed for more than six years.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Chapel
with G. C. Fox and Frank Young, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial
was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Born August 17, 1903 in Maury County, Mr. Dugger was the son of the late Robert
and Mattie White Dugger.
He formerly was co-owner of a local garage and last week received a mechanic's
43-year service pin from the Chevrolet division of General Motors.
During the past year he had been a regular contributor to the Pulaski Citizen's
"Letters to the Editor" section.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Jane Witherow Dugger; two daughters, Mrs.
Dalton Tomerlin of Pulaski and Mrs. Ruth Rhye of Chicago, Ill.; four sons,
Charles Kenneth Dugger, U. S. Navy, Japan, Thomas R. Dugger of Chicago, Ill.,
James F. Dugger of Brunswick, Maine, and Larry Dugger of Pulaski; one brother,
Paul Dugger of Fort Worth, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Leslie Johns of Cullman,
Ala., Mrs. Joe Allen of Dalton Springs, Ky., and Mrs. Howard Parker of Pulaski;
and seven grandchildren.
DUGGER, Ella Owen The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Owen Dugger, 87, were held Saturday morning, June
29, at 11:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Benton
Morgan and Andy Brown, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in
Giles Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Dugger, wife of the late M. E. Dugger, died Thursday, June 27, in Giles
County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Dugger was born March 19, 1881, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. George Owen.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Odie Weatherford, Columbia, Miss Mary
Lou Dugger, Ethridge, and Mrs. Turner Wells, Nashville; one step-daughter, Mrs.
Annie Allen, Campbellsville; two sons, Owen Dugger, Ripley, and Milton Dugger,
Campbellsville; one step-son, Emmitt Dugger, Culleoka; twenty-five
grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several
great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUGGER, Jonathan Hunt Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Jonathan Hunt Dugger, Jr., 62, retired merchant and farmer
of the Stiversville Community of Maury County, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at Stiversvile Church of Christ with the burial at Lynnwood Cemetery
at Lynnville with Masonic rites.
He was a former magistrate of the Fifth Civil District and past master of the
Pleasant Grove Masonic Lodge No. 138. He was an elder in Stiversville Church of
Christ.
Mr. Dugger is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Virginia Ross Dugger; one son,
Jonathan Hunt Dugger, III, Murfreesboro; one daughter, Mrs. Edwin Owen, Tampa,
Fla.; three grandchildren; one brother, Marshall Dugger, Tuscumbia, Ala.; and
two sisters, Mrs. Amos Evans, Lynnville and Mrs. Edward Hardison, Mt. Pleasant.
DUGGER, Joyce Ann The Pulaski Citizen 21 Mar 1962
Tragedy struck suddenly Saturday morning, March 17, in Pulaski when Miss Joyce
Ann Dugger, 25, was fatally injured by a gunshot wound allegedly inflicted by
her escort, Ben Sam Peden.
According to Pulaski Police Chief Sam Yarbrough, the tragedy took place as the
girl was seated in an automobile parked at the Direct Service Station, located
at the corner of Washington and First Street where this couple and two other
couples were thought to have stopped to purchase soft drinks. According to the
account, Vernon Allen, owner of the pistol, reached in his pocket to remove
change to pay for the drinks. The pistol was in his pocket and he removed it for
better access to his change, laying it in the lap of Mary Ann Brymer. Peden is
thought to have reached over, picked up the .32 pistol, placed it to the girls
head and fired once. The bullet entered her left ear. She was pronounced dead on
arrival at Giles County Hospital.
The third couple present was Carolyn Fowler and Billy Williams.
Peden was given a preliminary hearing in General Sessions Court and bound over
to the grand jury on a charge of murder in the first degree. Judge David Rhea
set bond at $20,000. He is being held in Giles County Jail
Allen was fined in Circuit Court and sentenced to thirty days in jail for
carrying a pistol.
The investigation was conducted by City Patrolman Sgt. James Garrison and
Officers Arney White, William Oliver and Fred Owen.
Miss Dugger was a native of Giles County, where she attended Giles County High
School. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
She is survived by a daughter, Pamela Joyce Taylor, Pulaski; and her parents,
Charlie and Mary Jane Dugger. Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Peggy
Tomerlin, Pulaski, and Mrs. Ruth Rhye, Chicago; four brothers, Thomas Dugger of
Pulaski, and Charles Kenneth, James Farris, and Stephen Larry Dugger, all
serving in the U. S. Navy.
Funeral services were conducted at the Bennett-May Funeral Home Monday
afternoon, March 19, at 2:30 o'clock. G. C. Fox, minister of Fairview Church of
Christ, officiated and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
DUGGER, Lorene Shores The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1968
Mrs. Lorene Shores Dugger, 42, died Thursday, August 15, at Giles County
Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Dugger, an employee of Genesco for ten
years, were held Sunday afternoon, August 18, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial was in
Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Decatur, Ala., Mrs. Dugger was born August 29, 1925, the daughter of
the late Ireland and Lillian Shores.
Survivors include her husband, Harold Lee Dugger, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs.
Veronica Moore, Pisa, Italy; four sisters, Mrs. Howard Conway, San Diego,
Calif., Mrs. Maxine Williams, Langston, Ala., Mrs. Lee Gardner, Birmingham,
Ala., and Mrs. Richard Dennison, Brunswick, Ga.; two brothers, Gance Shores,
Charleston, S. C. and John Shores, Atlanta, Ga.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUGGER, Ludie Hamlett The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Mrs. Ludie Hamlett Dugger, 87, widow of Dan Dugger, died at 7 o'clock Friday
night, April 19, at the home of a daughter in Louisville, Ky. Funeral rites were
held in that city at 11 o'clock on Monday with burial in Louisville.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the alte James Carter
Hamlett and Laura Etta Bass Hamlett. Her husband, Dan Dugger, was also a native
of Giles County. Mr. and Mrs. Dugger had resided in Louisville approximately
thirty years.
Mrs. Dugger is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Albert Keltner; two sons, Cletus
Dugger, Pulaski, and Clifferance Dugger, Giles County; and two brothers, Miller
Hamlett, Pulaski and Claude Hamlett, Columbia.
DUGGER, Mabron C. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jun 1964
Giles County Magistrate Mabron C. Dugger, 63, died last Saturday night of a
heart attack at his home in the Berea Community. He was serving the fourth year
of a six-year term in County Court.
Funeral services for Mr. Dugger were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
He died at 11:10 p. m. Saturday of a heart attack after having suffered another
attack the Tuesday before.
Mr. Dugger operated a grocery store in Berea for the past 20 years. Before going
into the merchantile business, he and his father operated a blacksmith shop in
the community.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of Will Dugger and Ida Worsham Dugger.
He was elected a member of County Court in 1960 to represent the 12th Civil
District.
Mr. Dugger was a Methodist. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ann Parker Dugger, and
several nieces and nephews.
DUGGER, Marguerite Pullen The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Marguerite Pullen Harrison Dugger, 59, Birmingham,
Ala., resident and native of Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at a Birmingham funeral home with the burial in Forrest Hills Cemetery
in that city. Mrs. Dugger died at 12:40 Thursday morning, January 4, at
University Hospital after a long illness.
Born December 22, 1902, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
Sumpter C. Harrison and Zora Butler Harrison. She was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Her husband, W. H. Dugger, died August 24, 1961.
Mrs. Dugger is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Willa Mae Stolz; and one grandson,
Gary Stolz, both of Birmingham; three sisters, Mrs. F. E. Edwards, Pulaski, Mrs.
W. T. Head, Shreveport, La., and Mrs. E. E. Korns, Oakland, Calif.; and three
brothers, James R. Harrison, Athens, Ala., T. Butler Harrison, Lewisburg, and
Roy Harrison, Odessa, Texas.
DUGGER, Mariah Agnes Grubbs The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Mariah Agnes Grubbs Dugger, 62, resident of the Berea
community, were held at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted y the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway, former pastor. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Dugger died Friday night, June 24, at her home after
a long illness.
Born March 11, 1898, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Sidney
and Suella Portress Grubbs. She was a member of the United Methodist Church
Mrs. Dugger is survived by her husband, Mabron C. Dugger; four sisters, Misses
Grace Grubbs, Maxie Grubbs, Tullie Grubbs and Ida Grubbs; and four brothers,
Marvin Grubbs, Raymond Grubbs, Malcolm Grubbs and Edward Grubbs, all of Giles
County. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUGGER, Mattie White The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Mrs Mattie White Dugger, 94, resident of Dawson Springs,
Ky., for a number of years, were held at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill
Church of Christ. Burial took place in Marcella Falls Cemetery in the Fourteenth
Civil District. Mrs. Dugger died at 1:40 o'clock Monday morning, January 17, in
the hospital in Madisonville, Ky.
Born July 14, 1871, in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Robert
White and Ann Yancey White. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her husband, Robert R. Dugger, died September 30, 1923.
Mrs. Dugger is survived by three sons, Charlie Dugger, Pulaski, Sidney M.
Dugger, Murray, Ky., and John Paul (Peck) Dugger, Fort Worth, Texas; four
daughters, Mrs. Howard Parker, Pulaski, Mrs. Ethel Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Mrs.
Leslie Johns, Cullman, Ala., and Mrs. Joe Allen, Dawson Springs, Ky.; twenty-six
grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUGGER, Robert Allen The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1966
Robert Allen Dugger, 44, employee of Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville, Ala., for
fourteen years, died unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack Friday night, May
13 at 9 o'clock. Stricken while riding with his brother, Raburn Dugger, he was
rushed by ambulance to Lincoln County Hospital where he was pronounced dead on
arrival.
Services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Gallant Funeral Home with
the burial in Riverview Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville.
He was a native of Pulaski and was a veteran of World War II.
In addition to his brother, James Raburn Dugger, Fayetteville, he is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Prosser Dugger; one son, Philip Wayne Dugger,
Fayetteville; his parents, Ruth Summerford Dugger and Clifford Dugger, Pulaski;
four other brothers, Clifford Dugger, Jr., San Diego, Calif., Frank Dugger,
Renton, Wash., Harold Lee Dugger and Edward Brown Dugger, both of Pulaski; and
one sister, Mrs. Henry (Geraldine) Harwell, Pulaski.
DUGGER, Sidney M. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Sidney M. Dugger, 62, were held Sunday, January 7, at 2 p.
m. in the Church Hill Funeral Home, Murray, Ky., with Rev. Randolph Allen
officiating. Burial was i Murray Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Dugger, a native of Giles County, was born August 30, 1905, the son of the
late Robert R. and Mattie White Dugger.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucy Witherow Dugger; four sons, John Robert
Dugger, Earlington, Ky., Charles Dugger, Norfolk, Va., Dwayne Ray, and Donald
Dugger, Murray, Ky.; two brothers, Paul Dugger, Fort Worth, Texas, and Charlie
Dugger, Pulaski; three sisters, Mrs. Howard Parker, Pulaski, Mrs. Lessie Johns,
Cullman, Ala., and Mrs. Joe Allen, Dawson Springs, Ky.; five grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews.
DUGGER, Vashti Moore The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Vashti Moore Dugger, 71, widow of E. Guy Dugger, were
held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Dugger died at 11:45 o'clock Tuesday morning,
May 9, at Giles County Hospital following a lingering illness.
A native of Maury County, she was born November 5, 1889, the daughter of the
late William B. Moore and Delilah Ingram Moore. She was a member of First
Methodist Church.
Mr. Dugger died June 18, 1958.
Mrs. Dugger is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Walter C. Foster, Pulaski, and Mrs.
Mary M. Dugger, Washington, D. C.; one brother, John H. Moore, Sr., of Giles
County; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNAVANT, Aileen Tidwell The Pulaski Citizen 11 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Aileen Tidwell Dunavant, 47, wife of Otha M. Dunavant
of Pulaski, will be held at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Tommy Vernon, Second Street Church of Christ minister. Burial
will take place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Dunavant died at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, April 10, at Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
Born June 20, 1914, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Mabel Pillow
Tidwell, Pulaski and the late Joe J. Tidwell. She was a member of the Church of
Christ.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Dunavant is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Bert
Sloan and two grandchildren, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; five brothers, Joe Henry
Tidwell, Modesta, Calif., Selvin Tidwell and Sam Tidwell, Pulaski, Jimmy
Tidwell, Chicago, Ill., and Harold Tidwell, Madison, Tenn.; and five sisters,
Mrs. Lee Davis and Miss Mabel Tidwell, Pulaski, Mrs. Edward Michalik, Wilson
Springs, Ill., Mrs. Horace Pardon, Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Edward Ursing, San
Jose, Calif.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNAVANT, Applelona Wakefield The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Applelona Wakefield Dunavant, 79, Pulaski resident,
were held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by David East, minister of Second Street Church of Christ. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Dunavant died Friday, January 15, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Robert Walls, in Pulaski.
Born April 26, 1880, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late John
Wakefield and Nancy Chester Wakefield. Her husband, Walter Dunavant, died
several years ago.
Mrs. Dunavant is survived by six sons, Gardner Dunavant, Otha M. Dunavant,
Raymond Dunavant, Walter Dunavant, Jr., Giles County, Mahlon Dunavant, Gallatin,
and Thomas Dunavant, Nashville; four daughters, Mrs. Maude Walls, Smithville,
Mrs. Robert Walls, Mrs. Archie Lane, Giles County, and Mrs. J. W. Walls, Maury
County; twenty-two grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNAVANT, John Cleveland The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1965
Funeral services for John Cleveland Dunavant, 80, Giles County farmer, were held
at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. J. C. Elkins and the Rev. Henry Corpier, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Dunavant who was stricken
Saturday morning in Pulaski, died Saturday afternoon, January30, in Giles County
Hospital.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Born October 24, 1884, he was the son of the late Joseph Samuel Dunavant and
Elizabeth Jenkins Dunavant.
Mr. Dunavant is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Lou Smith Dunavant; one son,
Cletus Dunavant, Pulaski; one granddaughter; three brothers, Len M. Dunavant,
Pulaski, Sam Dunavant, Mt. Pleasant, and E. M. Dunavant, Campbellsville; and one
sister, Mrs. Gertrude Freman, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNAVANT, Lena Tidwell The Pulaski Citizen 2 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie Dunavant, 77, resident of the Seventh District,
were held at 2:30 o'clock on Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Chester A. Stephens, pastor of the Trinity Charge of the
Methodist Church. Burial took place in Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Dunavant died at 4
o'clock Thursday morning, October 27, at a Nashville hospital, following an
extended illness.
Mrs. Dunavant, a member of Trinity Methodist Church, was the former Miss Lena
Tidwell, born April 9, 1883, in Giles County, the daughter of the late William
James Tidwell and Mary Jane McLean Tidwell.
Mrs. Dunavant is survived by her husband, Ollie B. Dunavant; one step-son,
Eugene B. Dunavant, Route 1, Pulaski; one step-daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth D.
Alexander, Waynesboro, Va.; one sister, Mrs. Tyree Braly, Pulaski; and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNAVANT, Mary Hannah The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Hannah Dunavant, 64, wife of E. M. Dunavant, were
held at one o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Ed Templeton and the Rev. J. C. Elkins, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Dunavant died of
pneumonia early Thursday morning, December 19, at a Nashville hospital following
a few days illness.
Born June 18, 1899, at Campbellsville, she was the daughter of the late W. Price
hannah and Sallie Campbell Hannah. She was a member of the Campbellsville
Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Dunavant is survived by two sons, Joe Dunavant
and Mark Dunavant, both of Campbellsville; one daughter, Miss Jane Dunavant,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and one brother, Caldwell Hannah,
Campbellsville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNAVANT, Ollie B. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Ollie B. Dunavant, 82, retired farmer of Giles County, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Rev. R. E. Stevenson. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Dunavant died
Friday, January 24, at Giles County Hospital.
Born June 28, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe S. Dunavant
and Bettie Jenkins Dunavant. He was twice married: his first wife was the former
Miss Melissa Lamar; his second wife was the former Miss Lena Tidwell. He was a
member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Dunavant is survived by one son, Eugene B. Dunavant, Pulaski; one daughter,
Mrs. William W. Alexander, Waynesboro, Va.; two grandchildren; four brothers, E.
M. Dunavant, Campbellsville, L. M. Dunavant and J. Cleve Dunavant, Pulaski; and
Sam Dunavant, Mt. Pleasant; one sister, Mrs. George Freeman, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNAVANT, Ruby Ella Hays The Pulaski Citizen 5 Oct 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Ella Dunavant, 62, will be conducted Thursday
afternoon, October 6, at 1:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev .Henry Cortner officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Dunavant died Wednesday morning at her home in Campbellsville. A native of
Giles County, she was born June 1, 1904, the daughter of the late Anderson and
Wessie Chapman Hays. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Gardner Dunavant; one daughter, Mrs. Mitchell
Craig; three sons, Emmitt and Eugene Dunavant of Campbellsville and Carl
Dunavant, Pulaski; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Jim Hindman, and Mrs.
Ollie Hickman, both of Giles County; two brothers, Henry Hays, Michigan and
James Hays of Campbellsville. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
DUNCAN, Claude The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Claude Duncan, 69, Aspen Hill farmer, were held at 11:30
Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery. Mr. Duncan died early Tuesday afternoon, March 5, at Giles County
Hospital after a long illness.
Born July 16, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Duncan. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Duncan is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Duncan; two sons, Ernest Duncan
and Jack Duncan, Prospect; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Martin and Mrs. Lorene
Hughes, Giles County; eight grandchildren; and two half-brothers, Charles Duncan
and Morris Duncan, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNCAN, Mary Trice The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Trice Duncan, 83, resident of the Austin Hewitt
Home in Pulaski, were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Taylors Chapel
Methodist Church with the burial in Gibsonville Cemetery. Mrs. Duncan died
Monday morning, December 12, at the Home after a long illness.
Born January 14, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Sim
Trice and Sarah Gibson Trice, and was a member of Taylors Chapel Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Duncan, widow of Frank Duncan who died June 8, 1951, is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Robert F. Francis, Elkton, and Mrs. Marvin Coffey, Columbia; two
sons, Roy Duncan, Lynnville and Byrum Duncan, Columbia; twelve grandchildren and
several great-grandchildren.
DUNIVANT, Benjamin Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 24 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Benjamin Franklin Dunivant, 66, retired farmer of
Lynnville, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Lynnville Church of
Christ, conducted by Grover C. Beard, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr.
Dunivant died on Thursday, November 18, at his home.
Born April 4, 1899, in Giles County, he was the son of the late J. F. Dunivant
and Eliza Cowan Dunivant. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Dunivant is survived by his wife, Mrs. Adelia Jo Strickland Dunivant; two
sons, Alfred Boyd Dunivant, Dallas, Texas and Frank S. Dunivant, Nashville;
three daughters, Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Mrs. Thomas Owen and Mrs. Howard Hickman,
all of Nashville; five grandchildren; and two brothers, Charles Dunivant,
Cleveland, Ohio, and Bob Dunivant, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNIVANT, Charles Boyd The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
Charles Boyd Dunivant, 75, died Saturday, January 11, in Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville.
Funeral services for Mr. Dunivant were held Sunday afternoon, January 12, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with G. C. Fox, Church of
Christ minister, officiating. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Dunivant was born February 17, 1893, the son of
the late Frank and Eliza Cowan Dunivant. He was the husband of the late Mae
Shaffer Dunivant.
Survivors include one brother, Bob Dunivant, Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
DUNIVANT, Mae The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1966
Word was received here of the death of Mrs. Dunivant in Huron Road Hospital in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. Dunivant, a native of Ohio, is survived by her husband, Charles Dunivant,
native of Giles County; and one brother and one sister.
DUNIVANT, Robert B. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
Funeral services for Robert Dunivant, 78, were conducted Sunday afternoon, April
27, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with G. C. Fox,
Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Dunivant died Friday, April 25, at Merihil Nursing Home in Lewisburg.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Dunivant was born June 16, 1890, the son of the
late Frank and Eliza Cowan Dunivant.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
DUNLAP, Frank Mullins The Pulaski Citizen 12 Sep 1969
Funeral services for Frank Mullins Dunlap, 66, Nashville resident and native of
Giles County, were held at one o'clock Friday afternoon at Roesch-Patton Funeral
Home, conducted by Dr. Batsell Barrett Baxter, J. Roy Vaughn and L. Cranford.
Burial took place in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in that city. Mr. Dunlap died on
Wednesday, September 5, at Vanderbilt Hospital, after a few weeks illness.
Born May 15, 1896 and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Will
Porter Dunlap, Sr., and Lizzie Mullins Dunlap. He was a member of Hillsboro
Church of Christ, and a member of Post 5, American Legion.
Mr. Dunlap is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Roberts Dunlap; one daughter,
Mrs. Bettie Dunlap Jones; two granddaughters, all of Houston, Texas; one
brother, Shirley L. Dunlap, Madison; and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap
Darnell, Pulaski.
DUNLAP, Mary Cheatham The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Mrs. Mary Cheatham Dunlap, 90, died Thursday, January 18, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m. Friday, January 19, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Gilbert officiating. Burial was in
Brick Church Cemetery. Mrs. Dunlap was born June 5, 1877, the daughter of the
late Fletcher and Louiza Miller Cheatham. He husband was the late Samuel Owen
Dunlap.
Survivors include one son, Thomas Dunlap, Brick Church; one sister, Mrs. J. A.
Harding, Franklin; one grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNAVANT, Charles Erskine The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Charles Erskine Dunnavant, 82, retired Conway farmer, will
be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Elkton Methodist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway, pastor. Burial will take place in the Dunnavant
Cemetery. Mr. Dunnavant died on Wednesday morning, March 29, at his home.
Born May 17, 1878, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Charlie Dunnavant
and Nancy Rogers Dunnavant. His wife, Mrs. Annie Miller Dunnavant, died several
years ago.
Mr. Dunnavant is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Van Dyke Wilburn, Liberty,
Mrs. Vivian Malone, Prospect, Mrs. Bob Wilburn, Conway, and Mrs. Ann Cole,
Columbia; one son, Edgar Dunnavant, Meridianville, Ala.; twelve grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Will Smith and Mrs. Viola
Grant, Giles County; and one brother, Virgil Dunnavant, Conway.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNAVANT, Della Beddingfield The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Della Beddingfield Dunnavant, 65, widow of Will
Dunnavant, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, with
the burial in Wright Cemetery. Mrs. Dunnavant who had been living the past
eighteen years in Pontiac, Mich., died Friday, March 29, in a hospital in that
city.
A former resident of the McBurg community, she was a member of the Pontiac
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Dunnavant is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Sallie Russell, Alabama, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Tallent, Indiana; three sons, Thomas H. Dunnavant, Pulaski,
Edward Dunnavant, Pontiac and Eugene Dunnavant, Indiana; twenty-one
grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; one brother, Huddy Beddingfield,
Lincoln County; three half-brothers, Theo Largen, Fayetteville, Eugene Largen,
New Hope, Ala., and Alvin Largen, Cornersville; two half-sisters, Mrs. Thurman
Griggs, Pulaski, and Mrs. George Kerbo, Fayetteville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNAVANT, Dora Oliver The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Asa Dunnavant, Sr., 89, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield and
the Rev. Billy E. Craighead. Burial took place in Pisgah Cemetery. Mrs.
Dunnavant died Friday, January 17, in a Nashville hospital after a period of
declining health.
The former Miss Dora Oliver, she was born January 4, 1875, in Giles County, the
daughter of the late Dr. A. F. Oliver and Rebecca Abernathy Oliver. Her husband,
Asa Dunnavant, died many years ago. She was a member of First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Dunnavant is survived by two step-sons, Asa Dunnavant, Jr., Pulaski, and
John Dunnavant, Nashville; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and
one sister, Mrs. Luther B. Harwell, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNAVANT, Ella Solomon The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Mrs. Ella Dunnavant, 77, died Friday, October 6, in a Nashville hospital.
Services were conducted on Saturday, October 7, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. William Johnson officiating. Burial was in
Wright Cemetery.
Mrs. Dunnavant was born in Giles County on May 11, 1890, the daughter of the
late Kay Solomon and Nancy McComb Solomon. Her husband was the late Jim
Dunnavant.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. J. W. Solomon, Dellrose, and Mrs. Frances
West, Jackson, Fla.; two sons, James Dunnavant and Acey Dunnavant, both of Giles
County; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Edna
Russell, Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Mary Ellis, Giles County; two brothers, Roy
Solomon, Giles County, and Lewis Solomon, Huntsville, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNAVANT, James Gardner The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1968
James Gardner Dunnavant, 68, died Wednesday, June 26, at his home in the
Campbellsville community.
Funeral services for Mr. Dunnavant were held Thursday afternoon, June 27, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Henry Cortner,
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Dunnavant was born April 13, 1900, the son of the
late Walter and Lana Wakefield Dunnavant. His wife was the late Ruby Hays
Dunnavant.
Survivors include three sons, Emmitt and Gene Dunnavant, both of Campbellsville
and Earl Dunnavant, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Mitchell Craig, Pulaski; nine
grandchildren; five brothers, Raymond, Otha, Walter, and Mahlon Dunnavant, all
of Pulaski and Thomas Dunnavant of Nashville; four sisters, Mrs. N. C. Bowen,
Alma, Mrs. Robert Walls and Mrs. Mildred Lane, both of Pulaski, and Mrs. Madie
Walls, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNAVANT, Jim The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Jim Dunnavant, 78, retired Elkton farmer, were held at 2:30
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home with the burial in the
Wright Cemetery at McBurg. Mr. Dunnavant died at 7:40 Tuesday morning, June 11,
at the home of a son, Acey Dunnavant, in the Lynnville section.
Born September 12, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Henry
Dunnavant and Annie Rogers Dunnivant. He was a Methodist.
Mr. Dunnavant is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Solomon Dunnavant; two sons,
Acey, at Lynnville, and James Dunnavant, Dellrose; two daughters, Mrs. Pearl
Solomon, Dellrose, and Mrs. Frances West, Jacksonville, Fla.; seven
grandchildren; one brother, Kelly Dunnavant, Bunker Hill; and four sisters, Mrs.
Lizzie Griggs, Cornersville, Mrs. Nora Griggs, Nashville, Mrs. Lillie MacBean,
Boonshill, and Mrs. Lola Solomon, Elkton.
DUNNAVANT, Mary Myrtle Eason The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Cletus J. Dunnavant, 69, Pulaski resident were held at
4 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Dr.
William H. Mansfield and the Rev. William H. Moss, Methodist ministers. Burial
took place in Pisgah Cemetery. Mrs. Dunnavant, a retired nurse, died of a heart
ailment on Friday morning, August 11, at the home in Pulaski, following a period
of declining health.
A native of Giles County, she was the former Mary Myrtle Eason, born January 17,
1892, the daughter of the late Swift Due and Nora Virginia Marks Eason. She was
a member of the
Methodist Church.
Her husband, Cletus J. Dunnavant, died twenty-three years ago.
Mrs. Dunnavant is survived by three daughters, Miss Wilma Dunnavant, Mrs.
Herbert Parsons and Mrs. Bert Mize, all of Pulaski; one son, Cletus Jackson
Dunnavant, Jr., Augusta, Ga.; one grandson; and two brothers, William T. Eason,
Pulaski and Harris Eason, Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNAVANT, Virgil The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1968
Virgil Dunnavant, 80, died Wednesday night, November 13, at Veterans Hospital,
Murfreesboro.
Funeral services for Mr. Dunnavant, World War I veteran and retired merchant,
were held Friday afternoon, November 15, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with Mr. James E. Holt, Church of Christ minister, and
Rev. William Suddarth officiating.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Dunnavant was born April 2, 1888, the son of the
late Charles H. and Nancy Rogers Dunnavant. His wife was the late Sadie King
Dunnavant.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Viola Grant, Pulaski; and several nieces and
nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNAVANT, Myrtle Hix The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1967
Mrs. Myrtle Dunnavant, 91, died Tuesday, August 22, at her home in the Berea
Community.
Services will be conducted Thursday afternoon, August 24 at 2:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Henry Cortner officiating.
Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Dunnavant, a native of Bedford County, was born April 17, 1876, the
daughter of the late D. G. and Jennie Burnett Hix.
Survivors include one daughter-in-law, Mrs. John D. Dunnavant, Berea; four
nieces; and one nephew.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNAVANT, Otha McMillion The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
Otha McMillion Dunnavant, 66, died Monday, January 13, in Maury County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Dunnavant were held Wednesday afternoon, January 15, at
2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Andrew Brown, Church of
Christ minister officiating.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Dunnavant was born February 7, 1902, the son of
the late Walter and Lana Wakefield Dunnavant.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alice Collins Dunnavant; two daughters, Mrs.
Albert Sloan, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Nancy Lynn Dunnavant, Pulaski; two
step-daughters, Debra and ____________ Hyle, Pulaski; two step-sons, Michael and
David Hyle, Pulaski; four brothers, Thomas Dunnavant, Nashville, Raymond, Walter
and Mahlon Dunnavant, all of Pulaski; four sisters, Mrs. N. C. Brown, Alamo,
Mrs. Robert Walls, Mrs. Mildred Lane, both of Pulaski, and Mrs. John W. Walls,
Columbia; and two grandchildren.
DUNNAVANT, William The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1968
William Dunnavant, 11-year-old son of Claude Lee and Eva Mae Graves Dunnavant,
former Giles Countians, drowned Friday, July 5, in a creek near his Hamilton,
Ohio, home.
Funeral services were conducted here at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in
Bennett-May Chapel with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in New
Zion Cemetery.
William, who this spring completed the fifth grade at New Miami Elementary
School in Hamilton, was born April 2, 1957. His parents, native Giles Countians,
moved from Pulaski to the Ohio city sixteen years ago.
A member of the family said the youth and several other children were playing at
the creek when William, who could not swim, dived into water about five feet
deep and was unable to get out.
Surviving, in addition to his parents, are a brother, Danny Lee Dunnavant; two
sisters, Brenda Sue and Eva Jean Dunnavant, all of Hamilton; his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Rosie Dunnavant of Giles County; and his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Graves of Giles County.
DUNNIVANT, Martha Ann The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Martha Ann Dunnivant, sixteen months, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. J. W.
McCullough, Church of God minister. Burial took place in the Wright Cemetery,
near McBurg. The infant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Carroll Dunnivant of
Bunker Hill, died of a heart condition on Monday, July 25, at Giles County
Hospital.
She was born March 5, 1959, in Giles County.
In addition to the parents, James Carroll and Myrtice Curtis Dunnivant, the
child is survived by one sister, Carolyn; three brothers, Randall, Billy Joe and
Carroll Wayne Dunnivant; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dunnivant of
Lincoln County and Mrs. Anna Curtis of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNIVANT, Molly Russell The Pulaski Citizen 10 Sep 1969
Mrs. Molly Dunnivant, 82, died Sunday, September 7, in the Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dunnivant, wife of L. M. Dunnivant, were conducted
Monday afternoon, September 8, at 4:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. W. E. Gober officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was born January 13, 1887, the daughter of the
late Thomas Russell and Nancy Jane Kincaid Russell.
Survivors in addition to her husband include two sisters, Mrs. George Hays and
Mrs. Raymond Beadle, Pulaski; two grandsons, Billy and Lynn Callahan, Pulaski;
and one great grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DUNNIVANT, Ora Brown The Pulaski Citizen 8 Oct 1969
Mrs. Ora Dunnivant, 84, died Saturday morning, October 4, in the Ardmore Nursing
Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dunnivant, were conducted Sunday afternoon, October 6,
at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with Andy Brown,
Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Bethesda Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Dunnivant was born May 29, 1885, the daughter of
the late Davis and Martha Tinnery Brown.
Survivors in addition to her husband include two sons, Aubyn Dyer, Nashville,
Marvin Dyer, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. G. W. Lancaster, Columbia; two
brothers, Ed Brown, Florida, and Carl Brown, Louisville, Ky.; two sisters, Mrs.
Mahlon Hardy, Pulaski and Mrs Fred Cole, Nashville; nine grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
DURHAM, Alvie W. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jun 1967
Alvie W. Durham, 69, retired farmer of the Minor Hill Community, died Wednesday,
June 14 at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, June 18, at 2:00 o'clock at Booth's
Chapel Church of Christ, with James Bridges, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Hester Chapel Cemetery, Lester, Ala. Mr. Durham, a
native of Limestone County, Ala., was born June 25, 1897, the son of the late
Lorenza and Florence Draper Durham.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ada Vernon Durham; five daughters, Mrs. Linda
Gatlin, Giles County, Mrs. Robert Gordon, Lexington, Ala., Mrs. Cletus Hayes,
Eagle Lake, Fla., Mrs. James Barnett, Branford, Fla., and Mrs. Nat Pitman, New
York City, N. Y.; eight sons, Horace, Minor Hill, Milton and Joe, Benton Harbor,
Mich., Robert, Nashville, Gerald, Huntsville, Ala., David, Atlanta, Ga.,
Franklin, Giles County and Richard Durham, Viet Nam; twenty-nine grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Crawford, Salem, Ala.; two
half-sisters; one brother, Calvin Durham, Lexington, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DURHAM, Claude E. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Claude E. Durham, 76, Giles County farmer, and veteran of
WWI, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Choates Creek Cemetery. Mr. Durham died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 1:45
o'clock Monday afternoon, January 18, in a downtown Pulaski store.
Born March 2, 1888, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late "Doc" Durham
and Lucy Bishop Durham. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Durham is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Thurman Durham; one son,
William Morris Durham, Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Holley and Mrs. Jim
Wright, both of Pulaski; one brother, Joe Durham, Pulaski; and three sisters,
Mrs. Ethel Carvell, Beaumont, Texas, Mrs. Orville Swinney, Lebanon, Ohio, and
Miss Clemmie Durham, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DURHAM, Gertrude Thurman The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Claude Durham, 65, Giles County resident, were held at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Virgil Felker, Methodist minister, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist
minister, with burial in Choates Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Durham died at 3 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, January 28, after a heart attack. Her husband died ten days
earlier, January 18.
The former Miss Gertrude Thurman, she was born November 26, 1899, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late Willie Henry Thurman and Rocenie Boatright
Thurman. She was a member of Choates Creek Methodist Church.
Mrs. Durham is survived by one son, William Morris Durham, Pulaski; two
daughters, Mrs. Jim Wright and Mrs. Marie Holley, Pulaski; five grandchildren;
three brothers, Henry Thurman, Bunyan Thurman and Johnny Thurman, Pulaski; and
one sister, Mrs. Dan Smith, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DURHAM, James Taylor, Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Nov 1969
James Taylor Durham, Sr., 74, died Monday morning, November 3, at his home in
the Shores Community.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, November 5, at 2:00 o'clock
in Briar Fork Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Durham was born December 27, 1894, the son of the
late James S. and Mary Jane Taylor Durham.
He was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Era Stephens Durham; two sons, James T. Durham,
Jr., Hammond, Ind., Arvie B. Durham, U. S. Army, Viet Nam; three daughters, Mrs.
Audrey Gill, Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. Edna Parker, Shores, Mrs. Floyd I. Sublett,
Searcy, Ark.; one brother, Joe Durham, Winchester; five sisters, Mrs. Nannie
Taylor, Mrs. Molly Branch, Mrs. Jessie Womack, and Mrs. Hattie Martin, all of
Winchester, and Mrs. Maggie Hall of California; eight grandchildren, and five
great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DURHAM, John Eugene The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1967
John Eugene Durham, 73, retired L & N railroad employee died Friday, March 31,
at his home on Stadium Street.
Services were conducted Sunday, April 2, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Garden.
Mr. Durham, a native of Lawrence County, was born January 6, 1894, the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Durham.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ethel Hazelwood Durham; two daughters, Mrs. J.
C. Parker, White Oak, Ga., and Mrs. Robert S. Abdell, Roanoke, Va.; two sons,
Lindsay Durham, Pulaski, and John E. Durham, St. Mary's, Ga.; one step-son,
Robert Ratcliff, Prospect; one step-daughter, Mrs. John Faulkner; Pulaski; one
brother, Edward Durham, Lawrence County; one sister, Mrs. Edgar Booney, Giles
County; and eleven grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DURHAM, Lou Ethel Hazelwood The Pulaski Citizen 2 Apr 1969
Mrs. Lou Ethel Durham, 70, died Tuesday, April 1, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. John Faulkner, on Valley View Drive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Durham, wife of the late John E. Durham, will be held
Thursday, April 3, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial will
be in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Durham was born August 15, 1898, the daughter of
the late Johnny Brown Hazelwood and Rosetta Walls Hazelwood.
Survivors in addition to her daughter include two step-sons, Lindsey Durham,
Pulaski, and Gene Durham, White Oak, Ga.; two step-daughters, Mrs. J. D. Parker,
Georgia, and Miss Katherine Durham, Maryland; two sisters, Mrs. Freeman Griggs
and Miss Katherine Hazelwood, Pulaski; three brothers, Vernon Hazelwood and J.
B. Hazelwood, both of Pulaski, and Jack Hazelwood, Nashville; and several
step-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
DURKIN, Timothy Lee The Pulaski Citizen 2 Dec 1964
Timothy Lee Durkin, 15 months old, died Friday, November 20, in the Malcolm
Grove Air Force Hospital, Forestville, Md. Funeral services took place at 2
o'clock the following Tuesday afternoon in Minnow Branch Church of Christ in
Giles County, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville, Tenn.
The child is survived by the parents, Chief Petty Officer and Mrs. Parker Lee
Durkin; one sister, Deborah Sue Durkin, Forestville; and the grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Allen, Lynnville, and Mrs. Faye Durkin, Jefferson City, Mo.
The mother is the former Miss Dorothy Allen of Lynnville.
DURRETT, Alice The Pulaski Citizen 1 Aug 1962
Miss Alice Durrett, 78, former resident of the Cedar Grove Community, died early
Wednesday morning, August 1, at the home of her niece, Mrs. Rudolph Waess (the
former Dezzie Mae Durrett) in Ashtabula, Ohio.
Graveside services will be held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at Woodlawn
Memorial Park in Nashville, where other members of the family are buried.
Miss Durrett, sister of the late Rev. John Durrett, Nashville is survived by two
brothers, Jesse Durrett, Gustine, Calif., and Sol Durrett, Philadelphia, Pa.
DYE, Ottis Felton The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1967
Giles County's fourth traffic fatality of the year occurred Thursday evening,
June 22, when a car driven by Ottis Felton Dye, 53, of Five Points in Lawrence
County went off a 100-foot embankment at Riversburg curve on Highway 31 about 3
� miles north of Pulaski.
State Trooper Robert Worsham said the Dye automobile was traveling south,
ascending the long hill, when it crossed three traffic lanes and went off the
embankment on the east side. Mr. Dye was alone at the time, and no apparent
cause for the accident could be found, Worsham said. There was a heavy rain
falling and all tire tracks were obliterated from the pavement.
Mr. Dye was a Baptist, a Mason and a Shrine.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Ramah Baptist Church in
Lawrence County and burial was in Bonnertown Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mannie Lee Dye of Five Points; his mother, Mrs.
Julia Dye of Lawrenceburg; one brother, Roy Dye of Columbia; and a sister, Mrs.
A. C. Fitzgerald, Columbia.
EAGIN, Betty Maria The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Miss Betty Maria Eagin, 79, resident of the Wheelerton
community, were held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Donald White. Burial took place in the Eagin Cemetery.
Miss Eagin died Friday night, January 27, at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, she was born November 22, 1881, the daughter of the
late Richard Eagin and Mary O'Neill Egan.
Survivors are nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
EAGIN, James Olin The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1966
James Olin Eagin, 71, died Thursday afternoon, Aug. 11, at Giles County Hospital
from injuries received earlier that day when the automobile he was driving
struck a parked car on South First Street.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Higgins
Funeral Home in Fayetteville with burial in Riverview Memorial Gardens there.
The accident occurred at 2:50 p. m. in front of the Stanley Incorporated plant
when Mr. Eagin was reportedly leaving Pulaski alone, going south, en route to
his home in the Bryson community, when his car struck an unoccupied parked
vehicle owned by Renzo Shackelford.
Police Sam Yarbrough and Sgt. Fred Owens, who investigated said the accident
occurred during a heavy rain.
A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Thomas A. and Jennie
Harrison Eagin.
For many years, before his retirement, Mr. Eagin operated a retail store at
Elkton. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of a Birmingham, Ala.,
American Legion Post.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jessie Ferguson Eagin; a daughter, Mrs. Jack
Clark of Giles County; and a sister, Mrs. Lawson Mitchell of Lincoln County.
EAGLE, Marvin E. The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1968
Marvin E. Eagle, 82, retired dean of Lambuth College at Jackson, died
unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home in that city Tuesday night, November
5.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 o'clock Thursday at the college and
graveside services and burial will be at Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, at 3:30 p.
m. Bennett-May Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements.
A native of Bluefield, Va., Mr. Eagle was married to the former Miss Lela Mae
Booth, Pulaski native, who survives.
He formerly taught at Massey School here and had been connected with the Lambuth
College since 1924. For many years he taught a Bible class at First Methodist
Church in Jackson.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Frank Kennedy of
Jackson, and Mrs. Don Cloughley of Winter Haven, Fla., and several
grandchildren.
EAKES, Robert L. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Robert L. Eakes, 75, were conducted Sunday afternoon,
November 27, at 2:00 o'clock , at the Chattanooga Funeral Home. Burial was in
Lakewood Memory Gardens.
Mr. Eakes died Friday, November 25, in Memorial Hospital, following an extended
illness. He was a retired merchant and insurance agent, and a native of Giles
County, but had lived in Chattanooga for several years. He was born July 29,
1891, the son of the late John R. and Mary Jean Eakes.
Mr. Eakes is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Catherine Eakes; three daughters,
Mrs. James A. Cash, Nashville, Mrs. Carlene Dobbins, Fackler, Ala., and Mrs.
Dennis Miller, San Denman, Calif.; two sons, Robert H., Chattanooga, and Harold
Eakes, Marietta, Ga.; five grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Will Bass,
Pulaski, Mrs. A. W. Chapman, and Mrs. Carson Compton, both of Decatur, Ala.
EAKES, William James The Pulaski Citizen 13 Feb 1963
Funeral services for William James Eakes, 58, metal worker with the Chattanooga
Plating and Radiator Works, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Eakes died
Monday, February 11, at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga after several years
illness.
Born October 26, 1904, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John R. Eakes
and Mary Rogers Eakes.
Mr. Eakes is survived by one brother, Robert Eakes, Chattanooga; and four
sisters, Mrs. E. M. Chapman and Mrs. Will Bass, Pulaski, and Mrs. A. W. Chapman
and Mrs. Carson Compton, both of Decatur, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EASON, William Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 5 May 1965
Funeral services for William Thomas Eason, 68, veteran of WWI and retired
farmer, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Gerald Hattle, Methodist minister, and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the family lot in Pisgah
Cemetery. Mr. Eason died of a heart attack at 12:15 (noon) in Giles County
Hospital.
Born April 18, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Swift Due Eason
and Nora Virginia Marks Eason. He was a member of the Pisgah Methodist Church.
Mr. Eason is survived by his wife, Mrs. Stella Cole Eason; two sons, William H.
Eason, Nashville, and Robert Eugene Eason, Hendersonville; one daughter, Mary
Nan Smeykal, Hendersonville; seven grandchildren; and one brother, Alfred H.
Eason, Birmingham, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EASON, Zora Roden The Pulaski Citizen 4 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Zora Roden Eason, 96, widow of W. A. Eason, pioneer
Giles County school teacher, were held Friday morning at Finley, Dorris and
Charleston Funeral Home in Nashville, conducted by the Rev. John Hight. Burial
took place in the afternoon in Maplewood Cemetery with Rev. Kenneth Wilkerson
officiating. Mrs. Eason died at 11 o'clock on Wednesday night, March 28, at the
home in Nashville, after several months declining health.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John Hornsby
Roden and Miriam Watson Roden. She was a member of Blooming Grove Methodist
Church.
Her husband, William Allen Eason, died in 1909.
In 1910, Mrs. Eason moved to Nashville to make her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Miriam Reich. The family lived in Memphis for a few years.
In addition to the one daughter, Mrs. Eason is survived by one granddaughter,
Mrs. William Parrish, secretary to the State Commissioner of Education in
Nashville; and one grandson, R. E. Reich, Dallas, Texas.
EASTEP, John Mansel The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
Funeral services for John Mansel Eastep, 61, painter of the Goodsprings
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Mr. McDougal. Burial took place in the Mitchell
Cemetery. Mr. Eastep died on Wednesday, February 24, at Jackson Clinic at
Lester, Ala.
Born January 16, 1904, in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late
Jesse Eastep and Della Burch Eastep. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Eastep is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Nesmith Long Eastep; one son, J.
C. Eastep, Battle Creek, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. Joyce Peterson, Minot, N. D.;
four grandchildren; six brothers, Jester Eastep, Buford Eastep, and Nelson
Eastep, Athens, Ala., Elon Eastep, Mobile, Ala., Doyle Eastep, Huntsville, Ala.,
and Lester Eastep, Independence, Mo.; and three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Evans,
Plant City, Fla., Mrs. Cleo Flanningan and Mrs. Odell Bullington, both of
Athens, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EDDIE, Loyd M. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Loyd (Mutt) Eddie, disabled veteran of WWII, will be held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted
by G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist
minister. Burial will take place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Eddie died at 6:45
o'clock Wednesday morning, March 31, in Giles County Hospital.
Born April 6, 1920, in Moore County, he was the son of Mrs. Charlotte Metcalf
Eddie, Pulaski, and the late Gladys Dalton Eddie; and was a member of the Church
of Christ.
In addition to his mother and step-father, O. R. Eddie, Pulaski, Mr. Eddie is
survived by his wife Mrs. Clara Scott Eddie; four sons, Billy Wayne and Loyd
Eddie, both of Chicago, and James Howard and Troy D. Eddie, both of Pulaski; one
daughter, Mrs. Shirley Mae Metcalf;, Chicago, Ill.; three brothers, William
Eddie, Pulaski, J. D. Eddie and Roy Eddie, Cornersville; and one half-brother,
Robert Eddie, Pulaski; and four sisters, Mrs. Martha Strickland and Mrs. Mary
Hollingsworth, both of Pulaski, Mrs. Ruth Crosslin, Shelbyville, and Mrs. Irene
Norwood, Chicago, Ill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EDMUNDSON, Cleburne Roscoe The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Cleburne Roscoe Edmundson, 77, retired Captain, United
States Army, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bethel Methodist Church.
Rites were conducted by the Rev. W. C. Folks, and the Rev. John M. Bradford,
pastor, with the burial in Brown Cemetery.
Mr. Edmundson died Saturday morning, November 4, at Jackson Clinic at Lester,
Ala., after a lengthy illness. Mr. Edmundson who made his home in New Orleans,
La., served thirty years in the Army which included many years duty in Alaska.
When he became ill, he returned to his home at Bethel. He was a member of Bethel
Methodist Church.
Mr. Edmundson is survived by one daughter, Mrs. William Burnhardt, Geneva,
Switzerland; two grandchildren; two brothers, Dr. L. A. Edmundson, Bethel, and
Eugene E. Edmundson, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs. William B. Gordon, Bethel,
and Mrs. Charles A. Seay, Long Beach, Miss. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
EDMUNDSON, Hattie Smith The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jun 1967
Mrs. Hattie Smith Edmundson, 87, died Tuesday, June 20, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Services were conducted Wednesday, June 21, at 2:00 p. m. at the Bethel
Methodist Church, with burial in the Brown Cemetery.
Mrs. Edmundson, a native of Limestone County, Ala., was born December 29, 1879,
the daughter of the late James and Mattie Meals Smith. Her husband, the late A.
O. Edmundson, died several years ago.
Survivors include one son, Van Edmundson, Bethel; three grandchildren; three
great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. W. J. Randolph, Pulaski, and Mrs.
Ida Rogers, Akron, Ohio; three nieces, Mrs. Allen Hewitt, Lynnville, Mrs.
Charles Warren, Lake City, Fla., and Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett, Lanham, Md.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
EDMUNDSON, Laymon B. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1967
Laymon B. Edmundson, 68, died Wednesday, March 29, in Gordon's Hospital,
Lewisburg.
Services were conducted Friday morning, March 31, at 10 o'clock, in the chapel
of Davis-Ralston Funeral Home at Petersburg, with burial at Spring Place
Cemetery, in Marshall County.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Trudy Wall Edmondson; two daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller, and Mrs. Jourlene Gatlin, Lewisburg; two sons, Brandon
Edmondson, Nashville, and Bobby T. Edmondson, Winchester; seven grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Pearl Haislip, Lewisburg.
EDMUNDSON, Cleburne Roscoe The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Cleburne Roscoe Edmundson, 77, retired Captain, United
States Army, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bethel Methodist Church.
Rites were conducted by the Rev. W. C. Folks, and the Rev. John M. Bradford,
pastor, with the burial in Brown Cemetery. Mr. Edmundson died Saturday morning,
November 4, at Jackson Clinic at Lester, Ala., after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Edmundson who made his home in New Orleans, La., served thirty years in the
Army which included many years duty in Alaska. When he became ill, he returned
to his home at Bethel. He was a member of Bethel Methodist Church.
Mr. Edmundson is survived by one daughter, Mrs. William Burnhardt, Geneva,
Switzerland; two grandchildren; two brothers, Dr. L. A. Edmundson, Bethel, and
Eugene E. Edmundson, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs. William B. Gordon, Bethel,
and Mrs. Charles A. Seay, Long Beach, Miss.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EDMUNDSON, J. Clyde The Pulaski Citizen 07 Nov 1962
J. Clyde Edmundson, 90, former member of the Giles County Court, died Monday
morning, November 5, at his home in the Stella Community, after a long illness.
Edmundson was a retired farmer. Born January 8, 1872, he was a native of the
late John David and Eudora Jones Edmundson. He was a member of Bethel Methodist
Church.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Pleasant Hill Church in
Stella, with burial in the church cemetery. Wilson Carter and Company was in
charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Anna Lee Curry Edmundson; three daughters, Mrs.
Buford Hoots of Nashville, Mrs. C. W. Thompson of Memphis, and Mrs. Joseph Ely,
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; four sons, Harold Edmundson of Nashville, R. B. Edmundson
of Florence, Ala., Fred D. Edmundson and Robert Edmundson of Prospect; two
step-daughters, Mrs. L. E. Case and Mrs. Emmie Edmundson of Prospect; two
sisters, Mrs. Conner Brooks of Mt. Pleasant and Miss Daisy Edmundson of Coleman,
Texas; two brothers, Oscar Edmundson and Sanders Edmundson of Coleman, Texas; 30
grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
J. Clyde Edmundson was a cousin of the late Dr. Louie Edmundson, who died
Tuesday, October 30. He was the last patient attended by Dr. Edmundson.
EDMUNDSON, Laymon B. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1967
Laymon B. Edmundson, 68, died Wednesday, March 29, in Gordon's Hospital,
Lewisburg.
Services were conducted Friday morning, March 31, at 10 o'clock, in the chapel
of Davis-Ralston Funeral Home at Petersburg, with burial at Spring Place
Cemetery, in Marshall County.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Trudy Wall Edmondson; two daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller, and Mrs. Jourlene Gatlin, Lewisburg; two sons, Brandon
Edmondson, Nashville, and Bobby T. Edmondson, Winchester; seven grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Pearl Haislip, Lewisburg.
EDMUNDSON, Lucile Brent The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services were held Wednesday in Elmwood Chapel, Birmingham, Ala., for
Mrs. Lucile Brent Edmundson, 56, who died Monday, October 18, in that city,
after a long illness.
Mrs. Edmundson is survived by her husband, J. H. Edmundson; and two aunts, Mrs.
W. V. Dunivant, Pulaski and Mrs. D. M. Hicks, Audubon, N. J.
EDMUNDSON, Mamie Sulcer The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie Sulcer Edmundson, 53, were conducted on Thursday
afternoon, December 29, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home. with the Rev. W. C. Folks officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Edmundson died Wednesday afternoon, December 28, in Giles County Hospital.
She was the daughter of B. S. and Minnie Turner Sulcer. She was born in Giles
County on September 28, 1913.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Van Edmundson; one
daughter, Mrs. Elaine Helton, Giles County; one sister, Mrs. Charlie Taylor,
Athens, Ala.; three brothers, Buford Sulcer, Tanner, Ala., Frazier Sulcer,
Athens, Ala., and William Sulcer, Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EDWARDS, Annie Charlton The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Edwards, 65, will be held Thursday afternoon,
January 9, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Edwards, wife of the late Homer Edwards, died Tuesday afternoon, January 7,
at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Canada, Mrs. Edwards was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
George Charlton.
Survivors include one son, Eugene McAnish, Michigan; three daughters, Mrs.
Evelyn Decaussin, Pulaski, Mrs. Don Davis, Canada, and Mrs. Deloris Trombley,
Michigan; seventeen grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
Grace Ingle, Canada.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EDWARDS, Herman The Pulaski Citizen 4 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Herman Edwards, 48, International Minerals and Chemical
employee, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Raymond Johns, officiating. The burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Edwards died Friday night, February 28, in
Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born January 4, 1916, in Giles County, he was the son of the late E. B. Edwards
and Sallie Franklin Edwards. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Edwards is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Vernon Edwards; two sons, Larry
Edwards and Ronnie Edwards, Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce Lanier and Miss
June Edwards, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs. Elba Holt, Giles County, and Mrs.
Willie Hobbs, Cornersville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EDWARDS, Homer Lee The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1966
Funeral services for Homer Lee Edwards, 59, former employee of The Borden
Company in Detroit, Mich., were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Andrew Brown, Church of Christ
minister. Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Edwards died on
Wednesday, May 4, in Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born June 15, 1906, in Marshall County, he was the son of Thomas and Ada
Edwards, of Nashville. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna McAnish
Edwards; four step-children, Eugene McAnish, Howell, Mich., Mrs. Garnet Davis,
Canada, Mrs. Delois Trombley, Michigan and Mrs. Evelyn Decaussin, Giles County;
fifteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EDWARDS, J. B. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1967
J. B. Edwards, prominent Giles County educator, died unexpectedly of a heart
attack at his home at Elkton Monday night, March 6.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May
Chapel with Andrew Brown and the Rev. William Suddarth officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Edwards, principal of Elkton High School, was apparently in good health and
ad attended the weekly meeting of the Pulaski Lions Club, of which he was a
member, earlier in the evening, before suffering attack about 10 o'clock .
A native of Marshall County, he was born near Petersburg on Jan. 15, 1909. His
parents were the late Charles and Ellen Sowell Edwards.
He was graduated from Morgan Preparatory School and Middle Tennessee State
College. He was a member of the Church of Christ and was president of the South
Giles Utility District at the time of his death.
A veteran of thirty years in the teaching profession, Mr. Edwards began his
career as a classroom teacher at Jones School in Lynnville. He taught there for
two years and then went to Elkton School for two years, following which he was a
classroom teacher at Minor Hill for two years before being named principal of
that school, a position he held for fifteen years. He then served as principal
at Beech Hill for four years and had held the principalship at Elkton for the
past five years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nelle Haney Edwards; one son, Larry of
Knoxville; one brother, Howard E. Edwards of St. Joseph, Mich.; one sister, Mrs.
Garrett Johnson of Hendersonville; and three grandchildren.
EDWARDS, James Malcolm The Pulaski Citizen 7 Mar 1962
Funeral services for James Malcolm Edwards, 52, Giles County farmer, were held
at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Edwards died on Thursday, March 1, at his home on the Lewisburg Highway,
after a long illness.
Born July 17, 1911, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Ernie Bruce
Edwards and Sallie Jane Franklin Edwards.
Mr. Edwards is suvived by his wife, Mrs. Zennia Fuqua Edwards; one son, James
Marion Edwards; one daughter, Mrs. James Lamb, Columbus, Ga.; seven
grandchildren; one brother, Herman Edwards, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs. Elba
Holt, Pulaski and Mrs. Willie Hobbs, Cornersville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EDWARDS, Luther Randolph The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Luther Randolph Edwards, 54, widely known livestock dealer,
were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, March 11, at London Funeral Home, with
the burial in the Bryant Cemetery at Mooresville. Rites were conducted by the
Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman and the Rev. A. Wesley Holden. Mr. Edwards died
unexpectedly of a heart attack early Sunday morning, March 10, at his home in
Mooresville.
Born September 1, 1908, he was a native of Marshall County.
Mr. Edwards is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ladye Clark Edwards; one son, Luther
Michael Edwards, and a step-son, Ronnie Edwards, Mooresville; three sisters,
Mrs. Baxter Reed, Luna Community, Mrs. Archie Holley, Mooresville, and Mrs. Paul
Richardson, Lewisburg; one brother, Julius Edwards, Lewisburg; one half-sister,
Mrs. Will Davis, Lewisburg; and two half-brothers, Tommy Edwards, Nashville and
Alfred Edwards, Franklin.
EDMUNDSON, Louie A. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1962
Dr. Louie A. Edmundson, 71, of the Bethel community, died of a heart attack in
an Athens, Alabama hospital on Tuesday, October 30.
Dr. Louie (as he was called) was recently honored by the University of Tennessee
upon completion of half a century of practicing medicine. He graduated from U.
T. at the age of twenty-one in 1912-the youngest man in his class.
He served a one-year internship at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis
during its first year of opertion. He practiced with his uncle at Brighton,
Alabama, near Birmingham, for a short while before establishing his practice in
Bethel, where he served as physician and surgeon until his death.
During World War II, the doctor served sixteen months withe Army Medical Corps
in France.
He was a member of the Giles County Medical Association, Tennessee State Medical
Association, and Delta Omega Alpha fraternity. He was a member of the Bethel
Methodist Church and a Mason.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Elihu and Cornelia Hardy
Edmundson. Born November 17, 1891, he would have celebrated his 72nd birthday in
two weeks. His first wife was the late Lillian Jones Edmundson. In 1936, he
married Callie Jones Edmundson, who survives.
Other survivors include: two sons, Kenneth Edmundson of Decatur, Ala., and Louie
Jones Edmundson, U. S. Army, Fort Devens, Mass.; a brother, Eugene Edmundson of
Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. W. B. Gordon of Bethel and Mrs. Charles A. Seay of
Long Beach, Mississippi; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow (Thursday) November 1, at the
Bethel Methodist Church with burial in Brown Cemetery.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EDWARDS, James Arthur The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1966
Funeral services for James Arthur Edwards, Sr., 90, father of a Pulaski
resident, were held at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville with burial in
Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Edwards died Sunday morning, July 10, in Lincoln
County Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ida Warden Edwards; four sons, James Arthur
Edwards, Jr., Pulaski, Robert Edwards and Harold Edwards, both of Fayetteville,
and William Edwards of Monticello, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Vantrease of
Fayetteville and Mrs. Theo H. Wells of Birmingham, Ala.; and seven
grandchildren.
EDWARDS, J. C. (Mrs.) The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1963
Mrs. J. C. Edwards, 73, resident of Lacey Springs, Ala., and mother of Mrs.
Howard Tabor of Pulaski, died on Thursday, April 4, at the hospital at Arab,
Ala., after a two weeks illness.
Mrs. Edwards, widow of J. C. Edwards, is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Tabor,
Mrs. J. O. McGuire, Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. E. W. Bufkin, Johnson City, Mrs. Carl
Whisenant and Mrs. George Johnson, both of Lacey Springs.
Funeral services took place at 2 o'clock Saturday at Union Grove Baptist Church
in Morgan County with burial in New Canaan Cemetery.
EDWARDS, Janice The Pulaski Citizen 1 Aug 1962
The three-year-old daughter of a former Pulaski woman was drowned in a tragic
accident Thursday, July 26, that nearly claimed the lives of her brother, her
uncle, also a Pulaskian, and the uncle's daughter. Little Janice Edwards,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Davy Edwards, was drowned last week in the Atlantic
Ocean at St. Simons Island, near Brunswick, Georgia.
The child's uncle, William Biles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Biles, was
hospitalized suffering from shock and exhaustion after his futile attempt to
rescure her. Mary Belinda Biles, 9, was also hospitalized suffering with double
pneumonia which followed her recovery and revival by artificial respiration.
Stevie Edwards, 8, brother of Janice, was also rescued from the treacherous
waters but he did not require hospitalization.
An account of the tragedy as given by one of the relatives follows:
Mr. and Mrs. William Biles and their children arrived at St. Simmons Island
early Thursday morning from their home in Nashville. Mrs. Biles, the former
Betty Colvin, is the sister of Mrs. Edwards, the former Marie Colvin, whom they
were visiting.
Shortly after their arrival, the Edwards family and the Biles family all went
down to the beach. (The Edwards family have lived on St. Simmons Island for
several years.) Biles took his daughter, Mary Belinda, and his two nieces and
nephew, Janice, Susan, 5, and Stevie, into the water. The others remained on the
beach.
The tide was out and the water was very calm. The group was in shallow water.
Biles was sitting on the floor of the ocean
ELDER, James Henry The Pulaski Citizen 4 Nov 1964
Funeral services for James Henry Elder, 77, resident of the Sumac Community,
were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
burial in the Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Elder died of a heart attack at his home
Thursday, November 29.
Born February 15, 1887, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Fisher David
Elder and Annie Victoria Biles Elder. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Elder is survived by four daughters, Mrs. John Scott, Giles County, Mrs.
Pauline Burk, San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Alfred Wolff, West Palm Beach, Fla.,
and Mrs. Agnes Mattio, New York City; six grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. John Moore, Prospect, and Mrs. T. H.
Forline, Nashville; and three brothers, Charles Elder, Giles County, John F.
Elder and Joe Elder, both of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ELDER, James H. The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jul 1969
Rev. James H. Elder, 55, died Monday afternoon, July 14, at 1:30 o'clock in a
Memphis hospital.
Funeral services will be held Thursday morning, July 17, at 9 o'clock in the St.
Louis Catholic Church, Memphis. Graveside services will be Thursday afternoon at
4:00 o'clock in Prospect.
A native of Giles County, Rev. Elder was born August 11, 1913, the son of the
late W. C. Elder and Lena Mae Case Elder.
Rev. Elder was a Methodist minister, having been pastor of the First Church at
Loveable, Savannah and Gatlin City Roads at Madison and Mullins Methodist Church
in Memphis.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Billie Paxton Elder, Little Rock, Ark.; one
daughter, Alice, of California; one son, Ronald Morris Elder, Maryville; two
brothers, Thomas Case Elder, Nashville, and Vachel B. Elder of Prospect; and one
granddaughter.
ELDER, Lillie Chilton The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Chilton Elder, 62, were held at 11 o'clock
Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Elder
died Saturday night, January 23, at a Nashville hospital.
A resident of Nashville several years, Mrs. Elder was the former Miss Lillie
Chilton, born November 1, 1897, in Giles County, and was the daughter of the
late Monroe Chilton and Maggie Ketchum Chilton.
Mrs. Elder is survived by her husband, Woodrow Elder, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ELDER, Mary Tate The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1961
Mrs. Mary Tate Elder, 59, died at 9:30 a. m. Saturday, September 9, at her home
in the Sumac community, reportedly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Coroner Bill Bennett and deputy sheriff Bill Morris said Mrs. Morris apparently
shot herself in the chest with a 410 guage shotgun. Relatives said she had been
in ill health.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the lat James William and Ella
Tomerlin Tate.
Survivors include her husband, J. H. Elder; four daughters, Mrs. John Scott of
Sumac, Mrs. Albert Walff of Florida, Mrs. Chuck Rogers of New York, Mrs. J.
H.Burk of California; four sisters, Mrs. Joe Leonard Tate of Pulaski, Mrs. Roy
James and Mrs. Ernest Cunningham of Prospect, Mrs. Louise Hix of Sewart, Neb.;
two brothers, Vannie Tate of Pulaski and Delbert Tate of Athens, Ala.; eight
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
ELDER, Rena Birdsong The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Rena Birdsong Elder, 56, wife of Joe Elder, were held
in Nashville on Saturday morning with graveside services held at 2 o'clock that
afternoon in Prospect Cemetery. The Rev. John M. Bradford, Pastor of Prospect
Methodist Church, officiated. Mrs. Elder, who had been in failing health for
many months, died Friday, December 8, at Mid-State Baptist Hospital in
Nashville.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Carden
Birdsong and the late Mautie F. Birdsong. The Elders have been making their home
in Nashville for a number of years. Mrs. Elder was a member of the Methodist
Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Elder is survived by her husband, Joe Elder,
also a native of Giles County; two sons, two daughters; one grandchild; two
brothers, Monroe Birdsong, Gallatin, and Ben Birdsong, stationed in Italy; and
three sisters, Mrs. Flora Rogers and Mrs. Edward Kellam, Nashville, and Mrs.
Larry Cardner, New York.
ELDRIDGE, Lou Anna Russell The Pulaski Citizen 5 Mar 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Lou Anna Russell Eldridge, 56, were held Tuesday
afternoon, March 4, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Benton Morgan officiating. Burial was in Lynnville Cemetery.
Mrs. Eldridge, wife of William A. Eldridge of Lynnville, died Monday, March 3,
at her home in the Lynnville community.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Eldridge was the daughter of Mrs. Emma Joines
Russell and the late Will Russell.
Survivors, in addition to her husband and mother, include one son, William R.
Eldridge, Huntsville, Ala.; two daughters, Mrs. John T. Harris and Mrs. Lester
E. Bell, both of Lynnville; six grandchildren; one brother, Cordell Russell; and
one sister, Mrs. Herbert Minatra, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ELDRIDGE, Robert Wallace The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1964
Graveside services for Robert Wallace Eldridge, 78, native Giles Countian, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Dade City, Fla. Mr. Eldridge died on
Thursday, January 16, at an Ocala, Fla., Hospital following a paralytic stroke.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late Solomon Eldridge and Roberta
Eldridge. He was employed for R. E. A. for a time before retiring several years
ago.
Mr. Eldridge is survived by one son, Malcolm Eldridge, Kissimmee, Fla.; three
daughters, Miss Ruth Eldridge and Mrs. Lucile Pickett, St. Petersburg, Fla., and
Mrs. Miriam Carpenter, Memphis; five grandchildren; and one brother, William
Eldridge, Lynnville.
ELKINS, J. C. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
The Rev. J. C. Elkins, Methodist minister and associate pastor of First
Methodist Church, Pulaski, died at Veterans' Hospital on Saturday at 1:30 a. m.
after two months illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, the Rev. Billy Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church and the Rev.
Feston Warren officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Coffee County, the Rev. Mr. Elkins was born July 22, 1890, the son
of the late John and Ada Jane Gunn Elkins. His grandfather, the Rev. Eli Elkins,
was a Methodist minister in 1786.
He was admitted to the Tennessee Conference on trial in 1919, ordained deacon in
1921, and ordained elder and admitted to full pastorate in 1923. He was a
circuit rider, making his rounds on horseback in early days of his ministry. He
retired in 1956, but had continued his preaching services for small churches. He
has served as Associate pastor of First Methodist Church for the past 3 � years,
and until the time of his illness.
During his ministry of more than fifty years, he held pastorates in the
following Methodist churches: McMinnville, Olive Hill, Waynesboro, Enterprise,
Blanche, Harms, Tracy City, Prospect St. Joseph and Loretto, Olivet, Diana
circuit, East End, Lawrenceburg and First Methodist, Pulaski.
He was a veteran of World War I, and was wounded while serving with the United
States Army Infantry in Belgium and along the Hindenburg line.
He was married to the former Miss Bertha Bernice Williams of Manchester who
survives.
He is also survived by four daughters, Msr. Floyd Chambers, Decatur, Ala., Mrs.
Marvin Wells, Ethridge, Mrs. Earl Moore and Miss Flora Elkins, Pulaski; two
sons, Rev. Carl Elkins, Nashville, and John Elkins, Lancaster, Ky.; two
brothers, Ollie Elkins, Littleton, N. C., and Cecil Elkins, Chattanooga; two
sisters, Mrs. W. L. England and Mrs. Pearl Custis, Chattanooga; 13 grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren.
ELLEDGE, Martha Cole The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1961
Mrs. Claude Elledge, 83, widow of Claude Elledge, a Pulaski druggist for many
years, died early Thursday morning, February 16, at a Birmingham, Ala. hospital,
following a five day illness. Funeral rites and burial took place on Friday in
that city.
The former Miss Martha Cole, she was a native of Lincoln County, but as a child
moved with her mother, Mrs. Annie Lou Dusenberry Cole, after the death of her
father, Mr. Cole, to Birmingham, where she lived until she married Mr. Elledge
and came to Pulaski to make her home.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a former teacher.
Mrs. Elledge is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Johns McCulley, Sarasota, Fla.;
one son, Joe Elledge, Birmingham; three grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. William Oberhelman, Claridge Manor,
Birmingham, with whom she had made her home in recent years.
ELLIOTT, Randy The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Randy Elliott, a one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Elliott of the Prospect
community, died Tuesday, February 16, at a Nashville Hospital where he had been
carried as a result of suffering a heart ailment.
Funeral services for the child were held Wednesday, February 17, at the Bethel
Church and burial was in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Reports of the child's illness showed his heart stopped beating Monday as
doctors at the local hospital were preparing to operate on the child for hernia
and that the doctors were able to restore the heart beat by means of massaging
the heart through a quickly made incision. He was carried to a Nashville
hospital where he was placed in respirator. His death occurred the following
day.
EMERSON, Daisy Clark The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Clark Emerson, 89, resident of the Diana
community, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of McDaniel
Funeral Home in Cornersville, conducted by the Rev. J. C. Elkins. Burial took
place in the Diana Cemetery. Mrs. Emerson died Tuesday night, June 21, at her
home near Diana.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. Clark and
Priscilla Jones Clark, and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Emerson is survived by two daughters, Icie Emerson and Miss Alma Emerson,
Diana; one son, Loyd Emerson, Diana; one grandchild, two great-grandchildren and
one great-great grandchild.
ENDRESS, Mary Lou Hardy The Pulaski Citizen 27 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Hardy Endress, 83, Pulaski resident, are
incomplete at press time. Services will be held at Bennett-May Funeral Home, and
burial will take place in the family lot in Brick Church Cemetery. Mrs. Endress
who had been in declining health for some time died unexpectedly at her home
during the day on Wednesday, December 27.
Born October 12, 1878, at Brick Church, she was the daughter of the late Wallace
Rutledge Hardy and Florence Hamm Hardy. She was a member of Brick Church
Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Endress, last member of her immediate family, is survived by two nephews,
W. R Hardy, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lucius Hardy, Seymour, Texas; and two
nieces, Mrs. Raymond Warren and Mrs. Burrel Mills, Seymour, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ENDSLEY, Nora Sims The Pulaski Citizen 10 Oct 1962
A Lewisburg school teacher died Saturday, October 6, three hours after being
thrown from her automobile in a collision with a truck driven by William Riley
Hedgecoth, 35, of 172 Washington Heights, Pulaski.
Mrs. Nora Sims Endsley, 50, died at 10:45 a. m. Saturday in Lewisburg of
injuries suffered when she was thrown approximately 30 feet from her car when
her vehicle and an Interstate Construction Company truck collided in an unmarked
intersection, Ellington Bypass and Spring Place Road.
Reports were that the two vehicles met exactly in the center of the
intersection.
Mrs. Endsley was a native of Lexington County, Ala., and had lived in Lewisburg
thirty years. She was the former principal of Belfast School.
ENGLETT, Minnie Lola Strickland The Pulaski Citizen 24 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Lola Strickland Englett, widow of Jim Englett,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. R. Neal Dean, Presbyterian minister. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Englett died Sunday, March 21, in Giles County Hospital.
She was born July 8, 1880, in Giles County.
Mrs. Englett is survived by one son, Ira Englett, Pulaski; three grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren; and one half-brother, John Tate, Winter Haven,
Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ENGLISH, Addie Simms Bennett The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. William Flournoy English, 80, who died Friday night,
December 9, at Giles County Hospital following several years of declining
health, were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May Funeral Home
with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. The Rev. Wallace Carr and Dr. William H.
Mansfield officiated.
Mrs. English had been for many years a prominent figure in the cultural, civic
and business activities of Pulaski and Giles County. She had been active in many
phases of the work of First Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, and
was a charter member of the Margaret Circle of King's Daughters. She was a
member of the Students Club, the Pulaski Garden Club and the Gay Nineties.
A public school teacher for approximately twenty years, Mrs. English also served
as deputy County Court Clerk when her late husband held the office of Clerk and
later succeeded him in the office of Pulaski upon his death.
Mrs. English was the former Miss Addie Simms Bennett, daughter of the late
Richard Finley Guthrie Bennett and Jennie Wiley Bennett of Columbia.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. D. Paul Puckett and Mrs. Larry Montgomery
of Pulaski; a sister, Mrs. Angeline Adkisson of Longmont, Colorado; a
half-sister, Mrs. Brownie Bennett of Columbia; a half-brother, Orton Bennett of
Columbia; and five grandchildren, David and Penny Puckett and Larry, Edith Simms
and Flournoy Montgomery, all of Pulaski.
ENGLISH, Emma Hobbs The Pulaski Citizen 10 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Hobbs English, 86, resident of Giles County, will
be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Diana Methodist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Gus Self, with the burial in Diana Cemetery. Mrs. English died on
Wednesday monring, March 10, in the Mary Hill Nursing Home in Lewisburg.
Born April 15, 1878, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Jim
Hobbs and Amanda Millican Hobbs. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. English is survived by her husband, Sam E. English; and one brother, Roy
Hobbs, Lewisburg; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ENGLISH, Grace Gertrude Gill The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Gertrude Gill English, 76, retired Lynnville
telephone operator, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Lynnville Church
of Christ, conducted by Riley D. Moore. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. English died at 12:05 Thursday morning in Maury County Hospital at Columbia
after a short illness.
A native Giles Countian, she was the daughter of the late William Henry Gill and
Mary Martha Thorpe Gill. The widow of John English of Lawrenceburg, she had
resided there for twenty-five years until the death of Mr. English when she
returned to Lynnville to live. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. English is survived by two brothers, Albert T. Gill, Lynnville, and Hubert
C. Gill, Jersey City, N. J.; and several nieces and nephews.
ENGLISH, James Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jun 1963
James Campbell English, 80, retired Campbellsville merchant who was once active
in county government, died Saturday in a Bowling Green hospital. Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with burial in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. English was a former member of the Giles County Court and board of
Education. He also had served as road commissioner from the 19th Civil District.
He had been a steward n Salem Methodist Church.
He was born June 15, 1882, at Campbellsville, son of the late Hugh A. English
and Ella Campbell English. He had been living in Bowling Green for about two
years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mamie Hays English; four sons, Allan Hays
English and Hugh Douglas English, both of Columbia, James C. English, Jr.,
Clarksville and William A. English, Knoxville; two daughters, Mrs. R. D. Lowery,
Columbus, Miss., and Mrs. Leroy Collier, Bowling Green, and 14 grandchildren.
ENGLISH, Mamie Hays The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1969
Funeral services For Mrs. Mamie Hays English, 80, life-long resident of the
Campbellsville Community, were held at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Raymond Greenway of
Shelbyville, a former pastor. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood
Cemetery. She died at 8 o'clock Wednesday night, January 29, in Bel-Air Manor
Nursing Home in Columbia following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. English was born August 19, 1888, the daughter of the late Alfred Monroe
Hays and Mrs. Adne Abernathy Hays, member of pioneer Giles County families. Her
husband, James Campbell English, Campbellsville merchant for many years, died
June 1, 1963. She had been a member of the Campbellsville (Salem) Methodist
Church since childhood.
Mrs. English is survived by four sons, Allan Hays English and Douglas English,
Columbia, James C. English, Jr., Clarksville; two daughters, Mrs. Richard D.
Lowery, Scottsboro, Ala., and Mrs. Leroy Collier, Bowling Green, Ky.; fourteen
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ENGLISH, Martha The Pulaski Citizen 12 Nov 1969
Funeral services for Miss Martha English were held Wednesday afternoon, November
12, at 2:30 o'clock at Freeman Funeral Home with burial in Mimosa Cemetery.
Miss English died Monday night, November 10, at a Lawrenceburg County Hospital
following a short illness.
She was a native of Giles County and a daughter of the late W. R. and Sally
Baker English. She was a retired clerk and member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews including Mrs. Jerome Smith of
Pulaski and James W. Campbell of Campbellsville.
ENGLISH, Myrtle Hays The Pulaski Citizen 3 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Hugh Kenny English, 79, native Giles Countian, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the rites
conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss and Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
English died of a heart ailment early Friday morning, September 28, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Woodward in Houston, Texas, following a period of
declining health.
The former Miss Myrtle Hays, she was born October 24, 1882, the daughter of the
late Henry Clay Hays and Mrs. Lura Rogers Hays, members of pioneer families of
Giles County.
She attended Ward Seminary in Nashville and was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Following the death of her husband, Hugh Kenny English, April 24, 1959, she went
to Houston to live with her daughter.
In addition to the one daughter, Mrs. English is survived by one son, Henry Clay
English, Englewood, Calif.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ENGLISH, Sam E. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Mar 1968
Sam E. English died Wednesday morning, March 27, in Gordon's Hospital,
Lewisburg.
Funeral services for Mr. English, 86, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, March 28, in Diana Methodist Church, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial will be in Diana Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, Mr. English was born October 21, 1881, the son of
the late John and Jane Kidd English. His wife was the late Emma Hobbs English.
Survivors include one brother Ross English, Fayetteville, and nieces and
nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ENSOR, James Kelley The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1967
James Kelley Ensor, 48, salesman, died recently in Sumner County Hospital,
Gallatin, after a heart attack. Burial took place in Crestview Memorial Park. He
was a veteran of WWII.
His parents were the late Rev. and Mrs. Simon Ensor. Rev. Ensor was a Methodist
minister and served as pastor of both the Elkton Methodist Church and the Bee
Springs Memorial Methodist Church.
ERVIN, James William The Pulaski Citizen 12 May 1965
Funeral services for James William Ervin, 81, Lynnville resident, and retired
farmer and employee of Kraft Foods Company, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon in Lynnville Church of Christ with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Ervin died at 3:40 Friday morning, May 7, in Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg,
following a paralytic stroke sustained earlier at his home.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late A. J. Ervin and Cynthia
Wise Ervin. His wife, the former Miss Ora Osborne, died January 2, 1960.
Mr. Ervin is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Billy Sheffield, Chapel Hill; two
sons, Frank Ervin, Lynnville, and James Campbell (Pete) Ervin, Huntsville, Ala.;
ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchilden.
ERVIN, Ora Osborne Ervin The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Jim Ervin, 74, Lynnville resident, were held at 2:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Lynnville Church of Christ, conducted by Billy
Blake, minister of the church. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs.
Ervin died Saturday at her home after an illness of two months.
A lifelong resident of Lynnville, she was the former Miss Ora Osborne, the
daughter of the late John W. Osborne and Mary Lou Coker Osborne. She was a
member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Ervin is survived by her husband, Jim Ervin; one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Sheffield, Chapel Hill; two sons, Frank Ervin, Lynnville, and J. C. Ervin,
Haines City, Fla.; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; five sisters,
Mrs. Ott Cook, Cornersville, Mrs. Harry Hobbs, Mrs. Grady Head, and Mrs. Johnnie
B. Hobbs, Lynnville, and Mrs Cameron Walker, Columbia; and two brothers, Floyd
Osborne and Ollie Osborne, Lynnville.
ERWIN, Buford Lee The Pulaski Citizen 26 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Buford Lee Erwin, 76, Lawrenceburg businessman and a
prominent figure in Lawrence County politics for many years, were conducted at 2
P. M. Monday at his home in Lawrenceburg. The Rev. Fred Blankenship and Dr.
William H. Mansfield officiated and burial was in Mimosa Cemetery.
Mr. Erwin died Saturday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville following an illness
of several weeks.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late David G. and Mary Catherine
Abernathy Erwin.
Mr. Erwin served for several years as superintendent of the women's division of
the State Penitentiary. He was first appointed during the administration of Gov.
Hill McAlister. Shortly after his appointment, he drew praise for establishing
an honor system there. Later, he was appointed superintendent of the Pikeville
School for Negro boys.
In August 1950, he received the Democratic nomination for state Senator from the
22nd District (Lawrence, Giles, and Wayne Counties) but was defeated in the
general election by Brooks Eslick of Pulaski, who ran as an independent. He ran
unsuccessfully against Eslick again in 1952 and 1956.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Beulah Holt Erwin; two daughters, Mrs. Terrell
Harris and Mrs. Mike Dunn of Lawrenceburg; one brother, Wyatt Erwin of Bunker
Hill; three sisters, Mrs. Jack Gaines and Mrs. Raleigh Harwell, both of Pulaski,
and Mrs. Edgar Holt of Lawrenceburg; one grandson, Dr. Buford Terrell Harris of
Memphis.
ERWIN, Dena Loyd The Pulaski Citizen 21 May 1969
Mrs. Dena Loyd Erwin, 85, died Monday night, May 19, at Fairhaven Nursing Home
in Pulaski.
Funeral services for Mrs. Erwin, wife of the late Ottie Edgar Erwin, were held
Wednesday afternoon, May 21, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Burial was in Frankewing Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Erwin was born August 20, 1883, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Luther M. Loyd.
Survivors include one son, David Erwin, Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Will
Dunnavant and Mrs. Ladye Jospehine Elder, Akron, Ohio; several grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ERWIN, Leona Loyd The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Leona Loyd Erwin, 86, resident of the Bunker Hill
Community, were held at 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Marcus Nichols and the Rev. J. W. McCullough. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Erwin, who had been in declining health for several years died Monday
night, December 12, at Giles County Hospital, following a paralytic stroke
sustained on Sunday.
Born November 21, 1874, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Luther
Boyd and Margie Bass Loyd. She was a member of Bunker Hill Methodist Church.
Mrs. Erwin is survived by her husband, Wyatt M. Erwin; three daughters, Mrs.
Dick Clark and Mrs. William Sumners, Bunker Hill, and Mrs. John Tinery, Houston,
Texas; one son, Thurman Erwin, Pulaski; twelve grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Otto E. Erwin,Pulaski; and three brothers,
Lacy Loyd, Bunker Hill, Martin Loyd, Columbia and Edwin Loyd, Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ERWIN, Raymond C. The Pulaski Citizen 16 May 1962
Funeral services for Raymond C. Erwin, 59, Pisgah farmer, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home with the burial in New Zion Cemetery.
Mr. Erwin died of a heart attack at his home at one o'clock Monday morning, May
14, after several months declining health.
Born June 9, 1902, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Lillie Belle McLin
Erwin, and the late Jim Erwin.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Erwin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby
Kirkpatrick Erwin; two sons, James Allen Erwin and Larry Wayne Erwin, Pulaski;
four daughters, Mrs. Paul Gaines, Beech Hill, Miss Carolyn Erwin and Miss Debby
Erwin, Pulaski, and Mrs. Joan Jenkins, Nashville; and two grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ERWIN, Sadie Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 27 Aug 1969
Mrs. Sadie Harwell Erwin, 86, died Friday, August 22, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Erwin, wife of the late Mahlon Erwin, were conducted
Monday morning, August 25, at 10 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Marshall Moss and the Rev. Paul Thompson officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was born January 7, 1883, the daughter of the late
Osborne A. and Mary Jim Brooks Harwell.
Survivors include three sons, Grady Erwin, Snider, Texas, Robert Mahlon Erwin,
Frederickson, Mo., and Elwood Erwin, Bunker Hill; one grandchild; and one
great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ERWIN, Sanford Maze The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Sanford Maze Erwin, 48, resident of the Bunker Hill community and an employee of
the County School Bus Garage, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his place
of business Monday morning, February 1, about 9:30 o'clock .
Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 2, at Bennett-May Funeral Home by
the Rev. J. W. McCullough. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Erwin was a son of Wyatt and Leona Loyd Erwin, of
the Diana community.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Erwin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Thelma
Watson Erwin; three sons, Bobby Erwin, an employee of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
Tommy and James Erwin of Giles County; a brother, Thurman Erwin, Pulaski
Policeman; and three sisters, Mrs. Dick Clark, Giles County, Mrs. John Tinery,
Houston, Texas, and Mrs. William Sumners, Giles County.
ERWIN, Thurman The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
Capt. Thurman Erwin, 62, member of the Pulaski police force for more than 20
years, died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon, April 24, at his home on Ingrum
Street after suffering a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Carr and
Erwin Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Capt. Erwin was a native of Giles County, the son of the late Wyatt and Leona
Loyd Erwin. He was born Nov. 13, 1906.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lillie Ruth Sanders Erwin; one daughter, Mrs.
Tillman Carvell; three sisters, Mrs. William Sumners and Mrs. Arnera Clark of
Pulaski and Mrs. John Tennery of Houston, Texas; and two grandchildren.
ERWIN, William J. Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1968
Funeral services for William J. Erwin, Jr., 53, Cookeville chain store
executive, were held Sunday, June 9, at 3 p. m., at First Methodist Church in
Cookeville. Burial was in Crestlawn Cemetery, Cookeville.
Mr. Erwin died Friday, June 7, in Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, after
suffering a stroke Wednesday at his home.
Mr. Erwin, a native of Giles County, was secretary-treasurer of Jenkins and
Darwin Brothers Stores. The company has its headquarters in Cookeville.
Mr. Erwin was a member of the Cookeville Lions Club and had served on the board
of trustees of Cookeville General Hospital.
He was a member of the official board and the commission on finance and had
served as church treasurer for ___ years at First Methodist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Helen Johnston Erwin; one daughter, Mrs.
Robert Rankin, Cookeville; one son, William J. Erwin, III, Cookeville; his
mother, Mrs. Lula Clark Erwin, Diana; one sister, Mrs. W. S. Wolaver, Diana, and
one grandchild.
ERWIN, Wyatt Maize The Pulaski Citizen 2 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Wyatt Maize Erwin, 87, retired Bunker Hill farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home.
Rites were conducted by the Rev. Clarence Stewart, pastor of First Baptist
Church, with the burial in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Erwin who
had been in failing health for a long time, died at noon Tuesday, December 1, at
Giles County Hospital.
Born April 22, 1877, in Giles County, he was the son of the late David Erwin and
Catherine Abernathy Erwin. His wife, Mrs. Leona Loyd Erwin, died December 12,
1960.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Erwin is survived by one son, Thurman Erwin, Pulaski policeman; three
daughters, Mrs. J. F. Clark and Mrs. William Sumners, Pulaski, and Mrs. John H.
Tinery, Houston, Texas; twelve grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and
three sisters, Mrs. J. B. Gaines and Mrs. Rolly Harwell, Pulaski, and Mrs. Edgar
Holt, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ESCUE, Haughty Ann Francis The Pulaski Citizen 5 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Haughty Ann Francis Escue, 49, resident of the Yokley
Community, were held at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at Big Creek Church of
Christ, conducted by E. C. Prestridge Church of Christ minister. Burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery, Mrs. Escue died on Sunday, October 2, at her home.
Born April 13, 1911, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late H. E.
Francis and Mary Ferguson Francis.
Mrs. Escue is survived by her husband, Albert C. Escue; two daughters, Mrs. Mary
Ida Page, Detroit, Mich. and Mrs. Nell Smith, Yokley; two sons, Ray Escue,
Wyandotte, Mich., and Marvin Escue, Yokley; five grandchildren; five brothers,
Roy Francis, Flournoy Francis, and Herbert Francis, Detroit, Gene Francis,
Cleveland, Ohio, Franklin Francis, Ethridge; and two sisters, Mrs. Roberta
Owens, Lynnville, and Mrs. Clara Uselton, Detroit, Mich.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ESLICK, Brooks Breckenridge The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1960
Funeral services were conducted at 4 p. m. today at Bennett-May Funeral Home for
Brooks Breckenridge Eslick, 40, Pulaski native, who died at his home in Ormond
Beach, Florida, Monday, from a pistol wound which authorities there said was
self-inflicted. The Rev. George Regas officiated and burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Eslick and his family moved from Pulaski to Florida last August. He had been
in ill health for more than a year. Volusia County, Florida, Justice of the
Peace Archie J. Bennett said Eslick shot himself in the heart with a .38 caliber
pistol about 9 a. m. Monday.
Mr. Eslick was the son of Mrs. Frances Medearis Eslick and the late Bennett
Eslick. His wife is the former Miss Jean Russell of Paris, Tenn.
He served with the Third Army in Europe during World War II, and later was
commander of the Pulaski unit of National Guard for more than two years. He was
state senator from Tennessee's 22nd senatorial district comprised of Giles,
Lawrence and Wayne Counties from 1949 to 1955.
Mr. Eslick founded the Brooks Insurance Agency in Pulaski after his return from
service with the army. A general insurance agency, he operated it until last
year when he sold the business to William B. Holt.
He was a Mason and a member of the Second Street Church of Christ, the American
Legion and the Elks Club, all in Pulaski.
Other survivors include two daughters, Frances Edwina and Bettie Dean of Ormond
Beach; a sister, Mrs. Rexford Wiley of Salinas, Kan.; and a brother, Edward M.
Eslick of Dickson, Tenn.
ESLICK, Florence Clark The Pulaski Citizen 11 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Clark Eslick, 72, widow of Grady Eslick, were
held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place
in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Eslick died unexpectedly at her
home in Pulaski on Thursday, September 5.
Born September 4, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Tom
Clark and Addie Wolaver Clark. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband died approximately ten years ago.
Mrs. Eslick is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Donald Cox, Oak Ridge; five
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Will Hodge,
Cornersville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ESLICK, Eugene Edward The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Eugene Edward Eslick, 60, retired truck driver, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial
took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Eslick died Saturday, June 12, in Giles
County Hospital, following an extended illness.
Born January 25, 1905, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Dan L. Eslick
and Inez Bennett Eslick. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Eslick is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sadie Colbert Eslick; five sons, J. L.
Eslick, Eugene Eslick, and James Ralph Eslick, Pulaski, Robert K. Eslick,
stationed in Germany and Merritt Eslick, Giles County; ten grandchildren; and
one brother, Oliver Eslick, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ESLICK, Mary E. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Eslick, 65, wife of a retired Pulaski
druggist, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Second Street Church of
Christ, conducted by David East of Chattanooga, former minister of the Pulaski
church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Eslick died at 6:20
o'clock Thursday night, November 14, at Giles County Hospital after a long
illness.
Born January 16, 1898, she was the former Miss Mary Eslick, the daughter of the
late William Shields Eslick and Mrs. Courtney Chapman Eslick. She was a member
of the Second Street Church of Christ, East Hill Home Demonstration Club and
Pulaski Garden Club.
Mrs. Eslick is survived by her husband, Byron Eslick, former co-owner of the
Reeves Drug Store for many years; two brothers, B. F. Eslick, Pulaski, and
Everett Eslick, Wayne, Pa.; and two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Griggs, Pulaski, and
Mrs. Joe Gufford, Winter Garden, Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ESTEP, Lawrence Ray The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Lawrence Ray Estep, World War I Veteran and retired farmer,
were held 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Leo Bunt and the Rev. Lloyd Hickman. Burial took place in Giles Memory
Gardens. He died Saturday, January 30, in Veterans Hospital in Nashville.
Born April 23, 1895, in Ohio, he was the son of the late Marcellus Estep and
Mary Alice Smith Estep. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Estep is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Owen Estep; one son, Wayne Estep;
and one daughter, Mrs. William Carpenter; three grandchildren; all of Nashville;
and two sisters, Mrs. Rush Swinney, Pulaski, and Mrs. Edna Cole, Fostoria, Ohio.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ESTEP, Lillie Pearl Swinney The Pulaski Citizen 7 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Pearl Swinney Estep, 70, widow of Charlie
Estep, were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mr. Walker of Alabama. Burial took place in Pisgah
Cemetery. She died Friday, April 2, in Giles County Hospital after a long
illness.
Born December 23, 1894, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Joe
Swinney and Nancy Clark Swinney. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Estep is survived by six sons, Herman Estep, Pulaski, Lemuel Estep,
Columbia, Lawrence Estep, Wisconsin, Roscoe Estep, Lewisburg, and Wade Estep,
Nashville; eight daughters, Mrs. Cecil Holland, Mrs. Gilbert Gunter, Mrs. Mary
Ward and Mrs. Douglas Gosnell, all of Pulaski, Mrs. Norris Shaw and Mrs. Orris
Shaw, Cornersville, and Mrs. Ralph Brown, Columbia, and Mrs. Clyde Gosnell,
Mississippi; twenty-one grandchildren; one brother, Rush Swinney, Pulaski; and
one sister, Mrs. Lucile Porterfield, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ESTES, Annie Lou Collier The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lou Collier Estes, 65, wife of Harvey Estes,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. J. E. Eddings, Methodist minister. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Estes died at 9:30 o'clock on Monday morning, August 8,
at her home in Lynnville after a three months illness.
Mrs. Estes, a member of the Church of Christ, was born April 1, 1895, in Maury
County, the daughter of the late Will Collier and Mattie Barnett Collier.
Mrs. Estes is survived by her husband, Harvey Estes to whom she was married July
14, 1912; two daughters, Mrs. Ed Pullen, Columbia, and Mrs. Calvin Davis,
Sanderton, Pa.; one son, Ed Hill Estes, Cornersville; ten grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Will Craig, Nashville, Mrs. Nell Morgan,
St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. Cleo Parker, Indianapolis, Ind.; and two
brothers, Barnett Collier, Houston, Texas, and Maurice Collier, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ESTES, Betty Lou The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1960
Betty Lou Estes, 20, of Pulaski, Route 3, died early Saturday June 25, of a
heart attack at the Research Building of Clover Bottom Home, Donelson, where she
had been a patient for about sixteen months.
Funeral services were conducted at Pulaski Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and G. C. Fox officiating. Burial was in
Rose Hill Cemetery.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Estes, she was a native of Giles County
and had been an invalid since birth. She and her sister, June Elizabeth, were
the subjects of a Pulaski Citizen story on June 15, which told of the care being
received by the two girls at the Clover Bottom Home, where June is still a
patient.
Other survivors, in addition to her parents and sister, are another sister,
Paula Ann, and a brother, Clarence Edward, both of Giles County, and her
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Carrie Higgins of Cleveland, Ohio.
ESTES, Josie Watkins The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Josie Watkins Estes, 63, Maury County resident and
native of Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister.
Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery in the Nineteenth Civil District. Mrs.
Estes died on Friday, March 26, in Maury County Hospital, Columbia.
Born May 10, 1901, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Newt
Watkins and Nettie Neely Watkins. She was a member of Rock Springs Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Estes is survived by her husband, Bascom Estes; four sons, Robert Estes,
Columbia, J. B. Estes, Elkhart, Ind., William Henry Estes and John Estes, both
of Williamsport, Maury County; three daughters, Mrs. James Chapman, Ethridge,
Mrs. Allen Rowe, Petersburg, Tenn., and Mrs. Clyde Bonds, Maury County; fourteen
grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Susie Weatherford and Mrs. Wennie Kelly,
both of Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Mary Ellen Thurman, Southport, and Mrs. Nellie Mae
Ward, Ethridge.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ESTES, Verdie Ruth West The Pulaski Citizen 6 May 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Verdie Ruth West Estes, 69, lifelong resident of
Lynnville, were held Saturday at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Estes died Thursday, April 30, in Giles County Hospital
after an illness of several weeks.
Born September 10, 1894, she was the daughter of the late William West and
Elizabeth Thorpe West. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Estes is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Leon Robinson, Decatur, Ill.,
Mrs. Johnnie Gunter, Nashville, and Miss Frances Estes, Pulaski; two
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Widdie Williams, Pulaski, and Miss Ella West,
Lynnville; and one brother, Carter West, Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ETHRIDGE, Marcus Eugene The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1966
Marcus Eugene Ethridge, 79, former city mail carrier, died Friday night, Sept.
2, at Giles County Hospital after having suffered a stroke the previous night.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Rev. Edward Spiva officiating. Burial
was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Wilson County, Mr. Ethridge was born Sept. 7, 1886. He was the son
of the late John and Minerva Harding Ethridge.
A long-time employee of the Pulaski Post Office, he served as carrier on a city
route for thirty-seven years before his retirement in 1948. He was a member of
First Methodist Church and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, having
held both local and district offices in the latter organization.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruby Pollock Ethridge; three sons, Marcus E.
Ethridge, Jr., of Madison, John O. Ethridge, of Jackson, Miss., and Daniel E.
Ethridge of Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Stephen Arnold of Hume, Mo., and Mrs.
Clyde Hann of Chico, Calif.; and ten grandchildren.
ETHRIDGE, Walter Bolivar The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jul 1964
Walter Bolivar Ethridge, 42, of Hot Springs, Ark., died Tuesday in a San
Antonio, Texas, hospital following heart surgery the previous week.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at First
Methodist Church in Hot Springs.
Born June 15, 1922, Mr. Ethridge was a native of Pulaski, the son of Marcus E.
Ethridge and the late Manella King Ethridge. He was a veteran of World War II
and the Korean Conflict and had lived since 1948 in Hot Springs, where he was a
teacher of electronics. He was an Episcopalian.
Besides his father, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jean Perry Ethridge; three
daughters, Fredrica, Sandra Snow and Anna Maria, all of Hot Springs; two
sisters, Mrs. Stephen Arnold of Hume, Mo., and Mrs. Clyde E. Hann of Chico,
Calif.; two brothers, Marcus, Jr. of Madison and John Owen Ethridge of Jackson,
Miss.; and a half-brother, Daniel E. Ethridge of Pulaski.
EUBANK, Betty White The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Guy Eubank, 78, resident of the Stella section, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Hanna Baptist Church with the burial in
the church cemetery. Mrs. Eubank died of pneumonia at 5:30 o'clock on Monday
afternoon, February 1, at Jackson Clinic at Lester, Ala., following a period of
declining health.
Born in 1881 in Giles County, she was the former Miss Betty White, the daughter
of the late Sam White and Betty Massey White.
Mrs. Eubank is survived by her husband, Guy Eubank to whom she was married 58
years ago, and two sons, Buren Eubank and Sumpter Eubank, both of the Stella
Community.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
EUBANK, Effie Bass The Pulaski Citizen 21 Oct 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Effie Bass Eubank, 86, Giles County native, were held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Stella Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
conducted by the Rev. Mr. Kidd of Alabama and the Rev. J. C. Elkins, Methodist
minister of Pulaski. Burial took place in Pleasant Hil Cemetery at Stella. Mrs.
Eubank died at 6 o'clock on Wednesday night, October 14, at the home of a
daughter in Toney, Ala., after a long period of declining health.
Born July 16, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas E.
Bass and Mary Frances Smith Bass. She had been a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church for 73 years. Her husband, Straud Eubank, died March 6,
1947.
Mrs. Eubank is survived by four sons, Smith Eubank, Pulaski, John R. Eubank and
Buford Eubank, both of the Stella Community, and Jim Eubank, Chicago, Ill.; two
daughters, Mrs. L. E. Durham, Toney, Ala., and Mrs. Frances Pigg, Pulaski;
thirteen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Dave Bass,
Stella, and Bryan Bass, Nashville; one half-brother, Batie Bass, Stella and one
half-sister, Mrs. Ervin M. Braly, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EUBANK, Guy The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Guy Eubank, 84, retired Giles County farmer, were held at
2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Hanna Baptist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Eubank, died
Monday, September 6, at his home.
Born March 28, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Bethel Eubank
and Ann Madry Eubank. His wife, Mrs. Betty White Eubank, died in 1960.
Mr. Eubank is survived by two sons, Buren Eubank and Sumpter Eubank, both of
Giles County.
Wilson T. Carter Funeral Home in charge.
EUBANK, Mackie Lula McLin The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Mackie Lula McLin Eubank, 92, Minor Hill resident,
were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. R. E. Stevenson, pastor of the Trinity Circuit of the Methodist
Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Eubank died on Thursday,
October 21, in Giles County Hospital.
Born December 1, 1872, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
Monroe McLin and Fannie Montgomery McLin. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Her husband, Robert Asa Eubank, died December 15, 1945.
Mrs. Eubank is survived by four daughters, Mrs. T. E. Haney and Mrs. Orpah
Williams, Minor Hill, Mrs. Ruby Welch, Hendersonville, and Mrs. George Capitan,
Birmingham, Mich.; two sons, R. H. Eubank and F. L. Eubank, both of Nashville;
six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Florence
Holley, Frankewing.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EUBANK, Mamie Roberts The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie Roberts Eubank, 80, resident of the Stella
section, will be held at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. W. C. Folks, retired Methodist minister. Burial will
take place in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Stella. Mrs. Eubank died at 9:25 o'clock
Wednesday morning, December 28, at her home after a period of declining health.
Born July 29, 1880, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Marion
Roberts and Sallie Hill Roberts. The last member of her immediate family, she
was a member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, C. F. Eubank, died in August,
1930.
Mrs. Eubank is survived by one son, Forrest Eubank, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs.
Charles D. Hendrick, Stella; three grandsons, Dean Hendrick, Scott Hendrick and
Eric Hendrick; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EUBANK, Mauveline Woodward The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jun 1965
Mrs. Luther Eubank, 56, native of Giles County, died at 3:30 o'clock Sunday
morning, June 6, in a hospital in Waxahachie, Texas, where she has resided many
years.
Funeral services and burial took place in the Texas city.
Born in Giles County, she was the former Miss Mauveline Woodward, the daughter
of the Mrs. N. N. Woodward, Waxahachie, and the late Dr. Woodward, well-known
Pulaski dentist. She was graduated from Middle Tennessee State College at
Murfreesboro and taught school in Giles County and Pulaski before her marriage.
She was active in all phases of the Methodist Church until her illness. She did
the clerical work in the florist shop owned by her and her husband.
Mrs. Eubank is survived by Mr. Eubank, her mother; and one brother, Hollis
Woodward, Clinton, Iowa.
EUBANK, Ozro The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Ozro Eubank, 65, native of Giles County, died of a heart attack at 6 o'clock on
Sunday morning, November 12, at his home in Santa Anna, Texas. Funeral services
were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon in that city with the burial there.
Born November 19, 1896, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Mitchell
David Eubank and Jennie Cole Eubank.
Mr. Eubank is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Eubank; two sons, James and Max
Eubank, Santa Anna; three sisters, Mrs. Ira Hudler, Rising Star, Texas, Mrs.
Chester Galloway and Miss Pauline Eubank, both of Santa Anna; two brothers, Elmo
Eubank, Temple, Texas, and David Eubank, Brownwood, Texas; and two aunts, Mrs.
Ophelia James and Mrs. Mamie Wilburn, both of Giles County.
EUBANK, W. T. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Funeral services for W. T. Eubank, former Giles Countian and a retired salesman,
were held at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Dallas, Texas, with the burial in
that city. Mr. Eubank died Wednesday, February 3, in a hospital, after a long
illness.
His wife, Mrs. Lizzie Roller Eubank, also a former Giles Countian, died a number
of years ago.
Mr. Eubank is survived by two sisters, Mrs. George Gideon and Mrs. Maggie Cross,
both of Ethridge; and a number of nieces and nephews.
EVANS, Bertha Lucile Simpson The Pulaski Citizen 7 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Simpson Evans, 87, Pulaski resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial taking place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Evans died Thursday, April 1, in
Giles County Hospital after a long period of declining health.
Born in Giles County, January 29, 1879, she was the daughter of the late R. J.
Simpson and Martha Tarpley Simpson. She was a member of First Presbyterian
Church. Her husband, Houston Evans, died many years ago.
Mrs. Evans is survived by one brother, Silas Simpson, Pulaski, and one sister,
Miss Ethel Simpson, Nashville. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
EVANS, Betty Ross The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Ross Evans, 87, widow of H. B. Evans, former
member of County Court and mayor of Lynnville, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at Lynnville Methodist Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev. C. B.
Cook of Nashville, former pastor of the church, with the burial in Lynnwood
Cemetery. Mrs. Evans died Friday, September 27, at Giles County Hospital after
an illness of several months.
Born in Giles County, November 11, 1875, she was the daughter of the late James
Morgan Ross and Evalena Williams Ross. Mr. Evans died July of 1960.
She was a member of the Lynnville Methodist Church.
Mrs. Evans is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Evans Kennedy, Lynnville and Mrs.
Bennett Minatra, Pulaski; two sons, Ross I. Evans and Thomas M. Evans,
Nashville; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Bertha Fleming and Mrs. Mildred Wilson, Nashville; and one brother, Morgan Ross,
Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EVANS, Henry Bugg The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Henry Bugg Evans, 86, retired farmer of the Lynnville
Community, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Lynnville
Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. C. B. Cook, former pastor. Burial will
take place in the Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Evans died at 12:40 o'clock on
Wednesday morning, July 27, at a Nashville hospital after a long illness.
Born June 12, 1874, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sam F. Evans and
Louisa Kerr Evans, and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Evans, the last member of his immediate family, is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Betty Ross Evans; two daughters, Mrs. Bennett Minatra, Pulaski and Mrs.
Evans Kennedy, Lynnville; two sons, Thomas M. Evans and Ross I. Evans, both of
Nashville; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EVANS, Herbert James The Pulaski Citizen 25 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Herbert James Evans, 67, who died of pneumonia after a
short illness at Veterans' Hospital, in Nashville Thursday, Nov. 19, after a
period of declining health, were conducted at Bennett-May Funeral Home Saturday
morning at 11 o'clock . The Reverends John B. Lindenberger and J. C. Elkins
officiated and burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Evans was a retired farmer and disabled veteran of
World War I. He also served one term (1922-1926) as Giles County Register. He
was a member of the Presbyterian church, Pulaski, and the son of the late Robert
Johnson (Philip) and Fannie Mathews Evans of Giles County.
Mr. Evans is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Cheatham Evans; two daughters, Mrs.
James C. Petty, Nashville, and Mrs. Terry Smith, Columbia; five grandchildren;
and three sisters, Miss Essie Evans, Pulaski, Miss Nadine Evans, Nashville, and
Mrs. Walter Hamlett, Campbellsville.
EVANS, Jeffie The Pulaski Citizen 01 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Miss Jeffie Evans, 91, lifelong resident of the Lynnville
Community, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Ollie Binkley, pastor of Lynnville Methodist Church.
Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery. Miss Evans died on
Sunday, December 29, at Giles County Hospital.
Born December 18, 1872, she was the daughter of the late Robert L. Evans and
Delilah Angus Evans. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
The last member of her immediate family, she is survived by nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EVANS, Robert A. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1968
Robert A. Evans, 75, of 905 California Ave., Beaumont, Calif., died of an
apparent heart attack September 7.
Funeral services were held at 10 a. m. Wednesday, September 11 in Weaver
Mortuary Chapel. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery.
Mr. Evans, a native of Giles County, was born near Pulaski July 26, 1893. He
enlisted in the Navy Seabees during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie Evans.
EVERLY, Robert Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1968
Robert Wesley Everly, 85-year-old appraiser for the Union Bank, died at Maury
County Hospital at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday after an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Billy Craighead, pastor of First Methodist
Church, Pulaski, the Rev. Jacob H. Gardner, pastor of Cedar Grove Methodist
Church and the Rev. Chester Stevens of College Grove, Tennessee officiating.
Mr. Everly was born in Giles County on March 16, 1883, the son of the late
Edward Fields Everly and Frances Evans Everly. For many years he was a farmer
and livestock dealer of the Cedar Grove community. He became associated with The
Union Bank as a real estate appraiser in 1944. Although he formally retired
several years ago, he continued in that capacity at the Bank on a limited basis
until his last illness.
He was a member of the Cedar Grove Methodist Church. He was first married to
Miss Kittie Stapp whose death occurred in 1959. Later he was married to Mrs.
Ozella Wright who survives.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. W. Harwell and
Mrs. Roy Brownlow, of Pulaski, three grandchildren, six great grandchildren; one
brother, B. E. Everly, of Lynnville; two stepsons, Marion Wright, Glasgow, Ky.,
Robert Wright of Chattanooga; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Ed Ellis, Brentwood, and
eight step-grandchildren.
EZELL, Foster The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1969
Foster Ezell, 88, brother of Grady Ezell of Elkton, died in a Florence, Ala.
hospital, Wednesday, January 1. Funeral services and burial were held in Nesbit,
Miss.
Mr. Ezell was the son of the late Andrew G. Ezell and Mattie Dunnavant Ezell of
the Elkton community. His wife, who died a year ago, was Mamie Wilson Ezell.
A member of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. Ezell and Sons Company, a merchantile
firm in Elkton, for many years. He was a merchant in Huntsville and Florence,
Ala., for several years.
Survivors in addition to his brother, include two daughters, Mrs. Nell Ezell
Reeder and Mrs. Martha Ezell Trobridge, both of Florence, Ala.
EZELL, Leona Birdsong The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1966
Mrs. Leona B. Ezell, 78, died on Tuesday night, July 26, at the home of her son,
Ed Ezell, of Pulaski.
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead and the Rev.
James Martin, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home on Thursday morning,
July 28, at 10:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was born on October 22, 1887, and was the daughter
of the late Thomas Birdsong and Annie Hollis Birdsong. She was a member of the
Methodist Church. Her husband, John Ezell, died in 1945.
In addition to her son, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Hencely Hughey of
Pulaski; two grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.
Annie Tate, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
EZELL, Mamie Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Mrs. Mamie Wilson Ezell, 77, died Monday, October 9, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Martha Trobridge, in Florence, Ala., following an extended
illness.
Services were conducted on Tuesday afternoon, October 10, at 2:00 o'clock, at
the Presbyterian Church in Nesbit, Miss. with burial in that city.
Mrs. Ezell was born in Giles County, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dee
Wilson of the Bryson Community.
She is survived by her husband, Foster Ezell of Florence; another daughter, Mrs.
Nell Reeder of Florence; two grandchildren; and a brother-in-law, Grady Ezell,
of Elkton.
EZELL, Rena Harris The Pulaski Citizen 23 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Joe E. Ezell, 60, former Pulaski resident, were held
at 10:30
o'clock Tuesday morning at Lawrence Funeral Home at Chapel Hill, with the Rev.
Sam R. Dodson of Nashville, a former pastor, and the Rev. Robert S. Lee,
Lewisburg, officiating. Burial took place in the Swanson Cemetery at Chapel
Hill. Mrs. Ezell died October 20, at Maury County Hospital, Columbia, where she
had been a patient five days.
The former Miss Rena Harris, she was a native of Maury County, the daughter of
the late J. E. (Caesar) Harris and Elizabeth Gillum Harris. She was a member of
Lewisburg First Methodist Church. The family moved to Lewisburg two years ago.
Mrs. Ezell is survived by her husband, Joe E. Ezell, Lewisburg; two daughters,
Mrs. Paul Hardiman, Lewisburg, and Miss Patsy Ezell, Nashville; five
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Ira Hardison, Columbia.
FARISH, Mrs. L. E. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jul 1960
Mrs. L. E. Farish, mother of W. E. Farish of Pulaski, died at 1:30 o'clock
Monday morning, July 4, at the home of a son, Ray Farish, in Greenwood, Miss.
Funeral services took place at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Union Ridge
Baptist Church at Noxapater, Miss., with the burial in the church cemetery.
Her husband, L. E. Farish, died in 1952.
In addition to the two sons listed above, Mrs. Farish is survived by two other
sons, T. H. Farish, Noxapater, Miss., and Herbert Farish, Memphis; and one
daughter, Mrs. V. H. Welch, Lawrence, Miss.
FARRIS, Rena Hannah The Pulaski Citizen 15 Oct 1969
Mrs. Rena Farris, 73, died Friday, October 10, in Pensacola, Fla.
Funeral services for Mrs. Farris, wife of Claude Farris, were conducted Sunday
afternoon, October 12, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral
Home with the Rev. Wayland Hartsfield officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory
Gardens.
A native of Giles County, she was born January 22, 1896, the daughter of the
late Charlie H. and Susie Long Hannah.
Survivors in addition to her husband include one daughter, Mrs. R. S. Green,
Pensacola, Fla.; one brother, Gilmer Hannah, Stella; three sisters, Mrs. Clyde
Dawes, Mrs. Willie Dawes, and Mrs. Kelsey Blasingim, all of the Stella
community; and one grandchild.
FARRIS, William Elmer The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
Funeral services for William Elmer Farris, 88, retired farmer of the McCains
Community of Maury County, were held at 11 o'clock Monday morning in the chapel
of Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home and burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery in
Columbia. Mr. Farris died Saturday, February 5, in Giles County Hospital in
Pulaski.
Mr. Farris is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Harwell Walls Farris; one son,
William Farris, Old Hickory; two grandchildren; one step-daughter, Mrs. Tonnie
Carvell, Pulaski; and two step-sons, Loyce Walls and Ray Walls, Pulaski; and one
sister, Mrs. E. D. Mitchell, Rock Hill, S. C.
FAULKENBERRY, Margie Burgess The Pulaski Citizen 17 Sep 1969
Mrs. Margie Faulkenberry, 62, died Monday, September 15, in the Christian
Nursing Home in Greenhills, Ala.
Funeral services for Mrs. Faulkenberry, wife of the late William Johnny
Faulkenberry, were conducted Wednesday afternoon, September 17, at 2:00 o'clock
in the Bethel Church with the Rev. W. V. McDougal officiating. Burial was in
Mitchell Cemetery, Alabama.
A native of Alabama, she was born March 31, 1907, the daughter of the late John
F. Burgess and Eliza Ellen Howard Burgess.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Maxine Trousdale, Mrs. Mildred Pierce,
and Miss Hildred Faulkenberry, all of Michigan; ten grandchildren; one brother,
Noel Burgess, California.
FAULKENBERRY, William Rossie The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Funeral services for William Rossie Faulkenberry, 68, retired farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Floyd Cates, pastor of the church. Burial took place in the Gatlin Cemetery at
Ardmore. Mr. Faulkenberry died about 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, November 14 at
Giles County Hospital, after a period of declining health.
A native of Alabama, he was born March 2, 1893, the son of the late Jerry
Faulkenberry and Fannie Hicklin Faulkenberry. He was a member of First Baptist
Church.
Mr. Faulkenberry is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Whitt Faulkenberry; one son,
William R. Faulkenberry, Auburn, Ala.; four daughters, Mrs. Robert L. Birdsong,
Prospect, Mrs. Paul Watson, Nashville, Mrs. W. W. Sisk, and Mrs. Melvin Lewter,
Birmingham, Ala.; nine grandchildren; one brother, Ira Faulkenberry, Ardmore;
and one sister, Mrs. Jim Smith, Ardmore.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FAUTT, Dave The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Dave Fautt, 82, retired employee of the Belknap Hardware
Company in Louisville, Ky., were held on Tuesday in that city with the burial
there. Mr. Fautt died on Saturday, March 2, in Louisville.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late James Fautt and Iva Sumners
Fautt, and was a member of the Baptist Church. He was employed at the Belknap
Company for 27 years before retiring.
Mr. Fautt is survived by one half-brother, Robert H. Fautt; and two
half-sisters, Mrs. Maxie Weddington and Mrs. Harry Wheeler.
FAUTT, Louise Mae Newton The Pulaski Citizen 14 Apr 1965
Mrs. Louise Mae Newton Fautt, 70, widow of Tenery Fautt, died of a heart attack
at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, April 7, at her home in Detroit, Mich., where
the family had resided more than thirty-seven years.
Services were held Monday afternoon, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception,
Catholic, in Pulaski, conducted by Fther Angelo Nobile with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Born July 4, 1894, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Luna Newton
and Eleanor Hamlett Newton. Her husband, Tenery Fautt, died in 1959.
Mrs. Fautt is survived by two nephews, Ozro Newton and James Newton, both of
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FELKER, Alice Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Felker, 68, were conducted on Monday afternoon,
at 1:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy
Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Felker died Saturday, November 5, in Giles County Hospital, following an
extended illness. She was born in Giles County on August 18, 1898, the daughter
of the late William (Bud) Harwell and Mattie Fleeman Harwell. Her husband, the
late Arthur Felker, died several years ago.
She is survived by three daughters, Miss Bernice Felker, Pulaski, Mrs. Jimmy
(Helen) Dorsey, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. J. L. (Jean) Whitmire, Nashville; two
grandchildren, Miss Sandra Whitmire, Nashville, and Mrs. Donna K. Spearman,
Lawrenceburg; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Willie Johnson,
Bodenham; one brother, Walter Harwell, Bodenham; and one half-sister, Mrs.
Minnie Martin, Manila, Ark.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FELKER, Andrew Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Andrew Clarence Felker, 54, farmer of the Minor Hill
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by Ed Harper, Church of Christ minister, with the burial in Minor Hill
Cemetery. Mr. Felker died on Sunday night, September 4, at his home after a long
illness.
Born June 28, 1906, in Giles County, he was the son of Duggie Felker of Minor
Hill and the late Ella Wray Felker.
In additon to his father, Mr. Felker is survived by one brother, J. H. Felker,
Elkmont, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs. Buren Hendrix and Miss Mary Felker, Minor
Hill, and Mrs. Aubrey Norwood, Columbia.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FELKER, Andrew Elmer The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Andrew Elmer Felker, 56, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Edward Harper, minister
of the church. Burial took place in the Minor Hill cemetery.
Mr. Felker died at 2 o'clock Saturday morning, February 25, in Cleveland, Ohio,
after a short illness. A native of Giles County, he was born September 18, 1904,
the son of John Felker and Ada Wray Felker.
Mr. Felker is survived by his wife, Estelle White Felker; two sons, Joe Felker,
Pulaski and Loyd Felker, Cleveland, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Eva Hamlett,
Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Sadie Beasley, Nashville, Tenn.; three grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Bell Noles, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Viola Forsythe,
Lawrenceburg; two brothers, Ruel Felker and Solomon Felker, Minor Hill; two
half-brothers, Reedy Felker and Duggie Felker, both of Minor Hill; and one
half-sister, Mrs. Mattie Marbut, Leonard, Texas.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FELKER, Charles Arthur The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Charles Arthur Felker, 67, retired farmer of Giles County,
were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Felker died Friday, April 19, at Mid-State
Baptist Hospital in Nashville after a short illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born July 7, 1895, the son of the late Alfred
Felker and Nora Smith Felker. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Felker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Harwell Felker; three daughters,
Miss Bernice Felker, Mrs. Jim Dorsey, Pulaski, and Mrs. J. L. Whitmire,
Nashville; two grandchildren; one brother, Ozro Felker, Giles County; and one
sister, Mrs. Birdie Sandusky, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FELKER, Ella Reyer Wray The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Reyer Wray Felker, 82, Minor Hill resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home
conducted by Ed Harper, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Minor
Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Felker died on Saturday, January 1, in Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Born September 10, 1883, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late
Harry Wray and Mary Reyer Wray. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Felker is survived by her husband, J. D. Felker, Minor Hill; one son, J. H.
Felker, Elkmont, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Buren Hendrix and Miss Mary Felker,
Minor Hill, and Mrs. Aubrey Norwood, Columbia; seven grandchildren and eleven
great-grandchildren; one brother, Ernest Wray, Rogersville, Ala.; and two
sisters, Mrs Oscar Roberts, and Mrs. Virgie Williams, both of Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FELKER, Lena Gertrude Cates The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Gertrude Cates Felker, 78, widow of E. A. Felker,
will be held at one o'clock on Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. R. L. Greenway with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs.
Felker died at 11:15 o'clock Wednesday morning, January 18, at her home in the
Riversburg section after an extended illness.
Born August 19, 1882, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Henry
Cates and Mattie Gilmore Cates, and was a member of Choate Creek Methodist
Church. Her husband, E. A. Felker, died in July of 1958.
Mrs. Felker is survived by three sons, Garland Felker and Willie Felker, Pulaski
and Rosco Felker, Columbia; two daughters, Mrs. Vaden Brown and Mrs. Melvin
Hickman, Lynnville; twelve grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and two
sisters, Mrs. Jim Campbell, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. George Barnickle, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FELKER, Luther The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1962
Luther Felker, 68, died Saturday morning, October 27, at Giles County Hospital
from knife wounds in the throat, which Coroner Bill Bennett said there
apparently self-inflicted. He was found unconscious in the basement of his home
on East College Street by his wife at about 6:30 a. m. and was removed to the
hospital where he died a short time later.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at First Methodist
Church by Rev. William H. Moss and Rev. W. H. Mansfield. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim and Martha Ann Crowder
Felker. He was engaged in farming in the Bodenham community for a number of
years and had lived at Loudon for a period before his retirement. He had been in
ill health for several years.
Mr. Felker was a member of First Methodist ChurchMethodist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ruby Cooper Felker; four daughters, Mrs.
Herschel Mize and Mrs. George E. Miles of Pulaski, Mrs. W. N. Leaf of Chicago,
Ill., and Mrs. Gene Stafford of Loudon; a son, Glen Felker of Nashville; five
sisters, Mrs. John Thurman, Mrs. Frank Johnson and Mrs. R. K. Neal of Pulaski,
Mrs. Neely Williams of Lawrence County, and Mrs. Jessie Hatfield of Kingsport;
two brothers, Virgil Felker of Giles County and James Felker of Nashville, and
nineteen grandchildren.
FELKER, Mattie Thurman The Pulaski Citizen 30 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Thurman Felker, 71, were held at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. William H.
Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Felker died at 3:30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, May 27, after a long
illness, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Hickman in Pulaski.
Born November 26, 1890, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Willis
Henry Thurman and Rocenie Boatright Thurman. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Her husband, Herbert Felker, died in May of 1952.
Mrs. Felker is survived by the one daughter, Mrs. Hickman; one son, Loyce
Felker, Pulaski; one grandson, Ray Hickman; two sisters, Mrs. Claude Durham, and
Mrs. Dan E. Smith; and three brothers, Johnnie Thurman, Henry Thurman, and
Bunyan Thurman, all of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FELKER, Reedy A. The Pulaski Citizen 19 May 1965
Funeral services for Reedy A. Felker, 87, retired farmer of Giles County, were
held at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with the burial at Anderson, Ala. Mr.
Reedy died at 8:15 o'clock Sunday night, May 16, at the home of his son, Mahlon
Felker in the Goodsprings section.
Born September 21, 1877, in Giles County, she was the son of the late John
Felker and Sarah Neely Felker. His wife, Mrs. Sarah Gibson Felker, died three
years ago.
Mr. Felker is survived by the one son, Mahlon; five daughters, Mrs. Harvey
Shelton, Minor Hill, Mrs. Pauline Campbell, and Mrs. Inez Jackson, both of
Nashville, Mrs. Elsie Estes, Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Eula Walker, Winter Haven,
Fla.; one step-son, Henry Treadwell, Florence, Ala.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Oma
Alsup, Cleveland, Ohio; thirty grandchildren, forty great-grandchilden and two
great-great-grandchildren and one brother, J. D. Felker, Minor Hill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FELKER, Virgil Pafford The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Services for Rev. Virgil Pafford Felker, 62, retired Methodist minister of the
Bodenham community, were held at 2 o'clock Friday, January 5, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Revs. W. C. Westenberger and Fred Blankenship
officiating. Burial was in Choates Creek Cemetery.
Rev. Felker, a native of Giles County, died Wednesday, January 3, in Giles
County Hospital.
Rev. Felker was born February 18, 1905, the son of the late J. S. and Martha Ann
Crowder Felker.
He served as a supply minister for twenty-eight years at Methodist churches in
Lawrence, Wayne, Hardin, Maury, Humphreys and Dickson counties.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Viva Tittsworth Felker; one son, Rev. Carl G.
Felker, Charlotte; one daughter, Mrs. Juanita Clausel, Memphis; one brother,
James Felker, Nashville; five sisters, Mrs. King Neal and Mrs. Neely Williams,
Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Johnny Thurman, Ethridge, Mrs. Frank Johnson, Campbellsville
community, and Mrs. Jessie Hatfield, Wisconsin; and six grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FERGUSON, Wilton Dalton The Pulaski Citizen 11 Sep 1968
Funeral rites were conducted Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 10, at 1:30 o'clock at
Piney Grove Church for Wilton Dalton Ferguson, 46, of Ardmore, Tenn. Interment
was in Gatlin Cemetery.
Mr. Ferguson's death came as the result of an automobile accident which was
reportedly a head-on collision with a trailer-truck at 7:30 a. m. Monday on a
road between Ardmore and Huntsville, Ala.
He was the son of E. D. Ferguson and the late Corinne Hatchett Ferguson.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Agnes Ferguson; 3 daughters, Mrs. Eyvon Hopkins,
Mrs. Diane Arnold and Mrs. Darlene Mullins; three sons, Cornelius, Dale and
Rickey; 6 grandchildren; 2 sisters, Mrs. Aylon Dickers, and two brothers,
Eldridge Ferguson and Lloyd Ferguson.
FIDMORE, Bessie Hedgecoth The Pulaski Citizen 19 Mar 1969
Mrs. Bessie Hedgecoth Fidmore, 55, died early Tuesday morning, March 18, in
Buckeye, Arizona.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Fidmore had lived in Arizona for twenty-five
years. She was the daughter of the late Mettie Mae Hill Hedgecoth Hutton and the
late Thomas Lawson Hedgecoth.
Survivors include five sisters, Mrs. Billy Yelverton, Mrs. Mattie Griggs, Mrs.
Peggy Russell, and Mrs. Mitchell Butcher, all of Pulaski, and Mrs. Willie Mae,
Cincinnati, Ohio; one brother, William R. Hedgecoth, Pulaski; two step-brothers,
Garland Hedgecoth, Ontario, Calif. and Arlo Hedgecoth, Nashville.
FINLEY, James Luther The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1963
Funeral services for James Luther Finley, 73, of Nashville, were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at Bracey-Welch Funeral Home, Nashville, with the
burial in Spring Hill Cemetery. Mr. Finley died at 6:30 o'clock Saturday
morning, September 28, at a Nashville hospital after seven months illness.
Mr. Finley was a native of Giles County, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert N.
Finley, and attended public schools in Giles County.
As a young man he was a slack-wire walker with Gentry Brothers Circus and later
with Sells Floto Circus, traveling over the southeast and in Mexico.
He was a veteran of WWI, and a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Nashville.
Mr. Finley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie L. Finley whom he married in
1950; a step-son, Raymond E. Jones, Donelson; a brother, Robert E. Finley,
Nashville; and three sisters, Misses Lou Ella Finley and Viola Finley, and Mrs.
Beatrice F. Lockhart, all of Nashville.
FINNEY, Frank Webb The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Frank Webb Finney, 70, retired Rural Mail Carrier and
teacher, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. William H. Moss, Methodist minister of
Dickson, formerly of Pulaski. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Finney died Friday, January 31, at Giles County Hospital after a period of
declining health.
Born June 4, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Finney
and Mary Eliza Webb Finney. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a
veteran of WWI, and a 32 degree Mason.
Mr. Finney is survived by one half-sister, Mrs. O. O. Stone, Lewisburg; one
niece, Mrs. W. C. Butler, Jr., Pulaski; and two great-nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FITE, Gracie Hall The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Mrs. Gracie Hall Fite, 73, of Frankewing, died Saturday, January 13, at Lincoln
County Hospital.
Services were held Sunday, January 14, at Ralston Chapel, with the Rev. Edwin
Moore, Delrose, officiating. Burial was in Shiloh Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Pauline Bishop, Frankewing; six
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Harrison, Fayetteville and Mrs. Dee
Mullins, Delrose; two brothers, Floyd Hall, Delrose, and Oscar Hall, Frankewing.
FITZGERALD, Charlotte Brown The Pulaski Citizen 31 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. John D. Fitzgerald, 51, Lewisburg resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Church Street Church of Christ in Lewisburg,
conducted by Jack M. Parks, New Orleans, N. B. Hardeman, Memphis, and the Rev.
Hollis Hunt of Lewisburg. Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood
Cemetery in Lynnville.
Mrs. Fitzgerald, the former Miss Charlotte Brown, died Sunday in Vanderbilt
Hospital following surgery.
She was a native of Lynnville, born in December of 1908, and the daughter of the
late John Thomas Brown and Ida Keltner Brown. She was a teacher at Hardison
School in Lewisburg, a member of the Church of Christ, and was a member of the
Lewisburg Music Club.
Mrs. Fitzgerald is survived by her husband, John D. Fitzgerald; one son, John D.
Fitzgerald, Jr., Lewisburg; four brothers, Dr. Monroe F. Brown and Joe Kidd
Brown, Nashville, T. Larimore Brown, Pulaski, and Robert K. Brown, Lynnville;
four sisters, Mrs. Harley Weatherly, Chattanooga, Mrs. N. B. Hardeman, Memphis,
Mrs. M. S. Richardson, Columbia, and Mrs. Stewart Thomas, Lewisburg.
FITZGERALD, Jesse The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jan 1966
Jesse Fitzgerald, 77, prominent Pulaski businessman, died Tuesday morning, Jan.
4, at 9:10 o'clock (EST) of a heart attack at Fort Myers, Fla., where he and
Mrs. Fitzgerald had been vacationing for the past month.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock at
Bennett-May Chapel. Gilbert Shaffer will officiate and burial will be in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Fitzgerald was an insurance agent for Life and Casualty Insurance Company in
Pulaski for twenty years from 1939 until his retirement in 1959. He also was
engaged in the real estate business.
Born in Giles County, Dec. 18, 1888, he was the son of the late James Thomas and
Eliza Brewer Fitzgerald.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to his wife, the former Miss Mary Ella Inmon, he is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Herbert E. Williams of Pulaski; two sons, William Jesse
Fitzgerald of Fayetteville and Douglas Inmon Fitzgerald, of Fort Dix, N. J., and
three grandchildren.
FITZPATRICK, Lillie Hickerson The Pulaski Citizen 10 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Hickerson Fitzpatrick, 85, Pulaski resident,
were held at 11 o'clock Monday morning at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville
with the rites conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of
Christ in Pulaski. Burial took place in Beechwood Cemetery at Cornersville. Mrs.
Fitzpatrick died at 10:45 o'clock Saturday night, March 6, at her home following
an extended illness.
Residing most of her life in Giles County, she was born January 5, 1880, in
Bedford County, the daughter of the late Robert B. Hickerson and Nannie Barton
Hickerson. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Edd Fitzpatrick, died in December of 1964.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Keller and Miss Addie
Hickerson, both of Pulaski.
FLAUTT, Ella Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 13 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Phillips Flautt, 89, Nashville resident and
native of Giles County, were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at Finley
Dorris and Charlton Funeral Home in Nashville conducted by Dr. Walter R.
Courtney. Burial took place at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon in the family lot
in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski.
Mrs. Flautt died Monday, February 11, at a Nashville hospital. Born and reared
in Giles County. she was the daughter of the late John Phillips and Emma
Reynolds Phillips, and was the wife of Solon Flautt, also a native Giles
Countian.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Flautt is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Martin
S. Roberts, Jr., Nashville; one son, John Solon Flautt, Wichita, Kans.; two
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Ben Childers,
Nashville.
FLAUTT, Meredith The Pulaski Citizen 11 Sep 1968
Meredith Flautt, 83, retired vice-president and pioneer of the auditing
department of First American National Bank, Nashville, and former Pulaski
resident, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, after a short illness.
The funeral is to be at Westminister Presbyterian Church, Nashville, at 11
o'clock Thursday morning with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Following his graduation from Giles College, Mr. Flautt began his business
career as a clerk in a local dry goods store.
The roots of the Flautt family are deep in Tennessee history. His father, the
late John B. Flautt, served with distinction as a Captain in the Confederate
Army and his mother was the former Miss Marcella Rose, a daughter of Col. Solon
E. Rose. He was a first cousin of Stacey Rose of Pulaski and the late Mrs. Rose
Woodward.
Following the War Between the States, the Flautts settled in Pulaski and Mr.
Flautt's father became one of the leading lawyers of this area.
In 1916, Mr. Flautt married the former Miss Margery Ezell of Elkton. She died in
June of this year.
Survivors include a son, Meredell Ezell Flautt; a daughter, Miss Margery Anne
Flautt; and four grandchildren.
FLEMING, Bennie Moffitt The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1967
Mrs. Bennie Moffitt Fleming died November 23 at her home in Decatur, Ala., after
many years of declining health. Burial was the following day, November 24, in
the Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville.
Mrs. Fleming was the daughter of the late Dr. Moffitt, who was at one time a
physician in the Bunker Hill community. She also attended Martin College.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Vivian Dodds and Mrs. Louise Grooms; and
one son, Braden Fleming, all of Decatur, Ala.
FLEMING, Fred Montgomery The Pulaski Citizen 19 Dec 1962
Fred Montgomery Fleming, 57, director of the Union Bank for many years, owner of
the Cedar Grove Limestone Company, died Tuesday morning, December 18, at 10:15
o'clock in the Giles County Hospital after a five month illness.
A native of Overton County Fleming had been in business in Pulaski for fourteen
years. In September of this year, Fleming sold an interest in the Cedar Grove
company to a nephew Fred Moss of Lewisburg. In November it was announced that
the partners had sold the company to two Nashville businessmen.
Born March 17, 1905, he was the son of the late William J. and Linda Hooten
Fleming.
Fleming was a member of the Second Street Church of Christ. He was also a member
of the Exchange Club.
Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday) at 3 p. m. in Bennett-May
Chapel. Jointly officiating will be Rev. B. C. Goodpasture of Nashville, Tommy
Vernon, Church of Christ minister, Rev. William Moss, pastor of First Methodist
Church, and Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial will be in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Melba Wheat Fleming; one son, William Jasper
Fleming; a brother, Cross Fleming of Livingston; and six sisters, Mrs. M. L.
Bilberry of Atchison, Kansas, Mrs. Vollie Moss of Carthage, Mrs. W. C. Moss and
Mrs. O. C. Moss of Cookeville, Mrs. F. C. Swan of Celina, and Mrs. Carl Johnson
of Akron, Ohio.
Fleming's son, a student at Middle Tennessee State College, at home for the
Christmas holidays, underwent an emergency appendectomy at the Giles County
Hospital eight hours before his father's death.
FLEMING, Hoyt Alpine Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1967
Hoyt Alpine Fleming, Jr., died Tuesday night, August 6, at Maury County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Fleming will be held Thursday afternoon, August 8, at
2:00 o'clock at Lynnville Presbyterian Church, with burial in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Fleming was the son of the late Hoyt Alpine and
Ella Braden Fleming.
Survivors include one sister, Miss Eleanor Fleming; two nieces, Mrs. Ray Grooms,
and Mrs. Carter Dobbs, both of Decatur, Ala.; one nephew, Braden Fleming, Jr.,
Corinth, Miss.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FLEMMING, Ida Jane Cummings The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1967
Mrs. Ida Jane Flemming, 90, died Thursday, March 2, in Giles County Hospital
following an extended illness.
Services were conducted Sunday at the Todd Funeral Home, with burial in Sylvania
Hills Memorial Park, in Beaver, Pa.
Mrs. Flemming was a native of Butler County, Pa., born September 16, 1876, the
daughter of the late John M. and Elizabeth Shaffer Cummings.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Weaver Griffiths and Miss Elizabeth
Flemmings, Pulaski; one son, James R. Flemmings, West Bridgewater, Pa.; two
grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FLETCHER, Mrs. Hollon Harris The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Hollon Harris Fletcher, resident of Tuscumbia, Ala.,
and Pulaski, Tenn., for the past fifteen years, were held at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning, December 7, at Brown Service Chapel at Tuscumbia, conducted
by Wendell Klein and James Patterson. Burial took place at 2:30 o'clock that
afternoon in Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Fletcher died at 5
o'clock at Coffee Memorial Hospital, Tuscumbia, after a five weeks illness.
She was a native of Birmingham where she lived until she moved to Tuscumbia. She
was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Fletcher is survived by one sister, Mrs. Berry Baugh, Sr., Pulaski; two
brothers, Roscoe E. Harris and Glen Harris, both of Birmingham, Ala.; one niece,
Mrs. Paul Reinking, Dallas, Texas; and four nephews, Berry Baugh, Jr.,
Tuscumbia, Glen Baugh, Pulaski, and Bill Harris and George Harris, Birmingham.
FLY, Homer Lee The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1963
Funeral services for Homer Lee Fly, 58, Eleventh District farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon at Ostella Church of Christ in Marshall County, with
the burial at Spring Place Cemetery in that community. Mr. Fly died Thursday,
May 16, at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Marshall County, he was the son of Mrs. Alice West Fly,
Cornersville, and the late Braxton Fly. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Fly is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Mai Haislip Fly; one son, Edward
Fly, Pulaski; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Clara Mai Baucom, Nashville;
and three brothers, Dallas Fly and Hershell Fly, Ostella Community, and J. Tom
Fly, Frankewing.
FLY, Tishie The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1967
Mrs. Tishie Fly, 78, died Friday, January 6, in Giles County Hospital, following
an extended illness.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, January 8, at 2:00 o'clock, in the
chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. J. W. McCullough and Rev. Frank
Ledford officiating. Burial was in Bee Springs Cemetery.
Mrs. Fly, a native of Giles County, was born September 29, 1888, the daughter of
the late William and Mary Sue Bevels. Her husband, the late John Calvin Fly,
died several years ago.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Howard Mitchell, Bunker Hill; one son, Odie
Fly, Pulaski; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; five sisters, Mrs.
Nishie Foster, Fayetteville, Mrs. Sam Moore, Prospect, Mrs. Icie Mitchell,
Bunker Hill, Mrs. A. D. Mitchell, Dellrose and Mrs. Ira Hogan, Elkmont, Ala.;
two brothers, William Bevels and Erskine Bevels, both of Lincoln County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FOGG, Charlie S. The Pulaski Citizen 7 May 1969
Charlie S. Fogg, 75, died Thursday, May 1, at his home in Louisville, Ky.
Services were conducted Monday afternoon, May 5, in Louisville, Ky., with burial
in that city.
Mr. Fogg was born and reared in Aspen Hill, the son of the late Walter Fogg and
Lillie Potts Fogg. He had spent most of his life as a conductor for the L & N
Railroad Company.
Survivors include three daughters, all of Louisville, Ky.
FOGG, Georgia Reeves The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Reeves Fogg, 81, resident of the Berea
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Raymond Greenway, former pastor. Burial took place in the
Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Fogg who had been in failing health for two years, died
at 12:10 A. M., Thursday, May 26, at Giles County Hospital.
Born June 2, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mont Reeves
and Margaret Phillips Reeves. Her husband, Lee Roy Fogg, died September 1, 1939.
She was a member of the Berea Methodist Church.
Mrs. Fogg is survived by one son, Stewart Fogg, Chicago, Ill.; three daughters,
Mrs. Hillyard Barlar and Mrs. Herman Hobby, Pulaski, and Mrs. Hubert Golden,
Columbia; and four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FOGG, William Guy The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1968
William Guy Fogg, 70, died Wednesday night, February 7, at Gordon's Hospital in
Lewisburg.
Funeral services for Mr. Fogg were held at 2 p. m. Friday, February 9, at
Ralston Chapel, Fayetteville with the Rev. M. O. Blackwelder officiating. Burial
was in Riverview Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Fogg, a native of Giles County, was the son of William H. and Ozella Ross
Fogg. He was a retired merchant at Belfast.
Survivors include seven sons, William Thomas Fogg, Huntsville, Ala., John Butler
Fogg, Miami, Fla., Dumont, Ray, and Charlie Fogg, all of Columbia, Guy M. Fogg,
Donelson and Bobby Fogg, Fayetteville; one daughter, Mrs. Wendell Chaldroy,
Cleveland; one step-daughter, Martha Sue Wilson, Belfast; two step-sons, Floyd
Edward and Billy Joe Wilson, both of Lewisburg; one sister, Mrs. Ella Marks,
Pulaski; one step-sister, Mrs. Maude Callahan, Pulaski; twenty-two
grandchildren; thirty-six great-grandchildren; and one
great-great-grandchildren.
FOLKS, Edith Flowers The Pulaski Citizen 25 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. W. C. Folks, 78, wife of the Rev. W. C. Folks, retired
Methodist minister, were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning in Bethel Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Cullen T. Carter, the Rev. Fenton Warren and the
Rev. Thomas Smith. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock , a service was held in
Hohenwald Methodist Church with the burial in the Swiss Cemetery at Hohenwald.
Mrs. Folks died at 12:45 o'clock Sunday morning, August 22, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born February 14, 1887, in Lewis County, she was the former Edith Flowers, the
daughter of the late Payton Flowers and Lizzie Voorhies Flowers. She was a
member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Folks is survived by one sister, Mrs. Hettie
Flowers Clay, Hohenwald; two half-brothers, Thomas DeFoe and Herbert G. DeFoe,
both of Hohenwald; and two step-sisters, Mrs. Mae Blankenship, Florence, Ala.,
and Mrs. Docie Cook, Texas.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
FOLKS, Wilbur Cleveland The Pulaski Citizen 26 Nov 1969
The Rev. Wilbur Cleveland Folks, 85, retired Methodist minister, died Saturday,
Nov. 22, at Giles County Hospital after having suffered several strokes. He was
a resident of the Bethel Community.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at Bethel Methodist Church with the Rev.
Rudolph Janes officiating. Burial was in Hohenwald Cemetery. Carter Funeral Home
of Prospect was in charge.
A native of Dover in Stewart County, Mr. Folks was born Oct. 16, 1884, the son
of Henry Franklin and Serena Brandon Folks. He was married Jan. 9, 1917, to
Dolly Edith Flowers, who died several years ago.
He was approved for supply work in the Methodist ministry in 1911, admitted on
trial to the Conference in 1914, ordained deacon in 1916, ordained elder in 1922
and admitted to full connection in 1922. He retired in 1957.
The Rev. Mr. Folks had served pastorates in a number of Middle Tennessee
churches, including those of Dellrose and Prospect.
Survivors include a sister, two nephews and two nieces.
FOLLIS, Clance The Pulaski Citizen 23 Apr 1969
Graveside services for Miss Clance Follis, 83, were held Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock at Maplewood Cemetery where burial took place. Dr. A. J. Walton, retired
Methodist minister of Nashville officiated. Miss Follis died at a Nashville
infirmary on Saturday.
A native of Giles County, Miss Follis was the daughter of the late Dave and Inez
Abernathy Follis. She attended school and was reared in Pulaski, but moved to
Nashville with her family about thirty years ago.
She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Miss Follis is survived by four sisters, Miss Hattie Follis, Mrs. Fisher
Abernathy, Mrs. H. D. Harrison and Mrs. Webster Turner, all of Nashville, and
several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FOLLIS, Robert Lee The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Robert Lee Follis, 81, retired farmer of the Frankewing
section, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, February 20, at Frankewing
Methodist Church. The Rev. J. C. Elkins officiated and burial took place in the
church cemetery. Mr. Follis died early Friday morning, February 19, at his home.
Born July 2, 1878, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert James
Follis and Nancy Boatright Follis. His wife, Mrs. Cora Harwell Follis, died
several years ago.
Mr. Follis is survived by one son, Grady Follis, Gallatin; two daughters, Mrs.
Virgil Birdsong, Frankewing, and Mrs. Clifford Harwell, Pulaski; three
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FOLLIS, Wiley Turner The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Wiley Turner Follis, approximately 65 years old, were held
at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Finley, Dorris and Charlton Funeral Home.
Burial took place in Nashville. Mr. Follis died at 4:40 o'clock Friday
afternoon, February 16, at a Nashville hospital.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Dave Follis and Inez
Abernathy Follis.
Mr. Follis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Knight Follis; and five
sisters, Miss Hattie Follis, Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. F. W. Abernathy, Miss
Clancey Follis, Mrs. J. W. Turner and Mrs. H. D. Harrison, all of Nashville.
FORBES, Cora Pitt The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jun 1965
Mrs. Cora Pitt Forbes, aged 84, widow of Dr. E. C. Forbes, died Sunday, June 20,
at 815 p. m. at Fairhaven Nursing Home, Pulaski, after a long illness. Funeral
services were held at Ardmore Methodist Church at 2 p. m. Monday and burial took
place at Blanche Cemetery.
Mrs. Forbes was the daughter of Alonzo Cole Pitt and Nancy Pitt, pioneer
families of Springfield, Tenn. She was married to Dr. E. C. Forbes of Lincoln
County in 1897. She was a member of Ardmore Methodist Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Janie Brown, Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. Elizabeth
Arnold, Auburn, Ala., Mrs. Anne Laura White, Memphis, and Mrs. Frances Walker,
Paducah, Ky.; three sons, Cowan Forbes, Ardmore, Tenn., Madden Forbes, Town
Creek, Ala., and Bill Forbes, Memphis; ten grandchildren and seventeen
great-grandchildren.
FORRESTER, Robert L. The Pulaski Citizen 16 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Robert L. Forrester, 75, well-known Watertown attorney,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at First Baptist Church in Watertown
with the burial in Hern Hill Cemetery. Mr. Forrester died Sunday in a Lebanon
hospital.
Mr. Forrester is survived by his wife, Mrs. Christine Phillips Forrester, who
was Tennessee Mother of the Year in 1962; three sons, William Howell Forrester,
Pulaski attorney, Lt. Col. Eugene P. Forrester, Fort Bragg, N. C. and Nelson
Forrester, Tullahoma; three daughters, Mrs. Richard M. Hawkins, Clarksville,
Mrs. Clifford H. Sargent, Nashville, and Mrs. Joe Hawkins, Huntsville, Ala.;
twenty grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Tom
Roberts, Watertown.
FORSYTHE, Frank The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Frank Forsythe. 63, farmer of the New Prospect Community,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Booth Chapel Community Church,
near Minor Hill, with J. T. Word, Church of Christ minister officiating. Burial
took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Forsythe who had been ill several months,
died at 7 o'clock Monday night, January 16, at Lawrenceburg Sanitarium.
Born March 5, 1897, in Moore County, he was the son of the late Benjamin
Forsythe and Cordelia Wade Forsythe. At the age of three he moved with the
family to Giles County. In 1949, Mr. Forsythe moved to Lawrence County, having
lived most of his life at Minor Hill. The last member of his immediate family,
he was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Forsythe is survived by his wife, Mrs. Viola Felker Forsythe; four sons,
Grady Forsythe, Aubrey Forsythe, J. C. Forsythe and William Forsythe,
Lawrenceburg; one daughter, Mrs. John L. Ross, Hoxie, Ark.; and fifteen
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FORSYTHE, Hubert The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Hubert Forsythe, 57, a resident of Auburndale, Fla., and a native of Giles
County, died Wednesday, January 3.
Mr. Forsythe was the owner and operator of a drycleaning business, a member of
the Methodist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Clara Mae Forsythe; one daughter, Mrs. Charles
Roberts, Sarasota, Fla.; two sons, Allen I. Forsythe, Orange, Tex., and Jerry L.
Forsythe, Auburndale, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Griffin, Lakeland, Fla., and
Mrs. Eddie Lee Morrell, Auburndale, Fla.; and one brother, George C. Forsythe,
Winter Garden, Fla.
FORSYTHE, Jesse Washington The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Funeral servicees for Jesse Washington Forsythe, 70, retired farmer and
blacksmith of the Minor Hill section, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in
Minor Hill Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Gardner, Pastor, Burial
took place in Oxford Cemetery, south of Minor Hill. He died on Saturday, July
16, in Lawrence County Hospital.
Born August 23, 1895, he was the son of the late Isom Forsythe and Maggie Clark
Forsythe. Mr. Forsyth is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Pratt Forsythe; one
son, James Edward Forsythe, Minor Hill; and two grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FOSTER, Dave W. The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Dave W. Foster, 73, retired Railroad employee of
Louisville, Ky., were held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Woodlawn
Cemetery in Nashville. Mr. Foster died of a heart attack on Sunday morning, June
3, at a Louisville hospital.
A native of Giles County, he was born August 14, 1888, the son of the late Ace
Tindall Foster and Mary Lou Marbut Foster. His wife, Mrs. Willabel Grimes
Foster, died six years ago.
Mr. Foster is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John Norris, Louisville, Ky.; two
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. T. A. Steele, Nashville; and one brother, Walter
C. Foster, Pulaski.
FOSTER, Edward The Pulaski Citizen 28 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Edward Foster, 67, native of Giles County, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Methodist Church in Hubbard City, Hill
County, Texas. Burial took place in Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Foster died of a
heart attack on April 14 while mowing his lawn.
A retired farerm, he had resided in Texas fifty-five years. He was the son of th
late Bob Foster and Josie Chapman Foster of Giles County, Tenn.
Mr. Foster is survived by his wife; four daughters and one son; one brother,
Mahlon Foster, Hubbard City; and two nieces, Mrs. Loyd Robinson, Lynnville and
Mrs. G. W. Jackson, Frankewing.
FOSTER, Ethel Massey The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1967
Mrs. Ethel Massey Foster, 81, died Wednesday, June 21, in Chickasaw, Ala., where
she had lived for many years.
Services were conducted Friday afternoon, June 23, and she was buried in
Pritchard, Ala.
Mrs. Foster, a native of Giles County, was born November 12, 1885, the daughter
of the late Fields and Joyce Downing Massey. Her husband was the late Louis
Foster.
Survivors include one son, Chester, of Chickasaw; two grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Bunyan Graves, of Giles County.
FOSTER, George M. Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
George M. Foster, Jr., 61, property consultant for the Tennessee State Board of
Equalization for three years, died at noon Friday, July 15, in Maury County
Hospital, after an extended illness. Funeral services were held at 3:30 Sunday
afternoon in Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home, Columbia, with the burial in Rose
Hill Cemetery in that city.
Mr. Foster, a retired Maury County farmer, was the son of the late G. M. Foster
and Dora Samantha Barnett Foster. He was a member of the Stiversville Church of
Christ.
Mr. Foster held a number of public positions, resigning in August of 1965 from
the State Board of Equalization due to ill health.
Mr. Foster is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Whit Ralston, Jamacia, Mrs. Felix
Sands, St. Petersburg, Fla., Mrs. Walter Thurman, Southport, and Miss Etna
Foster, Stiversville; and three brothers, Clyde Foster, Stiversville, W. G.
Foster, Pontiac, Mich., and F. Barnett Foster, Columbia.
FOSTER, Lillian Houston The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jun 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Houston Foster, 69, resident of Pulaski, were
held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Ed Templeton with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Foster died
Sunday, June 7, at her Ingram Street home.
Born December 31, 1894, in Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late George
Houston and Laura Sullivan Houston. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Foster is survived by her husband, A. H. Foster; one step-daughter, Mrs.
Frances Beat, Detroit, Mich.; one step-son, Billy Foster, Midwest City, Okla.;
five step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FOSTER, Maude The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1963
Hubbard, Texas-A native of Giles County, Mrs. Maude Foster, 75, died here April
25 and was buried in nearby Liberty Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Foster is survived by two nieces of Pulaski, Mrs. Loyd Robinson of Pulaski,
and Mrs. Garland Jackson of Frankewing. Her parents were the late Bob and Josie
Foster, who lived in the Berea Community.
FOSTER, Sara Sweeney Adams The Pulaski Citizen 20 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Sweeney Adams Foster, approximately 84 years,
were held Tuesday afternoon in Nashville with the burial in that city. She died
Sunday morning, February 17, at Davidson County Nursing Home.
A former resident of Giles County, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alvie
Crye, Nashville, and Mrs. Fred Bartlett, Bellville, N. J.; three grandsons and
one great grandchild.
FOSTER, Tennie Mae Wisdom The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Tennie Mae Wisdom Foster, 81, were held at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E.
Craighead, Methodist minister, and Adrian Maynard of Lynnville. Burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Foster died unexpectedly early Sunday
afternoon, April 26, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Loyd Robinson at Lynnville
where she was visiting.
Born November 28, 1882, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mathew
Wisdom and Jennie Gower Wisdom. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her
husband, Howard Foster, died many years ago.
Mrs. Foster is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robinson, Lynnville, and Mrs.
Garland Jackson, Frankewing, where she made her home; seven grandchildren and
ten great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Walter Doggett, Cornersville.
FOSTER, Walter Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 14 Oct 1964
Walter C. Foster, 73, known by many as "Mister Republican" in Giles County, died
last Sunday afternoon at Giles County Hospital following a heart attack. Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev.
Billy Craighead and Dr. William H. Mansfield officiating. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Foster had been chairman of the Giles County Republican Executive Committee for
the past 36 years. He was a delegate from Tennessee to the 1952 Republican
National Convention in Chicago, and had served as an alternate delegate at
earlier conventions. For eight years, Foster served as a member of the Board of
Mayor and Alderman from Pulaski's Sixth Ward. He was elected to a four-year term
in 1951. After four years out of city politics, he was elected to another
four-year term in 1959. Foster was defeated last November in his bid for a
third-term on the city board. During a full life of service, Foster once served
as Giles County Election Commissioner. In the 1930's he was a revenue officer in
Middle Tennessee for the federal government. He had been in the real estate and
automobile business in Pulaski.
He was a native of Giles County, born near Minor Hill to the late Ase T. Foster
and Mary Lou Marbut Foster. Foster was a Methodist and member of the
Pulaski-Giles County Chamber of Commerce. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Irene
Moore Foster; a daughter, Mrs. Edwin Harlow, Pulaski postmaster; a sister, Mrs.
T. R. Steele, Nashville; and two grandsons.
FOUST, Virginia Dabbs The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Dabbs Foust, 73, wife of Jim Foust, were held
at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Minor Hill Methodist Church. Burial took
place in the Mitchell Cemetery in Lauderdale County, Ala. Mrs. Foust died
Tuesday, February 7, at her home on Route 2, Pulaski, after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, she was born July 27, 1887, the daughter of the late
Will Dabbs and Katherine Thomas Dabbs.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Foust is survived by eight daughters, Miss
Helen Foust, Pulaski, Mrs. Gene Comer, Wales, Mrs. Homer Holden and Mrs. Jeff
Dollar, Anderson, Ala., Mrs. Ruby Deason, Bethany, Mo., Mrs. Onis Adams, Mt.
Pleasant, Tenn., Mrs. C. A. Word, Minor Hill and Mrs. Roy Thompson, Winter
Haven, Fla.; three sons, Warren Foust, Minor Hill, Euly Foust, Lester, Ala., and
Vincent Foust, Benton Harbor, Mich.; thirty-six grandchildren; and twenty-eight
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.Rosie Dollar, Athens, Ala.
Bennett-May and Company, in charge of arrangements.
FOWLER, Alla Harwell Fowler The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Alla Harwell Fowler, native of the Pisgah Community of
Giles County. were held at 12:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in Huntsville, Ala.,
with the burial in that city. She died of a heart ailment on Saturday night, May
21, in a Huntsville hospital.
Born and reared in Pisgah, she was the daughter of the late William Burr (Dee)
Harwell and Harriett Reed Scott. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
A resident of Huntsville for many years, she had been an employee of Dunnavant's
for an extended period of time.
Mrs. Fowler is survived by one son, Charles W. Fowler, Jr., Kansas City, Mo.;
two grandchildren; two brothers, Edward Harwell, Tullahoma, and Fred Reed
Harwell, Ellisville, Miss.; and three sisters, Mrs. J. Thomas Blackshear, De
Funiak Springs, Fla., Mrs. Robert S. Locke, Ethridge, Tenn., and Miss Hattie
Will Harwell, East Chicago, Ind.
FOWLER, Mrs. J. W. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. Fowler, 88, resident of Florence, Ala., and
mother of a Pulaski resident, were held in Morris and Elkens Funeral Home in
Florence with the burial in Tri-Cities Memorial Garden. Mrs. Fowler died on
January 24 at her home in Florence after an extended illness.
She was a native of Lauderdale County, Ala.
Mrs. Fowler is survived by her husband, J. W. Fowler; four daughters, Mrs.
Newton J. Abernathy, Pulaski, Mrs. Dan Haggerty, New Orleans, La., Mrs. James
Crews, Atmore, Ala., and Mrs. Emery Freeman, Sheffield, Ala.; one son, J. W.
Fowler, Jr., Florence, Ala.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and
one sister, Mrs. U. S. Masterson, Florence, Ala.
FOWLER, Roy Mack The Pulaski Citizen 19 May 1965
Funeral services for Roy Mack Fowler, 78, retired farmer of the Lynnvile
section, were held Wednesday in McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville with the
rites conducted by the Rev. Thomas Vann, Methodist minister. Burial took place
in Beechwood Cemetery at Cornersville. Mr. Fowler died Tuesday, May 11, in
Merrihill Nursing Home in Lewisburg, following a period of declining health.
Mr. Fowler, a native of Marshall County, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Hyde
Fowler.
FOWLER, Virgil M. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Virgil M. Fowler, 69, former Lynnville farmer, were held at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville, conducted
by the Rev. N. G. Allen and the Rev. Lowery Walker. Burial took place in
Beechwood Cemetery in Cornersville.
Mr. Fowler, who had resided in Nashville approximately five years, died at 4
o'clock Saturday morning, January 9, at Thayer Veterans Hospital in Nashville
after an illness of two years.
A native of Marshall County, he and his family had made their home in the
Lynnville section most of his life.
Mr. Fowler is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Head Fowler; two sons, Joe W.
Fowler, Nashville and Howard G. Fowler, Auburn, Ala.; and seven grandchildren.
FOX, Albert Eldridge The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969
Albert Eldridge Fox, 79, died Saturday, January 25, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Fox were held Monday afternoon, January 27, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with G. C. Fox, Church of
Christ minister officiating. Burial was in Thompson Cemetery, Minor Hill.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Fox was born December 29, 1889, the son of the
late Jim and Margaret Bivens Fox.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Thompson Fox; two sons, Donald Fox,
Giles County, and Albert E. Fox, Jr., Lester, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Ben
Watson, Giles County; one brother, Hicks Fox, Florida; four grandchildren; and
one great-grandchild.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FOX, Carl The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
Carl Fox, father of Mrs. Jewel Fox Cole, died Saturday morning, January 4, in
Leonard's Hospital, Lewisburg.
Funeral services for Mr. Fox, 86, were held Sunday afternoon, January 5, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville with Andrew
Brown, minister of the Second Street Church of Christ officiating. Burial was in
the Fox-Wheatley Cemetery in Lewisburg.
Mr. Fox was a retired farmer and the son of the late Gideon Fox and Mollie
McAteer Fox.
Survivors in addition to his daughter, include one sister, Mrs. Fannie
McConnell, Chapel Hill; one granddaughter, Mrs. Ted Kell, Janesville, Wis.; and
four great-grandchildren.
FOX, Ethel Whitsett The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Whitsett Fox, mother of a Pulaski resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville,
with Robert Huffaker, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial took place
in the Fox-Wheatley Cemetery at Cornersville. Mrs. Fox died on Sunday night,
January 15, at her home in Cornersville after a long illness.
A native of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Whitsett
and Sarah Davis Whitsett. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Fox is survived by her husband, Carl Fox; two daughters, Mrs. Jewel Fox
Cole, Pulaski, and Miss Opal Fox, Cornersville; one granddaughter, Mrs. Ted
Kell, Janesville, Wis.; two great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Mose King
Jones, Dyersburg.
FOX, Hattie Schultz The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1946
Mrs. Hattie Fox, 77, died Fri., Dec. 9 in Lawrence County Hospital. Funeral
services were held Sun., Dec. 11 at Cross Roads Baptist Church in Lawrence
County with burial in the church cemetery.
A native of Lawrence County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Schultz. Her husband was the late John R. Fox.
Survivors include five sons, Dewey of Lawrenceburg, Seldon of Washington, D.C.,
Clyde of Kalamazoo, Mich., the Rev. William Doyle Fox of Antioch, Tenn.; seven
daughters, Mrs. Eula Williams, Mrs. Trula Copeland, Mrs. Beulah Prince, Mrs.
Virginia Woodward, all of Leoma, Mrs. Edna Campbell of Detroit, Mrs. Ruby Goff
of Chicago, Mrs. Bonnie Helms of Detroit; one brother, Dallas Schultz of
Knoxville; one sister, Mrs. Florence Loper of Port Arthur, Texas; 43
grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
FOX, Lillie Lucurs The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Lucurs Fox, 83, resident of the Goodsprings
section, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Scotts Hill Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Bernard Koening. Burial took
place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Fox died Monday morning, June 28, after a
long illness at the home of a son, Mahlon Fox, at Goodsprings.
Born June 15, 1882, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Lucurs and Nancy Doggett Lucurs. Her husband, James Edward Fox, died January 28,
1925. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to Mahlon Fox, Mrs. Fox is survived by two other sons, Harvey Fox,
Pulaski, and Paris Fox, Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Bivens, Leoma; twelve
grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Ada Cates, Giles
County; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Lela Richey, Pulaski, and Mrs. Elmer Harwell,
Dallas, Texas.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FOX, Opal The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1967
Miss Opal Fox, 53, long time employee of Genesco, died Wednesday, March 1, in
Leonard's Hospital at Lewisburg.
Services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, at McDaniel's
Funeral Home, with burial in the Fox Cemetery.
Miss Fox, a native of Marshall County, was the daughter of Carl Fox and the late
Mrs. Ethel Whitsett Fox.
Survivors in addition to her father, are, one sister, Mrs. Jewel Cole, Pulaski;
one niece, Mrs. Ted Kell, Janesville, Fla.
FOX, Willie Brown The Pulaski Citizen 12 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Willie Brown Fox, 77, retired Marshall County employee,
were held Monday at McDaniel Funeral Home with the burial in Beechwood Cemetery
in Cornersville. Mr. Fox died Sunday, April 9, at a Nashville hospital after a
short illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Howard Fox and Lucinda
Emerson Fox. He had owned and operated a telephone exchange in Cornersville more
than twenty-five years ago.
Mr. Fox is survived by one son, Jack Fox, Nashville; several grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Amos Clark, Pulaski, Mrs. H. L.
McMahon and Mrs. Mike Adams, Cornersville, and Mrs. C. B. Welch, Old Hickory;
and one brother, Sidney Fox, Cornersville.
FRALIX, Dave The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1960
Funeral services for Dave Fralix, 85, retired farmer of Giles County, were held
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Lloyd Hickman, pastor of Bradshaw Baptist Church. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery.
Mr. Fralix died at 9:55 o'clock on Thursday night, April 28, after a short
illness, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Paul Fralix, Route 2, Pulaski.
Born December 24, 1874, in Grainger County, he was the son of the late Mitt
Fralix and Jane Watts Fralix. He was a member of the Church of God.
His wife, Mrs. Nettie Jernigan Fralix, died July 21, 1959.
Mr. Fralix is survived by five sons, C. C. Fralix and Milton Fralix, Pompano
Beach, Fla., Jimmy Fralix, Lynnville, Horace Fralix, Wales, and Grover Fralix,
St. Louis, Mo.; five daughters, Mrs. Paul Fralix, Clear Creek Lake section, Mrs.
Hubert Blade, Prospect, Mrs. A. M. Duncan, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Charles Estes,
Pulaski, Mrs. Burt Pierce, Huntsville, Ala.; twenty-four grandchildren and
fourteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Boyd Fralix, Pulaski; and one sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth Burchell, New Mexico.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FRALIX, Horace The Pulaski Citizen 12 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Horace Fralix, 58, farmer of Bartow, Fla., and a native of
Giles County, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Pink M. Griggs and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton.
Burial will take place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, west of Pulaski. Mr. Fralix, died
at 10:15 o'clock on Saturday night, April 8, in Bartow.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late Dave Fralix and Nettie Jernigan
Fralix.
Mr. Fralix is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Russell Fralix; three daughters,
Mrs. James Reese, Columbia, Mrs. Junior Henson, St. Louis, Mo., and Miss
Catherine Fralix, Giles County; two sons, Horace Fralix, Jr., Giles County, and
Foster Fralix, St. Louis, Mo.; five grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Paul
Fralix, Mrs. Hubert Blade and Mrs. Charles Estes, all of Giles County and Mrs.
Bert Pierce, Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. A. M. Duncan, Culleoka; and four
brothers, Charlie Fralix and Milton Fralix, both of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Jimmy
Fralix, Lynnville, and Grover Fralix, Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
FRALIX, James Quentin The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1967
Graveside services were conducted Monday, March 6, at Marrs Hill Cemetery at
4:00 p. m. He was the infant son of Wayne and Patrice Martin Fralix, and died
Sunday, March 5, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.
Survivors in addition to his parents are two brothers, Michael and Timothy
Fralix; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fralix, Waco; and maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FRALIX, Jenny Lee Fralix The Pulaski Citizen 27 Aug 1969
Mrs. Jenny Lee Fralix, 54, died Saturday, August 23, in Maury County Hospital,
Columbia.
Funeral services for Mrs. Fralix, wife of Ollie Fralix, Route 3, Culleoka, were
conducted Sunday afternoon, August 24, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Starlings officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Fralix was born November 9, 1914, the daughter of
the late Glennie and Roxie Jernigan Fralix.
Survivors in addition to her husband, include one daughter, Mrs. Jack Cates; six
brothers Willie Fralix and Paul Fralix, Lynnville, Tom Fralix, Pulaski, Frank
Fralix, Alabama, Richard and Elmer Fralix, Florida; three sisters, Mrs. Rossie
Daughtry, Mrs. Bessie Fralis and Mrs. Roxie Ward, all of Giles County; and three
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FRALIX, Margaret Ellen Lovett The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Raymond Fralix, 29, Route 1, Mt. Pleasant, were held
at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at Spencer Hill Church of Christ , conducted
by Brown Foster. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mrs.
Fralix died Friday morning, January 19, at her home after a long illness.
The former Miss Margaret Ellen Lovett, she was born in Maury County, the
daughter of the late Robert Lovett and Mary Kersey Lovett. She was a member of
the Church of Christ .
Mrs. Fralix is survived by her husband, Raymond Fralix; one daughter, Patsy Ann
Fralix; five sons, Bobby, Larry, J. W., Teddy and Jimmy Fralix, all of the home
address; two sisters, Mrs. Christine Bennett and Miss Pualine Lovett, Lynnville;
and four brothers, Rufus Lovett, Walter Lovett, William Lovett and Billy Lovett,
all of Lynnville.
FRALIX, Raymond Clyde The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jun 1969
Raymond Clyde Fralix, 45, died Friday, June 20, in Maury County Hospital,
Columbia.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, June 22, at 2 o'clock in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Eugene Barnett officiating. Burial
was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Fralix was born May 9, 1924, the son of Mrs.
Mattie Callahan Fralix and the late Taylor Fralix.
Survivors in addition to his mother, include one daughter, Miss Patsy Fralix;
five sons, Bobby Fralix, Larry Fralix, J. W. Fralix, all of Route 1, Mt.
Pleasant; two sisters, Mrs. Allie Fuqua, Pulaski, and Mrs. Laura Shores,
Lynnville; one brother, Ozro Fralix, Lynnville.
North Funeral Home of Lawrenceburg in charge of arrangements.
FRANCIS, Earl Eugene The Pulaski Citizen 13 Apr 1966
Earl Eugene Francis, 35, a Giles County native who resided in Cleveland, Ohio,
was killed instantly early Friday, April 8, in a two-car collision in Cleveland.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Liberty Hill
Baptist Church with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Francis, son of H. E. Francis of the Rich Community and the late Mrs. Mary
Ferguson. Francis was born Oct. 8, 1930. He was married to the former Miss
Frances Rose of Giles County, who survives.
The fatal accident occurred before dawn Friday as Mr. Francis was en route to
his home from the industrial plant where worked on the night shift.
Other survivors include three children, Stanley Eugene, Danny Earl and Vance
McKinley Francis, all of Cleveland, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Herman Owens of
Giles County and Mrs. Bob Usselton of River Rouge, Mich.; and four brothers,
Franklin Francis of the Rich Community in Giles County, Flournoy Francis of
Wynadotte, Mich., Roy and Herbert Francis, both of Lincoln Park, Mich.
FRANCIS, Lillie Adell Nelson The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Adell Francis, 85, were held Thursday morning,
July 4, at 10:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Francis died Tuesday, July 2, in Maury County Hospital.
A native of Moore County, Mrs. Francis was born May 23, 1883, the daughter of
the late Ben and Callie Nelson. Her husband was the late John Francis.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Viola Porter, Lynnville, and Mrs. Lelia
McCutchen, McKinney, Texas; one son, Dewey Francis, Owensboro, Ky.; eight
grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren, and eighteen
great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Toungett, Summertown, and
Mrs. Cary Crumley, Portageville, Mo.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FRANCIS, Pocahontas Gibson The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Pocahontas Gibson Francis, 57, were held at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Tommy Vernon, Church of
Christ minister. Burial took place in the family lot in Gibsonville Cemetery in
the Fourteenth District. Mrs. Francis died unexpectedly about 8 o'clock Thursday
night, February 28, at the home on West Washington Street.
Born March 4, 1905, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Carroll
Gibson and Susie McKissack Gibson.
Mrs. Francis is survived by her husband, Roy W. Francis; and several nieces and
nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FRANCIS, Raymond Brown The Pulaski Citizen 5 Sep 1962
Funeral services for Raymond Brown Francis, 52, state employee, were held at 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister, and Gilbert Shaffer minister of
East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Francis, employee of the state steam plant in Nashville, died about 10 o'clock
Friday night, August 31, of a heart attack enroute home from work. He was
pronounced dead on arrival at St. Thomas Hospital.
Born March 6, 1910 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Wilson Alexander
Francis and Katherine White Francis. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Francis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Geneva Phillips Francis; three sons,
Raymond B. Francis and David Lynn Francis, Nashville, and Wayne Francis, U. S.
Navy, presently stationed in California; four daughters, Mrs. Bill Clifton and
Misses Judy and Faye Francis, Nashville, and Mrs. Frank Pickett, Pulaski; three
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. John A. Francis, Pulaski.
FRANCIS, Roy Wilburn The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Roy Wilburn Francis, 54, employee for many years of Giles
Locker Storage, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial
took place in Gibsonville Cemetery in the Fourteenth Civil District. Mr. Francis
died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage at Giles County Hospital at 8:20
Sunday morning, February 23, after a four day illness.
Born April 10, 1909, in Giles County, he was the son of William H. Francis and
Ida Calvert Francis. His wife, Mrs. Pocahontus Gibson Francis, died February 28,
1963.
Mr. Francis is survived by one sister, Mrs. Rosa Lovell, Pulaski; and one
brother, Marshall Francis, Chapel Hill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FRANKLIN, Clora Dodd The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Clora Dodd Franklin, 83, widow of R. H. Franklin, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were
conducted by Jesse C. Williams, pastor of the Olivet Charge, and burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Franklin died Sunday morning, February 14, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. J. Reed, in Pulaski.
Born August 16, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Joe D.
Dodd and Nannie Hobbs Dodd. Her husband, R. H. Franklin, died a number of years
ago.
In addition to the daughter, Mrs. Franklin is survived by one son, Mahlon
Franklin, Pulaski; fifteen grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FRANKLIN, Kieffer Morris The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1967
Kieffer Morris Franklin, 71, prominent Pulaski resident and retired employee of
the Pulaski Post Office, died Monday afternoon, Aug. 7, at the Nashville home of
his brother, Shirley Franklin, after suffering a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 o'clock Wednesday morning at First
Baptist Church in Pulaski with the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart, pastor,
officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville. Pulaski Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Franklin had reportedly climbed to the roof of his brother's house and
trimmed a limb from a tree when he collapsed.
A coroner's examination indicated a coronary thrombosis.
A native of St. Louis, Mo., he was the son of the late Benjamin E. and Mattie
Franklin. He was born Nov. 1, 1895.
Mr. Franklin was treasurer and deacon of First Baptist Church and moderator of
the Giles County Baptist Association. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner
and was president of the Giles County Chapter of the National Association of
Retired Civil Employees.
Before being transferred to Pulaski more than 25 years ago, he was employed at
the Danville, Ky. Post Office for several years. He was in the postal service
more than 42 years.
In addition to the brother, survivors include his wife, Mrs. Virgil Sells
Franklin; another brother, Leon Franklin of Montgomery, Ala.; and a sister, Mrs.
Lila Bannon of Louisville, Ky.
FRANKLIN, Samuel Paul The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1966
Funeral services were conducted on Sunday afternoon, September 11, at 2:30
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, for Samuel Paul Franklin, 57,
who died Thursday, September 8, in Giles County Hospital. Services were
conducted by the Rev. James Martin, with burial in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Franklin, a native of Giles County, was born May 27, 1909, the son of the
late James C. and Lillie Bayles Franklin.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Blanche Franklin; two sons, J. D. and Robert
Franklin, both of Fayetteville; one step-son, Harold C. Montgomery, U. S. Army;
three grandchildren; two brothers, Robert and Kenneth Franklin of Los Angeles,
Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Aliene Tucker, Mrs. Jim Bell Ivey, Louisville, Ky.,
and Mrs.Marie McGillen of Springfield, Va.
FRANKS, Ida Yancey The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jul 1969
Mrs. Ida Yancey Franks, 79, died Tuesday, July 14, in Hardin County General
Hospital, Savannah.
Funeral services for Mrs. Franks, mother of E. W. Franks of Pulaski, will be
held Thursday afternoon, July 16, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Shackelford
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Carroll Richards officiating. Burial will be in
Memory Gardens of Hardin County.
She was a member of the Mt. Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the
organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors in addition to her son include another son, J. E. Franks of Savannah;
one daughter, Mrs. Edwin Robins, Shannon, Miss.; one sister, Mrs. Maggie
Willoughby, Savannah; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
FRAZIER, Howard R. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Apr 1960, 20 Apr 1960
Howard R. Frazier, 49, analytical chemist at International Minerals and Chemical
Corporation, at Wales, for approximately eighteen years, died of a heart attack
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, April 13, at Giles County Hospital, after a
brief illness. He worked Saturday at the plant.
Funeral services were held at one o'clock Saturday morning at Bennett-May
Funeral Home . Rites were conducted by G. C. Fox and burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Oklahoma, he was born January 18, 1911, the son of Jarratt J.
Frazier and Mrs. Lula Long Frazier of Boynton, Okla. Before coming here, Mr.
Frazier was employed by the plant at Mt. Pleasant.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Frazier is survived by his wife, Mrs. Azalea
Smeltzer Frazier; one daughter, Miss Mary Annette Frazier, member of the
graduating class of Campbellsville High School; two brothers, Willard Frazier
and Jarratt J. Frazier, Jr., both of Boynton, Okla.; and two sisters, Mrs. Loyd
Scott, Blackwell, Okla., and Mrs. LeMarr Hutchinson, New Orleans, La.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FRAZIER, Lura Black The Pulaski Citizen 21 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lura Black Frazier, 87, wife of Arthur Frazier, former
Pulaski residents, were held Tuesday afternoon, April 13, in a funeral home in
Pensacola, Fla., with the burial in Bay View Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Frazier
died at 3:30 o'clock on Monday morning, April 12, in a hospital in Pensacola,
where she had made her home several years.
Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Frank Black and Louisa
Howard Black, descendants of pioneer families of the Minor Hill section. She was
a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Frazier is survived by her husband, S. Arthur Frazier; two daughters, Mrs.
Roger P. Cuff and Mrs. M. Cleveland Pittman, both of Pensacola, Fla. The Frazier
family lived in Brewton, Ala., for many years.
FRAZIER, Silas Arthur The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1966
Funeral services for Silas Arthur Frazier, 87, were conducted at 2:00 o'clock
Monday afternoon, August 8, in McNeil Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in
Bayview Cemetery in Pensacola, Fla. The Rev. Roger Dill officiated.
Mr. Frazier, a native of Giles County, and a member of the Central Church of
Christ, died Saturday afternoon, August 6, in Pensacola, Fla., where he has
resided for the past few years. He was a retired lumber dealer and he operated a
grocery store in South Pulaski for a number of years.
Mr. Frazier is survived by two daughters, Mrs. R. P. Cuff and Mrs. M. C. Pittman
of Pensacola; two brothers, Stephen A. Frazier of Fayette, Ala. and Francis M.
Frazier of Atlanta, Ga., several nieces and nephews.
FREELAND, Jerome Burgess The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Jerome Burgess Freeland, 84, retired farmer of the
Lynnville Community who died Sunday, June 23, at a Lewisburg nursing home, were
conducted Monday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia with burial in
Rose Hill Cemetery in Giles County.
A native of Maury County, he was the son of the late Jerome and Mary Beaty
Freeland. His wife, Effie Dial Freeland, died September 4, 1953. He was a member
of Lynnville Methodist Church.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Will Pinkston and Mrs. Tom Park of
Columbia and Mrs. Wallace Tyree of Culleoka; several nieces and nephews.
FRIEDMAN, Dave The Pulaski Citizen 4 Nov 1964
Dave Friedman, about 78 years of age, retired merchant of Columbus, Miss., died
in his sleep on Wednesday night, October 28, following an extended illness.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon with the burial in that city.
Mr. Friedman is survived by his wife; two children, two grandchildren; and two
sisters, Mrs. Louis Cohen of Pulaski, and Mrs. Max Lichenstein, Decatur, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. Cohen attended the funeral.
FRY, Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Floyd Fry, 53, resident of the Cedar Grove section, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, and the Rev. Jimmy Chapman of Birmingham, Ala., officiating.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Fry who had gone a week ago to
Winter Haven, Fla., for temporary employment, died there unexpectedly of a heart
attack on Saturday, January 23.
Born July 16, 1906, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Ella Weaver Fry
Rigsby of Lawrenceburg and the late Jim Fry, former Pulaski policeman for many
years.
Mr. Fry is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Mae Hamby Fry; three daughters,
Miss Pauline Fry and Mrs. Benjamin Vincent, Cedar Grove, and Mrs. Billy King,
Wales; two sons, Thomas Fry, Bufords, and Charles Fry, Milky Way; six
grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Wilson and Mrs. W. C. Chapman,
Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Roy Sanderson, Pulaski; and one brother, Albert Fry,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FRY, Lonnie Lee The Pulaski Citizen 2 May 1962
Funeral services for Lonnie Lee Fry, 68, retired certified accountant of
Nashville, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the resident, 2006
Beechwood Avenue, with the burial in the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery at
Lynnville. Mr. Fry, a single man, died on Monday morning, April 30, at St.
Thomas Hospital, after several months illness.
Born and reared at Lynnville, he was the son of the late Lowry Lee Fry and
Hattie Sparkman Fry. In early manhood, he served as agent for the L&N Railroad
at Lynnville for several years, working for Wade Hardward Company in Greenwood,
Miss., for a time; become associated with Price-Waterhouse Certified Accountants
in Nashville as an auditor until retiring in 1959. He was a member of Central
Church of Christ in Nashville.
Mr. Fry is survived by one sister, Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Fry; and one brother,
John Sparkman Fry, both of Nashville.
FRYE, Harry The Pulaski Citizen 28 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Harry Frye, 83, father of a Pulaski resident and a retired
postal employee, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Tullahoma, residence
of the deceased, with the burial in that city. Mr. Frye died Friday, April 23,
at his home after a period of declining health.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Frye is survived by his wife; one son, Raymond
Frye, Pulaski; and three daughters.
FULTON, Essie Lee Shelton The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. J. D. Fulton, 41, Pulaski resident, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Second Street Church of Christ, conducted by a
former minister, David East of Chattanooga. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Fulton, employee of Genesco, died unexpectedly of a heart attack
while at the plant at mid-morning, Monday, October 2.
Born November 15, 1919, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Essie Lee
Shelton, the daughter of Kenneth Shelton of Pulaski and the late Mrs. Mary
Harwell Shelton. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to her father, Mrs. Fulton is survived by her husband, J. D. Fulton;
one daughter, Mrs. Allen Robinson, Lynnville; one son, James Robert Fulton, U.
S. Navy; one grandchild; three brothers, James E. Shelton and Arthur Shelton,
Pulaski and John Shelton, Nashville; and three sisters, Mrs. Earl Siders,
Tipton, Iowa, Mrs. Don Fuller, Saginaw, Mich., and Mrs. John Dolan, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FULTON, James David "Pete" The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1966
The body of James David "Pete" Fulton, 51, was found Friday afternoon, June 24,
hanging by a rope under Maple Bridge over Elk River about two miles southeast of
Bethel in Limestone County, Ala. Coroner Charles Sammett of Athens, Ala. ruled
the death a suicide.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart and Grover Beard of Lynnville
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
It was reported that body was discovered about 3:30 P. M. by fishermen who had
earlier set out trotlines and had returned to check the lines. The exact time of
death was not known.
An employee for the local Genesco plant for 24 years, Mr. Fulton reportedly left
the plant at noon on Wednesday and did not return to work after that time. A
native of the Aspen Hill community of Giles County, he was born August 23, 1914,
the son of Robert Fulton and the late Myrtle Harrison Fulton. He was a member of
the First Baptist Church and the Pulaski Lions Club.
Besides his father, a resident of Fairhaven Nursing Home, he is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Frances Eubank Fulton; one son, James Robert Fulton of Pulaski; one
daughter, Mrs. Allen Robinson of Lynnville; two brothers, Harry and Fred Fulton
of Beech Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Holley and Mrs. John Shelton, of
Pulaski; a half-brother, Clyde Johnson of Lafayette, Ga.; and a half-sister,
Mrs. Elsie Brannum of Gurley, Ala.
FULTON, Myrtle Harrison The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Harrison Fulton, 79, resident of Giles County,
will be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral
Home. The burial will take place in the Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Fulton died at
mid-afternoon, July 21, at Gordon Hospital at Lewisburg.
A native of Bedford County, she was born February 11, 1885, the daughter of the
late James Lewis Harrison and Mary Frances Harris Harrison. She was a member of
the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Fulton is survived by her husband, Bob Fulton, Pulaski; a son by a previous
marriage, Clyde Johnson, Lafayette, Ga.; three other sons, J. D. Fulton, Harry
Fulton and Fred Fulton, all of Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Holley,
Fayetteville, Mrs. John Shelton, Nashville, and Mrs. Elsie Brannum, Gurley,
Ala.; thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and one brother,
Oscar Harrison, Fresno, Calif.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FULTON, Robert Lee (Bob) The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1968
Funeral services for Robert Lee (Bob) Fulton were held Friday afternoon,
September 13, at 1:30 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Fulton, a retired farmer of the Beech Hill community, died Wednesday,
September 11, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
A native of Bedford County and a resident of Giles County for fifty-five years,
Mr. Fulton was born December 28, 1881.
Survivors include two sons, Harry and Fred Fulton, both of Beech Hill; one
step-son, Clyde Johnson, Lafayette, Ga.; two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Holley,
Fayetteville, and Mrs. John Shelton, Nashville; one step-daughter, Mrs. Gordon
Brannon, Gurley, Ala.; twelve grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
FUQUA, Maude Norman The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Norman Fuqua, 79, former resident of Giles
County, will be held at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at New Harmony Baptist
Church at Lafayette, Tenn., in Macon County, with the burial there. Mrs. Fuqua
died at 8 o'clock Monday morning, May 1, at Peoria, Ill., at the home of her
son, Will Fuqua, following a long period of declining health.
Born May 7, 1881, in Macon County, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late
George Norman and Sarah Gladys Norman but had made her home in Giles County more
than twenty-five years. Her husband, Claude Norman, died July 12, 1940.
Mrs. Fuqua is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Malcolm Edwards, Pulaski, Mrs.
Olive Huffine, Taylorsville, Ill., Mrs. Wilson Drake, Muskegon, Mich., and Mrs.
Court Pelton, Grand Haven, Mich.; four sons, Louie Fuqua, Pulaski, Elzora Fuqua,
Chicago, Ill., Will Fuqua, Peoria, Ill., and Joe Fuqua, Lisle, Ill.; twenty-one
grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren; one half-sister, Mrs. Lucy
Eden, Lafayette, Tenn.; and one half-brother, Gilliam Fuqua, Lafayette, Tenn.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
FUQUA, Willie The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Willie Fuqua, 57, former resident of Giles County, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, December 4, at New Harmony Baptist Church
at Hartsville, with the burial in Drury Cemetery in Macon County. Mr. Fuqua, a
resident of Peoria, Ill., for sixteen years, died on Sunday, December 1, in that
city.
A son of the late Thomas Claude Fuqua and Maud Fuqua, he had been employed by a
machine shop in Peoria.
Mr. Fuqua is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Fuqua; two daughters, Mrs. Annie
Pierson, Moline, Ill., and Mrs. Willie May Gallahan, Stafford, Va.; six
grandchildren; three brothers, Louie Fuqua, Pulaski, Joe Fuqua and Elzie Fuqua,
both of Lyles, Ill.; and four sisters, Mrs. Ollie Huffien, Taylorville, Ill.,
Mrs. Zenie Edwards, Lyles, Ill., Mrs. Gladys Drake, Muskegan, Mich., and Mrs.
Dema Pelton, Long Beach, Calif.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GAINES, Edward Henry The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1968
Edward Henry Gaines, 71, died Wednesday, December 18, at his home in the Mt.
Moriah Community.
Funeral services for Mr. Gaines, a retired farmer and city employee, were held
Thursday afternoon, December 19, in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home
with Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Beech Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Gaines was born August 22, 1897.
Survivors include two sons, W. H. Gaines, Pulaski, J. E. Gaines, Nashville; one
brother, Emmitt Gaines, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Jeffie Tuley and Mrs. Bertha
Creecy, both of Giles County; and six grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GAINES, Frank C. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Dr. Frank C. Gaines, 79, former Giles County physician who
died at Lawrence County Hospital Thursday, July 23, following a long illness,
were conducted at Pulaski Funeral Home at 10 o'clock Friday morning. A prayer
service followed at Lathamville Baptist Church in Alabama, and burial with
Masonic rites was in Lathamville Cemetery.
Dr. Gaines was born August 27, 1884, at Crossville, Ala., son of the late Robert
Andy Gaines and Mary Alice Perkins Gaines. He was married to the former Miss
Lillie B. Hazelwood, who survives.
After beginning the practice of medicine in Oklahoma, Dr. Gaines moved to Rome,
Ga., where he practiced for five years before coming to Giles County in 1918.
Since his retirement in 1940, he has made his home at Leoma, Tenn.
Dr. Gaines was a Baptist and a member of Pulaski Lodge 105 F&AM.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harry Crook of
Pulaski; four sons, Nolan of New Prospect, Keiffer of Lawrenceburg, Cunningham
of Sheffield, Ala., and Lionell Gaines of Texas; four brothers, Robert, Charlie,
Jim and Earl Gaines, all of Alabama; two sisters, Mrs. Hassie Bishop and Mrs.
Miranda Dalrymple, both of Alabama; six grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GAINES, Lillie Belle Hazelwood The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank C. Gaines, widow of Dr. F. C. Gaines, one-time
practicing physician of the Bodenham section, were held Tuesday, May 25, in
North Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg, with the rites conducted by the Rev. William
V. DeRamus. Burial took place in Lathamville Cemetery in Alabama. Mrs. Gaines
died Sunday, May 23, in Lawrence County Hospital.
She was the former Miss Lillie Belle Hazelwood, born in DeKalb County, Ala., and
daughter of the late Thomas Hazelwood and Nancy Windsor Hazelwood. She was a
member of the Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Gaines, a resident of Lawrenceburg since 1946, is survived by four sons, A.
C. Gaines, Sheffield, Ala., Frank N. Gaines, Route 5, Lawrenceburg, James
Keiffer Gaines, Lawrenceburg, and Herbert Gaines, San Antonio, Texas; one
daughter, Mrs. Harry Crook, Pulaski; seven grandchildren and
three-great-grandchildren.
GAINES, Lula Maude Erwin The Pulaski Citizen 16 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Maude Erwin, 90, Pulaski resident, will be held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Billy Craighead and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial will take place
in the family lot in Mt. Zion Cemetery at Frankewing.
The grandsons will serve as pall-bearers.
Mrs. Gaines died at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning, December 16, at her home in
Pulaski after a lengthy illness.
Born July 17, 1874, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late David
Erwin and Catherine Abernathy Erwin. Her husband, John Broadus Gaines, died
November 3, 1936.
She was a member of Frankewing Methodist Church.
Mrs. Gaines is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Virginia G. Scoggin, Miss
Margaret Gaines and Miss Kathleen Gaines, Pulaski, and Mrs. Eula Mae Clem,
Elkmont, Ala.; twenty-five grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren;
and two sisters, Mrs. Rolly Harwell, Pulaski, and Mrs. Edgar Holt, Lawrenceburg.
A brother, Wyatt Maize Erwin, died Dec. 1, only 15 days ago.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GAINES, Robert Paul The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1967
Paul Gaines, 40, former Beech Hill resident, died Wednesday night, August 9,
from injuries received when his car went out of control and struck a ditch just
south of the Beech Hill School at about 7 o'clock. Gaines reportedly was thrown
from the vehicle when it hit the guy line of a utility pole.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Thursday at the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home with Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Beech Hill
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Gaines was born Dec. 7, 1926. He was the son of Emmett
and Nola Pearson Gaines.
Surviving in addition to his parents, are his wife, Mrs. Jewell Erwin Gaines;
two sons, Bobby and Jerry Wayne, both of Giles County; two daughters, Mrs. Donna
Lynn Wheeler of Nashville and Miss Betty Ann Gaines of Giles County; a brother,
Herman Gaines of Giles County; and two sisters, Mrs. Amos Williams of Marshall
County and Mrs. William Bledsoe of Louisville, Ky.
GALUMBECK, Frances The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning in Asheville, N. C.,
for Mrs. Frances Galumbeck, 63, mother of Mrs. Joe Cohen of Pulaski. Mrs.
Galumbeck died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Sunday, March 3, while visiting
a daughter in Asheville.
Her husband, Tippie Galumbeck, died several years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Cohen, Mrs. Galumbeck is survvied by another daughter, Mrs.
Norman Sultan, Asheville.
GARANT, E. C. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1968
E. C. Garant, husband of the former Nellie Martin of the Bryson community, died
Monday, March 25, on the campus of Riverside Military Campus in Hollywood, Fla.,
following a sudden illness.
Funeral services for Captain Garant, 67, were held Friday afternoon, March 29,
at 1 o'clock in Nacoochee Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, Ga., with the Rev.
Dale McCord of Jacksonville, Miss., and John Fuller of Helen officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Captain Garant was born in Worchester, Mass., and was a self-employed
photographer and wood workshop craftsman from 1945 until 1956. He had been with
Riverside Military Academy as assistant quartermaster since 1965. Prior to
moving to Nacoochee he served as Red Cross field director at Camp Davis, N. C,
Warner Robins and Bainbridge.
Survivors in addition to his wife include one son, Charles Garant, Greenville,
Tenn.; one daughter, Mrs. Gloria J. Stowers, Cherry Point, N. C.; one sister,
Mrs. Marion Russell, Philadelphia, Pa.; and four grandchildren.
GARDNER, Freddie Griggs The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Tally Gardner, 64, native of Giles County, were held
in Athens, Ala., at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, March 27, at the Church of
Christ, with the burial taking place in City Cemetery, Athens. Mrs. Gardner died
unexpectedly of a heart attack on Friday at Athens Hospital.
Born August 24, 1895, at Prospect in Giles County, she was the former Miss
Freddie Griggs, the daughter of the late Dee Griggs and Lillian Downs Griggs.
Mrs. Gardner who had lived in Athens many years, was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Her first husband, Lonnie Chapman, died September 25, 1918.
Mrs. Gardner is survived by her husband, Tally Gardner; two sons, John M.
Chapman, Dewitt, Ark., and Lermon Chapman, Athens, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby
Poole, Indiana; thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two
step-children; two brothers, Gilbert Griggs, Evansville, Ind., and Tommy Griggs,
Detroit, Mich.; and six sisters.
GARDNER, William Roy The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for William Roy Gardner, 73, native of Giles County, WWI
veteran, and well known sign painter, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Ralph
Matlock and burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Gardner died at his
Lewisburg home on Saturday afternoon, October 23.
Son of the late James G. Gardner and Lillie Mae Glasgow Gardner, he was born
March 30, 1892 in Giles County, where he spent most of his life. He was a member
of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Gardner is survived y his wife, Mrs. Nora Mabel Weaver Gardner; and one
brother, Flournoy Gardner, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GARMON, Roy S. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jul 1962
GARNER, Calvin Mitchell The Pulaski Citizen 9 Sep 1964
Funeral services for Calvin Mitchell Garner, 63, farmer of the Goodspring
section, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Garner died Thursday, September 3, in
Giles County Hospital.
Born February 5, 1901 in Giles County, he was the son of the late George Garner
and Fannie Norwood Garner. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Garner is survived by his wife, Mrs. Okalene Carr Garner; one son, Roger
Dale Garner, Birmingham, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Whitt Cherry, Birmingham,
Ala.; one grandchild; two brothers, Alvis Garner and Louis Garner, both of Giles
County and one sister, Mrs. Luther Glover, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GARNER, Early C. The Giles Free Press 1 Feb 1962
Early C. Garner, 70, died at 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, in the Lawrence County
Hospital. Funeral services were held Jan. 29 at 1 o'clock at the New Prospect
Church of Christ with burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Mr. Garner was a native Giles Countian. His parents were Neil and Ida Roberts
Garner.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Bonnie Elledge; three sisters, Mrs. Dezzie
Alsup, Wales, Mrs. Bessie Tidwell and Mrs. Razzie Tidwell, both of Cincinnati,
Ohio; two brothers, Wesley and Rufus Garner, both of Giles County.
GARNER, Eula Bee The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1967
Mrs. Eula Bee Garner, 68, a nurse at Giles County Hospital, died Friday, October
20, at her home on Victoria Street, after suffering a heart attack.
Services were conducted on Sunday afternoon, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown and George Williams, Church of
Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
Mrs. Garner was born in Giles County on March 30, 1899, the daughter of the late
Marshall and Mary Rutherford Bee. Her husband died several years ago.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Woodrow Rogers, Pulaski, and Mrs. Emmett
Capley, Florence, Ala.; three sons, Mahlon, and Joe, Pulaski, and Loyd Garner,
Giles County.
GARNER, Floyd Reed The Pulaski Citizen 15 Oct 1969
Floyd Reed Garner, 70, retired farmer and grocer of the Cedar Grove Community,
died Wednesday, October 1.
Funeral services for Mr. Garner were conducted Friday afternoon, October 3, at
2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Jacob
Gardner officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Garner was born February 26, 1899, the son of the
late Abe Garner and Minnie Garner.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Louise Garner; two sons, James Garner and
Mitchel Garner, Pulaski; one brother, Stacey Garner, Pulaski; and four
grandchildren.
GARNER, Lewis Mahlon The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Funeral services for Lewis Mahlon Garner, 59, were conducted Monday afternoon,
October 9, at 2:00 in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jacob
Gardner officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
Mr. Garner died Saturday, October 7, in Giles County Hospital, following an
extended illness. He was a native of Giles County, born November 16, 1907, the
son of the late George and Fannie Norwood Garner.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Glover Garner, Goodspring; two daughters,
Mrs. Nelson Chapman, Nashville, and Mrs. Clyde Clemmons of Missouri; one son, J.
C. Garner, Giles County; seven grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Luther Glover,
Giles County; and one brother, Alvis Garner, Giles County. Pulaski Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
GARNER, Minnie Allred The Pulaski Citizen 14 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Allred Garner, 84, widow of A. B. Garner, Jr.,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Chester A. Stephens of Lynchburg and the Rev. A. Wesley Holden.
Burial took place in the Fogg Cemetery. Mrs. Garner died on Monday morning,
March 12, at Giles County Hospital after a period of declining health.
Born March 11, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Wesley Allred and Addie Hughey Allred. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Abe B. Garner, Jr., died in 1947.
Mrs. Garner is survived by two sons, Stacey Garner and Reed Garner, both of
Giles County; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. John Brownlow, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GARNER, Nina Ruth Noah The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jul 1969
Mrs. Nina Ruth Garner, 35, died Tuesday night, July 22, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Garner, wife of James Garner, will be conducted
Thursday afternoon, July 24, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin
Funeral Home with the Rev. Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial will be in Giles
Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Garner, a native of Giles County, was born May 15, 1934.
Survivors in addition to her husband include one son, Steve Garner, Pulaski; one
daughter, Kathy Garner, Pulaski; mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. James L.
Williams of Pulaski; one step-brother, Gerald Williams, Kansas City, Mo.; one
sister, Mrs. Jackie Gowan, Pulaski; father, Horace Noah, Chapel Hill; and
grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Burns, of Pulaski.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GARNER, Thomas Elbert The Pulaski Citizen 1 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Thomas Elbert Garner, 69, retired employee of The Bordon
Company, will be held at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge
Methodist Church with the burial in the church cemetery.
Mr. Garner, who had a heart ailment, was found dead in bed early Wednesday
morning, November 1, at his home on the Minor Hill Road.
Born June 8, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George A. Garner
and Fannie Norwood Garner. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Garner is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Bee Garner; two daughters, Mrs.
Woodrow Rogers, Pulaski, and Mrs. Emmett Capley, Florence, Ala.; three sons,
Mahlon Garner, Joe Garner and Loyd Garner, Giles County; twelve grandchildren;
and one sister, Mrs. Luther Glover, Giles County; three brothers, Alvis Garner,
Lewis Garner, and Calvin Garner, Giles County.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
GARRETT, Alice Hastings The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Hastings Garrett, 87, Pulaski resident, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Virgil Bradford of Murfreesboro and Gilbert Shaffer, minister of East Hill
Church of Christ. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Garrett died at
3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, January 22, at Giles County Hospital.
Born November 9, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Joseph Hastings
and Angie Poor Hastings. Her husband, J. T. Garrett, died in 1947.
Mrs. Garrett is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Mahlon Butler, Mrs. Lee
McNeese, Mrs. J. B. Potts, and Mrs. Earl White, Giles County, and Mrs. Joe H.
Cummings, Petersburg; fourteen grandchildren and twenty-four
great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Cobb, Mrs. Mattie George and
Mrs. O'Neal Hightower, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GARRETT, James Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for James Thomas Garrett, 83, retired farmer of Giles County,
were held at 2:30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, February 17, at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Jesse C. Williams, pastor of Olivet Charge of
the Methodist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Garrett died
on Tuesday afternoon, February 16, at Nashville General Hospital after a brief
illness.
Born March 30, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John W. Garrett
and Tennessee Wisdom Garrett. He had been living in Nashville for some time.
Mr. Garrett is survived by two sons, Wilson Garrett, Nashville, and Pete
Garrett, Miami, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Love, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs.
Ralph Warne, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; ten grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Guy Moore, Riversburg; and one brother,
John Garrett, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GARRETT, John Allen The Pulaski Citizen 5 Sep 1962
Funeral services for John Allen Garrett, 82, retired farmer of Giles County,
were held a 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates.
Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Garrett died on Wednesday afternoon,
August 29, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born December 24, 1879, he was a native of Giles County, the son of the late
John Thomas Garrett and Tennessee Wisdom Garrett. He was a member of the Baptist
Church.
His wife, Mrs. Rosa Follis Garrett, died ten years ago.
Mr. Garrett is survived by five sons, Allen Garrett, Pulaski, Amos Garrett and
Raymond Garrett, Lynnville, Bill Garrett of Franklin, and Clyde Garrett,
Columbia; three daughters, Mrs. Raymond Johns and Misses Mary and Martha
Garrett, Pulaski; fourteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GARRETT, Mahlon Follis The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Mahlon Follis Garrett, 42, salesman for a Nashville
Manufacturing company, were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at First
Baptist Church in Franklin. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
Mr. Garrett died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 11 o'clock Sunday night,
September 11, at his home in Franklin.
Born November 26, 1917, in Giles County, he was the son of John Garrett of
Pulaski and the late Rosa Follis Garrett. He was a member of First Baptist
Church in Franklin.
In addition to his father, Mr. Garrett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances
Nichols Garrett; three sons, Mahlon F. Garrett, Jr., USN, based in San
Francisco, Calif., Ronnie and Johnny Garrett, Franklin; one daughter, Miss
Janice Garrett, Pulaski; five brothers, Allen Garrett, Pulaski, Raymond Garrett
and Amos Garrett, Lynnville, Clyde Garrett, Columbia and William Garrett,
Franklin; and three sisters, Mrs. Raymond Johns and Misses Mary and Martha
Garrett, Pulaski.
GATLIN, Fannie Fowler The Pulaski Citizen 2 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Fowler Gatlin, 81, resident of the Ardmore
section, were held at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon at Ardmore Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. M. O. Blackwelder, pastor of the church. Burial took place
in the Gatlin Cemetery. Mrs. Gatlin died at 6 o'clock on Thursday morning, April
26, at the Limestone County Hospital, Athens, Ala., after a three weeks illness.
Born December 23, 1880, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Matt
Fowler and Mary Jane Stroud Fowler. She had been an active member of the Ardmore
Baptist Church many years and had taught a Sunday School Class for forty-eight
years.
Her husband, Frank Gatlin, died June 12, 1951.
Mrs. Gatlin is survived by two sons, Grady Gatlin, Huntsville, Ala., and Isaac
Gatlin, Ardmore; two daughters, Mrs. Wood Hollis, Delrose, and Mrs. Charles
Glaze, Double Springs, Ala.; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren;
and one brother, William Fowler, Huntsville, Ala. Tony Rainey and son in charge
of arrangements.
GATLIN, Sallie Lee Carwile The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Lee Carwile Gatlin, 77, wife of Thomas Ed
Gatlin, held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Hester Chapel with the burial in
the church cemetery. Mrs. Gatlin died on Friday, January 7, at Jackson Clinic,
Lester, Ala.
Born April 18, 1888 in Limestone County, Ala., she was the daughter of the late
William Carwile and Mary Jane Carwile.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Gatlin is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Grady
Craig and Mrs. Leo Davis; two sons, Hazel Gatlin and James Gatlin; seventeen
grandchildren and forty great-grandchildren, all of Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GATLIN, Oscar The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
Monday evening about 5 o'clock, 95-year-old Oscar Gatlin was hit as he crossed
West College Street at South Second Street. He died three hours later at Giles
County Hospital from a fractured skull, broken pelvis and arm and internal
injuries.
Lt. Jim Garrison and Sgt. Arney White investigating officers of the city wreck,
said Gatlin was hit by a 1962 car driven by Mrs. Carolyn Wright, 20, Pulaski,
and knocked 30 or 40 feet.
Mr. Gatlin was buried Tuesday afternoon in Maplewood Cemetery, following funeral
services at Bennett-May Funeral Home, which were officiated over by Dr. W. H .
Mansfield of Elkton.
Mr. Gatlin was a native of Giles County, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Gatlin. He lived in the Bethel and Aspen Hill communities most of his life.
There he was a farmer, wagon maker, undertaker and blacksmith. He had lived in
Pulaski for the past 30 years and was in the real estate and livestock business
during that time.
He was a familiar figure on Pulaski streets and was known for how he stood so
straight. Mr. Gatlin was an avid sports fan and loved children. He was in the
stands this past rainy Thanksgiving Day for the Butter Bowl game.
Mr. Gatlin was on his way back home to 317 South Second Street from a downtown
grocery store when he was h it by the car. Police said he had a pound of
margarine and a jar of instant coffee in a paper bag; the coffee jar was broken
from the impact.
He was a Methodist.
GATLIN, Thomas Edd The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Thomas Edd Gatlin, 81, were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday,
January 24, at Hester Chapel, Lester, Ala., with the Rev. Grubbs officiating.
Burial was in Lester Cemetery. Burial was in Lester Cemetery.
Mr. Gatlin, a retired farmer, died Monday, January 22, in Giles County Hospital
after an extended illness.
Born September 19, 1896, Mr. Gatlin was the son of the late Joseph W. and Molly
Hendrix Gatlin. His wife was the late Sallie Lee Carwile Gatlin.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Grady Craig, Lester, Ala., Mrs. Leo Davis,
Minor Hill; two sons, Hazel Gatlin, Lester, Ala., and James Gatlin, Winter
Haven, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Ocia Bassham; two half-brothers, Ewing Gatlin,
Florence, Ala., and Esther Gatlin, Winter Haven, Fla.; two half-sisters, Mrs.
Flora Smith and Mrs. Dalton Littrell, St. Joseph, seventeen grandchildren and
forty-three great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GAULTNEY, Bert Hood The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1967
Bert Hood Gaultney, 89, widely known Giles County educator, died Sunday, Nov. 5,
at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at Bethany Presbyterian Church with the
Rev. Samuel Cramer and Dr. William H. Mansfield officiating. Burial was in
Bethany Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, born August 2, 1878, Mr. Gaultney was the son of the
late W. S. and Nancy Elizabeth Newman Gaultney. He was a member of the
Frankewing Presbyterian Church.
He was graduated from the University of Michigan and from 1904 to 1910 he was an
instructor at Abernathy Preparatory School in Pulaski. From 1910 until 1932 he
served as superintendent of Giles County schools.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Grace Orton Gaultney; two sons, John O.
Gaultney of New York City and William L. Gaultney of Grainger County; three
daughters, Mrs. J. H. Etheredge of Fort Walton, Fla., Mrs. F. V. Crawford of
Lake City, Fla., and Miss Mary Gaultney of Frankewing; and fifteen
grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GAUTHIER, Mrs. Wade The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jun 1968
Mrs. Wade Gauthier, 36, died Tuesday, May 28, in Rutherford Hospital.
Services were held at 10:30 a. m. Thursday, May 30, in Woodfin Memorial Chapel.
Burial was in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Gauthier, the former Mamie Meadows, was a native of Giles County. She was a
1954 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Thomas Eric and David Wade Gauthier,
Murfreesboro; one brother, Dr. Thomas R. Meadows, Memphis; and one sister, Mrs.
J. W. McMillen, Nashville.
GEORGE, Earl B. The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Earl B. George, 85, retired farmer of Dellrose, were held
at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Gallant Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Burial
took place in Riverview Cemetery in that city. Mr. George, after a long period
of declining health, died unexpectedly Sunday Morning, March 3, at Fairmont Rest
Home in Columbia.
Born May 1, 1877, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Franklin A.
George and Elizabeth Ellison George, and was a member of the Methodist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Clara Holt George, died five and a half years ago.
Mr. George is survived by two children, Mrs. Wilson T. Carter, Prospect; one
son, Frank Wyatt George, Dellrose; and two grandchildren.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
GEORGE, Frankie Gunner The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Frankie Gunner George, 56, resident of the Diana
section the past two years, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman. Burial took
place in Center Point Cemetery. Mrs. George died at 1:30 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, January 16, at her home, following a heart ailment.
She was born and reared in Florida, coming to Giles County after her marriage to
Mr. George.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. George is survived by five children by a
previous marriage, all living in Florida and three sisters and one brother.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GEORGE, Hattie Pearl The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1967
Mrs. Hattie Pearl George, 86, died Wednesday, October 18, at the Oakview Nursing
Home in Lawrenceburg.
Services were conducted Friday, October 20, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Clarence Stewart and Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. George, a native of Lincoln County, was born September 12, 1881, the
daughter of the late Hugh Doiley and Josephine McLemore Griffis. Her husband was
the late R. W. George.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GEORGE, Martha (Mattie) Hastings Rochelle The Pulaski Citizen 2 Apr 1969
Mrs. Martha (Mattie) Hastings Rochelle George, 92, died Thursday afternoon,
March 27, in the Austin Hewitt Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. George, wife of the late W. L. George were held Friday
afternoon, March 28, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. George was born April 9, 1876, the daughter of
the late Joe Hastings and Angie Poor Hastings.
Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Mrs. David Rochelle, Bunker Hill; a
step-son, Kermit George, Bryson; a step-daughter, Mrs. Nathan Merrell, Ardmore;
one sister, Mrs. O'Neal Hightower, Bardwell, Ky.; two grandsons, William
Rochelle, Huntsville, Ala. and James Rochelle, San Francisco, Calif.; and two
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GEORGE, William Howard The Pulaski Citizen 17 Sep 1969
William Howard George, 64, died Sunday, September 14, at his home on Route 7,
Pulaski.
Funeral services for Mr. George were held Monday afternoon, September 15, at
2:30 o'clock at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the
Rev. Herbert McNeese officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born May 5, 1905, the son of the late John
Henry George and Nora Pamplin George.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Oleta Ruth Johnston George; one daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Ann Ethridge, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. Allen Oliver, Giles County.
GERSTLE, Anna Pauline Haller The Pulaski Citizen 22 Apr 1964
Mrs. Louis Gerstle, the former Miss Anna Pauline Haller, died Monday, April 13,
at a hospital in Louisville, Ky. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon
in Louisville with the burial in Cave Hill Cemetery in that city.
Mrs. Gerstle who had frequently visited in Pulaski and Giles County, was the
widow of Louis Gerstle, native of Pulaski. He was the former chief clerk for the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He died in 1952.
She was a 50-year member of Memorial Lutheran Church, a member of Order of
Eastern Star and a member of the L and N Veterans Club.
Mrs. Gerstle is survived by one brother, a Mr. Haller; one sister, Mrs. Enoch
Strofid; and Miss Minnie Gerstle, sister of her husband and native Pulaskian,
all of Louisville, Ky.
GIBSON, Lisa Maria The Pulaski Citizen 12 May 1965
Lisa Maria Gibson, 8-year-old daughter of Giles County Board of Education member
Wilkes Gibson of Lynnville and Mrs. Janie Reeves Gibson, died early Sunday, May
9, at her home after a long illness.
A native of Lynnville and a third grade student at Jones School, Lisa had
suffered from leukemia for about two years.
Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10 o'clock at Oakes and
Nichols Chapel in Columbia with the Rev. John Lindenberger and George C. Ryan
officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
In addition to her parents, survivors include a brother, Donald Gibson; paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gibson; and maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Reeves, all of Lynnville.
GIBSON, William McCoy The Pulaski Citizen 23 Apr 1969
William McCoy Gibson, 86, retired livestock dealer and farmer of the Lynnville
community, died early Wednesday night at the Maury County Hospital following an
extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Gibson were conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at the Oakes
and Nichols Funeral Home, J. Dallas Bass and Arthur Hardison officiating. Burial
was in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Jack and Elizabeth Hickman
Gibson. He was married to Hassie Evans Gibson, who died December 29, 1962. Mr.
Gibson had lived in the Lynnville community most of his life and was a member of
the Taylors Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Gill Parker of Frankewing, Mrs. Everett
Cofey of Campbell Station, Mrs. Harold Malone of Lynnville; four sons, William,
Charlie, Buford, and Clyde Gibson, all of Lynnville, twenty-four grandchildren,
and twenty great-grandchildren.
GILBERT, Carrie Kennedy The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Mrs. Carrie Kennedy Gilbert, 102-year-old Negro resident of the Minor Hill
community, died Friday, Oct. 12, at the home of her son, Earl Gilbert, with whom
she had made her home for many years. She was thought to be Giles County's
oldest living citizen.
Funeral services were held at Jordan Funeral Chapel in Pulaski at 1 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon and burial was in Gilbert Cemetery at Bethel.
Aunt Carrie, a native of the Brick Church community, was the subject of The
Pulaski Citizen's full-page picture on July 12 of this year. Born in Giles
County on August 6, 1865, she moved with her family to Alabama early in life and
was reared there, returning in the early 1900's with her husband and seven
children. Her husband to whom she was married Dec. 25, 1892, was the late Dick
Richard Gilbert.
Although in failing health for the past six years, she was able to read and
enjoy the lives of those around her until the end.
Survivors include two sons, Earl and Jack Gilbert of Minor Hill; a daughter,
Mrs. Quantilla Gilbert of Stella; 28 grandchildren; and a number of
great-great-grandchildren.
GILBERT, Eddie Pettus The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1967
Mrs. Eddie Pettus Gilbert, 78, died Monday, September 25, at her home at
Prospect, Route 2.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, September 26, at Pleasant Hill
Methodist Church near Ardmore, with Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. Raymond
Greenway officiating. Burial was in Hodge Cemetery, Pettusville, Ala.
Mrs. Gilbert was born on January 13, 1889, in Limestone County, Ala., the
daughter of the late Iverson and Anna Vaughn Pettus. Her husband was the late
William A. Gilbert.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Bob Holt, Elkmont, Ala., Mrs. Myers
Hill, Prospect, Route 2, and Mrs. T. C. Milam, Decatur, Ala.; one son, Otis
Gilbert, Prospect, Route 2; seventeen grandchildren and forty-one
great-grandchildren; one half-sister, Mrs. Joe Holt, Athens, Ala.; and two
half-brothers, Stout Pettus, Athens, Ala., and Benton Pettus, Pettusville, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GILBERT, James Alfred The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1966
James Alfred Gilbert died suddenly Tuesday morning, December 6, after suffering
a heart attack at the Giles County Highway Garage where he was employed.
Mr. Gilbert, a native of Giles County, was born, December 28, 1929, the son of
the late Fred and Leighton James Gilbert. He was a veteran of World War II and a
member of the Church of Christ. He will be buried in Prospect Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Louise Kimbrough Gilbert; two daughters, Wanda
and Jeanette Gilbert, Prospect; three sons, Jerry and Freddie Gilbert, Prospect,
and Wayne Gilbert, who is stationed in Germany; two sisters, Mrs. James Simpson,
Goodlettsville, and Juanita Gilbert, Pulaski.
GILBERT, John Tazwell The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for John Tazwell Gilbert, 79, former Alderman of the City's
Fifth Precinct, were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home. The rites were conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss and Dr. William H.
Mansfield, Methodist ministers. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Gilbert died at 9 o'clock Thursday morning, March 7, at St. Thomas Hospital in
Nashville following surgery.
Mr. Gilbert had served as an alderman for more than twenty years, was a retired
grocer and had been an employee of the city at the water plant for several
years.
He was a member of First Methodist Church.
Born September 4, 1883, at Prospect, he was the son of the late John D. Gilbert
and Alice Whitfield Gilbert, members of pioneer families of Giles County.
Mr. Gilbert is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Jackson Gilbert; one daughter,
Mrs. James Sims, Pulaski; two grandsons, James W. Sims, Jr., Savannah and
Jackson Gilbert Sims, West Memphis, Ark.; two great-grandchildren and two
sisters, Miss Esther Gilbert and Miss Sue Gilbert, Prospect.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GILBERT, Leighton James The Pulaski Citizen 26 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Gilbert, 74, were conducted on Saturday
afternoon, October 22, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with James Holt, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Prospect
Cemetery.
Mrs. Gilbert, who died Friday, October 21, at Fairhaven Nursing Home, was born
in Giles County on September 7, 1892, the daughter of the late Andrew James and
Dora Hastings James.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Simpson and Miss Juanita Gilbert;
and one son, James Gilbert, all of Giles County and several grandchildren.
GILBERT, Stella James The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Malloy Gilbert, 72, were conducted at 2 o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, September 13, at Prospect Methodist Church, with the Rev.
Rudolph James officiating.
Mrs. Gilbert died Monday morning, September 12, in Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville. She was a native of Giles County, born July 15, 1894, the daughter of
the late Cineon C. James and Harriet Elizabeth Keaton James.
She is survived by three brothers, Jack James, Nashville, Sam James, Madison,
and John James, Sheffield, Ala.
GILBREATH, Nelle Vieara The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1968
Mrs.Nelle Vieara Gilbreath, 78, long-time Martin College dramatics teacher, died
at Baptist Hospital, Nashville on Sunday morning. Funeral services were at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, the Rev. Neal Dean, pastor
of First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski, and the Rev. Otis Graham, Chaplain of
Park Manor Presbyterian Home, Nashville, officiating. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Gilbreath was born in Springfield, Ill. Her parents were the late John
Vieara and Sarah Sylvester Vieara, both of whom were born in Portugal.
She was graduated from Northwestern University, and came to Pulaski in 1923 to
teach dramatics at Martin College. She continued in that capacity until 1958,
retiring after 35 years. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, and was
a teacher of the Women's Bible Class and in charge of the Women's work of the
church for many years.
She was married to John Floyd Gilbreath, an employee of the Pulaski Post Office
for many years. He died in 1951.
Mrs. Gilbreath continued to reside at her home on West Flower Street until three
years ago when she moved to the Park Manor Presbyterian Home in Nashville.
Closest survivors include one brother-in-law, Joe K. Gilbreath; two
sisters-in-law, Mrs. J. C. Sawyers, Dyersburg and Mrs. Ralph Nall, Pulaski;
three nephews, Joe K. Gilbreath, Jr., Nashville, Jack Gilbreath, Knoxville, and
Robert Gilbreath, Jackson.
GILBREATH, Pauline Shearin The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1963
Mrs. Joe Knox Gilbreath, Sr., 66, died at 11 o'clock Sunday night, March 10, at
Giles County Hospital after suffering a heart attack early the previous Friday.
Funeral services were conducted at Bennett-May Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at
2 o'clock with the Rev. R. Neal Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, and
the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial
was in Giles Memory Gardens.
The former Miss Pauline Shearin, daughter of the late Horace and Ellen Morgan
Shearin, she was born Sept. 12, 1896, in Bedford County. She was graduated from
Morgan School at Fayetteville and Martin College, Pulaski.
Well known throughout this area as an outstanding newspaper reporter, she began
her writing career in 1929 as Giles County correspondent for The Nashville
Tennessean and later became the local reporter for The Nashville Banner, a
position she held at the time of her death.
During the period between August, 1942, and March 12, 1961, she was employed for
a total of more than fifteen years as editor for The Pulaski Citizen; having
previously held a similiar position with The Pulaski Record for a year and a
half. During World War II, she served for a period on the staff of the local
Ration Board.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and of Hillcrest Country Club.
In March, 1916, she was married to Joe Knox Gilbreath, who survives. A retired
postal worker, Mr. Gilbreath served as assistant postmaster at the Pulaski Post
Office.
Other survivors are three sons, Joe K. Gilbreath, Jr., of Nashville, Jack H.
Gilbreath of Chattanooga and Robert F. Gilbreath of Jackson; a half-brother,
Clifton Shearin of Atlanta, Ga.; and three grandchildren, Mary Jacqueline and
Kenneth Gilbreath of Chattanooga and Robert Floyd Gilbreath, Jr. of Jackson.
GILBREATH, Sara Mitchell The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Miss Sara Mitchell Gilbreath, 63, retired high school
teacher were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Lynnville Presbyterian
Church, conducted by the Rev. John B. Lindenberger, pastor of the church, and
the Rev. Fred Rogers of Franklin, former pastors. Burial took place in the
family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery. She died on Sunday afternoon, April 6, at Maury
County Hospital, following a three months illness.
Born April 22, 1899, at Lynnville, she was the daughter of the late Will A.
Gilbreath and Nancy Mitchell Gilbreath, and was a member of the Presbyterian
Church. She attended Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., and was graduated from
the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. For 39 years she was a teacher in
Jones High School at Lynnville.
Miss Gilbreath was an only child. There were no immediate survivors.
GILLIAM, Anna Mae Holt The Pulaski Citizen 14 Oct 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Mae Holt Gilliam, 81, Pulaski resident, were held
at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister, and the Rev. Billy E. Craighead,
pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Gilliam died Saturday, October 10, in Giles County Hospital after a long
illness.
Born May 20, 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Eliphas
Holt and Ellen Tinery Holt. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her
husband, J. Buford Gilliam, died thirteen years ago.
Mrs. Gilliam is survived by two sons, Paul Gilliam, Pulaski, and Vester H.
Gilliam, Clarksville; three daughters, Miss Mary Ellen Gilliam, Pulaski, Mrs.
Shaffer Gennoe, Peoria, Ill., and Mrs. Pat Lancellotti, Jersey City, N.J.;
twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Ervin
Holt, Pulaski, and James Holt, Little Rock, Ark.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GILLIAM, Leonard The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1969
Leonard (Buddy) Gilliam, died February 23, in the Maury County Hospital
following an extended illness.
Funeral services were conducted at the Lynnville Church of Christ, Monday
afternoon, February 24, at 2:30 o'clock, with Artie Collins, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late William and Della Pinkelton
Gilliam. Mr. Gilliam was a member of the Lynnville Church of Christ and an
employee of the Co-Op at Lynnville.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Martin Gilliam; two sisters, Mrs. Allen
(Mossie) Martin of Lewisburg, and Mrs. W. D. (Ellen) Brinkley of Campbell
Station in Maury County; one brother, Hugh Kenney Gilliam of Lynnville.
GILLIAM, Mary Ellen The Pulaski Citizen 22 Oct 1969
Miss Mary Ellen Gilliam, 59, died Friday, October 17, in a Nashville Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, October 19, at 1:00 o'clock in
the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was born August 18, 1910, the daughter of the late
John Buford Gilliam and Annie Holt Gilliam.
Survivors include two brothers, Paul Gilliam, Pulaski, and Vester Gilliam,
Clarksville; two sisters, Mrs. Sheffer Gennoe, Washington, Ill., and Mrs. Pat
Lancrollati, Jersey City, N. J.
GILLIAM, Sherman T. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Sherman T. Gilliam, 71, retired electrician, were held at
10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
W. H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Gilliam died on Monday night, July 23, at his home at Riversburg.
Born September 22, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sam Gilliam
and Mattie Jane Barlar Gilliam. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Gilliam is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Fogg Gilliam; two sons,
Thomas Gilliam, Pulaski and Cecil Gilliam, Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Gladys
Martin, Lynnville; ten grandchildren; one half-brother, Gray Gilliam, Nashville;
and two half-sisters, Mrs. Ruby Cross and Mrs. Annie Lee Bolden, both of
Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GILLUM, Alberta The Pulaski Citizen 7 May 1969
Mrs. Alberta Gillum, 77, mother of Mrs. John Blackburn, died Wednesday morning,
April 30, in her home in the Cornersville community after suffering a heart
attack.
Services were conducted Saturday afternoon, May 3, at 2 o'clock in the London
Funeral Home chapel in Lewisburg. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery in
Cornersville.
A native of Marshall County, Mrs. Gillum was born April 21, 1892. She was a
member of the Yell Church of Christ.
Survivors in addition to her daughter, include three other daughters, Mrs.
Collins Mittalton and Mrs. Elaine Tate, both of Lewisburg; and Mrs. J. R. Cliff,
Huntsville, Ala; three sons, William Gillum, Cornersville, Garland Gillum and
Euel Gillum, both of Lewisburg; one sister; one brother; nineteen grandchildren;
and six great-grandchildren.
GILMORE, Rose Long The Pulaski Citizen 2 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Long Gilmore, 83, native of Giles County, were
held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Roesch-Patton Funeral Home in Nashville
with the burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Gilmore, the last
member of her immediate family, died at 7 o'clock Thursday morning, January 27,
in a Nashville hospital.
Born in April of 1882, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late W. B.
Long and Liza McGoldrick Long.
She was the widow of John Gilmore, retired railroad employee of Brentwood, who
died in 1953.
A staunch Democrat, she was outstanding in political circles, one of the first
women crusading for woman's suffrage. At one time she served as the national
secretary of the American Legion Auxiliary.
The only survivors are nieces and nephews.
GLADISH, Henry The Pulaski Citizen 03 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Henry Gladish, 68, native Giles Countian, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at the North Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg, with Dr.
W. H. Mansfield, pastor of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial took place
in the Lay Cemetery at Ethridge.
Mr. Gladish died Thursday in Lawrence County Hospital following a long illness.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Samuel Gladish and
Martha Smithson Gladish. Mr.Gladish was a cotton gin mechanic and for a number
of years managed the W. L. Gladish gins at Ethridge and Pulaski.
Mr. Gladish is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Wilkins Gladish; four daughters,
Mrs. J. P. Mobbs, Ethridge, Mrs. Al Robb, Big Bend, Calif., Mrs. Kelsey Waer,
Detroit, Mrs. Ethel White, Nashville; three sons, Marion Gladish, Ethridge,
James H. Gladish, Evansville, Ind., Wendell Gladish, Pulaski; fourteen
grandchildren; six brothers, W. L. Gladish, Lawrenceburg, James S. Gladish,
Oklahoma City, Neal F. Gladish, Wilmington, Del., Tom F. Gladish, Mississippi,
John M. Gladish, Pulaski, and Noble Gladish, Nashville.
GLADISH, Nell Lukenbill Ellis The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Nell Lukenbill Ellis Gladish, former resident of
Pulaski, were held on Tuesday morning in Bergenfield N. J. with the burial in
George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, N. J. She died on Sunday morning,
March 3, at Passaic, N. J. following a period of declining health.
Mrs. Gladish, widow of John M. Gladish, Pulaski contractor, was a sister-in-law
of W. L. Gladish of Lawrenceburg. She was a sister of the late Mrs. Thomas R.
Barrick, Miss Lillie Lukenbll, former residents of Pulaski, and Mrs. Sue Hopper,
Bergenfield, N. J. Soon after the death of Mr. Gladish, May 29, 1957, she went
to New Jersey to live with Mrs. Hopper. Mrs. Hopper died recently.
Mrs. Gladish is survived by several nieces and nephews.
GLADISH, Noble S. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Noble S. Gladish, 84, native Giles Countian, were held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home in Pulaski, following
prayer services conducted at 8 o'clock Thursday evening at Martin's Funeral Home
in Nashville. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski. Mr. Gladish
died at 1:25 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, April 4, at his home 3315 Hobbs
Road, Nashville.
Mr. Gladish was born and reared at Pulaski, the son of the late Samuel Gladish
and Laura Smithson Gladish.
Mr. Gladish is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Lawrence Gladish; one sister,
Mrs. Lura G. Abegglen, Portland, Ore.; two brothers, Will L. Gladish,
Lawrenceburg, and Thomas Gladish, Raymond, Miss.; and a number of nieces and
nephews.
GLADISH, Orlean Bass The Pulaski Citizen 18 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Neil Gladish, 76, native Giles Countian and resident
of Wilmington, Del., will be held at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning at
Bennett-May Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Wilkerson, pastor of
Rehoboth Methodist Church. Burial will take place in the family lot in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Gladish died at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, August 16, in a nursing home
in Newark, Del., following an extended illness.
The former Miss Orlean Bass, she was born May 29, 1889, in Giles County, the
daughter of the late Pressley Hix Bass and Martha Reed Abernathy Bass. She was a
member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, Francis Neil Gladish, died in 1958.
Mrs. Gladish is survived by one brother, Edgar R. Bass of Pulaski; and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GLADISH, Burda Lucinda Scott The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas F. Gladish, 87, of Raymond were conducted at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon, May 26, at the Raymond Methodist Church, Raymond,
Miss. with the Rev. J. C. Harris officiating. Burial was in Raymond Cemetery.
Mrs. Gladish died Friday afternoon, May 23, at her residence. She was a native
of Giles County b ut had resided in Hinds County for over fifty years; for the
past seventeen years she had lived in Raymond. She was a member of the Raymond
Methodist Church and the Raymond Culture Club.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. John Lake Gibbs of Learned; one brother, V.
L. Scott of Raymond; two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Tucker of Pulaski, and Mrs. T. L.
Tycer of New Orleans and two granddaughters, and several nieces and nephews.
GLADISH, Thomas F. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Thomas F. Gladish, retired planter and cattleman, who died
at his home in Raymond, Miss., were held at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning,
September 6, at the residence. Burial took place in Raymond Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Samuel Washington Gladish
and Martha Isabel Smithson Gladish. He had resided in Hinds, Miss., 52 years and
in Raymond, 14 years. He was a member of the Raymond Methodist Church and was an
honorary steward.
Mr. Gladish is survived by his wife, Mrs. Burda Lucinda Scott Gladish, also a
native of Giles County; one daughter, Mrs. John Lake Gibbs; two granddaughters,
Stewart and Lucy Gibbs, Learned, Miss.; one brother, Will L. Gladish,
Lawrenceburg; and one sister, Mrs. Lura Gladish Abegglen, Portland, Ore.
GLASCO, Edward The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jul 1962
Graveside services for Edward Glasco, 87, retired farmer, were held at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon at Lone Oak Cemetery in Limestone County, Ala. Mr. Glasco
died on Tuesday, June 26, at his home in the Goodspring section after a long
illness.
Born April 2, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Rufe Glasco. His wife, Rosie Graham Glasco, died a few years ago.
He was a member of the Christian Church.
Mr. Glasco is survived by one brother, Clarence Glasco, Oak Grove.
Wilson Carter and Company, Funeral Directors.
GLASCO, Lou McNeese The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lou McNeese Glasco, 83, Giles Countian, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Aspen Hill Cemetery. Mrs.
Glasco died at 3:30 o'clock on Monday morning, May 1, at the home of a nephew,
Claude Buchanan, at Prospect. Her lengthy illness followed a broken hip she
sustained in the Fall.
She was born May 24, 1877, in Giles County. Her husband, Bob Glasco, died in
1951.
She was the last member of her immediate family.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GLASS, Lena Louella The Pulaski Citizen 8 May 1968
Mrs. Lena Louella Glass, 86, died Tuesday, May 7, at 12 o'clock at Lawrence
County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Glass will be held Thursday afternoon, May 9, at
Appleton Church of Christ. Burial will be in Bonner Town Cemetery.
A native of Lawrence County, Mrs. Glass was born June 1, 1881, the daughter of
the late Bill and Amanda Bassham Glass.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Opal Garrett, Lawrenceburg and Mrs. Suella
Roberts, Five Points; one half-sister, Mrs. Lillian Ferguson, Five Points; five
grandchidlren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GLOSSUP, Jerry Dwain The Pulaski Citizen 11 Sep 1968
Jerry Dwain Glossup, 8, son of James and Nellie Delois Wiser Glossup, was found
dead at his home on Wales Road Friday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock. The death was
the result of an apparent strangulation after a rope with which the child was
playing became entangled around his neck.
Funeral services were conducted at Bennett-May Chapel at 3 o'clock with the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton and Rev. Dean Pardon officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Born Nov. 23, 1959, young Glossup was a student in the fourth grade at West Hill
Elementary School.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a brother, Timothy Lane; a
sister, Freda Lynn; paternal grandparents, Robert Allen and Laura Lee Bailey
Glossup; and maternal grandparents, Mrs. Nellie Mae Parks and George Wiser.
GLOSSUP, Mattie Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 23 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Harwell Glossup, 82, were held at 4 o'clock
Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery, west of Pulaski. Mrs. Glossup died at 7:25 o'clock Saturday morning,
May 19, at Sally's Rest Home in Shelbyville, having been in declining health
since September.
Born December 7, 1880, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Sam
Harwell and Sarah Williams Harwell. Twice married, her first husband, Robert
Clint Glossup, died in 1913; and her second, Sam Brewer, died a number of years
ago.
Mrs. Glossup is survived by two sons, Allen Glossup, Pulaski and J. W. Brewer,
Elkton; one daughter, Mrs. Lillian Glossup Reed, Shelbyville; twenty-one
grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Dan
Douglas, Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GLOVER, Clara Odell Shelton The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1968
Mrs. Clara Odell Glover, 42, died Sunday, September 22, at Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville, after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Glover, a resident of Shelbyville, were held Monday
afternoon, September 23, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with the Rev.
James H. Gibson of Shelbyville officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Alabama, Mrs. Glover was born June 10, 1926, daughter of Mrs. Nina
Shelton and the late Charlie Shelton. She was the wife of Raymond Glover.
Survivors in addition to her husband and mother, include four sons, Carson Ray,
Charlie Dennis, Ridgy, and Michael Glover, all of Shelbyville; two daughters,
Mrs. Linda Davis, Tullahoma, and Mrs. Regina McGuire, Shelbyville; three
sisters, Mrs. Billy Hooie, Mrs. James Garner, and Mrs. Junior Pickett, all of
Giles County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GLOVER, Minnie Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 21 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Phillips Glover, 79, resident of Giles County,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Scotts Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Glover died at 11 o'clock Sunday night, April 18, in
Giles County Hospital after a weeks stay.
Born June 27, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Milton Phillips and Mary Louise Harwell Phillips. She was a member of the Scotts
Hill Baptist Church.
Her husband, Albert Glover, died in 1949.
Mrs. Glover is survived by two sons, Leslie Glover and Stacy Glover, both of
Giles County; three daughters, Mrs. William V. DeRamus, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Elvie
Abernathy and Miss Lacy Glover, Pulaski; six grandchildren and twelve,
great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Annie Markham, Mrs. Mattie
Rutherford, Mrs. Alex Beeler and Mrs. Nora Stockman, all of Giles County.
GLOVER, William Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Funeral services for William Jackson Glover, 89, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church, conducted by the
Rev. William DeRamus and Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mr. Glover died Sunday, Dec. 25, at Florence, Ala., after a long
illness.
Born September 18, 1871, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late James
Glover and Ruth Doggett Glover.
Mr. Glover is survived by one son, Jimmy Glover, Giles County; three daughters,
Mrs. Nathan Bass, Giles County, Mrs. Haughty Neely, Wayne, Mich., and Mrs.
Christine Harrison, Florence, Ala.; twenty-eight grandchildren and fifty-eight
great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Nola Mize; and two brothers, Luther Glover
and Grady Glover, all of Giles County. Bennett-May and Company, in charge of
arrangements.
GOAR, Maryon The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1961
Funeral Services for Maryon Goar, 21, resident of Minor Hill, were held at 2
o'clock
Saturday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ with the burial taking place
in the
church cemetery. Mr. Goar died Friday morning, August 11, at the home after a
long
illness.
A native of Lawrence County, he was the son of Mrs. Annie Eddy Goar, Minor Hill;
and the late Henry A. Goar. He was graduated from Giles County High School in
1958 and attended Martin College one year. One summer, he was employed by Lee
Mar Shirt Company in Pulaski. In addition to his mother, Mr. Goar is survived by
one brother, Charles Goar, Minor Hill; and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Goar, Lawrenceburg.
GOATS, Leslie The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Leslie Goats, 66, retired employee of the Pulaski plant of
Genesco, were held at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the Rose Hill
Cemetery in the Nineteenth Civil District. Mr. Goats died of a heart attack on
Wednesday afternoon, November 29, in Thayer Veterans Hospital in Nashville,
hours after entering.
A veteran of World War I, he was born June 11, 1895, in Giles County, the son of
the late Thomas Britton Goats and Ellen Horn Goats. He was a member of the
Baptist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Mandy Beets Goats, died February 14, 1941.
Mr. Goats is survived by four sons, William F. Goats, U. S. Navy stationed in
Troy, N. Y.; Bobby Gene Goats and Nathan Goats, both in Cleveland, Ohio, and
John Thomas Goats, Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Cecil Higgins, Granite City,
Ill., and Mrs. Lois Cooper, Pulaski; nineteen grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GOATS, Philip Allen The Pulaski Citizen 4 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Phillip Allen Goats, 52, native of Giles County, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with the
burial in Polk Memorial Gardens. Mr. Goats died Friday, October 30, in Maury
County Hospital.
He was an employee of Monsanto Chemical Corporation.
Mr. Goats is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marshie Ferguson Goats; one daughter,
Miss Margaret Ann Goats; five sons, William Allen Goats, Ernest Goats, Jerry
Goats, Larry Goats, and Philip A Goats, Jr.; two sisters, Mrs. Raymond Rose and
Mrs. Elizabeth Hoskins, both of Pulaski; one brother, Clay Goats, Nashville; and
three half-brothers, Darnell Goats, Columbia, and Jim Goats and Garfield Goats,
both of Madison.
GODFREY, John James The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1960
Funeral services for John James Godfrey, 71, farmer of the Beech Hill Community,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
Marvin Wiser, Church of Christ minister, and the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman, Baptist
minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Godfrey died unexpectedly
about 8:30 o'clock Monday morning, September 26, a his home.
Born in June of 1889 in Ireland, he was the son of the late James Godfrey and
Elizabeth Suiter Godfrey. He came to America in 1909, subsequently settling in
Nashville.
Mr. Godfrey is survived by his wife, Mrs. Forrest Marks Young Godfrey; and one
sister-in-law, Mrs. Ed Parker of Nashville. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
GOLDEN, Thelma Evans The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Victor C. Golden, 53, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at First Baptist Church in Lawrenceburg, conducted by Rev. Arthur
Hottel. Burial took place in Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg. Mrs. Golden died
Wednesday night, February 22, of a heart attack at Lawrence County Hospital.
The former Miss Thelma Evans, she was a native of Giles County, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Evans of Pulaski, and was the widow of Victor C.
Golden.
Mrs. Golden is survived by three children, Victor C. Golden, Jr. and Mrs. Patsy
Pettus, Lawrenceburg and Mrs. Hilda Holloway, Texas City, Texas; four
grandchildren; two brothers, Gilbert Evans, Jr., Hohenwald and James Evans,
Giles County; and three sisters, Mrs. Geneva Wright and Mrs. Corinne Wright,
Carrollton, Ky. and Mrs. Edna Lee, Nashville.
GOLDMAN, Jay Braden The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jul 1969
Mrs. A. Branden Goldman, 73, a resident of Columbia and the wife of the late A.
B. Goldman, died Monday morning, July 14, at Maury County Hospital.
Services for Mrs. Goldman were held Wednesday afternoon, July 15, at four
o'clock in the Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home chapel, with David D. Davidson and
Melvin Dugger, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood
Cemetery at Lynnville.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late F. M. (Tobe) Braden
and Eva Horne Braden. She attended the West Seventh Street Church of Christ and
worked at the Maury County Hospital in the lunchroom.
She was a member of the Sarah Polk Garden Club, Eastern Star, American Legion
Auxiliary, and the Golden Thread Sewing Club, past Nobel Grand Club of the Hope
Rebecca Lodge 57. She attended Jones High School and Middle Tennessee State
University, Murfreesboro.
Survivors include one son, James Braden Goldman; one grandson, Braden Stanley
Goldman of Brentwood; two sisters, Mrs. Bridges Sands, Columbia, and Mrs. Ben
Sam Chapman of Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews.
GOLDMAN, Roy Buford The Pulaski Citizen 14 Oct 1964
Funeral services for Roy Buford Goldman, 65, Brick Church farmer, were held at
10:30 o'clock Saturday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr.
Goldman died on Thursday, October 8, at his Brick Church home.
Born November 28, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Will Goldman
and Lou Andrews Goldman. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Goldman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rena Gibson Goldman; one son, Burlon
Goldman, Brick Church; three grandchildren; one brother, Henry Goldman, Orlando,
Fla.; and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Smith, Lynnville, and Mrs. Annie Flynn,
Decatur, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GOOCH, Euphilia Kerr The Pulaski Citizen 26 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Euphilia Kerr Gooch, 90, were held at 2 o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon at Hanna Baptist Church, conducted by Smith Cunningham and
James A. Merritt of Athens, Ala. Burial took place in the Hanna Cemetery. Mrs.
Gooch died at 3:25 o'clock Tuesday morning, April 25, at her home at Stella
after several years illness.
Born November 23, 1870, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
Addison Kerr and Mary Frances Hanna Gooch. Her husband, John Y. Gooch, died
December 23, 1950. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at
Stella.
Mrs. Gooch is survived by two sons, Minus Gooch, Stella and Kerr Gooch,
Prospect; three daughters, Miss Bernice Gooch, Stella, Miss Zera Gooch,
Nashville, and Mrs. Herschel Smitherman, Sylacauga, Ala.; eleven grandchildren
and fourteen great grandchildren. Bennett-May and Company in charge of
arrangements.
GOOCH, Ola Gouldman The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Ola Gouldman Gooch, 83, widow of Boss Gooch, were held
at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Kedron Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev.
J. C. Elkins, Methodist minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs.
Gooch who had been a patient in Giles County Hospital, died Monday afternoon at
the home of her son, Baynum Gooch at Kedron.
Born June 30, 1877, in Limestone County, Ala., she was the daughter of the late
John N. Gouldman and Martha Gouldman Gouldman. In her childhood, the family
moved to Giles County where she spent the remainder of her life. She was a
member of the Kedron Methodist Church.
In addition to the one son, Mrs. Gooch is survived by three grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.
Wilson Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
GOOCH, Stella The Pulaski Citizen 05 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Miss Stella Gooch, 74, native Giles Countian, were held at
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at McConnell Funeral Home in Athens, Ala., with the
burial in the Hanna Cemetery in Giles County. Miss Gooch died on Sunday,
February 2, at a Nashville hospital after an extended illness.
Born August 27, 1889, in the Stella Community, she was the daughter of the late
David A. Gooch and Noma Reagin Gooch. She was a member of the Baptist Church and
was graduated from George Peabody College in Nashville. For many years she was
dietician: at General Hospital in Nashville; Middle Tennessee State College,
Murfreesboro; in Florida; and at a college in Williamsport, Ky. She retired two
and a half years ago.
Miss Gooch is survived by two brothers, Zeno Gooch, Knoxville, and Mahlon Gooch,
Athens, Ala.; and one sister, Mrs. Ada Chiles, Lawrenceburg.
GORDON, Allene Cook The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jan 1968
Mrs. Allen Cook Gordon, 92, died January 1 at Giles County Hospital after an
extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gordon, wife of the late Foster Gordon, Sr., were held
Wednesday, January 3, at 2 p. m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
Andrew Brown and Robert Hall, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial
was in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mrs. Gordon, a native of Giles County, was born June 24, 1875, the daughter of
George Edward and Susan Williamson Cook.
Survivors include one brother, T. H. Cook, Pulaski; four step-sons, Allen
Gordon, Exuador, Foster Gordon, Tommy Gordon, and Bill Gordon, Pulask; nieces
and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GORDON, Brownie Elihu The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1964
Brownie Elihu Gordon, 36, died Sunday night, Jan. 5, from a gunshot wound which
Pulaski Police Chief Sam Yarbrough said was apparently accidently inflicted at
his home on Cedar Lane about 10 p. m. Gordon was dead on arrival at Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Officiating were the Rev. Billy
Craighead, Rev. William H. Moss, Rev. William H. Mansfield and Rev. R. R
Langston.
Chief Yarbrough said that he and officers Fred Owens and William Oliver were
called to the Gordon home shortly after 10 p. m. Sunday and found Mr. Gordon
lying on the living room floor with a bullet wound through the throat and head.
A .22 rifle was lying nearby.
Gordon was born in Decatur, Ala., May 1, 1927, but had lived in Giles County
most of his life. He was the son of W. B. and Gertrude Edmundson Gordon, who
survive. With his father, he owned and operated a general store and cotton gin
in the Bethel community. He was a member of First Methodist Church, Pulaski, and
was a veteran of World War II.
Also surviving are his wife, Mrs. Marianna Smith Gordon, daughter of former
Pulaski Mayor and Mrs. Herbert Smith, and a son, Joseph E. Gordon.
GORDON, Chessie Palmer The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1969
Mrs. Chessie Palmer Gordon, 86, died Saturday, February 8, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gordon, wife of the late William Thomas Gordon, were
held Sunday afternoon, February 9, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with Mr. Frank D. Young, Church of Christ minister, and the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in New Zion Cemetery.
Survivors include one foster son, Raymond O'Malley of Pulaski; one brother, W.
C. Palmer, Bowling Green, Ky.; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GORDON, Hayes The Pulaski Citizen 6 May 1964
Hayes Gordon, 70, died at 2:30 Monday morning at Giles County Hospital after a
period of declining health. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday at
Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, the Rev. Garland Seiben and
Gilbert Shaffer officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Gordon was a Methodist, a Mason and owner of Modern Office Supply in
Pulaski. A native of this county, he was married to the former Roberta Nance,
who died in 1950.
Surviving Mr. Gordon are three daughters, Mrs. James McPeters, Pulaski, Mrs. C.
F. Meyer, Pulaski, and Mrs. Joe Parker, Bodenham; and nine grandchildren.
GORDON, Henry Bugg The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Henry Bugg Gordon, 90, retired businessman and church
leader were held at 3:00 P. M. Sunday at Bennett-May Funeral Home in Pulaski.
The Rev. Wallace Carr pastor of First Presbyterian Church officiated and burial
was in the family lot at Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski.
Mr. Gordon died Saturday night at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was son of the late Andrew Ruthven and Rebecca
Dickerson Gordon. Mr. Gordon was superintendent of the Pulaski Light and Water
Department in Pulaski for several years and, prior to that, was the bookkeeper
for the Yancey-Harwood Grocery Company, the Sloan Wholesale Grocery and the
White Implement Company for a long period of time.
Mr. Gordon was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Pulaski, and had
served as an elder in the church for many years. His wife, the former Miss Belle
Kennedy, died about twenty years ago.
Survivors are a son, William Henry Gordon, Pulaski; a brother, the Rev. John B.
Gordon, Winston Salem, N. C.; two sisters, Mrs. H. R. Harwell, Cornersville, and
Mrs. Bertha Williamson, Bessemer, Ala.
GORDON, James Ed The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jul 1965
Funeral services for James Ed Gordon, 22, resident of the Tarpley section, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Gordon died on Sunday afternoon, July 11, in Giles County Hospital.
Born October 12, 1943, in Giles County, he was the son of James Edward and
Earline Pope Gordon, and was a painter by occupation.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Gordon is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sue Buskell
Gordon; three brothers, Paul Gordon, Larry Gordon, and Donnie Gordon; two
sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Howell and Mrs. Edgar Barnett; and the grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Gordon and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Pope, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GORDON, Joseph Middleton The Pulaski Citizen 1 Oct 1969
Funeral services for Joseph Middleton Gordon, 95, a retired farmer, were
conducted Monday afternoon, September 22, at 2 o'clock at the Brick Church
Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Mr. Gordon died Saturday, September 20, in Taylor Hospital.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Joseph and Bell Goff Gordon
and was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. W. E. Poarch of Cornersville; three
grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
GORDON, Joseph Tyree Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1966
Dr. Joseph Tyree Gordon, Sr., 53, Giles County native, died Saturday morning,
March 19, at his home in Lewisburg from a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p. m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church,
Lewisburg, of which he was a member and where he served as an elder. Burial was
in Lone Oak Cemetery.
He was born in the Brick Church community, the son of the late Louie R. Gordon
and Mrs. Susie Wilkinson Gordon of Lewisburg.
Dr. Gordon was graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine at
Memphis in 1938. He began his practice of medicine in Petersburg in 1939, moving
to Lewisburg in 1941. A physician and surgeon, he was owner of Gordon Hospital.
He was a director of First National Bank, Lewisburg, a Shriner, a member of the
Elks Lodge, the Marshall County Medical Society, the Tennessee Medical
Association and the American Academy of General Practice.
Survivors in addition to his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Sarah Patterson
Gordon; two sons, Joseph Tyree, Jr., of Jackson, and Ted Spence Gordon of
Pleasantville, N. J.; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Rucker of Nashville and Mrs.
Paul Daisey of Silver Springs, Md.
GORDON, Lillie Mae Fox The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1967
Mrs. Lillie Mae Gordon, 77, died at her home on Sam Davis Avenue on Friday, Feb.
24.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, February 26, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home at 2:00 p. m. with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Dr. W.
H. Mansfield officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Gordon, a native of Giles County, was born November 1, 1889, the daughter
of the late Lewis Fox and Margaret Porter Fox. Her husband, the Rev. Roy Gordon,
died in 1953.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Clark, Mrs. Elizabeth Faulkenberry,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Margaret Massey, Fayetteville; five grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
GORDON, Ludlow Kennedy The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1961
Ludlow Kennedy Gordon, 87, gymnast and physical health director of the Nashville
YMCA for 35 years, died unexpectedly Thursday morning, Oct. 5, at his room in
the YMCA where he had lived for many years.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 10 a. m. at Eastland Funeral Home,
Nashville, and burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Born and reared at Lynnville, Mr. Gordon was the son of Thomas Martin Gordon and
Sarah Leverett McLaurine Gordon.
Affectionately known to many Nashvillians as "Doc", he was a member of Elm
Street Methodist Church and a life member of the Nashville Elks Lodge.
Survivors are two nephews, Buford Gordon of Nashville and DeWitt Gordon of
Houston, Texas; a niece, Miss Sarah Gordon of Houston, Texas; and seven great
nieces and nephews.
GORDON, Mary The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1966
Miss Mary Gordon, 83, resident of the Brick Church Community, died Thursday,
March 17, in a Nashville hospital after a lengthy illness.
Graveside services were held at Brick Church Cemetery at 10:30 o'clock Saturday
morning with the rites conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman, Baptist minister.
Born and reared at Brick Church, she was the daughter of the late David A.
Gordon and Virginia Hardy Gordon. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
There are no immediate survivors.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GORDON, Susie Wilkinson The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Mrs. Susie Wilkinson Gordon, 85, the mother of the late Dr. Joseph Gordon of
Lewisburg, died Monday, January 22, in Merihil Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gordon were held at 11 a. m. Tuesday, January 23, at
Brick Church Presbyterian Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Gordon was the daughter of the late Tyree Rhodes and Eliza Scruggs
Wilkinson.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Henry Rucker, Nashville, Mrs. Paul Daisey,
Silver Springs, Md.; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
GOWAN, Bennie B. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jul 1969
Funeral services for Bennie B. Gowan, 72, will be conducted Thursday afternoon,
July 24, at 3:30 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with G.
C. Fox, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial will be in the New
Providence Cemetery.
Mr. Gowan died Tuesday night, July 22, at his home in the Berea community.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Gowan was born February 1, 1897, the son of the
late Joe and Pearl Gowan. He was a retired farmer and a member of the New
Providence Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alma Jenkins Gowan, Berea; three sons, Wallace
Gowan, Joe Gowan and Bennie L. Gowan, all of Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs.
Sullivan Clifton, Yokley; three brothers, Hill Gowan, Ernest Gowan, and Carl
Gowan, all of Pulaski; four sisters, Mrs. Oscar Surles, Florence, Ala., Mrs.
Aymett Hamlett, Brick Church, Mrs. Virgil Pierce, and Mrs. Grady Boone, Sumac;
seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GOWAN, Bessie Blackman The Pulaski Citizen 23 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Blackman Gowan, 63, Giles County resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
James E. Holt, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Gowan died of a heart attack on Sunday night, October 20, at her
home in New Zion section after a period of declining health.
Born April 3, 1900, in Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late Sam Blackburn
and Amelia Martin Blackburn. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Gowan is survived by her husband, Stanley B. Gowan; five daughters, Mrs.
Claude Rainey, Jr., Mrs. Carl Cole and Mrs. W. E. Walls, all of Giles County,
Mrs. Junior Hampton, Palm Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Joe Lee Scott, Murfreesboro;
three sons, Vestal Gowan and Johnny Gowan, Giles County, and Stanley V. Gowan,
Lima, Ohio; nineteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GOWAN, Hazel Ashton The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Joe Gowan, 56, resident of the Goodspring section,
were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. R. E. Stevenson. Burial took place in the Brown Cemetery, near
Hohenwald. Mrs. Gowan died Sunday, December 8, at Giles County Hospital.
The former Hazel Ashton, she was born October 27, 1907, in Hickman County, the
daughter of the late John Ashton and Emma Brown Ashton. She was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Gowan is survived by her husband, Joe Gowan; one daughter, Mrs. Mark Estes,
Madison Heights, Mich.; one grandchild; four sisters, Mrs. Annie White and Mrs.
Mary Lou Bates, Lobelville, Mrs. Lela Jones, Highland Park, Mich., and Mrs.
Katherine Ward, Ecorse, Mich.; and two brothers, Alf Ashton, Lobelville, and Jim
Ashton, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GOWAN, Joseph Turner The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1967
Joseph Turner Gowan, 68, died Saturday, April 22, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Sunday, April 23, at 12:30 p. m. in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Hoyt Wilson, officiating. Burial was in
Brown's Cemetery in Lewis County.
Mr. Gowan, a native of Giles County, was born April 13, 1899, the son of the
late Joseph Milton and Virgie Pearl Warden Gowan. He was a World War I Veteran
and a Dispatcher for the Sheriff's Department. His wife, Mrs. Hazel Ashton
Gowan, died several years ago.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Marcus Estes, Madison Heights, Mich.; one
grandchild; four brothers, Benny Gowan, Hill Gowan, Ernest Gowan, Giles County
and Carl Gowan, Lewisburg; four sisters, Mrs. Aymett Hamlett, Mrs. Virgil
Pierce, Mrs. Grady Boone, Giles County; and Mrs. Oscar Surles, Florence, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GOWER, Emma A. Tidwell The Pulaski Citizen 30 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Tidwell Gower, 85, were held at 3:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs.
Gower died Sunday, October 27, in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Tidwell and
Harriet Wiley Tidwell.
Mrs. Gower is survived by a number of nieces and nephews. Bennett-May and
Company, in charge of arrangements.
GOWER, Hayden Luther The Pulaski Citizen 19 Mar 1969
Funeral services for Hayden Luther Gower, 47, were held Sunday afternoon, March
16, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Carl Hollis officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Gower died Thursday, March 13, in his home on Childers Street.
A native of Giles County, he was born June 13, 1921, the son of Mrs. Clemice
Davis Gower of Pulaski, and the late Luther Glover.
Survivors in addition to his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Jessie Davis Gower,
Decatur, Ala.; three sons, Robert M. Gower, Mac Arthur Gower, and Stephen O'Neal
Gower, all of Decatur, Ala.; and one sister, Mrs. Luther Marks, Corpus Christi,
Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRAHAM, Daisy Cosby The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Cosby Graham, 86, resident of the Austin Hewitt
Home for more than thirteen years, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Pleasant Hill Church at Stella, conducted by the Rev. J. C. Elkins, Methodist
minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Graham died at 4
o'clock Monday morning, February 15, at the home after a long period of
declining health.
Born June 27, 1873, in Giles County she was the daughter of the late Foster
Cosby and Missouri Jane Martin Cosby. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, W. A. Graham, died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Graham is survived by her sister-in-law, Mrs. L. C. Cosby, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRAHAM, Donnie Will The Pulaski Citizen 4 Apr 1962
A Lynnville resident, Donnie Will Graham, and his brother-in-law, Oman C.
Chapman of Columbia were killed Saturday night, March 31, about eight miles
north of Columbia on Carter's Creek Pike when their automobile missed a curve,
went out of control and overturned. Both men apparently died instantly.
Graham, 34, a dragline operator, had purchased the automobile the same day.
Chapman, 46, bulldozer operator and truck driver, was his brother-in-law.
Friends of the family reported that the two families were together for the
evening just to have dinner and visit with each other.
The two men left Chapman's Saturday evening around 9 p. m. to drive to Columbia
to purchase a box of crackers. Deputy Sheriff Jesse Luther of Maury County
reported they were apparently returning to Chapman's home when the accident
happened.
Deputy Luther is reported to have stated that "from all indications Graham was
driving the car at a high rate of speed." The driver apparently lost control of
the car in a small curve. The car jumped an embankment about ten feet deep, went
several yards and struck a stump, flipping over and skidded through a muddy
field until it came to rest about 300 feet from where it left the road. Graham
was thrown out of the car, but it took workers 45 minutes to extricate Chapman's
body.
Graham is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edna Mosley Graham; three daughters,
Patricia Ann, Kathleen and Susan, all of Lynnville; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Graham, Sr. of Mt. Pleasant; seven sisters, Mrs. Oman Chapman and Mrs.
Joe Norman of Spring Hill, Mrs. John Howell, Mrs. Clarence Howell, Mrs. Elmer
Howell and Mrs. Farris Woods of Mt. Pleasant and Mrs. Bobby King of Columbia,
and a brother, Charles Graham of Mt. Pleasant.
Chapman leaves a widow, Mrs. Tenna Graham Chapman; his father, William Chapman
of Mt. Pleasant; a daughter, Mrs. James H. Black of Columbia; three sons,
Clarence, Grady, and Henry Chapman of Spring Hill; three brothers, John, Lester
and Carol Chapman of Mt. Pleasant; four sisters, Mrs. Riley McWilliams, Mrs.
James Powell, Mrs. Lonnie Sharp, and Mrs. C. V. Grooms of Mt. Pleasant and one
grandchild.
GRAHAM, Jo Ann Rainey The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1960
Funeral services were held at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon at the chapel of First
Methodist Church, Columbia, for Mrs. Leon Graham, 22, who died at Maury County
Hospital in Columbia on Wednesday night, May 18. Rites were conducted by the
Rev. Bruce Strother and the Rev. Paul Allen of Monteagle and burial took place
in Rose Hill Cemetery in that city.
Mrs. Graham, the former Miss Jo Ann Rainey, was born and reared in Giles County,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Rainey of Pulaski. She had resided in
Columbia for five years and had been receptionist for Dr. E. K. Provost and Dr.
Earl Stack.
Mrs. Graham is survived by her husband, Leon Graham to whom she was married June
20, 1959; her parents; one brother, Alan Rainey, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs.
Walter DePaw, Long Beach, Calif.; and a cousin, Mrs. Betty Faust, Nashville.
GRAHAM, Walter The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Walter Graham, 62, grocer of the Screamer Community of
Maury County, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Spencer Hill Church
of Christ in that county, with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Graham
died at 9 o'clock Monday night, February 12, at Maury County Hospital, after a
three-day illness.
Born December 1, 1899, in Maury County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Graham.
Mr. Graham is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Mae Thompson Graham; three sons,
Jesse Graham, Waycross, Ga., Edward Graham, Lynnville, and James W. Graham,
Detroit, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. Helen Morris, Franklin; twenty grandchildren
and one great-grandchild; and two sisters, Mrs. Annie Caruthers, Hialeah, Fla.,
and Mrs. Maggie Cato, Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRAY, Ed The Pulaski Citizen 5 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Ed Gray, 67, employee of White Brothers Grocery in Bethel,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Craig Chapel Church of Christ at
Salem in Limestone County, Ala., with the burial in Salem Cemetery. Mr. Gray
died of a heart attack at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, October 4, at his home
in Bethel after a period of declining health.
A native of Limestone County, Ala., he was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Gray is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dulcie Daniel Gray; one son, Frank Gray,
Athens, Ala.; two daughters, Mrs. John D. White, Bethel, and Mrs. Leslie Smith,
Athens, Ala.; five grandchildren; one brother, Jim Gray, Salem; and one sister,
Mrs. Daniel, Salem.
GRAY, Walton The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Walton Gray, 75, Athens, Ala., merchant, were held Saturday
afternoon at McConnell Funeral Chapel, conducted by the Rev. George Kress.
Burial took place in that city. Mr. Gray died at 3:30 o'clock Friday morning,
February 26, in an Anniston, Ala., hospital.
Mr. Gray, a member of the Presbyterian Church, is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Roberta Overton Gray; one daughter, Mrs. A. S. Matthews, Anniston, Ala; three
sisters, Mrs. Jack Abernathy, Pulaski, Mrs. A. D. Powers and Mrs. Clement Moore,
both of Athens, Ala.; and three brothers, Ronald Gray, Fayetteville, Tenn., Fred
Gray, Elkmont, Ala., and Edward Gray, Athens, Ala.
GREEN, Annie Walker The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1961
Funeral services were conducted at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia
for Mrs. Annie Walker Green, 74, native Giles Countian, who died at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning, July 6, at Fairmont Nursing Home, Columbia, after a long
illness. Burial took place in Ebenezer Cemetery, Maury County.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Walker, and was a member of the Baptist Church.
Her husband, Bob Taylor Green, died in 1935.
Mrs. Green is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert Johnson, Maury County, and
Mrs. Claude Workman, Screamer; five sons, Harlan Green and Willie B . Green,
Columbia, Howard Green, Santa Fe, Nick Green, Mooresville Pike, and Johnny
Green, Nashville; thirty-seven grandchildren and twenty-nine
great-grandchildren; a half-brother, Oscar Walker, Columbia; and a half-sister,
Mrs. Bruce Kannon, Maury County.
GREEN, Covie Audie The Pulaski Citizen 30 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Covie Audie Green, 61, retired Railroad employee, were held
at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Green died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home
in the Blooming Grove section on Thursday afternoon, August 17, after a period
of failing health.
Born August 6, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James W. Green
and Bell Nora Kilpatrick Green.
Mr. Green is survived by his wife, Mrs. Aubrey Cox Green; one daughter, Mrs.
Robert Parsons, Giles County; one son, Harold Dean Green, US Navy, stationed at
Jacksonville, Fla.; three grandchildren; one brother, Drewdy Green,
Lawrenceburg; and three sisters, Mrs. Dessie Johnston, Auburndale, Fla., Mrs.
Thelma Newton, Leoma, and Mrs. Tavy Newton, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GREEN, George Halley Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Nov 1962
Funeral services for George Halley Green, Sr., 81, retired farmer of the Wales
section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at George White Memorial
Presbyterian Church at Wales, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. R. Neal Dean.
Burial took place in Mars Hill Cemetery in Marshall County. Mr. Green died
Friday, November 16, at Lawrence County Hospital after a long period of
declining health.
He was the son of the late George H. Green and Rowena Waldon Green.
Mr. Green is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Durham Green; four sons, Oben
Green, Flavel Green, Aaron Green, all of Giles County, and Waldon Green, of
Maury County; six daughters, Mrs. James Grinell, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. George
Bowen, Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Ernest Dickey and Mrs. Henry Vernon, Giles County, and
Mrs. Louie Barnett, Cornersville; a number of grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. J. L. Millican, Sr., Pulaski.
GREEN, Maggie Watkins The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Watkins Green, 79, former resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with
the burial in the Powell Cemetery. Mrs. Green died on Saturday, July 13, at her
home in Florence, Ala. Her husband, Clyde Green, died in January of this year.
Born in 1884, at Mt. Roszell, Ala. (Limestone County), she was the daughter of
the late Ephraim Watkins and Mary Jane Hodges Watkins. She had resided most of
her life in Giles County. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Green is survived by six nieces, Mrs. Earl Rogers, Mrs. Alec Page, Miss Eva
Watkins Dendy and Mrs. James Goss, Florence, Ala., Mrs. Tressie Gatlin, Athens,
Ala., and Mrs. Otis Beasley, Erie, Pa.; and six nephews, Marlin Watkins,
Nashville, Logan M. Watkins, US Air Force, Luxemburg, Logan Dendy, Florence,
Ala., Boston Watkins, Cullman, Ala., Wesley Watkins, Dallas, Texas and Pruitt
Dendy, California.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GREEN, Laura L. Tittsworth The Pulaski Citizen 30 Oct 1968
Mrs. Laura L. Green, 75, died Friday, October 25, at her home on Route 2, Leoma.
Funeral services for Mrs. Green, wife of the late Hardy A. Green, were held
Saturday afternoon, October 26, at 2 o'clock at Scott's Hill Baptist Church with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Scott's Hill Cemetery.
A native of Lawrence County, Mrs. Green was born November 1, 1892, the daughter
of the late Isaac D. Tittsworth and Tabitha Mangrum Tittsworth.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Enoch Smith, Scott's Hill and Mrs. Asleen
Fralix, Wales; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
GREEN, Robert Elmo The Pulaski Citizen 26 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Robert Elmo Green, 73, retired Tennessee State employee,
were held at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert H. Hall, Cumberland Presbyterian
minister. Burial took place in the family lot in Mr. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Green
died on Tuesday afternoon, August 25, at Fairhaven Nursing Home, following a
long illness.
Born September 30, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James W.
Green and Annie Puryear Green. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Green is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Neal Green; one son, Robert Green,
Lawrenceburg; three daughters, Mrs. Dan F. Martin, Pulaski, Mrs. Robin Lashlee,
Nashville, and Mrs. R. D. Shangrow, San Diego, Calif.; five grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Florence Neal, Bodenham.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GREENWAY, Charles Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 6 Aug 1969
Charles Franklin Greenway, 71, retired farmer of the Elkton Community, died
Wednesday night, July 30, at seven o'clock at Donaldson Hospital, Fayetteville,
after several days illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Greenway, member of the Baptist Church, were conducted
Friday afternoon, August 1, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Rainey's Funeral Home
with the Rev. James Shutt officiating. Burial was in Dunnavant Cemetery.
A native of Jackson County, Alabama, he was born June 14, 1898, the son of the
late John Alexander Greenway and Sentha Elizabeth Austin Greenway.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eula Rogers Greenway; five daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, Mrs.Virgil Pope, Mrs. William Noltee, Elkton; Mrs. Cecil
Stubblefield, Dellrose; Mrs. J. C. Derryberry, Gallatin; two sons, Rogers
Greenway, Columbia, Wendell Greenway, Fayetteville; twenty-four grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Dewel Greenway, Truman, Ala., and Cam
Greenway of Lynchburg.
Rainey's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GREENWAY, James W. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Rev. James W. Greenway, 37, Santa Ana, Calif., died on January 19, with the
funeral conducted on the following Monday.
The Rev. Mr. Greenway, brother of the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway, pastor of Elkton
Methodist Church, is survived by his wife; two daughters and one grandson.
Mr. Greenway has been on the mission field twice in his lifetime; had served as
pastor in Indiana, and at the time of his death, was pastor of the General
Baptist Church in Santa Ana.
GREGG, Josh The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jun 1964
Graveside services for Josh Gregg, 85, retired merchant, funeral director and
farmer of Lynnville, were held Sunday afternoon at Lynnwood Cemetery.
He died Friday night in Giles County Hospital. Mr. Gregg was a native of Giles
County. He was a merchant in Culleoka for a number of years before coming to
Lynnville to operate a funeral home until sometime in the 1940's.
He was married to the late Susie Bearden of Giles County, who died several years
ago.
Mr. Gregg was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include a son, Ewell Gregg, Decatur, Ala.; and a daughter, Mrs. J. W.
McGregor, Nashville.
GREGG, William The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1966
Funeral services for William Gregg, 96, retired farmer of Marshall County and
father of a Giles County resident, will be held at 10:45 o'clock Thursday
morning at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg with the burial in the family lot in
Head Springs Cemetery, near Belfast. Mr. Gregg died Tuesday night, May 17,
enroute to Gordon Hospital in Lewisburg from the home of a daughter in Columbia.
Born March 6, 1870, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late Joseph Gregg
and Hannah Gregg.
Mr. Gregg is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Gertrude May Gregg Gregg; two
sons, Earl Gregg, Yokley Community of Giles County, and Clifford Gregg,
Mooresville; four daughters, Mrs. Owen Ashton, Columbia, Mrs. Bryan McCollum,
Cornersville, Mrs. Lillard Blackwell, Lewisburg, and Mrs. William Holt,
Louisville, Ky.; thirteen grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren and
one great-great-grandchild.
GRIGGS, Brown The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Brown Griggs, 73, retired farmer of the Frankewing section,
were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. J. C. Elkins, Methodist minister. Burial took place in Giles Memory
Gardens. Mr. Griggs died Sunday, March 27, in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
Born September 11, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Neal Griggs
and Hilda Andrew Griggs.
Mr. Griggs is survived by his wife, Mrs. Etta Lacy Griggs; two daughters, Mrs.
Ernest Gowan and Mrs. James Worsham, Giles County; one son, Edward Griggs, Giles
County; twenty-one grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
George Phillips, Giles County; and one brother, Grady Griggs, Marshall County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRIGGS, Ernest Norman The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Ernest Norman Griggs, 74, retired farmer and former
magistrate of the Eleventh Civil District, were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, March 23, at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by David East,
minister of the Second Street Church of Christ. Burial took place in New Zion
Cemetery. Mr. Griggs died at 12:30 o'clock Monday noon, March 21, at Davidson
County Tuberculosis Hospital, Nashville.
Born April 29, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Martin Pate
Griggs and Susan McMillion Griggs, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Griggs is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irma Eslick Griggs; and one son,
Raymond Griggs, Pulaski. Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
GRIGGS, Geraldean Edwards The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Geraldean Griggs, 82, will be conducted on Thursday
afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at the Kedron Methodist Church, with burial in the
Kedron Cemetery.
The Rev. James Jolly will officiate.
Mrs. Griggs died Tuesday, December 20, in Giles County Hospital. She was a
native of Giles County, born September 10, 1884, the daughter of the late Wesley
and Fannie Smith Edwards. Her husband, Lynn Griggs, died in 1955.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Ed Hughes and Mrs. Marvin Hughes,
Prospect; one son, Willie Griggs, Goodsprings; nine grandchildren; twelve
great-grandchildren; three brothers, Clayburn Edwards, Pulaski, Neal Edwards,
Prospect, and Buford Edwards, Brentwood, Tenn.; three sisters, Mrs. Aymett
Griggs, Prospect, Mrs. Rachel Rainey, Pulaski, and Mrs. Zelma Hurd, Prospect.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRANT, Alonzo The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Alono Grant, 79, Pulaski resident, were held at one o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, January 27, at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Grant died
early Tuesday morning at Giles County Hospital.
Born May 20, 1880, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Tobe Grant and
Lula Elizabeth Hayes Grant.
Mr. Grant is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Christine Miller, Pulaski, Mrs.
Ruby Defoe,
Elkton; two sons, Roy Grant, Pulaski, and Robert Allen Grant, Fort Benning, Ga.;
eighteen grandchildren; and two brothers, Buford Grant, Giles County and Luther
Grant, Santa Ana, Calif.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRAVES, A. C. Smith The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1961
Mrs. R. B. Graves, 94, died Thursday, January 12, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Guy Leonard in Athens, Ala. Funeral rites and burial took place in Decatur,
Ala.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Almus Crawford Smith
and Susannah Tarpley Smith. Her husband, R. Ben Graves, died several years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Graves is survived by two other daughters,
Mrs. Curtis Oakley, Nashville, and Mrs. Graves Petty, Decatur, Ala.; two sons,
Ernest Graves, Nashville and Grover Graves, Athens, Ala.; nine grandchildren and
several great grandchildren.
GRAVES, Agnes Ingram The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes Ingram Graves, 83, native of Giles County, were
held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at a Nashville funeral home. Burial took
place in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville. Mrs. Graves died Monday, January 22,
at her home on Glendale Lane, Nashville, where she had lived more than fifty
years.
She was a member of Glendale Methodist Church.
Her husband, Mahlon Graves, died many years ago.
Mrs. Graves is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert Corlew, Nashville; eight
grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren; and one brother, Robert R.
Ingram, Pulaski.
GRAVES, Alice Coffman The Pulaski Citizen 07 Sep 1966
Mrs. Alice Coffman Graves, 95, died Wednesday morning, August 31, at a hospital
in Nashville.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon, September 2, at 2:00 o'clock
at the First Baptist Church in Athens, Ala., with the Rev. Tilford L. Jenkins
officiating.
Mrs. Graves, a native of Giles County and a Baptist, was born March 17, 1871,
the daughter of the late James S. and Alice Barnett Coffman. Her husband, John
Graves, died several years ago. They resided in Athens a number of years prior
to Mr. Graves death.
Mrs. Graves is survived by one daughter, Mrs. C. W. Amies of Nashville; four
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She
was the aunt of Mrs. Mary C. Rambo of Pulaski.
GRAVES, Annie Lois Pigg The Pulaski Citizen 23 Oct 1968
Mrs. Annie Lois Pigg Graves, 68, died at her home in the Dog Branch Community,
Thursday, October 17.
Funeral services for Mrs. Graves, member of the Stella Church of Christ, were
held Saturday afternoon, October 19, in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral
Home with Mr. Andy Brown, Church of Christ minister, officiating.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Graves was born October 28, 1899, the daughter of
the late Edd Pigg and Estella Mitchell Pigg. Her husband was the late Beasley
Graves, who died six years ago.
Survivors include one son, Melvin Graves, Chattanooga; one daughter, Mrs. Marie
Wall, Giles County; one brother, Bryan Pigg, Pulaski; four sisters, Mrs. Colie
Surles, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Charlie Alsup, Prospect, Mrs. Ewell Boyd,
Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. F. S. Matheson, Giles County; four grandchildren; and two
great grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRAVES, James Basley The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for James Basley Graves, 70, retired farmer of the Stella
section, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, with
the burial in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Graves died at 2 o'clock on Sunday
afternoon, March 3, at his home after an illness of one year.
Born May 6, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Frank Graves and
Dora Toombs Graves.
Mr. Graves is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lois Pigg Graves; one son, Melvin B.
Graves, Chattanooga; one daughter, Mrs. Marie Walls, Prospect; four
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two brothers, John S. Graves and William
B. Graves, both of Prospect; and one sister, Mrs. E. D. Newton, Tullahoma.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRAVES, John Stadley The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1968
Funeral services for John Stadley Graves, 75, will be held Thursday, February
29, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial will be in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Graves, a retired farmer, died Tuesday, February 27 in Giles County
Hospital.
A native of Giles County and a resident of the Prospect community, Mr. Graves
was born
May 6, 1892, the son of the late Frank and Dora Toombs Graves.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Manilla Walls Graves; one daughter, Mrs. Betty
Graves Carrick, Seoul, Korea; one son, James H. Graves, Giles County; one
sister, Mrs. Janie Newton, Tullahoma; one brother, Bunyan Graves, Giles County;
and six grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRAVES, Rosalie Holt The Pulaski Citizen 11 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Rosalie Holt Graves, 72, retired school teacher, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Graves died at one o'clock Thursday afternoon in
Giles County Hospital, after a long illness.
Born May 8, 1892, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin
Franklin Holt and Rebecca Eason Holt. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Charles E. Graves, died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Graves is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Cletus Beeler; one granddaughter,
Miss Linda Beeler, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. Mamie Adcock, Pulaski; and one
brother, Frank Holt, Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRAVES, Sue Portress The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Mrs. Sue Rebecca Portress Graves, 47, died Friday morning, February 9, at her
home in the Berea community, of a gun wound, which County Coroner Bill Bennett
ruled was self-inflicte.
Mrs. Graves had been in poor health for quite a while. The incident occurred at
her family home on Pigeon Roost Road shortly after 7 o'clock that morning, after
her husband, Virgil, had left for work and two of her children had gone to
school.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon in the Bennett-May Funeral
Home with burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Rev. G. C. Self, of the Olivet charge,
and Rev. R. L. Greenway, of Elkton, conducted services jointly.
She was a member of Berea Methodist Church.
Mrs. Graves was the daughter of Mrs. Sallie Portress and the late Lee Portress.
Besides her husband, and mother, Mrs. Graves leaves three young children,
Rebecca Ann, William McFerrin and Edward; her sister, Miss Virginia Portress of
Pulaski; two uncles, Ernest and Jessie Pate of Pulaski; and an aunt, Mrs. Henry
L. Burt, Cuero, Texas.
GREEN, Clyde Owen The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Clyde Owen Green, 68, Minor Hill farmer, were held at one
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Tommy
Vernon, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Powell Cemetery. Mr.
Green who had been ill two months, died at noon on Monday, January 14, at a
hospital in Florence, Ala.
A native of Giles County, he was born January 23, 1894, the son of the late
Charlie Green and Estella Cottrell Green.
Mr. Green is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie Watkins Green; three brothers,
Frank Green, Pulaski, Herschel Green, Minor Hill, and Grady O. Green, Texas
City, Texas; and two sisters, Mrs. Turner Harrison, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Herman
Howell, Scotts Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GREEN, Joe Sidney The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Joe Sidney Green, 86, retired Bodenham farmer, were held at
3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Robert Hall with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Green died at 10:40
o'clock Friday night, July 5, at Fairhaven Nursing Home, following a long period
of declining health.
Born October 21, 1877, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Green and
Ann Puryear Green. Twice married: his first wife, Mrs. Lizzie Long Green, died
November 26, 1926/ He was a member of Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Green is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson Whitmire Green;
three sons, J. Cletis Green, John M. Green and Crawford Green; three daughters,
Mrs. A. B. McClure and Mrs. Fred Waddell, both of Nashville, and Mrs. Wesley
Long, Prospect; three step-sons, John Whitmire and J. L. Whitmire, Nashville,
and William Morris Whitmire, Indiana; one step-daughter, Mrs. George Sherrell,
Nashville; nine grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, one
great-great-grandson; three step-grandchildren; one brother, Elmo Green, Pulaski
and one sister, Mrs. Floyd Neal, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GREENE, George Crawford The Pulaski Citizen 26 May 1965
Funeral services for George Crawford Greene, 55, employee of Cooper and Martin
Food Chain in Nashville, will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in the
chapel of Patton-Roesch Funeral Home in Nashville with the burial in that city.
Mr. Greene, a single man, died at his home in Nashville on Monday, May 24, after
a short illness.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe Greene and
Elizabeth Long Greene.
Mr. Greene is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Wesley Long, Prospect, Mrs. Annie
Lou McClure and Mrs. Fred Waddell, both of Nashville; and two brothers, J.
Cletis Greene and John M. Greene, both of Nashville.
GREENE, George W. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1963
Funeral services for George W. Greene, 75, Birmingham, Ala., were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Lynnville Methodist Church, conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. Ollie Binkley. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr.
Greene died of a heart ailment in a Birmingham hospital on Sunday, December 15.
He was a native of Georgia and a Methodist.
Mr. Greene is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Ruth Coker Greene, former
resident of Lynnville.
GREGORY, Jesse DeWitt The Pulaski Citizen 31 May 1967
Jesse DeWitt Gregory, 83, died Friday, May 26, at his home in the Stella
community.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, May 28, at 3:00 o'clock, in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. J. C. Elkins officiating. Burial was
in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Stella.
Mr. Gregory, a native of Alabama, was born November 29, 1883, the son of the
late Joseph and Sallie Sims Gregory.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Will Boyd Gregory; two daughters, Mrs.
Gary Parsons, Giles County, Mrs. Marcella Rushing, Dallas, Texas; three
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Blasingame, Oxford, Miss., and Mrs. L. A.
Hagan, Pulaski; one brother, Marvin B. Gregory, Oxford, Miss.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GREGORY, Mrs. J. W. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jul 1962
Mrs. J. W. Gregory, 88, widow of J. W. Gregory of Dickson Springs, died on
Sunday, July 1, at General Hospital at Hartselle. Funeral rites took place at 2
o'clock on the following Tuesday afternoon at Dickson Creek Baptist Church, with
the burial in the Dickson Springs Cemetery.
Mrs. Gregory is survived by six sons including W. Clayton Gregory, manager of
the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company office in Pulaski; two
daughters, and a number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren.
GREGORY, Marvin Bryant The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1968
Marvin Bryant Gregory, 86, died Friday, January 12, in a hospital in Oxford,
Miss.,
Funeral services were held Sunday, January 14.
Mr. Gregory, the son of the late Rev. Joseph B. and Sarah Elizabeth Gregory,
loved most of his early life in the Stella community, moving to Oxford about
forty-five years ago. His wife, Mrs. Lula Waters Gregory, died several years
ago.
He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Oxford.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Sydney Ray, Abbeville, Miss.; three sons,
Harold Gregory, Greenwood, Miss., James Marvin Gregory, Batesville, Ark., and
Carl Gregory, Oxford, Miss.; one sister, Mrs. J. H. Blasingame, Oxford, Miss.;
and one half-sister, Mrs. L. A. Hagan, Pulaski.
GRIFFIN, Bud The Pulaski Citizen 7 May 1969
Bud Griffin, 74, died Thursday, May 1, in Veterans Hospital, Nashville.
Services for Mr. Griffin were conducted Saturday afternoon, May 3, at 2 o'clock
in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with Gilbert Shaffer and Andrew
Brown, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Griffin was born August 13, 1894, the son of the
late Sam Griffin and Henrietta Bass Griffin.
Survivors include three sons, Sam H. Griffin, Pulaski, Bill Griffin and Buford
Griffin, Minor Hill; three daughters, Mrs. Grady Campbell, Giles County, Mrs. J.
D. Wells, Lawrenceburg, and Miss Betty Sue Griffin, Minor Hill, and ten
grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRIFFIN, Horace A. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Horace A. Griffin, 63, native Giles Countian and former jeweler of Decatur,
Ala., died Monday, Nov. 13, following surgery at a hospital in San Diego,
Calif., where the family had been living for several years. Funeral services and
burial will take place there on Thursday.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late I. V. Griffin and
Mrs. Ethel Yarbrough Griffin.
Mr. Griffin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jane Powers Griffin; three sons, three
grandchildren; and one brother, Paul Griffin, Eustis,Fla., Mrs. R. L. Rost of
Pulaski is a double first cousin of Mr. Griffin.
GRIFFIN, Ingomar Clark The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
Funeral services for Ingomar Clark Griffin, 72, retired farmer of the Prospect
section, were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. J. C. Elkins, Methodist minister. Burial took place in
Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Griffin died on Wednesday, May 11, at his home.
Born January 14, 1888, in Texas, he was the foster son of A. W. Griffin and Ann
Potts Griffin. He was a member of the Prospect Methodist Church.
His first wife, Mrs. Lizzie Mae Tidwell Griffin, died in 1923.
Mr. Griffin is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Viola Prewitt Griffin; seven
sons, A. W. Griffin, Winter Garden, Fla., Robert Griffin, I. C. Griffin, Jr.,
and Jerry Griffin, all of Giles County, Alvin Griffin, Peoria, Ill., Harold
Griffin, Wapanka, Ohio, and Windell Griffin, US Navy; six daughters, Mrs. R. B.
Stapp, Pulaski, Mrs. George White, Brick Church, Mrs. Claude Fox, Prospect, Mrs.
T. J. Johns, Peoria, Ill., Mrs. Bobby Carroll, Lewisburg and Mrs. Lindsey
Robinson, Nashville; twenty-nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and
a twin brother, J. C. Griffin, Ethridge. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
GRIFFIN, Jennie Womack The Pulaski Citizen 23 Dec 1964
Funeral Services for Mrs. Jennie Womack Griffin, 67, resident of the Goodspring
section, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, December 11, in the chapel of
Bennett May Funeral Home, conducted by Ed Harper and Gilbert Shaffer, Church of
Christ ministers. Burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Griffin died
Thursday, December 10, in Giles County Hospital after an illness of two months.
Born December 22, 1896, in Giles County, she was the daughter of L. Henry and
Mary Harwell Womack. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Griffin is survived by her husband, Bud Griffin; three sons, Sam Griffin,
Buford and Billy Griffin, all of Giles County; three daughters, Mrs. Grady
Campbell, Miss Betty Sue Griffin, Giles County, and Mrs. J. D. Wells,
Lawrenceburg; ten grandchildren; two brothers, Sandlin Womack, Athens, Ala. and
Tom Womack, Giles County; and one sister, Mrs. Mahlon Butler, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRIFFIN, Jennifer Leanne The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1969
Jennifer Leanne Griffin, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Dwayne Griffin,
died Saturday night, January 18, at Giles County Hospital.
Prayer services were held Sunday afternoon, January 19, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with Mr. Tom Campbell, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Survivors in addition to her parents, include paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Louie Alvin Griffin; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dumont Young;
maternal great grandmother, Mrs. Joe Hardy; maternal great-grandfather, Jessie
Young; paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Robert L. Russell and Mrs. I. C.
Griffin; and great-great-grandmother, Mrs. William Harbison.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRIFFIN, Thurston Hicks The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1967
Thurston Hicks Griffin, 69, died Tuesday, October 3, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, October 4, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and Norman Coke
officiating. Burial was in Pisgah Cemetery.
Mr. Griffin was born July 23, 1898, in Giles County, the son of the late Thomas
Fulton and Mary Helen McCanless Griffin. He was a retired farmer of the Pisgah
Community.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maggie King Griffin; two daughters, Mrs.
Mitchell Stone and Mrs. Hugh D. Griffis, Giles County; one grandchild; and one
sister, Mrs. Olin Harwell, Bolivar.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRIFFIS, Belle Patterson The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Mrs.Belle Patterson Griffis, Pulaski resident, were held at
2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, and Dr.
William H. Mansfield, pastor of Elkton Methodist Church. Burial took place in
Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Griffis who had been in failing health for some time, died
Wednesday night, July 10, at Fairhaven Nursing Home in Pulaski.
Born and reared in the Elkton Community, she was the daughter of the late Dr.
Hugh L. Patterson and Susan Benson Patterson Patterson. She was a member of
First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski and was a former member of the Col.
Greenberry Lee Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Griffis is survived by her husband, Tom W. Griffis, retired livestockman
and farmer; one son, Tom Pat Griffis, Birmingham, Ala. one daughter, Dr. Jeneal
Griffis, Detroit, Mich.; and one granddaughter, Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRIFFIS, Era Orr The Pulaski Citizen 1 Nov 1961
Mrs. Era Orr Griffis, 81, Lynnville resident, died on Tuesday, October 24, at
Cozy Rest Nursing Home at Columbia, following an extended illness. Funeral
services were held at 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon at Lynnville Church of
Christ, conducted by James C. Allen, minister of the church. Burial took place
in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Orr and
Alpha Dean Hightower Orr. Her husband, J. Hollins Griffis, died fifteen years
ago. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Griffis is survived by one son, B. Stancil Griffis, Sr., Nashville; two
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Kenneth S. Wilkes,
Lynnville, and Mrs. Kittie Liggett, Jonesboro, Ga.; and two brothers, W. C. Orr,
Nashville, and Everett Orr, Lynnville.
GRIFFIS, Edward B. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Edward B. Griffis, 76, Murfreesboro druggist for 52 years,
were held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Woodfin Memorial Chapel with the
burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro. He died of a heart attack Sunday,
January 16, at his home.
Born in Marshall County near the county line, he was the son of the late James
Monroe Griffis and Fannie Farmer Griffis. He graduated from Jones High School at
Lynnville, and Vanderbilt University School of Pharmacy in 1910. He worked as a
pharmacist in Huntsville and Athens, Ala., before going to Murfreesboro where he
was a member of a drug firm for many years.
He was a member of the Tennessee Pharmaceutical Association, a Mason and a
member of the Presbyterian Church. His wife, Odeline Alexander Griffis, died
approximately four years ago.
Mr. Griffis is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Anne Griffis, Chattanooga; and one
sister, Mrs. Monte Luna, Lynnville.
GRIFFIS, Joe Henry The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Joe Henry Griffis, 83, retired farmer of the Beech Hill
section, were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist
ministers. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Griffis, who had been in
declining health, died at 5:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning, September 20, at
Giles County Hospital.
Born January 7, 1877, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Hugh Doiley
Griffis and Josephine McLemore Griffis. His wife, Mrs. Lillie George Griffis,
died a number of years ago. He was a member of Bradshaw Baptist Church.
Mr. Griffis, who had been living in Sheffield, Ala., for several years, is
survived by one daughter Mrs. B. B. Owen, Sheffield; two grandchildren and three
great-grandsons; one sister, Mrs. Rob W. George, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRIFFIS, Johnney Lou Bunn The Pulaski Citizen 31 Aug 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Johnney Lou Bunn Griffis, 85, were held Monday, August
26, at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville, with burial in the Wright Cemetery.
Mrs. Griffis died Sunday, August 27, in Lincoln County Hospital.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. Roy Smith, of Fayetteville; one
grandchild, and a nephew, Buford Bunn, of Pulaski.
GRIFFIS, Thomas William The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
Funeral services for Thomas William Griffis, 89, were conducted Sunday
afternoon, May 7, at 3:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. R. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in the Elkton Cemetery.
Mr. Griffis died Friday, May 5, in Giles County Hospital. He had been a resident
at Fairhaven Nursing Home for some time, prior to his death. He was a native of
Giles County, born January 26, 1878, the son of the late Pleasant and Nannie
Grigsby Griffis. His wife was the late Belle Patterson Griffis.
Survivors include one daughter, Miss Janeal B. Griffis, Detroit, Mich.; one son,
Thomas P. Griffis, Birmingham, Ala.; and one granddaughter.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRIFFITHS, Emma Rebecca Gresh The Pulaski Citizen 31 Aug 1966
Prayer services for Mrs. Emma Rebecca Griffiths, 84, were held Tuesday, August
23, at Bennett-May Funeral Home.
Mrs. Griffiths died Monday, August 22, at the home of her son, E. Weaver
Griffiths, of Pulaski.
Funeral services were held at two o'clock Friday afternoon, in the Evangelical
United Brethern Church in Beaver Falls, Pa., with burial in the Beaver Falls
Cemetery.
Mrs. Griffiths was born June 17, 1881. She was a native of Reading, Pa., and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zachary Gresh. Her husband, the Rev. Philip L.
Griffiths, died in 1955.
In addition to the son above, she is survived by two other sons, Philip L.
Griffiths, Jr., Niagra Falls, N. Y., and Dr. John Griffiths, Monongahela, Pa.;
six grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Nora Jane
Amos.
GRIGGS, Alberta The Pulaski Citizen 20 May 1964
Funeral services for Miss Alberta Griggs, 43, native of Giles County, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at North Funeral Home. Burial took place in
River View Cemetery in Fayetteville. Miss Griggs died Monday, May 18, at her
Lawrenceburg home after a long illness.
Born April 4, 1921, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Leonard
Griggs snd Jennie Fitzgerald Griggs.
Miss Griggs is survived by four brothers, Everett Griggs, Lawrenceburg, Bernard
Griggs, Nashville, and Thomas Neal Griggs and Leonard Griggs, both of Flint,
Mich.; and one sister, Mrs. Leona McCord, Nashville. She was a niece of Jesse
Fitzgerald of Pulaski.
GRIGGS, Nodie James The Pulaski Citizen 2 Aug 1967
Funeral services for Nodie James Griggs, 66, were conducted Monday, July 31, at
2:00 p. m., in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Pat Abernathy
of Athens, Ala., officiating. Burial was in Kedron Cemetery.
Mr. Griggs died Saturday, July 29, at Limestone County Hospital. He was a native
of Giles County, born September 2, 1900, the son of the late Jim and Lula
Roberts Griggs.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Fannie Lee Morris Griggs, Athens, Ala.; one
son, Jimmy Griggs, Columbus, Ga.; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Leona
King and Miss Dora Griggs, Athens; one brother, William Griggs, Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRIGGS, Nora Dunnavant The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Nora Dunnavant Griggs, 77, widow of Sam Griggs, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial
in Kedron Cemetery. Mrs. Griggs died at 10 o'clock Sunday night, October 13, at
Sunnyview Nursing Home in Nashville, after a long illness.
Born December 29, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Henry
Dunnavant and Annie Rogers Dunnavant. Her husband, Sam Griggs, died in January
of 1947. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Griggs is survived by seven sons, Freeman and Flournoy Griggs, Pulaski,
Marvin, Elvin, Leon, Ensley and Benton Griggs, all of South Bend, Ind.; four
daughters, Mrs. A. H. Largen, Cornersville, and Mrs. Floyd Duncan, Mrs, Carlos
Chambliss and Mrs. James Doyle, all of Nashville; a number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Solomon, Pulaski, Mrs. Richard
Beavers, Lincoln County, and Mrs. Jim Griggs, South Bend, Ind.; and one brother,
Kelly Dunnavant, Cornersville.
Toney Rainey and Son in charge of arrangements.
GRIGGS, Raymond Rice The Pulaski Citizen 19 Mar 1969
Services for Raymond Rice Griggs, 60, an Iuka, Miss., florist, were held Monday
afternoon, March 17, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home,
with Andy Brown, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in New Zion
Cemetery.
Mr. Griggs died Friday night, March 14, in the Veterans' Hospital in Memphis.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Griggs was born October 2, 1908, the son of Mrs.
Irma Eslick Griggs of Iuka., Miss., and the late Ernest N. Griggs.
Survivors in addition to his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Margaret Richardson
Griggs, Iuka, Miss.; three step-sons, Johnny Old, Giles County, Tommy Old, Viet
Nam, and Harry Old, Iuka, Miss.; and one grandchild.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GRIGGS, Thurman The Pulaski Citizen 12 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Thurman Griggs, 55, farmer of the Campbellsville section,
were held at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Welcome Valley Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, and the Rev. Ernest Casteel of Columbia.
Burial took place in the Kedron Cemetery. Mr. Griggs died of a heart attack at
his home at 2 o'clock on Monday morning, April 10.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Nora Griggs and the late Sam
Griggs. He was a member of Welcome Valley Baptist Church.
Mr. Griggs is survived by his wife, Mrs. Josie Largen Griggs; one son, Rev.
Lawson Griggs, Pulaski; two daughters, Miss Mary Linda Griggs, Campbellsville,
and Mrs. Herman Howell, Detroit, Mich.; four grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs.
James Doyle, Mrs. Floyd Duncan and Mrs. Carl Chambers, all of Nashville, and
Mrs. Alvin Largen, Cornersville; and seven brothers, Freeman and Flournoy
Griggs, Giles County, Marvin Griggs, Elvin Griggs, Ensley Griggs, Leon Griggs
and Benton Griggs, all of South Bend, Ind.
Toney Rainey and son of Ardmore, Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements.
GRIGSBY, Annie Foster Orr The Pulaski Citizen 6 Sep 1967
Mrs. Annie Foster Orr Grigsby, 79, a resident of Elkton, died Sunday, September
3, at the Bel-Air Manor Nursing Home, in Columbia, following an extended
illness.
Services were conducted Tuesday, September 5, at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home,
with the Rev. H. Fred Blankenship officiating. Burial was in St. John's Cemetery
at Ashwood.
Mrs. Grigsby, a native of Maury County, was born February 1, 1888, the daughter
of the late M. J. and Ella Long Orr. She attended Randolph Macon and graduated
from Cincinnati Conservatoire of Music and taught music at Elkton High School
for many years, where she lived most of her married life. She was active in
community and church activities for many years. Her husband, the late John C.
Grigsby, died in 1950, and their only child, Brown Morris Grigsby, died in
service during World War II.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. C. D.Walton, Mt. Pleasant; a brother, Alfred
Orr, Delray, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
GRIGSBY, Hatcher Milton The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jul 1962
Hatcher Milton Grigsby, 74, died Saturday morning, July 14, at the Giles County
Hospital, after several months illness. Grigsby, a retired insurance agent, had
been a church and civic leader of his native Giles County for many years.
Funeral services were held Monday morning, July 16, at First Methodist Church,
with the Rev. W. H. Moss, pastor, and the Rev. Frank A. Calhoun, pastor of First
Methodist Church, Murfreesboro, officiating.
He was the son of the late Henry Milton Grigsby and Florence Witt Grigsby. He
was educated at Giles County schools, was graduated from Branham and Hughes
Preparatory School, Spring Hill, and attended Vanderbilt University.
At one time, Grigsby was employed by the Internal Revenue Department of
Tennessee. Later, in the early 1920's he established the H. M. Grigsby Insurance
Agency, which he conducted until his retirement in 1953.
He served with the U. S. Army during World War I. During World War II, he served
as trustee and chairman of the Board of Stewards for many years. He was a
long-time member of the board of trustees of Martin College, member of the
Masonic Lodge, American Legion, and Hillcrest Country Club.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. W. L. Abernathy, Pulaski; a niece, Mrs.
Allister M. Waldrop, Bryan, Texas; and a nephew, W. Lane Abernathy, Nashville.
GRISHAM, Ray Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1968
Ray Wesley Grisham, 57, brother of Mrs. Moulton Abernathy, died Monday morning,
December 16, in the Lawrence County Hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Grisham were held Wednesday afternoon, December 18, at
2:30 at the Pulaski Street Church of Christ, Lawrenceburg. Burial was in Mimosa
Cemetery.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Grisham, Lawrenceburg; two
sons, Dennis and Ronnie Grisham; one daughter, Delrene Grisham; five sisters,
Mrs. R. E. Young, Mrs. J. D. Kimery, Mrs. Charles Heffington, Lawrenceburg, Mrs.
W. T. Thistle of Decatur, Ala., Mrs. Abernathy, Pulaski; four brothers, D. S.
Grisham, Jr. and R. E. Grisham, both of Lawrenceburg, Dr. A. J. Grisham, Warner
Robbins, Ga., Lt. Col. W. K. Grisham, Ft. Lewis, Washington.
GROOMS, Myrtle Sisk The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Sisk Grooms, 60, widow of Forrest Grooms of
Decatur, Ala., were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Carroll R. Lewis, assistant pastor of Central
Methodist Church in Decatur, and the Rev. W. H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist
Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Grooms, resident of
Decatur for thirty-three years, died at 4 o'clock Monday morning at Vanderbilt
Hospital, Nashville, after a three months illness.
Born September 2, 1900, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Anna
Cardin Sisk of Pulaski and the late Hiram L. Sisk. Her husband, Forrest Grooms,
died twenty-five years ago.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Grooms is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Floyd
Stevenson, Evansville, Ind., Mrs. Roy B. Harkleroad, Dublin, Ga., Mrs. Agnes
McCorkle, Florence, Ala., and Miss Ruth Sisk, Pulaski; and six brothers, Kenneth
Sisk, Harold Sisk, John Allen Sisk and Wilburn Sisk, Pulaski, and Massey Sisk
and Sylvester Sisk, Florence, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GROTH, Christian Lee The Pulaski Citizen 1 Sep 1965
Christian Lee Groth, 70, Giles County magistrate from the Ninth District and
retired farmer, died Monday afternoon, August 30, at 4:10 o'clock in Veterans
Administration Hospital in Nashville after a period of declining health.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Elkton
Methodist Church with the Rev. Armistead Oates and the Rev. W. H. Mansfield
officiating. Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
Born July 12, 1895 at Elkton, Mr. Groth was the son of the late Christian Lee
Groth, Sr., a German immigrant, and Emily Phillips Groth.
He was a member of Elkton Methodist Church and a Veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lillybell Patterson Groth; one son, Logan
Patterson Groth of Lawrenceburg; one grandson, Gregory Groth; and one brother,
Henry Groth of Donelson.
GRUBBS, Tullie Ola The Pulaski Citizen 14 May 1969
Funeral services for Miss Tullie Ola Grubbs, 75, were conducted Friday
afternoon, May 9, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. Rudolph James and the Rev. Henry Cortner, officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Miss Grubbs died Wednesday, May 7, in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Miss Grubbs was born May 11, 1895, the daughter of the
late Leroy Sidney and Sue Ella Portress Grubbs.
Survivors include four brothers, Raymond Grubbs, Marvin Grubbs, Malcolm Grubbs,
and Edward Grubbs, all of Pulaski; three sisters, Miss Grace Grubbs, Miss Maxie
Grubbs, and Miss Ida Grubbs, all of Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
GULLEY, Leila Mae Walls The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Leila Mae Walls Gulley, 67, were held at 11 o'clock
Friday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia with burial in Rose Hill
Cemetery in the Nineteenth Civil District, southwest of Campbellsville. Mrs.
Gulley died of a heart attack Wednesday night, July 21, at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Howard Green in Columbia.
Mrs. Gulley, a native of Giles County, lived in Columbia twenty-five years, when
she moved to Nashvile. She was the daughter of the late Milton Walls and Nancy
Watson Walls. Twice married, her first husband was Jacob Click, and after his
death, she married T. J. Gulley.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Gulley is survived by another daughter, Mrs.
Charles Ferrell, Nashville; two sons, James Rexford Click and Robert Wesley
Click, both of Nashville; eleven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Ozro Page, Lynnville; and two brothers, Robert Walls, Pulaski,
and James Milton Walls, Nashville.
Another brother, John Wesley Walls, was killed Friday, July 16, in a car wreck
in Maury County.
GULLEY, Maxie Lee Pierce The Pulaski Citizen 17 May 1961
Graveside services for Mrs. Maxie Lee Pierce Gulley, 60, were held at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at McCartney Cemetery at Rogersville, Ala. She died at 5:55
o'clock on Tuesday morning, May 16, at her home at Wales after an extended
illness.
Born April 18, 1901, in Lauderdale County, Ala., she was the daughter of the
late Lonnie White Pierce and Fannie Bills Pierce. She was the widow of Charlie
L. Gulley who died in 1942. She was a member of Puncheon Church of Christ.
Mrs. Gulley is survived by four daughters, Miss Merline Gulley, Wales, Mrs.
Lennice Hickman and Mrs. Glena McConnell, Lynnville, and Mrs. Rachel Harris,
Elkmont, Ala.; one son, Joe Gulley, Pulaski; eighteen grandchildren and one
great-granddaughter; six sisters, Mrs. E. E. Ray, Anderson, Ala., Mrs. Tillman
C. Long, Athens, Ala., Mrs. L. C. Shelton, Minor Hill, Mrs. Arthur Smith, Mrs.
Larimore Fergerson and Mrs. Willard Hamlett, all of Pulaski; and five brothers,
Matthew Pierce, Wales, Felton Pierce, Goodsprings, Joe Pierce and Jesse Pierce,
both of Athens, Ala., and Alton Pierce, Toledo, Ohio.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GUNTER, Beulah Ozelle Pierson The Pulaski Citizen 6 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Beulah Ozelle Pierson Gunter, 74, Giles County
resident, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, Baptist minister. Burial will take
place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Gunter died about 11:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning, February 6, at her home on Route 4, Pulaski.
Born August 29, 1889, in Bedford County, she was the daughter of the late James
Harvey Pierson and Eudora Arnold Pierson. He husband, James Franklin Gunter,
died several years ago. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Gunter is survived by three sons, Thomas Gunter, Elmer Gunter, and Milburn
Gunter, Giles County; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Harwell and Mrs. Henry Britton,
Giles County; twelve grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; four
sisters, Mrs. Ray Davenport, Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Mahlon Doss, Diana, Mrs. Bruce
Worsham, Lynnville, and Mrs. Emmett Gaines, Beech Hill and two brothers, Ed
Pierson, Ardmore and Will Pierson, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
GUNTER, Grover B. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Oct 1969
Grover B. Gunter, 81, merchant for 35 years in McBurg, died Sunday, October 19,
in Lincoln County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, October 21, at 2:00 o'clock in McBurg
United Methodist Church, where he was a member, by the Rev. Howard Hanes. Burial
was in Wright Cemetery.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Cecil McCracken; one son, Woodrow Gunter,
McBurg; one sister, Mrs. R. M. Porter, Howell community; and two grandchildren.
GUNTER, Lula Bass The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Miss Lula Bass Gunter, 77, resident of the Frankewing
section, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Chester A. Stephens, Methodist minister. Burial took place
in Pisgah Cemetery. Miss Gunter died at 7:30 o'clock on Wednesday night,
February 15, at Giles County Hospital, after a long illness.
Born March 16, 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Shields
Gunter and Martha Biles Gunter. She was a member of Friendship Methodist Church.
The survivors include one sister, Mrs. Van Ayers, Beech Hill; one brother,
Leonard Gunter, Nashville; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May and Company, in charge of arrangements.
GUY, Herbert A. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Aug 1965
Herbert A. Guy, 62, of Tampa, Fla., former band director at Giles County High
School, died Saturday, July 31, in Maury County Hospital at Columbia.
Giles County were conducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Eastland Funeral
Home, Nashville, with the Rev. Frank Calhoun officiating. Interment was in
Spring Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Guy directed high school bands in Middle Tennessee for seventeen years and
was a member of the GCHS faculty in Pulaski for several years during the early
1940's. He had taught in Tampa for the past seven years.
A native of Illinois, he moved as a boy to Hong Kong, China, where he received
his elementary education. He later moved to Nashville and attended Hume Fogg
High School. He received his A. B. and B. S. degrees from Vanderbilt University
and the M. A. degree from Peabody College.
He was a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Chamness Guy of Tampa; two daughters,
Mrs. Marie Love of Centerville and Mrs. Frances Gaubatz of Detroit, Mich.; two
brothers, George Henry Guy of Corpus Christi, Tex., and the Rev. William M.
Asgar of Laurel, Miss.; and three grandchildren.
GWALTNEY, Eula The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
Mrs. Eula Gwaltney, 79, Hickman, Tenn. resident, died at 5:45 Wednesday morning,
March 2, in McFarland Hospital, Lebanon, following a long period of declining
health.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Union Hill
Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Hickman, conducted by the Rev. W. W. Mayberry,
the Rev. William Darnell, and the Rev. Billy E. Craighead of Pulaski. Burial
took place in the church cemetery.
Her husband, Robert J. Gwaltney, died in 1933.
Mrs. Gwaltney is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Benton Gwaltney, Hickman; and
one niece whom she reared, Mrs. Billy E. Craighead, Pulaski.
HAGAN, Melissa Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. John A. Hagan, 86, were held at 4 o'clock Friday
afternoon at Pleasant Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church, conducted by Dr. W.
H. Mansfield, Methodist minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs.
Hagan, after a period of declining health died at 3:30 o'clock on Thursday
morning, August 11, at her home in the Stella Community. The former Miss Melissa
Jackson, she was born July11, 1874, in Giles County, the daughter of the late
David C. Jackson and Sarah Appleton Jackson. She was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Her husband, John A. Hagan, died May 24, 1947.
Mrs. Hagan is survived by three sons, J. Herbert Hagan and L. Aubrey Hagan,
Pulaski druggists, and Charles Ewart Hagan, Pulaski attorney; two daughters,
Mrs. Harrison Schmitt, Silver City, N. M., and Mrs. Roy Mobley, Athens, Ala.;
fourteen grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. E.
H. Sexton, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Guy Johnson, Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
HAGOOD, Bellzona The Pulaski Citizen 28 Mar 1962
Miss Bellzona Hagood, 80, resident of the Minor Hill Community, died on
Saturday, March 17, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services were held on Sunday at Minor Hill Baptist Church of which she
was a member. The Rev. Bob Brothers, pastor of the church, officiated, and the
burial took place in the Minor Hill Cemetery.
Born October 30, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph
W. Hagood and Rebecca Jordan Hagood.
Miss Hagood is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Ross Jackson, Minor Hill and Mrs.
Eubert Franks, Pulaski; and three nephews, Oates Springer, Grassy, Ala., Earl
Springer, Lexington, Ala., and Tyson Cole, Lawrencebrug.
HAGOOD, William Carson The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1967
William Carson Hagood, 53, former Circuit Court Clerk of Giles County, was dead
on arrival at a Huntsville, Ala., hospital Sunday, Dec. 3, after having suffered
a heart attack while visiting in that city.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Clarence Stewart and Rev. Hoyt Wilson officiating. Burial
was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hagood was born in the Minor Hill community April
7, 1914, the son of the late J. M., Sr., and Louise Mae Moore Hagood. He moved
to Pulaski fourteen years ago.
He was employed at the local plant at General Shoe Corporation for sixteen years
and attended Columbia Business College before being elected Circuit Court Clerk
in 1958, an office he held until 1965. For a time he was manager of Fort Hill
Hotel in Pulaski and at the time of his death was employed as night clerk at the
Sam Davis Hotel in Nashville.
He was a Baptist.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Jimmy Davis and Mrs. John Cook, both of
Pulaski; two sons, Billy Dean of Rockwood and Roger Gail Hagood, U. S. Air Force
in Hawaii; a brother, J. M. Hagood, Jr., of Pulaski; three sisters, Mrs. Giles
Phillips of Pulaski, Mrs. Hugh Orr and Mrs. R. L. Morphis, both of Columbia; six
grandchildren and a step-grandchild.
HAGOOD, Elmer Clyde The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Elmer Clyde Hagood, 69, were held at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist Church with the burial in Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Hagood died Thursday morning, March 2, at Giles County Hospital after a
brief illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born September 1, 1891, the son of the late
William Hagood and Catherine Marbut Hagood.
Mr. Hagood, a batchelor, is survived by one brother, Joseph M. Hagood, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAGOOD, Joseph Madden Sr. 8 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Joseph Madden Hagood, Sr., 76, were held at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Minor Hill
Cemetery. Mr. Hagood, a retired farmer, died Thursday, April 8, in Maury County
Hospital, Columbia, after a short illness. Born September 6, 1888, in Giles
county, he was the son of the late William Allen Hagood and Serena Cathonia
Marbut Hagood.
Mr. Hagood is survived by his wife, Louisa Mae Hagood; two sons, Joseph Madden
Hagood, Jr. and Carson Hagood, Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs. Hugh Orr and Mrs.
R. T. Morphis, both of Columbia, and Mrs. Giles Phillips, Pulaski; fifteen
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAILEY, J. S. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Dec 1965
Maj. J. S. Hailey, 41, retired Army officer of Stone Mountain, died Friday
afternoon in an Atlanta hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon at Fort McPherson with burial in Marietta National Cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mildred Pursell Hailey; a daughter, Anita Hailey,
Stone Mountain; a son, Randall D. Hailey, Fort Bragg, N. C.; one granddaughter;
two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Whitley, Smyrna, and Mrs. Pauline Nicsick, Chicago,
Ill.; two brothers, Paul Hailey, Louisville, Ky., and Robert Chambliss, Miami,
Fla.
His mother, Mrs. Mattie Beard Hailey, was a former Giles Countian.
HAISLIP, Samuel F. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1967
Samuel F. Haislip, 70, died Monday, March 27, at his home in the Pisgah
community. Services were conducted Tuesday, March 28, at 2:30 p. m. in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with John Sorrow, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Garden.
Mr. Haislip, a native of Marshall County, was born November 11, 1896, the son of
the late Samuel K. and Nannie Wilkerson Haislip. He was a member of the Church
of Christ.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie Luna Haislip; one daughter, Mrs. Norine
Ridner, Shelbyville; two sons, Samuel L., Palm Harbor, Fla., and Adrian Haislip,
Houston, Texas; ten grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Jim Brewer, Pulaski; and one
half-brother, J. Z. Brewer, Shelbyville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAISLIP, Samuel Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 30 Aug 1967
Samuel Floyd Haislip, 66, of Nashville, died Sunday, August 27, in Leonard's
Hospital in Lewisburg.
Services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, August 29, at the Bills
and McGrew Funeral Home, with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery.
A retired Marshall County farmer, he had lived in Nashville for the past
thirteen years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jessie Mai Simmons Haislip, Nashville; two
daughters, Mrs. Bill Beatty, Sycamauga, Ga., and Mrs. Tony Wilson, St.
Petersburg, Fla.; four sons, Everage Haislip, Belfast, Kenneth Howard, Alton and
Alfred Haislip;, all of Nashville; thirteen grandchildren; one great-grandchild;
one sister, Mrs. Clara May Fly, Pulaski; and one brother, Lonnie Haislip,
Franklin.
HAISLIP, Wilma Jean Hedgcoth The Pulaski Citizen 9 Sep 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilma Jean Hedgcoth Haislip, 35, native Giles
Countian, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. She died at 10 o'clock
Monday morning, September 7, at a hospital in Louisville, Ky.
Born December 6, 1928, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Nell Hill
Hedgcoth, Pulaski and the late Porter Hedgcoth.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Haislip is survived by four children; three
sisters, Mrs. Jewel Perryman and Mrs. Lorene Hulshof, both of Lewisburg, and
Miss Patsy Hedgcoth, Pulaski; and one brother, J. C. Hedgcoth, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HALL, Abe Lee The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1960
Abe Lee Hall, 69, president of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company died
suddenly Thursday night, December 1, at his home on South Fifth Street in
Pulaski, following a heart attack. He had been ill for about two weeks.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with Gilbert E. Shaffer, pastor of East Hill Church of Christ,
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hall was the son of the late Andrew Johnson and
Effie Clark Hall. He had lived in the New Providence community before moving to
Pulaski about ten years ago.
Mr. Hall had served as president of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company for
many years and was a retired salesman for Tennessee Valley Life Insurance
Company. He also was a retired substitute rural mail carrier, having substituted
on Routes 3 and 7 over a long period of years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fenton Kerr Hall; a son, Abe Morris (Bud) Hall
of Columbia; a daughter, Mrs. William T. Whitworth, Jr., of Pulaski; a sister,
Miss Ruby Hall, Pulaski.
HALL, Robert L. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Robert L. Hall, 82, native of Giles County and resident of
Bessemer, Ala., were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Rev. Raymond Johns, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Hall died Friday, October 8, in a nursing home at
Hueytown, Ala., after a long illness.
Born June 11, 1883, he was the son of the late Frank Hall and Sallie Smith Hall.
He was a member of the Baptist Church.
A bachelor, he went in approximately 1930 to Decatur, Ala., where he was
employed by Cottrell Brothers, later going to Bessemer. For a number of years he
owned and operated a shoe shop at Hueytown, near Birmingham.
Mr. Hall is survived by one sister, Mrs. Annie Randolph (J. W.) Thompson, Minor
Hill; and one brother, Will Hall, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HALL, Sallie McGaugh The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie McGaugh Hall, 76, were held at one o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mr. O'Neal of
Cornersville. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Hall died at 9:45
o'clock Sunday night, April 21, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Farrar,
after a long illness.
Born January 15, 1887, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late
Lawrence McGaugh and Tmpthis Bryant McGaugh. Her husband, L. H. Hall, died
thirteen years ago.
In addition to the daughter, Mrs. J. C. Farrar, at Brick Church, Mrs. Hall is
survived by one son, Charlie Hall, Odd Fellows Hall; seven grandchildren and
eleven great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Annie Gates, Detroit, Mich.; and
one brother, Kent McGaugh, El Paso, Texas.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HALL, William Carroll The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1967
Funeral services for William Carroll Hall, 78, Nashville resident, were held at
12:30 o'clock Tuesday in the chapel of Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home in
Nashville with the burial taking place in Choates Creek Church Cemetery in Giles
County.
Mr. Hall was born in Lawrence County, January 16, 1889, the son of the late
James Franklin Hall and Sara Ann Eliza Smith Hall. He was a member of the
Missionary Baptist Church.
Mr. Hall is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie Inman Hall; one daughter, Mrs.
Frieda Hall Johannes, Pekin, Ill.; five grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.
Annie Thompson, Pulaski.
HALL, William Ernest The Pulaski Citizen 02 Feb 1966
Graveside services for William Ernest Hall, 72, Nashville, and an employee of
the Noel Hotel in Nashville, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the
Gatlin Cemetery at Ardmore. Mr. Hall died Friday, January 28, at his home after
three year heart condition.
A native of Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late John Hall and
Alice Lewter Hall. Following the death of his wife, Mrs. Belle Woodard Hall,
twenty years ago, he moved to Nashville. For the past sixteen years, he had
worked as an elevator operator and a doorman at the Noel Hotel.
He was a member of the Bethel Methodist Church.
Mr. Hall is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Gertrude McClain Hall; one
daughter, Mrs. J. Van Pylant, Nashville; one son, Baugh D. Hall, Elkton; two
step-sons, Ben McClain and Charles McClain, Nashville; several grandchildren and
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lula Morrell and Mrs. Dovie Reyer,
Ardmore; and one brother, Odie Hall, Birmingham, Ala.
Rainey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
HALLEY, W. A. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1960
W. A. Halley, 75, retired engineer, and husband of the former Miss Beulah Smith
of Pulaski, died Tuesday, December 20, at their home in Shreveport, La., after
several months declining health. Funeral rites and burial will take place in
Shreveport on Thursday.
Mr. Halley, in addition to his wife, is survived by one son, three daughters,
and six grandchildren.
Mrs. Halley is the daughter of the late Shelby W. Smith and Mary Young Smith;
and is a niece of Guy Young of Pulaski.
HALMONTALLER, Nannie Lou Bascomb The Pulaski Citizen 29 May 1968
Mrs. Jim Halmontaller, 62, sister of Mrs. Elmo Harwell, died Wednesday morning,
May 22, in Bedford County General Hospital, Shelbyville.
Services were held at 2:30 p. m. Thursday, May 23, in the chapel of
Howell-Thompson Funeral Home. Burial was in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Halmontaller was the former Nannie Lou Bascomb,
daughter of the late Erastus C. and Dora Pack Bascomb of the Pisgah community.
In addition to her sister, survivors include her husband; two sons, Harold W.
Halmontaller of Nashville and James Edward Halmontaller , Shelbyville; three
brothers, Oakes C. Bascomb, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Jesse C. Bascomb, Newark, Ohio,
and S. C. Bascomb, St. Louis, Mo.; one other sister, Mrs. A. C. Sweeney,
Lewisburg; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
HAMBY, Jane Lee Rosson The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Jane Lee Hamby, 79, were held at 2:00 o'clock Monday,
January 22, in the chapel of Bennett May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, Second
Street Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill
Cemetery.
Mrs. Hamby died Saturday, January 20, at Giles County Hospital following an
extended illness.
A native of Lawrence County, Mrs. Hamby was born June 10, 1888, the daughter of
the late Jim and Arcane McDougal Rosson. She was the wife of the late Cleve
Hamby.
Survivors include one son, Robert William Hamby, Giles County; two
grandchildren; five great grandchildren; one brother, Verge Rosson,
Lawrenceburg; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Tankersley, Lawrenceburg and Mrs. Lenie
Dean, Pulaski.
Bennett May Funeral Home is charge of arrangements.
HAMBY, Robert William The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Robert William Hamby, 60, were held Wednesday, January 31,
at 2 p. m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Franklin
Williams officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Hamby, of Goodsprings, died Tuesday, January 30 in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hamby was born April 16, 1907, the son of the late
Cleve and Jane Lee Rosson Hamby.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edith Randall Hamby; two sons, Bobby Hamby,
Lawrenceburg, and Jackie Hamby, Pulaski; and five grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAMLIN, Buford The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Buford Hamlin, 75, retired public works employee, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg, with the
burial in the Wright Cemetery near McBurg. Mr. Hamlin died at 11 o'clock
Saturday night, October 22, at his home on Creecy Road in the Beech Hill
section, after a long period of declining health.
He was born October 24, 1886, the son of the late Frank Hamlin and Sarah Hamlin.
Mr. Hamlin is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Minnie Ethel Smith Hamlin; one
granddaughter, Mrs. Hazel Galloway, and three great-grandchildren, Orlen, N. Y.
HAMLIN, John William The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
John William Hamlin, 98, retired Cornersville farmer, died Wednesday, September
21, at his home.
Funeral services were conducted Thursday, September 22, at 2 p. m., in the
chapel of McDaniel's Funeral Home, with burial in Beechwood Cemetery.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Paul Terry, Decatur, Ala., Mrs. W. V.
Hewitt, Nashville, and Miss Nell Hamlin, Cornersville; one son, Luther Hamlin,
Crossville, Ala.; three grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Chris Parsons, Burkett, Texas.
HAMLETT, Amos Carter The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Amos Carter Hamlett, 57, well-known farmer of Giles County,
will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. James T. Parsons and the Rev. Marshall D. Moss, former
pastor. Burial will take place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Hamlett died of a
heart attack late Tuesday afternoon, April 23, at his home on the Bunker Hill
Road.
Born May 12, 1905, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Bruce Graves Hamlett
and the late Will Carter Hamlett. He was a member of Blooming Grove Methodist
Church.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Hamlett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Ingram Hamlett; one son, Fred Carter Hamlett, Pulaski; one daughter,
Mrs. Charles E. Francis, Nashville; two grandchildren; one brother, Thurman
Hamlett, Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. Floyd Rogers, Mrs. Thomas Dugger, and
Mrs. Richard Hill, all of Pulaski.
HAMLETT, Atsie Chapman The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Edgar Hamlett, 67, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. R. E. Stevenson,
Methodist minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Hamlett died
at 11 o'clock Thursday morning, February 13, at Giles County Hospital after a
long illness.
The former Miss Atsie Chapman, she was born October 18, 1896, the daughter of
the late James W. Chapman and Mary Carter Chapman. She was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Hamlett is survived by her husband, Edgar Hamlett, two sons, Edgar Hamlett,
Jr., Pulaski, and Willard Hamlett, Sheffield, Ala.; two daughters, Mrs. Charlie
Clifton, Pulaski, and Mrs. George Ondreyka, Washington, D. C.; seven
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAMLETT, Byron Dwayne The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1967
Sgt. 1C Byron Dwayne Hamlett, 36, who last week had been reported missing in
action in Vietnam, died March 10 of burns received in an airplane crash,
according to the word received by his family from the Department of the Army.
The body is expected to arrive here within the next few days and funeral
services will be conducted at Bennett-May Chapel. Arrangements are incomplete.
A native of Giles County, born June 3, 1930, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Miller Hamlett of Blooming Grove. He was a graduate of Giles County High School
and had been serving in the U. S. Army for fifteen years. He was stationed in
Saigon.
He was married to the former Miss Madolyn Kay Muse of Fayetteville.
Sgt. Hamlett was the second Giles Countian to lose his life in the Vietnam
fighting. Pfc. William L. Randolph of Ardmore became the county's first casualty
when he was fatally wounded, Jan.13.
Survivors in addition to his wife, who makes her home in Lumberton, N. C.,
include two sons, Mike and Mark, and a daughter, Melissa, all of Lumberton;
three brothers, James of Eau Galli, Fla., Jones of Gallatin, and Edward Hamlett
of Blooming Grove.
HAMLETT, Claude Washington The Pulaski Citizen 17 May 1967
Claude Washington Hamlett, 94, retired farmer, died Sunday, May 14, at Fairhaven
Nursing Home.
Services were conducted on Monday, May 15, at 4:00 p.m. in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Martin officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Hamlett, a native of Giles County, was born October 22, 1873, the son of the
late James and Loretta Hamlett.
Survivors include one brother, Miller Hamlett, Giles County, and several nieces
and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAMLETT, L. C. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1967
L. C. Hamlett, 68, retired employee of Florence Stove Co., died Monday, January
23, in Gordon Hospital in Lewisburg.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, January 24, at 2 o'clock at London
Funeral Home, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Hamlett, a native of Giles County, was the son of the late John Henry and
Frances Reasonover Hamlett. He was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Allie Kate Chapman Hamlett; one daughter, Mrs.
Buddy Liggett, Lewisburg; two sons, Bob, Knoxville, and Glen Hamlett, Nashville;
nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Elmo Wilburn,
Miami, Mrs. Hobert Wilburn, Nashville, and Mrs. Henry Graves, Memphis; three
brothers, Luna, Lynnville, Aymett, Pulaski, and Thomas Hamlett, Detroit, Mich.
HAMLETT, Lee Ernie The Pulaski Citizen 26 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Lee Ernie Hamlett, 73, retired employee of International
Minerals and Chemical Corporation at Wales, were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Hamlett died Sunday, August 23, in a Nashville hospital after a period of
declining health.
Born February 9, 1891, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Henry
Hamlett and Frances Reasonover Hamlett.
Mr. Hamlett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Savannah Sewell Hamlett; two sons,
Everett Hamlett and Melvin Hamlett, both of Bartow, Fla.; eight grandchildren
and nine great-grandchildren; four brothers, Lennie Hamlett, Lewisburg, Luni
Hamlett and Aymett Hamlett, Giles County, and Thomas Hamlett, Michigan; and
three sisters, Mrs. Hobart Wilburn, Nashville, Mrs. Cora Graves, Memphis, and
Mrs. Sue Mae Williams, Miami, Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAMLETT, Thurman The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jun 1965
Thurman Hamlett, 57, Pulaski business leader, died at Giles County Hospital at
2:30 a. m. Thursday, June 17, after a short illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Friday at Bennett-May Funeral Home with
burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of the Blooming Grove Community in Giles County, he was born September
14, 1907, the son of Mrs. Bruce Graves Hamlett of Giles County and the late Will
C. Hamlett.
He was a member of the Blooming Grove Methodist Church. For more than twenty
years, he had owned and operated Quality Food Store, established Giles Locker
Storage and at the time of his death was also the owner of Pulaski Slaughter
House.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith
Hamlett; two sons, William Jerome Hamlett, Pulaski and Robert Hamlett,
Lawrenceburg; and three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Dugger, Mrs. Richard Hill and Mrs.
Floyd Rogers, all of Giles County.
HAMLETT, Walter Gray The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Walter Gray Hamlett, 75, retired farmer of the
Campbellsville section, were held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Jesse C. Williams, pastor of the
Campbellsville Methodist Church. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr.
Hamlett died at 6 o'clock on Thursday night, July 28, at Giles County Hospital
after several months declining health.
Born April 22, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Solon Hamlett
and Betty Tidwell Hamlett. He as a member of the Campbellsville Methodist
Church.
Mr. Hamlett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Evans Hamlett; two sons, Rex
Hamlett, Campbellsville, and Evans Hamlett, Columbia; one daughter, Mrs. Clinton
Goodwin, Nashville; five grandchildren; one brother, Edgar Hamlett, Giles
County; and two sisters, Mrs. Beulah Abernathy, Kingsport, and Mrs. Lizzie
Harris, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAMLETT, Will Carter The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Will Carter Hamlett, 84, retired merchant and farmer of the
Blooming Grove community, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Hamlett died
on Tuesday morning, January 1, at his home following a period of declining
health.
Born December 15, 1887, in Giles County, he was the son of the James Carter
Hamlett and Loretta Bass Hamlett. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Hamlett served as superintendent of the County Farm from 1940-1954.
Mr. Hamlett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bruce Graves Hamlett; two sons, Amos
Hamlett and Thurman Hamlett; three daughters, Mrs. Floyd Rogers, Mrs. Thomas C.
Dugger, and Mrs. Richard Hill, all of Giles County; ten grandchildren; two
brothers, Claude Hamlett, Columbia, and Miller Hamlett, Pulaski; and one sister,
Mrs. Dan Dugger, Louisville, Ky.
HAMMOND, Alice Bailey The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Bailey Hammond, 66, widow of Gilbert E. Hammond,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Union Hill, Ala., with the burial
at Minor Hill Cemetery, Giles County. Mrs. Hammond died Friday, January 13, at
Giles County Hospital.
A native of Alabama, she was the daughter of the late William Bailey and Nancy
McGuire Bailey. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Bailey who had resided at Minor Hill the past sixteen years, is survived by
five brothers, Claude Bailey, Fred Bailey, Dewey Bailey, Ernest Bailey and
Benton Bailey, all of Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAMMOND, Silas The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
Funeral services were held Sunday, March 6, at Chapel Hill, N. C. for William
Silas Hammond, 77, retired farmer who died Saturday morning in North Carolina
Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Burial was in Chapel Hill memorial
Cemetery.
Mr. Hammond was a native of Anderson, Ala., but moved at an early age to Minor
Hill, where he resided until his retirement eight years ago. He was an active
member of Minor Hill Methodist Church and served as Giles County's
representative in the State Legislature for three terms.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Bass Hammond; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas L.
Burns of Silver Spring, Md., and Mrs. Neill Scott of Chapel Hill, N. C.; one
brother, J. S. Hammond of Clearwater, Fla.; and six grandchildren.
HAMON, Roy Kirk The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Roy Kirk Hamon, six months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Hamon, Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla., were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at
Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Wesley Holden, Methodist minister,
with the burial in Chestnut Grove Cemetery.
The child died on Thursday, August 17, at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, after
a two weeks illness.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by the grandparents, Mrs. Roy
Beard of Minor Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hamon, Bartlett, Va.
HAMPTON, Gerald Wayne The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1968
An Athens, Ala., man, Gerald Wayne Hampton, 22, native of the Cedar Grove
community in Giles County, drowned Thursday afternoon, July 4 in the Elk River.
Officers said Hampton was preparing to run a trot line when he made a sharp turn
and was thrown from his boat. The body was recovered about an hour later, at
3:45 p. m., near Elk Shores.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, July 6, at Mr. Carmel Church of
Christ, of which he was a member, and burial was in Athens City Cemetery.
Born April 8, 1946, at Cedar Grove, son of Leo Hampton and the late Billie
Frances Chrsitopher Hampton. Wayne moved with his family to Athens at the age of
two. He was graduated from Clements High School and was married to the former
Nina Estep, who survives.
In addition to his wife and father, survivors include his stepmother, Mrs.
Lorraine Hampton; two sisters, Kathy Hampton, and Mrs. Ray Miller of Route 1,
Athens; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. J. E. Hampton of Athens; his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Christopher of Pulaski; and his
great-grandmother, Mrs. J. A. Christopher of Minor Hill.
HAMSLEY, Thomas Gilbert The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1966
Thomas Gilbert Hamsley, 21, died Monday, September 12, in Giles County Hospital,
following an extended illness.
Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday afternoon, September 14, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Horace Woodard and the Rev.
Mack Pinkleton officiating. Burial was in Lawrence County Memory Gardens.
Mr. Hamsley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Carter Hamsley and a native of
Giles County. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Doretha Casey of
Elkton; one brother, John C. Hamsley, Cedar Town, Ala.; his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Claude Hamsley of Lawrenceburg; and his maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Thurman of Giles County.
HANCOCK, Bessie Pearl LeMay The Pulaski Citizen 12 Apr 1967
Mrs. Bessie Pearl Hancock, 56, died Thursday, April 6, at Baptist Hospital in
Nashville.
Services were conducted Saturday morning, April 8, at 11 o'clock, in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Hoyt Wilson officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Hancock, a native of Giles County, was born March 6, 1911, the daughter of
the late John and Mary Jane Coats LeMay.
She is survived by her husband, Fred E. Hancock; eight grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. Florence Haley, Fayetteville; one son-in-law, H. C. Reynolds; Sr.
Alabama.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HANCOCK, Ruth Burchfield The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Burchfield Hancock, 71, were conducted Thursday
afternoon, July 13, at 3:30 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Henry Cortner officiating. Burial was in Friendship Cemetery at
Culleoka.
Mrs. Hancock, a native of McClean County, Ky., died Wednesday, July 12, at
Fairhaven Nursing Home. She was born May 14, 1896, the daughter of the late
Alonzo and Beatrice Phelps Burchfield. Her husband, the late John Hull Hancock,
died several years ago.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Imogene Bolden and Mrs. Christine Horn,
both of Giles County; one son, Joe Lyle Hancock, Lynnville; and five
grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HANDLEY, Maude Dockery The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Dockery Handley, 83, widow of Inman Handley,
were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by Andrew Brown, minister of Second Street Church of Christ. Burial took place
in Mars Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Handley died on Monday afternoon, July 4, in
Fairhaven Nursing Home, Pulaski.
Born July 28, 1882, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late John
Dockery and Mary E. Dockery Dockery. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her husband died fourteen years ago.
Mrs. Handley is survived by four nieces, Mrs. Hollins Kaiser, Lynnville, Mrs. V.
E. Wilkes, Pulaski, Mrs. Bill Terwilliger, DeLand, Fla., and Mrs. Vick Harwell,
Lancaster, Calif.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HANEY, Charles Holland The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1969
Funeral services for Charles Holland Haney, Sr., 86, were held Tuesday
afternoon, February 18, at 2 o'clock in the Minor Hill Church of Christ, with
Gilbert Shaffer and Edward Harper, Church of Christ ministers, officiating.
Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Haney, a retired school teacher, died Sunday, February 16, in Giles County
Hospital.
A native of Limestone County, Alabama, Mr. Haney was born February 14, 1883, the
son of the late Presley Haney and Drenon Dollins Haney.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Iva Lee Coffman Haney, Minor Hill; five sons,
Tom Haney, Panama City, Fla., Paul Haney, Mt. Juliet, Charles Haney, Jr., Minor
Hill, David Haney, Decatur, Ala., and Randall Haney, Athens, Ala.; one step-son,
Herbert White; five daughters, Mrs. Gorman Robinson, Minor Hill, Mrs. Eugene
Moates and Mrs. Wilson, both of Pulaski, Mrs. Annie Jean Haywood, and Mrs.
Howard Green, both of Huntsville, Ala.; three brothers, T. E. Haney, D. E. Haney
and H. W. Haney, all of Minor Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Vera Farris, Minor Hill,
and Mrs. Mamie Howard, Pulaski; twenty-eight grandchildren; and fifteen
great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HANEY, Ruth Edna Eubank The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Edna Eubank Haney, 67, wife of T. E. Haney of
Minor Hill, and retired school teacher, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. R. E.
Stevenson, and the Rev. Chester Stephens of McMinnville. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Haney died in Park View Hospital in Nashville, Friday, March 11,
after an extended illness.
Born September 28, 1898, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
Robert A. Eubank and Mackie L. Maclin Eubank. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Haney had taught school in Giles County thirty-five years, including being
a member of the faculty of Giles County High School for a number of years.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Haney is survived by one step-daughter, Mrs. J.
B. Edwards, Elkton; three sisters, Mrs. George Capitan, Birmingham, Mich., Mrs.
Ruby Welch, Hendersonville, and Mrs. Ortha Williams, Minor Hill; and two
brothers, R. Hiram Eubank and Flournoy Eubank, both of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HANEY, Thomas Edward The Pulaski Citizen 19 Nov 1969
Thomas Edward Haney, 84, a retired telephone company manager of Minor Hill, died
Monday, November 17, at Ardmore Nursing Home.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, November 18, in the chapel of
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Wayland Hartsfield officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Haney was born January 17, 1885, the son of the
late William Presley Haney and Mary Dollins Haney.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. J. B. Edwards, Elkton; two brothers, M. H.
Haney and Hershel Haney, Minor Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Howard, Pulaski,
and Mrs. Vera Farris, Minor Hill; one grandchild and three great-grandchildren.
HANNA, Clara Myrtle Neal The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1968
Mrs. Clara Myrtle Hanna, 75, died Tuesday, November 5, at the Medi-Center in
Lewisburg.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hanna, wife of the late Walter Hanna, will be held
Thursday November 7, in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with Artie
Collins, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery, in the Stella community.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Hanna was born December 11, 1894, the daughter of
the late George William and Jennie Lee Marks Neal.
Survivors include two sons, George Hanna, Weakley Creek, and LeRoy Hanna,
Lynnville; one daughter, Mrs. Niles Holley, Bodenham; seven grandchildren; and
five great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HANNA, Robert Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Robert Jackson Hanna, 82, retired farmer of the Kedron
section, were held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Kedron Methodist
Church, by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the
church cemetery. He died Tuesday, February 25, at his home.
Born Decemeber 25, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James W.
Hanna and Sara Jane Nelson Hanna.
Mr. Hanna is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sadie Eason Hanna; six sons, James M.
Hanna, Pulaski, Billy Hanna, Nashville, Joe B. Hanna, Winfield, Kans., Robert
Hanna, Raymond Hanna, and David Hanna, all of Missouri; three daughters, Mrs.
Houston Hargrove, Pulaski, Mrs. Billy Malone, Nashville, and Mrs. Edward Cole,
Mobile, Ala.; thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HANNAH, Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Former Giles County Judge Campbell Hannah was buried Friday in Maplewood
Cemetery following funeral services at Bennett-May Funeral Home. He died
Thanksgiving Day at Giles County Hospital.
Mr. Hannah, 77, had been in the hospital about a week, since falling from a barn
loft on his Campbellsville farm. He recently underwent eye surgery in Nashville.
From 1927 to 1950, he served as county judge, succeeding his father, John Clint
Hannah, who had held the position for 12 years before his death. Mr. Hannah was
magistrate from the 14th Civil District from 1916 to 1927. He attended the
University of Tennessee.
He was born and reared at Campbellsville. His father and mother, the former
Martha Campbell, were pioneer families of that community.
Mr. Hannah was a member of Campbellsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where
he was Sunday School superintendent. He had been a member of the county Board of
Tax Equalization for the past four years having been reelected earlier this
year. He was elected to a position on the county Board of Education by County
Court last April and served three months before resigning.
He was supervisor of the state Workshop for the Blind in Nashville from 1953 to
1959.
The Rev. Robert H. Hall, pastor of Campbellsville Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, and Dr. W. H. Mansfield, pastor of Elkton Methodist Church, officiated
at the funeral.
Surviving are two brothers, Grady Hannah, Campbellsville, and Felix Hannah, San
Antonio, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Dudley Stennis, Newton, Miss., Mrs. George
W. Bounds, Meridian, Miss., and Mrs. R. S. McLauren, Brandon, Miss.; and several
nieces and nephews.
HANNAH, Edward Lee The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Edward Lee Hannah, 89, Lawrenceburg resident were held at 2
o'clock on Thursday afternoon at Scotts Hill Church with the Rev. G. W. Stem and
Rev. J. C. Elkins officiating. Burial took place in Scotts Hill Cemetery. Mr.
Hannah died Tuesday, July 5, at his home in Lawrenceburg after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was a retired farmer and was a member of East End
Methodist Church in Lawrenceburg.
Mr. Hannah is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth McDougal Hannah; two
daughters, Mrs. James Fleeman and Miss Katherine Hannah of Lawrenceburg; four
grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Campbell
and Mrs. Maxie Zeigler, both of Pulaski, and Mrs. Lura Sievers of Decatur, Ala.;
three brothers, Walter Hannah of Texas, Bob Hannah of Tanner, Ala. and Andy
Hannah of California; and five half-brothers and three half-sisters.
HANNAH, Georgia The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jun 1964
Mrs. Georgia Hannah, wife of Felix Hannah, native Giles Countian, died at 6:30
o'clock on Sunday night, May 31, at the home in San Antonio, Texas, following a
long illness. Funeral services took place at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning in
San Antonio with the burial in that city. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Hannah is survived by two sisters.
HANNAH, Joe Macie The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1968
Joe Macie Hannah, 62, died Friday, March 15, at his home on Stadium Street from
a bullet wound which reportedly was self-inflicted.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at Pulaski Funeral Home
Chapel with Gilbert Shaffer, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Hannah, a native of Giles County, was born May 26, 1905, the son of Rollie
and Emma Vaughn Hannah. He was an employee of Inter-State Construction Company.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Flora Jones Hannah; a son, Carl Fagan Hannah of
Huntsville, Ala.; a brother, Osteen Hannah of Giles County; two sisters, Mrs. J.
Wesley Powers and Mrs. Elmer Cathcart, both of Giles County; and two
grandchildren.
HANNAH, John Caldwell The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1968
John Caldwell Hannah, 66, died Monday, December 2, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mr. Hannah were held Tuesday morning, December 3, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Rudolph Janes and the Rev. John
Pope officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hannah was born June 1, 1902, the son of the late
W. Price Hannah and Sally Campbell Hannah. His wife, Mrs. Valley Wilson Hannah,
died November 11, 1968.
Survivors include one daughter, Miss Patsy Hannah, Decatur, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HANNAH, Mary Lou Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1964
Mrs. Walter R. Hannah, 84, the former Miss Mary Lou Campbell of Giles County,
died on Sunday morning, August 9, at her home in Whitesboro, Texas, following
several weeks illness. Services took place at the Methodist Church with the
burial in that city, Sunday afternoon.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Neal
Campbell and Lucinda Coleman Campbell. She and her husband, Walter R. Hannah,
also a native Giles Countian, married here and immediately moved to Texas where
they have made their home more than fifty years ago.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Hannah is survived by four daughters, all of
whom reside in Texas, a number of grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Robert I.
Davenport; and one brother, Walter N. Campbell, both of Pulaski.
HANNAH, Valley Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1968
Mrs. Valley Wilson Hannah, 63, of the Campbellsville community died Monday
morning, November 11, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hannah, wife of Caldwell Hannah, were held Tuesday
afternoon, November 12, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the Revs. Henry Cortner, Rudolph Janes and W. B. Nunley officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Hannah was born February 14, 1905, the daughter
of the late William Bruce and Bessie Sue Gilbert Wilson.
Survivors in addition to her husband, include a daughter, Miss Patsy Hannah,
Decatur, Ala.; four sisters, Mrs. J. B. Petty, Nashville, Mrs. Rudolph Scott,
Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. Leon James and Mrs. John Hargrove, both of Pulaski; and
one brother, Joe Wilson, Prospect.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARBISON, Mary Elizabeth The Pulaski Citizen 19 Mar 1969
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Harbison, 76, Saturday, March 15, in a Lawrence County
hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Harbison, wife of James W. Harbison of Leoma, March
17, at 10 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Parker officiating. Burial was in Hammonds Cemetery near Anderson, Ala.
A native of Alabama, Mrs. Harbison was born December 18, 1892, the daughter of
the late A. M. Newton and Octavia Hammonds Newton.
Survivors in addition to her husband, include three sons, James F. Harbison,
Chicago, Ill., Ray Harbison and Loyd Harbison, both of Lawrence County; four
daughters, Mrs. Melvin Shook, Giles County, Mrs. Harold Taylor and Mrs. Odus
White, both of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Fay Johnson, Nashville; one sister, Mrs.
Marvin Craig, Anderson, Ala.; twenty-two grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARDIGG, Oscar C. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jun 1964
Oscar C. Hardigg, 63, resident of North Augusta, S. C., and husband of a native
Giles Countian, died at noon on Thursday, May 28, at his home following an
extended illness. Funeral services were held in the Episcopal Church in North
Augusta with the burial in Memorial Gardens in that city.
Mr. Hardigg is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eunice Nelson Hardigg, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nelson of Aspen Hill; two sons, Carl Hardigg, North
Augusta, and James Hardigg, Atlanta, Ga.; and one granddaughter.
HARDIMAN, Ella Mae Parson The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jul 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Mae Hardiman, 93, will be conducted Thursday
morning, July 24, at 10:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial will
be in New Zion Cemetery.
Mrs. Hardiman, wife of the late Elic Hardiman, died Tuesday, July 22, in Giles
County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Hardiman was born December 30, 1875, the daughter
of the late Thomas Newt Parson and Victoria Taylor Parson.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Shelby Taylor, Goodspring, Mrs. Ben
Allen and Mrs. Ruth Gaines, both of Frankewing; two sons, Bryon Hardiman, Old
Hickory and Charlie Hardiman, Hendersonville; nineteen grandchildren; thirty-two
great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARDIMAN, Mary Frances and Era Hardiman The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jul 1965
Joint funeral services for Mrs. Mary Frances Hardiman, 84, and her daughter,
Miss Era Hardiman, 59, who died Sunday, July 18, as the result of an automobile
wreck, were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Scott's Hill Baptist Church
with the Rev. David Freeman officiating. Burial took place in the church
cemetery.
The fatal accident occurred about 1:45 p. m. Sunday on Highway 64 about eight
miles west of Pulaski when the car driven by Miss Hardiman's twin sister, Mrs.
Vera Pratt of Pulaski, was struck by another driven by Charles Smith of Anthony
Hill as the Pratt vehicle was making a left turn off the highway into a driveway
at the home of Mrs. May Neal, according to Lt. James G. Chandler of the
Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Mrs. Pratt and Mr. and Mrs. Smith and daughter, Brenda, were injured in the
collision.
Mrs. Hardiman was the widow of Ollis J. Hardiman. Born in Lawrence County, Dec.
31, 1880, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Amanda Crowder Wilburn.
Miss Era Hardiman was born November 21, 1905, in Giles County.
Besides Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Hardiman's survivors include another daughter, Mrs. Roy
White of Farmington, Ill.; a son, Claude H. Hardiman of Pulaski; nine
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
HARDIMAN, William The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1960
William Hardiman, 49, Giles County farmer, was found dead on a gravel bar in
Leatherwood Creek abour four miles east of Pulaski Thursday morning, December
31. State Trooper Thomas Russell said it is believed he fell into the icy water
from a footlog Wednesday night, suffering a head injury, and died of exposure.
The body was discovered about 11:30 a. m. by the victim's wife, Virginia, who
began searching for him after seeing his truck and hunting dog on a road near
the creek.
Mrs. Hardiman said her husband went hunting Wednesday night. She was not alarmed
when he had not returned early Thursday because he frequently hunted all night.
The body was beneath the footlog and was submerged below the waist. A flashlight
was still clutched in the victim's hand.
Deputy Sheriff James Newton said Hardiman had suffered a head injury, apparently
in the fall from the footlog, but that death probably resulted from exposure.
Heavy frost on the footlog may have caused Hardiman to slip, Newton said. A
wire, stretched across the creek to hold onto in crossing the footlog, was
broken.
E. R. Jackson, insurance agent who lives nearby, said he heard what he thought
might be groans Wednesday night and went outside to investigate. But he returned
to the house after deciding he had heard cattle.
Funeral services for Mr. Hardiman were held Saturday, January 2, at 11 a. m. at
Pulaski Funeral Home, the Rev. G. W. Stuber officiating. Burial was in New Zion
Cemetery.
Mr. Hardiman was a native of Giles County, son of Mrs. Ella Hardiman, Friendship
community, and the late A. A. Hardiman.
Surviving, in addition to his wife and mother, are a daughter, Miss Virginia Ann
Clark Hardiman; a son, W. E. Hardiman, Jr., Giles County; four sisters, Mrs.
Shelby Taylor, Mrs. Willie Gaines, and Mrs. Ben Allen, all of Giles County, and
Mrs. Frank Dale, Cleveland, Ohio; two brothers, Charles and Byrom Hardiman,
Madison, Tenn.
HARDISON, Ethel Dugger The Pulaski Citizen 27 Nov 1968
Mrs. Ethel Dugger Hardison, 69, died Monday morning, November 18, suddenly after
a heart attack.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hardison, wife of J. E. Hardison of Mt. Pleasant, were
held Tuesday, November 19, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home
with Mr. Royster and Mr. Gordon Ricketts, Greenville, officiating. Burial was in
Polk Memorial Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Hardison, member of the Main Street Church of
Christ, Mt. Pleasant, was born August 28, 1899, the daughter of the late
Jonathan Hunt Dugger and Kate McKissick Dugger of Stiversville.
Survivors in addition to her husband include two sons, Allen and Gordon
Hardison, both of Mt. Pleasant; one brother, Marshall Dugger, Tuscumbia, Ala.;
one sister, Mrs. Amos Evans,
Lynnville.
HARDISON, Katherine Young The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1961
Mrs. Joe Hardison, 81, resident of Nashville, and sister of Mrs. Oscar Beasley
of Elkton, died of a heart attack at 8 o'clock on Thursday morning, December 14,
at her home in Nashville. Funeral rites took place at 11:30 o'clock Friday
morning at Finley-Dorris Funeral Home in Nashville with the burial in Lone Oak
Cemetery, in Lewisburg, former home of Mrs. Hardison.
She was the former Miss Katherine Young, a native of Giles County, and the
daughter of the late John W. Young and Addie Wilson Young. She was a member of
the Presbyterian Church. Her husband died several years ago.
In addition to the sister, Mrs. Beasley, Mrs. Hardison is survived by two
brothers, Hence Young, Baltimore, Md., and Whitfield Young, El Paso, Texas; and
one step-sister, Mrs. Tom D. Sugg, Fayetteville.
HARDISON, Lewis The Pulaski Citizen 25 Aug 1965
Lewis Hardison, 82 year old Negro, died at Central State Hospital Sunday of a
heart attack. He had been taken there on Tuesday of last week from Giles County
Jail, where he had been confined since August 12th. The aged man was charged
with shooting his wife, Mrs. Lila Hardison, 82, at their home on 402 North Third
Street on that date. She died after being admitted to Giles County Hospital on
Thursday afternoon, August 12, following an argument concerning money. Hardison
attempted to kill himself with a knife after the shooting. His acts of murder
and attempted suicide were attributed by neighbors to mental incompetency. His
body was returned to Pulaski for funeral services and burial in Maplewood
Cemetery.
HARDY, Bertha Scott The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
Mrs. Bertha Scott Hardy, 92, former resident of Giles County, died November 29
in a hospital in Seymour, Texas, where she had made her home for many years.
Funeral services and burial took place in the Texas city.
She was born November 25, 1866, in Maury County, the daughter of the late
Charles Strong Scott and Califernia Ralston Scott. Her husband, Frank Hardy, a
native of Giles County, died in Seymour, March 21, 1951.
Mrs. Hardy is survived by four children, Mrs. Burrell Mills, Mrs. R. T. Warren,
Lucius Hardy, Seymour, and W. R. Hardy, Wichita Falls, Tex.; and a number of
grandchildren.
A niece, Mrs. Clarence B. Birdsong, lives in Pulaski.
HARDY, Emma Hyatt The Pulaski Citizen 26 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Tull Hardy, 82, Berea resident, were held at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer,
minister of East Hill Church of Christ, and Nelson Powell, minister of the
Ephesus Church of Christ. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery, with the
grandsons serving as pallbearers. Mrs. Hardy died early Saturday morning, April
22, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gaylon McKinney at Frankewing, after a ten
week illness.
Born January 2, 1879, in Giles County, she was the former Emma Hyatt, daughter
of the late Jim Hyatt and Susan Diana Doss Hyatt, and was a member of Ephesus
Church of Christ.
Mrs. Hardy is survived by her husband, Tull Hardy, Berea; three daughters, Mrs.
McKinney, Mrs. L. G. Phillips, Berea, and Mrs. Austin Rose, Elkton; one son, W.
J. Hardy, Parkersburg, Va.; eleven grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren; and
three sisters, Mrs. Vera Krasney, Whitmore Lake, Mich., Mrs. Grady Follis,
Nashville, and Mrs. Eva Cook, Birmingham, Ala. Bennett-May Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
HARDY, Florence Beckham The Pulaski Citizen 23 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Beckham Hardy, 83, widow of William Minton
Hardy, were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by Andrew W. Brown, minister of the Second Street Church
of Christ. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Hardy died Monday
morning, December 21, in an Asheville, N. C. nursing home, after a long illness.
Born November 20, 1881, in Maury County, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late
William Henry Beckham and Martha Elizabeth Ellis Beckham. She was a member of
the Church of Christ.
Her husband died August 25, 1950.
Mrs. Hardy is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harold Rea and Mrs. Thomas Durham
Neal, both of Asheville, N. C.; and one son, Dr. William Merrell Hardy,
Waynesville, N. C.; several grandchildren; three step-daughters, Mrs. Nola
Murphy, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., Mrs. Nell Daniel, Chapel Hill, Tenn., and Mrs. Gene
Murphy, Asheville, N. C.; and three sisters, Mrs. Ida Van Hoosier and Mrs.
Lurline Turner, both of Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Mrs. Annie Pinner, Charleston,
S. C.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARDY, Oswald (Boss) The Pulaski Citizen 4 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Oswald (Boss) Hardy, 65, veteran of World War II, were held
at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at New Zion Church of Christ, conducted by
James Merritt, Jr., of Athens, Ala. Burial took place in New Zion Cemetery. Mr.
Hardy died Saturday, July 31, at Veterans Hospital, Nashville, after a stay of
six weeks.
Born December 18, 1899, in the Kedron section, of Giles County, he was the son
of the late Thomas H. Hardy and Betty Whitaker Hardy.
Mr. Hardy is survived by one brother, Hubert Hardy, Memphis; three sisters, Mrs.
Clara Rogers, Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Tina Rogers, Pulaski, and Mrs. Mary Gooch,
Maryville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARDY, Sallie Humphrey The Pulaski Citizen 24 May 1967
Funeral services for Mrs Sallie Humphrey Hardy, 93, were conducted Wednesday
afternoon, May 24, at 3:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Andrew Brown, minister of Second Street Church
of Christ, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Hardy died Tuesday, May 23, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. L. Brown.
She was a native of Giles County, born November 22, 1873, the daughter of the
late James E. and Mary Byars Humphrey. Her husband, the late Ed Hardy, died in
1936.
Survivors in addition to Mrs. Brown, include another daughter, Mrs. John M.
Clark, Pulaski; one son, Forrest Hardy, Nashville; one grandchild; and four
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. J. E. Douglas, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARDY, Tull S. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jun 1965
Tull S. Hardy, 85 year old retired farmer, died at 5 a. m. Tuesday at the home
of a daughter, Mrs. Gaylon McKinney, in the Frankewing Community, after a long
illness. Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Wednesday at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Hardy was a native of Giles County, son of William and Elizabeth Brownlow
Hardy. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
His wife, Mrs. Emma Lou Hyatt Hardy, died in 1961.
He is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. Gilbert Phillips and Mrs. Austin
Rose, both of Giles County; a son, W. J. Hardy, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. Will
Smith and a brother, Leslie Hardy, both of Placedo, Texas.
HARDY, William James The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1967
William James Hardy, 65, retired construction worker, died Friday, March 31, at
Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, April 2, at 3:00 o'clock in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Hardy, a native of Giles County, was born July 5, 1901, the son of the late
Tull and Emma Hyatt Hardy. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Winnie Cardin Hardy; three daughters, Mrs.
Lester Kamp, Laport, Ind., Mrs. Doris Tarpley, and Mrs. Jimmie Sisk, both of
Pulaski; two sons, Paul Hardy, Pulaski, and Vernon Hardy, Ardmore; seven
grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Austin Rose, Mrs.
Gilbert Phillips, and Mrs. Gaylon McKinney, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARGROVE, Clifford Elmer (Jack) The Pulaski Citizen 11 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Clifford Elmer (Jack) Hargrove, 69, native of Giles County,
were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at Central Park Methodist Church
(Birmingham, Ala.), with burial in Elmwood Cemetery in that city. Mr. Hargrove
died Sunday morning, April 8, at his Birmingham home after a long illness.
Born July 14, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sam W. Hargrove
and Mary Kelly Hargrove.
Mr. Hargrove, a retired employee of Debardeladen Coal Company after twenty-five
years employment, was a member of the Methodist Church, the Civitan Club, the
Lions Club and the Masonic Lodge in Birmingham.
Mr. Hargrove is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Hayes Hargrove, former
resident of Columbia, Tenn.; one son, Jack Hayes Hargrove, and four
grandchildren, all of Birmingham; four brothers, John Hargrove, Birmingham, Pat
Hargrove, Athens, Ala., J. P. Hargrove, Montgomery, Ala., and Otey Hargrove,
Pulaski; and two sisters, Miss Mina Hargrove and Mrs. C. N. Bates, both of
Pulaski.
HARGROVE, Earl Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Earl Thomas Hargrove, 77, retired citizen of the County,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Hargrove
died on Wednesday night, November 22, at his home in Pulaski.
Born July 29, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas Hargrove
and Theo Adams Hargrove.
Mr. Hargrove is survived by two sons, A. E. Hargrove, Winter Haven, Fla., and
Ernest L. Hargrove, Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Wilson, Chester, Ind.,
and Mrs. James Malone, Huntsville, Ala.; sixteen grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
HARGROVE, Erskin The Pulaski Citizen 12 Mar 1969
Erskin Hargrove, 73, father of Mrs. Ed Burrow of Pulaski, died Monday, March 10,
at his home in the Clay Hill Community.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, March 12, at 2 o'clock in London
Funeral Home. Burial was in Swanson Cemetery, Chapel Hill.
Survivors in addition to his daughter, include his widow, Mrs. Viola Hargrove;
three other daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Brown, Chapel Hill, Mrs. R. H. Blankenship,
Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. J. D. Scruggs, Nashville; six sons, Philip Hargrove,
Nashville, Carlton, Van, Cecil, Ernest, and Kirby Hargrove, all of Lewisburg;
two sisters, Mrs. Warren Ussery, Elkmont, Ala., and Mrs. Early Toone, Pulaski;
forty-four grandchildren; and sixty great-grandchildren.
HARGROVE, Jerry Samuel The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1968
Jerry Samuel Hargrove, 22, of Lewisburg died about noon Thursday, July 4, in
Maury County Hospital some two hours after was found in his car between
Lewisburg and Columbia with a gunshot wound in the head. Officers said the wound
was apparently self-inflicted.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister, officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Hargrove was born July 4, 1946. He was the son of Mrs.
Justine Elder Page of Madison and the late James Lawrence Hargrove. He had
formerly lived in Nashville and at the time of his death was employed by a
printing firm in Lewisburg.
Survivors in addition to his mother, include his step-father, Campbell Page; a
half-sister, Karen Page of Madison; four half-brothers, William Eugene Burrow of
Nashville, Richard Burrow, U. S. Army, Fort Sill, Okla., John Lee Page and Wayne
Page, both of Madison; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Sadie Hargrove of
Lewisburg; and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Louise Elder of Pulaski.
HARGROVE, Joe B. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1961
Joe B. Hargrove, 76, former resident of Ardmore, Tenn., died at 1:57 Tuesday
morning, February 21, at his home in Louisville, Ky., after a long illness.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at the Heady
Southern Funeral Home with the burial in Resthaven Memorial Park in that city.
Mr. Hargrove is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ola Sanderson Hargrove; three
daughters, Mrs. Carter Smith, Mrs. James Todd and Mrs. John Todd; three sons,
Cleave A. Hargrove, Jesse A. Hargrove and John Calvin Hargrove, all of
Louisville, Ky.; eighteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
HARGROVE, John R. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral services for John R. Hargrove, 68, retired employee of Wimbley and
Thomas Hardward Company in Birmingham, Ala., were held at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at Johns Ridout Elmwood Cemetery. Mr. Hargrove died Friday morning,
November 29, at his Birmingham home following a heart attack.
Born June 2, 1895, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sam W. Hargrove
and Mary Kelly Hargrove. He was a member of West End Methodist Church in
Birmingham.
Mr. Hargrove is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dadie Tarpley Hargrove; two sisters,
Mrs. C. N. Bates and Miss Mina Hargrove, Pulaski; and three brothers, Otey J.
Hargrove, Pulaski, Pat Hargrove, Athens, Ala., and J. P. Hargrove, Montgomery,
Ala.
HARGROVE, Lonnie M. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Lonnie M. Hargrove, 74, retired Ardmore farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Rainey Funeral Home with the burial in the
Elliott Cemetery at Ardmore. Mr. Hargrove died Tuesday, July 20, at Baugh
Infirmary, Decatur, Ala.
Born Septmeber 24, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Pett
Hargrove and Cynthia Rochelle Hargrove.
Mr. Hargrove is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Magnusson Hargrove; four sons,
Lauren Hargrove, Elkmont, Ala., Lonnie Hargrove, Jr., Lawrenceburg, Duward
Hargrove and Dickey Hargrove, both of Ardmore; four daughters, Mrs. James G.
Scoggin and Mrs. Doris Brazier, both of Pulaski, Mrs. Houston Bates, Ardmore,
and Mrs. Junior Smith, Shelbyville, Ky.; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Will
Hargrove, Prospect, and Henry Hargrove, Decatur, Ala.; and one sister, Mrs. Cleo
White, Pettusville, Ala.
Rainey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARGROVE, Mollie Loveless Lewter The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1968
Mrs. Mollie Loveless Lewter Hargrove, 80, died Tuesday night, October 29, at the
Hardin County General Hospital, Savannah, after one week of illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hargrove were held Thursday afternoon, October 31, in
the chapel of Toney Rainey Funeral Home, Ardmore, with the Rev. Frank E. Durham
and Rev. Thomas E. Roper officiating. Burial was in Lewter Cemetery.
A native of Limestone County, Alabama, Mrs. Hargrove was born in the Pettusville
community, daughter of the late John W. and Elizabeth Clem Loveless. She was
married to the late John W. and Elizabeth Clem Loveless. She was married to the
late Matt Lewter who died in 1942. Later she married A. L. Hargrove who died in
1963.
Mrs. Hargrove was a member of the Baptist Church for sixty years, presently
belonging to the Turkey Creek Baptist Church, Savannah, where her son is now
pastor.
Survivors include one son, Rev. W. Marion Lewter; five grandchildren, and nine
great-grandchildren.
HARGROVE, Pinkie Alma Bland The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Pinkie Alma Bland Hargrove, 66, resident of Bunker
Hill Community, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by Marvin Wiser with the burial in Bee Spring Cemetery. Mrs. Hargrove
died Saturday night, April 13, at Giles County Hospital after a brief stay in
the hospital.
Born May 3, 1896, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Preston
Monroe Bland and Martha Jones Bland. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Hargrove is survived by her husband, Ed Hargrove; two sons, Robert
Hargrove, Nashville and Charles Edward Hargrove, United States Army; one
daughter, Mrs. Mary Will Oliver, Pulaski; seven grandchildren; one brother, John
Bland, Nashville, and one sister, Mr. Hattie Mitchell, Fayetteville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARGROVE, Robert Alvin The Pulaski Citizen 5 Oct 1966
Robert Alvin Hargrove died Saturday morning, September 24, in a Nashville
hospital, after an extended illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, September 25, in
the Chapel of Roses at Woodlawn Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dorris Billingsley
and H. Clyde Hall officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Hargrove, a native of Giles County, the son of the late R. L. and Mary
Campbell Hargrove.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lelia Merrett Hargrove; two sisters, Mrs. H. C.
Sigmon and Miss Gracie Hargrove; one brother, Webb Hargrove, all of Pulaski.
HARGROVE, Sarah Elizabeth Thompson The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Thompson Hargrove, 40, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church conducted by the
Rev. Floyd Cates and the Rev. Lloyd Hickman. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mrs. Hargrove died Monday afternoon, April 4, at Giles County
Hospital, after a three weeks illness.
Born October 11, 1919, in Alabama, she was the daughter of Mrs. Lillie Pearl
Daily Thompson and the late Henry Thompson.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Hargrove is survived by four sons, Leslie Clyde
Hargrove and Thomas Tillman Hargrove, both of Nashville, Henry Maples Hargrove
and Jerry Wayne Hargrove, Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Louise
Hollingsworth and Miss Frances Gayle Hargrove, Pulaski, and Miss Patricia Faye
Hargrove, Nashville; two grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Alton Thompson,
Lewisburg; and Albert T. Thompson, Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. Frances
Beard, Pulaski, Mrs. Ellen Sutherland, White Bluff, and Mrs. Louise Woods,
Lewisburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARLOW, Lucy Powell The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1967
Mrs. Lucy Powell Harlow, 78, died Tuesday night, February 21, at Giles County
Hospital.
Services will be conducted on Thursday afternoon, February 23, at Elkton
Methodist Church, with burial in the Elkton Cemetery. Dr. W. H. Mansfield and
the Rev. Horace Woodward will officiate.
Mrs. Harlow was born in Giles County on September 15, 1888, the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Powell. She was a member of the Elkton Methodist Church.
Her husband, the late Summer F. Harlow, died several years ago.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Martha H. Bailey, Pulaski, Mrs. Kathryn
H. Duckett, Elkton, and Mrs. Mary Louise Rinehart, Lake Jackson, Texas; one son,
Edwin Harlow, Pulaski; four grandchildren; and one sister, Miss Kittie Powell,
Pulaski.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
HARLOW, Ollis The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Ollis Harlow, 68, retired Government employee and a native
of Giles County, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the burial in Prospect Cemetery.
Mr. Harlow died of a heart attack at his home in Oak Ridge on Tuesday, June 6.
Mr. Harlow is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Sulcer Harlow; two daughters,
Mrs. Curry Lunsford, Prospect, and Mrs. Roy Raymor, Waynesboro, N. C.; and four
grandchildren.
HARMON, Joyce Elaine Paine The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1968
Mrs. Joyce Elaine Harmon, 33, Pulaski native and wife of Thomas Howard Harmon
was killed when the plane which she was piloting crashed near Fayetteville,
Monday morning, Nov. 4, at approximately 7 o'clock.
According to published reports, a Fayetteville airport official said that if
Mrs. Harmon had waited fifteen minutes more before attempting to land in fog,
her life might have been saved.
Dick Trulson, airport manager said the Huntsville, Ala., resident, could have
made a safe landing 15 or 20 minutes after she crashed, because the low-lying
fog had begun to lift.
Mrs. Harmon was returning to Huntsville from Murfreesboro when the accident
occurred. Trulson said it took authorities two hours to free her from the
wreckage. He also said that judging by the position of the aircraft, a Cessna
150, it had nose-dived into the ground. The crash happened in a field less than
three-tenths of a mile from the runway near U. S. 231.
The body was taken to Columbia for an autopsy.
Mrs. Harmon flew into Murfreesboro Sunday with two other women to qualify for
their pilots licenses.
Her companions returned home in another plane which came from Huntsville to get
them. Mrs. Harmon remained behind to fly the other plane back yesterday.
Miller Lanier, manager of the airport at Murfreesboro, said Mrs. Harmon took off
yesterday before he came to work at 7 a. m. He said weather conditions were good
around Murfreesboro at that time.
Lanier said the woman came in sometime Sunday before bad weather set in, then
got caught in the weather and had to wait until yesterday to return.
Trulson said the woman had hoped to get to Huntsville in time to get to work. He
said she radioed the Huntsville tower about weather conditions and was told she
would be unable to land, and so decided to land at Fayetteville.
She had some of her early flight training at Fayetteville and then gone on to
Huntsville to complete her work, Trulson said.
Mrs. Harmon was a mathematician in an army computation laboratory at Redstone
Arsenal at Huntsville.
In addition to her husband, survivors include: a daughter, Kennette and a son,
Kenneth Michael, both of Huntsville; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Payne of
Pulaski, two brothers, Rubel, Fayetteville and Bobby Payne, Pulaski.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home by the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart, pastor of First
Baptist Church. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
HARMON, Roger Gene The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jun 1968
Roger Gene Harmon, 6 months old son of Roy and Emma Jean Beard Harmon, died
Monday, June 24, at University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Va.
Graveside services were held Wednesday morning, June 26, at 11 o'clock at
Chestnut Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Jacob Gardner officiating.
Survivors in addition to his parents include one sister, Jennifer Harmon;
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Bessie Beard, Minor Hill; paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Millie Harmon, Massilon, Ohio.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARNEY, Catherine Brown The Pulaski Citizen 21 Apr 1965
Mrs. Catherine Brown Reed Harney, 105, who was the subject of a feature story
and full page picture in The Pulaski Citizen on October 7, 1964, died Monday
night, April 12, at her home in the Cedar Grove community.
Funeral services were held Thursday at Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church
with burial in the Love Cemetery near her home.
The aged Negro woman was thought to be the oldest resident of Giles County,
having been born on a plantation near Cedar Grove in May, 1859. Her second
husband, Andrew Harney, died about twenty years ago at the age of 71.
Mrs. Harney lived with a daughter, Mrs. Tom Ella Anthony, and a son, Jimmy Reed.
Another son and daughter also survive.
They are Earl Harney of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Rosa Crook of Nashville.
When interviewed by a Citizen reporter last fall, the silver-haired woman said,
"Master left me here for something this long because I'se walked right, talked
right and done the right thing for everybody."
HARPE, Alonzo S. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Nov 1962
Alonzo S. Harpe, 68, Coral Gables, Fla. resident, died on Monday, November 12,
in a hospital in that city after a long illness. Funeral rites took place the
following Wednesday in Coral Gables.
Mr. Harpe, retired variety store owner who retired five years ago, was the
father of Rodney S. Harpe, Miami, husband of the former Miss Beth Stovall of
Pulaski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Stovall.
In addition to he son, Mr. Harpe is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora Jeanne
Holley Harpe; one daughter, Mrs. Russell Greer, Colorado Springs, Colo.; five
grandchildren; two brothers, Gilbert Harpe and King Harpe, Asheville, N. C.; and
two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Shattuck, Asheville, N. C., and Mrs. A. G. Lechner,
North Olmstead, Ohio.
HARRINGTON, Aubrey D. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1967
Aubrey D. Harrington, 65, died Wednesday, September 27, at Giles County
Hospital.
Services were conducted Friday, September 29, in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial
was in Rice Cemetery in New Market, Ala.
Mr. Harrington, a native of Madison County, Ala., was born August 12, 1902, the
son of the late Thomas Berry and Mollie Reed Harrington.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Bell Hosch Harrington, Goodsprings; one
daughter, Mrs. Reba Kozub, Pulaski; one son, Thoams W. Harrington, Texas; four
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Maude Gooch, Birmingham, Ala.; and one brother,
Gordon Harrington, Huntsville, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARRIS, Anna King The Pulaski Citizen 14 Nov 1962
Mrs. Anna King Harris, 71, widow of R. T. Harris of Marietta, Ga., died on
Thursday morning, November 1, at a hospital in Marietta following a long
illness. Funeral services were held Saturday in Rose Lane Baptist Church with
the burial in that city.
Mrs. Harris is survived by three sons, Dr. T. Wayne Harris, Pulaski
veterinarian, Harold Harris and Garland Harris, both of Marietta; four
daughters, Mrs. Robert Carter, Mrs. Charles Hardin and Mrs. J. A. Fenner, all of
Marietta, and Mrs. Peter Mecca, Pennsylvania; twenty grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
HARRIS, Annie Ruth Cameron The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Tom Harris, Sr., 44, native of Giles County, were held
at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Williams Funeral Home, Columbia, with the
burial in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mrs. Harris died unexpectedly at 5
o'clock Saturday afternoon, February 20, at the home in the Ethendale Community,
west of Columbia.
Born June 6, 1916 at Campbellsville, she was the former Annie Ruth Cameron, the
daughter of Mrs. Blanche Tarpley Cameron of Columbia, and the late J. Elmer
Cameron. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Harris is survived by her husband, Tom Harris, Sr.; one sister, Mrs. John
M. Wooten, Pulaski; and one brother, R. Eugene Cameron, Lynnville.
HARRIS, Caldonia Fulton The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Caldonia Fulton Harris, 88, were held Wednesday
morning in Shelbyville with burial in Whitworth Cemetery. Mrs. Harris died
Monday in Bedford County Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Bedford County, she was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Harris is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Clyde Prince and Mrs. W. O.
Williams, Shelbyville; one son, Thomas Harris, Detroit, Mich.; seven
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and one brother, Bob Fulton, Pulaski.
HARRIS, Cassius William The Pulaski Citizen 2 Nov 1966
Cassius William Harris, 65, former head of the music department of Martin
College, died unexpectedly Tuesday, November 1, following a heart attack at his
home on Pisgah Pike.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Ben Alford and Dr. William H. Mansfield, officiating.
Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born July 10, 1900, in Greenville, Ill., Mr. Harris was the son of the late Dean
Walton and Alice Thompson Harris. He received the bachelor and master of arts
degrees in music from Chicago Musical College, and before moving to Pulaski in
1953, was minister of music at Moseley Memorial Church in Danville, Va.
He headed the music department at Martin College for eleven years before his
retirement in 1964 and was known throughout a wide area as the director of many
outstanding Martin choruses.
Since his retirement from the college faculty, he had operated a book store
here. He was a member of Ardmore Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Zoe Lynex Harris, and a sister, Mrs. Arvid
Johnson of San Diego, Calif.
HARRIS, Creed Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Creed Franklin Harris, 83, retired farmer of Clarksville,
and father of a Pulaski resident, were held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at
McReynolds Chapel in Clarksville, with burial in Glenwood Cemetery in Elkton,
Ky., that afternoon. Mr. Harris died at 6:20 o'clock Thursday night, December 8,
at Clarksville Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Harris is survivedby four daughters, including Mrs. J. Harville Hite, Jr.,
of Pulask; four sons, and several grandchildren.
HARRIS, James Elsie The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
James Elsie Harris, 66, Frankewing merchant, died unexpectedly Thursday night at
Maury Count Hospital following a heart attack.
Funeral services were held at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Carr and Erwin
Funeral Home with the Rev. Howard Haynes of Murfreesboro officiating. Burial was
in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Harris was born August, 12, 1902, the son of the
late Robert and Cordie Wright Harris. He had been in the grocery business at
Frankewing for the past 21 years.
He was a member of Frankewing Methodist Church and a former member of the
Frankewing Lions Club.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Margaret Harwell Harris; one son, James Wright
Harris of Madison, Ala.; a brother, Harvey Harris of Frankewing; a half-brother,
Robert Carl Harris, U. S. Navy; a half-sister, Mrs. David Barnes of
Fayetteville; and his step-mother, Mrs. Ann Harris of Frankewing.
HARRIS, Lizzie Hamlett The Pulaski Citizen 16 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Hamlett Harris, 88, Giles County resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Mt. Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
with the burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Harrison died Friday morning, May
11, at Kelly Home for the Aged at Tuscumbia, Ala., after a period of declining
health.
Born June 1, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Solon
Hamlett and Elizabeth Tidwell Hamlett. She was a member of Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. Her husband, Henry Harris, died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Harris is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lena Flanagen, Sheffield, Ala.,
Mrs. Mary Lou West, Pulaski, and Mrs. Cora Bell Tittsworth, Chattanooga; four
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; one brother, Edgar Hamlett, Pulaski;
and one sister, Mrs. Beulah Johnson, Kingsport.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARRIS, May The Pulaski Citizen 4 Sep 1963
Graveside services for Miss May Harris, native Giles Countian, were held at
10:30 o'clock Thursday morning in Maplewood Cemetery. Miss Harris died recently
in a home in Louisville, Ky., following a period of declining health.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Frank Cook, Louisville, Ky.; and one niece and
one nephew.
HARRIS, Patty McLaurine The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Patty McLaurine Harris, 83, widow of Robert G. Harris,
were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Eastland Funeral Home in Nashville.
Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Harris died of a
heart attack on Wednesday, April 3, at the home of a son, John R. Harris, in
Nashville.
Born and reared at Lynnville, she was the daughter of the late Robert McLaurine
and Patty Heflin McLaurine and had lived in Nashville forty years. Her husband
died nearly 35 years ago.
She was a member of Hobson Methodist Church, Nashville.
In addition to the son, Mrs. Harris is survived by another son, J. Baxter
Harris, Nashville; two grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Annie Sneed and
Mrs. A. M. Gregory, both of Columbia; and Mrs. M. W. Braden, Nashville.
HARRIS, R. Callie The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Dr. R. Callie Harris, 79, registered pharmacist and native
of Giles County, will be held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at Martin's Funeral
Home, 209 Louise Ave., Nashville, with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park in that
city. Dr. Harris died unexpectedly at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, January 23, at
his home in Nashville.
Born August 5, at Stella in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert
Harris and Lillie Burge Harris.
A registered pharmacist, he had practiced in several Tennessee towns including
Pulaski and Nashville. In early life, he had managed a hotel in Athens, Ala.
He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Nashville.
Dr. Harris is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Effie Roberts Harris, a native of
Athens, Ala.; two daughters, Miss Lillian Harris, Nashville, and Mrs. Christine
Witt, Homestead, Fla.; one granddaughter, Mrs. Don Bailey, Lake Wales, Fla.;
four sisters, Mrs. Jacob W. Smith, Pulaski, Mrs. Claude Warren, Little Rock,
Ark.; Mrs. Homer Reed, Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. John Young, Lawrenceburg; one
half-brother, Shields Harris, Pulaski florist, and one half-sister, Mrs. Cora
Bell Williams, Nashville.
HARRIS, Sue Mae Foster The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jan 1968
Mrs. Sue Mae Harris, 62, died Friday, December 29, in Vanderbilt Hospital after
an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Harris, a native of Giles County, were held Sunday,
December 31, at 1:30 p. m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Henry Cortner officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Harris, wife of Shields Harris, a Pulaski florist, was born October 11,
1905 the daughter of the late Forrest and May Moore Foster.
In addition to her husband are five sisters, Miss Louise Foster, Mrs. Bee
Yowell, Mrs. Maurice Cardin, Mrs. Allen Garrett, Giles County, and Mrs. B. M.
Thornton, Nashville; two brothers, Brown Foster, Giles County, and Bob Foster,
Clarksdale, Miss.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARRIS, William Lewis The Pulaski Citizen 18 Nov 1964
Funeral services for William Lewis Harris, 48, mechanic and farmer of the
Goodspring section, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Scotts Hill Cemetery. Mr. Harris
died Monday morning, November 16, at his home after a short illness.
Born October 12, 1916, in Giles County, he was the son of the late J. W. Harris
and Myrtle Rogers Harris.
Mr. Harris is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Abernathy Harris; three sons,
William Howard Harris, Wayne Harris and David Dean Harris, all of Giles County;
five daughters, Mrs. Peggy Jane Randolph, Mrs. Doris Neal Powell, and Misses
Shirley Ruth and Carolyn Sue Harris, Giles County, and Mrs. Lerlie May Smith,
Lawrence County; eight grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Garner, Giles
County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARRIS, William Newton The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
William Newton Harris, 88, retired livestock dealer, died Monday night in El
Reposa Sanitarium near Florence, Ala., after an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon, April 30, at two o'clock in
the Osborne Funeral Home Chapel in Loretto. Burial will be in Mimosa Cemetery,
Lawrenceburg.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Harris was the son of the late Charles N. Harris
and Ann Eliza Abernathy Harris. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Harris moved from Minor Hill to Lawrenceburg in 1930 and in 1939 he moved to
Jasper, Ala.
Survivors include one son, J. Flournoy Harris, Lawrenceburg; four daughters,
Mrs. Era Green, Lexington, Ala., Mrs. Esterlene Norris and Mrs. Marcella Parker,
both of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Sue Storey, Pulaski; thirteen grandchildren; and
twenty-eight great-grandchildren.
HARRISON, Albert Marion The Pulaski Citizen 11 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Albert Marion Harrison, 58, Cedar Grove farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Harrison who underwent surgery on Monday in Mid-State
Baptist Hospital in Nashville, died at mid-morning, Saturday, October 7.
Born September 27, 1903, in Giles County, he was the son of Clarence B. Harrison
and the late Mrs. Stella Brooks Harrison.
In addition to his father and step-mother, Mrs. Maggie Alsup Harrison, Pulaski;
Mr. Harrison is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ora Petty Harrison; two daughters,
Mrs. Albert Regen and Mrs. James Edgin, both of Nashville; one son Marion Butler
Harrison, USAF, McGuire Air Force Base, N. J.; five grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. Mary Schermerhorne, La Porte, Ind.; and two brothers, John B. Harrison and
Lucius Harrison, both of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARRISON, Clarence Benjamin The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Clarence Benjamin Harrison, 85, retired Aspen Hill farmer,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites
were conducted by the Rev. Wesley Holden and the Rev. John M. Bradford and
burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Harrison died at 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning, July 24, at Umble Nursing Home in Lewisburg after a long period of
declining health.
Born December 20, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John
Harrison and Katherine Knight Harrison. He was the last member of his immediate
family, and was a member of the Aspen Hill Methodist Church.
His first wife, Mrs. Stella Brooks Harrison, died many years ago.
Mr. Harrison is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie Alsup Harrison; two sons, John
B. Harrison, Sr., Pulaski, and W. Lucius Harrison, Prospect; one daughter, Mrs.
C. E. Schermerhorn, La Porte, Ind.; twelve grandchildren and fourteen
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARRISON, Gradye Ann Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Grady Ann Phillips Harrison, 58, will be held at 10
o'clock Thursday morning at East Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Gilbert E.
Shaffer, minister of the church. Burial will take place in the family lot in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Harrison died on Tuesday afternoon, January 30, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Jack McPeters, in Pulaski, after a long illness.
Born December 17, 1903, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late A. H.
Phillips and Ada Dotson Phillips. Her husband, Robert P. Harrison, died February
1, 1950. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Harrison is survived by two daughters, Mrs. McPeters, and Mrs. James H.
Bennett, La Habra, Calif.; eight grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Hurtle Jones,
Sr., Mrs. Osborne Harwell, Pulaski, Mrs. Nelson Eastep and Mrs. Lester White,
Athens, Ala., and Mrs. J.D. Harbison, Nashville; and five brothers, Guy
Phillips, Pulaski, Julius Phillips, Memphis, Harvey Phillips, Louisville, Ky.,
Joe Phillips, Lexington, Ky., and Elmo Phillips, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARRISON, Jonathan Luke The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Jonathan Luke Harrison, 58, L&N Railroad employee, will be
conducted Friday, September 30, at 1:30 p. m., at the Oakdale Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, with Masonic rites.
Mr. Harrison, a native of Giles County, died Tuesday night in St. Mary and
Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville, Ky. He was the son of Mrs. Maude Brooks.
Harrison and the late W. D. Harrison. He was a member of the Oakdale Methodist
Church, a Mason, a trustee of Hummingbird 211 and vice-president of 576
Brotherhood Railroad Carmen of America.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Poynter
Harrison; four daughters, Mrs. Margie Jones, Mrs. Carolyn Miller, Mrs. Sue
Ashcraft, and Miss Barbara Harrison; one son, William Luke Harrison; and eleven
grandchildren, all of Louisville; two brothers and six sisters.
HARRISON, Lella Alsup The Pulaski Citizen 11 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lella Alsup Harrison, 69, Route 1, Lester, Ala., were
held at 2 o'clock Monday, November 2, at Craig Chapel Church of Christ,
conducted by E. F. Bullington and Van Bowers. Burial took place in New Salem
Cemetery. Mrs. Harrison died on Sunday, November 1, at Jackson Clinic in Lester,
Ala.
Mrs. Harrison is survived by her husband, Arthur Harrison; two daughters, Mrs.
James E. Woodard, a former employee of Lee-Mar Shirt Company in Pulaski, and
Mrs. Albert Fox, both of Lester, Ala.; three brothers, Oakley Alsup and Cullum
Alsup, Minor Hill, and Cecil Alsup, Dexter, Mo.; and one sister, Mrs. Jack
White, Lawrenceburg.
HARRISON, Leroy The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1963
Leroy Harrison, 47, native Giles Countian, died of a heart attack at 2 o'clock
Monday morning, March 18, at his home in Odessa, Texas. Funeral services took
place at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with the burial in the Texas city.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sumpter Harrison and
Zora Butler Harrison.
Mr. Harrison is survived by his wife; four sons and one daughter; three sisters,
Mrs. F. E. Edwards, Pulaski, Mrs. Willie E. Korn, Oakland, Calif., and Mrs.
Helen Head, Shreveport, La.; and two brothers, Butler Harrison, Lewisburg, and
James Rivers Harrison, Athens, Ala.
HARRISON, Maggie Alsup The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Alsup Harrison, 79, were held at 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Harrison died at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday night, March 27, at Umble
Nursing Home in Lewisburg, after an extended illness.
Born July 9, 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John Alsup
and Mary Kelly Alsup. She was the last member of her immediate family and was a
member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, Clarence B. Harrison, died July of
1962.
Mrs. Harrison is survived by two step-sons, John B. Harrison, Sr., and Lucius
Harrison, Giles County; one step-daughter, Mrs. C. E. Schermerhorn, La Porte,
Ind.; twelve step-grandchildren and fifteen step-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARRISON, Marvin DeWitt The Pulaski Citizen 28 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Marvin DeWitt Harrison, 81, retired farmer of the
Goodsprings Community, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Mt. Zion
Church of Christ with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Harrison died
Friday, April 23, in a Nashville hospital. Resident of Giles County, he was the
son of the late Thomas R. Harrison and Margaret Walker Harrison.
Mr. Harrison is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lola Crowder Harrison; one daughter,
Mrs. James R. Dobbs, Nashville; one granddaughter and two great-grandchildren;
and thirteen foster children, none of whom live in Giles County.
HARRISON, Maude The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1968
Mrs. Maude Harrison, 83, died Friday, May 17, in Louisville, Ky.
Funeral services for Mrs. Harrison were held Sunday afternoon, May 19, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home at 3 o'clock with the Rev. Jacob Gardner
officiating.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Harrison was the wife of the late W. D. Harrison.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Christine Owens, Mrs. Alene Stoltz, Mrs.
Edna Weaver, Mrs. Dora Baker, Mrs. Ethel Cissell, Mrs. Ona Canary; one son,
Daniel Harrison; twenty-five grandchildren; and twenty-five great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARRISON, Mollie B. Foust The Pulaski Citizen
Mrs. Mollie B. Harrison, 92, died Monday, April 24, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at the Puncheon
Church of Christ with burial in Powell Cemetery.
Mrs. Harrison, a native of Giles County, was born November 28, 1874, the
daughter of the late Will and Sara Bassham Foust. Her husband, the late Neal B.
Harrison, died several years ago.
Survivors include two sons, Jim Harrison, Minor Hill, and Brown Harrison,
California; eleven grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; twelve
great-great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Jim Foust, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARRISON, Rutha Ann The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1967
Mrs. Rutha Ann Harrison, 80, died Thursday, November 30 at her home on Route 1,
Five Points in Lawrence County.
Funeral services were held Friday, December 1, at Appleton Church of Christ,
with Andrew Brown, officiating. Burial was in the Powell Cemetery.
Mrs. Harrison, a native of Giles County, was born December 26, 1886, the
daughter of the late Daniel and Martha E. Jones Green.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Audie Powell, Lawrence County; one son,
Buren Harrison, Lawrence County; eight grandchildren; six, great-grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Lottie Price, Pulaski; three brothers, Berel Green, Pulaski,
Johnny and Noble Green, Lawrence County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARVILL, Y. J. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1963
Y. J. Harvill, 66, died Monday night, June 24, at Brandon, Miss., where he had
lived for more than thirty years. Funeral services were held Wednesday at
Brandon Methodist Church with burial in that city.
Mr. Harvill was a native of Hickman County, Tenn.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kate Harvill; two daughters, Mrs. Louise Butler
of Pulaski and Mrs. Connie Hogan of Brandon; two sons, Edward and Allen Harvill
of Jackson, Miss.; two sisters, one brother and eight grandchildren.
HARWELL, Alcena Hodge The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Alcena Hodge Harwell, 70, of the Union Hill Community,
were conducted in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home on Tuesday, October 25, at
2:00 p.m. The Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiated, and burial was in Scott's Hill
Cemetery.
Mrs. Harwell died Saturday, October 22, in Giles County Hospital. She was a
native of Giles County, the daughter of the late Charlie Hodge and Mary Crocker
Hodge. She was born July 24, 1896.
Survivors include five sons, Gilbert, South Bend, Ind., Burt and Eli, Elkhart,
Ind., and Jimmy Harwell, Wales community; five daughters, Mrs. Flora Stofel,
Columbia, Mrs. Louise Thornton, Pulaski, Mrs. Pauline Ramsey, Elkhart, Ind.,
Mrs. Hattie Fryear, Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Hettie Daly, Toledo, Ohio;
twenty-four grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Tom B.
Hodge; three sisters, Mrs. Marietta Hendrix and Mrs. Nannie Bell Howell,
Columbia, and Mrs. Helen Moore, Shelbyville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Annie Lovett The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Harwell, 76, were conducted Monday, April 24, at
2:00 p. m., in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton and Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Harwell died Sunday, April 23, at Giles County Hospital following an
extended illness. She was a native of Lincoln County, born May 25, 1890, the
daughter of the late Andrew Johnson and Elizabeth Jane Brady Lovett.
Survivors include her husband, Thomas Clyde Harwell, Frankewing; two sons,
Johnson Harwell, Beech Hill, and Aubrey Harwell, McBurg; five grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. F. F. Haislip and Mrs. Charlie
Prosser, Beech Hill, and Mrs. W. O. Reed, Fayetteville.
Burial took place in the church cemetery.
HARWELL, Annie Mae McLin The Pulaski Citizen 01 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Mae McLin Harwell, 86, widow of Audway Harwell,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Frankewing Methodist Church, with
the burial in Frankewing Cemetery. Mrs. Harwell died at 2 o'clock on Friday
morning, December 27, at Giles County Hospital.
Born October 11, 1877, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
Monroe McLin and Fannie Montgomery McLin. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Harwell is survived by two sons, Malcolm Harwell Frankewing and Raymond
Harwell, Rt. 5, Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs. Annie Harris and Mrs. Elise Duke,
all of Frankewing; twenty-six grandchildren and thirty-two great-grandchildren;
and three sisters, Mrs. Florence Holley and Mrs. Helen Harwell, both of
Frankewing, and Mrs. Mackie Eubank, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Betty Jean Nelson The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1966
Mrs. Francis Wilkes Harwell, 39, former Giles County resident, died Wednesday,
April 13, in Vanderbilt Hospital at Nashville from a rifle wound inflicted
earlier at her home in Lewisburg, officers said.
Funeral services were conducted at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg at 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon with the Rev. Dallas officiating. Burial was in Mt. Zion
Cemetery at Frankewing.
Before her marriage to Mr. Harwell of Frankewing, she was Miss Betty Jean Nelson
of Chattanooga. They moved to Lewisburg several years ago. Mr. Harwell is
employed in Alabama by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Survivors, besides her husband, include a daughter, Miss Frances Diana Harwell
of Lewisburg; five sons, James W., Stephen F., Farris J., and Charles R., all of
Lewisburg, and Pfc. Richard Harwell, U. S. Air Force, Amarillo AFB, Texas; her
parents, Floyd Nelson of Chattanooga, and Mrs. Grace Huggings of Wildwood, Fla.
HARWELL, Bettie Paisley The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie Paisley Harwell, 87, widow of Edgar C. Harwell,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Harwell died on Monday, July 11, at Grace
Nursing Home in Nashville.
Born December 18, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Anderson Paisley and Margaret Jane White Paisley. She was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Her husband, Edgar C. Harwell died in 1954.
Mrs. Harwell is survived by five step-children, Glen Harwell, Clyde Harwell and
Loyd Harwell, Mrs. Clara Luna and Mrs. Paul Reasonover, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Duffie Thearthur The Pulaski Citizen 11 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Duffie Thearthur Harwell, Jr., 67, farmer of the Union Hill
section, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial
took place in Scotts Hill Cemetery. Mr. Harwell died at 4:35 Monday morning,
April 9, at his home.
Born August 6, 1894, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Duffie
Thearthur Harwell and Tennie Simpson Harwell, and was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Mr. Harwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alcenia Hodge Harwell; five sons,
Gilbert Harwell, Lakeville, Ind., Bert Harwell, Eli Harwell and Jimmy Harwell,
all of Elkhart, Ind., and Edward Harwell, Wales; five daughters, Mrs. Flora
Stofel, Columbia, Mrs. Louise Thornton, Pulaski, Mrs. Pauline Ramsey, Elkhart,
Ind., Mrs. Hattie Fryrear, Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Hettie Daily, Toledo,
Ohio; twenty-eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Everett Clark The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Everett Clark Harwell, 62, retired salesman, were held at
2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
M. K. Harwell of Fayetteville and the Rev. W. H. Moss of Pulaski. Burial took
place at Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Harrison died of a heart attack Thursday night,
February 8, at Giles County Hospital after a period of declining health.
Born April 1, 1899, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Icie Erwin Harwell
of Pulaski and the late Rolly Harwell.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Harwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle
Farrar Harwell; two brothers, Morris Harwell, Pulaski, and Flournoy Harwell,
Dellrose; and one sister, Mrs. Mary Mansfield, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Fannie Pearl The Pulaski Citizen 27 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Pearl Abernathy Harwell, 62, resident of the
Pisgah community, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the rites conducted by the Rev. Thomas Vann, former pastor.
Burial took place in Pisgah Cemetery.
Mrs. Harwell died early Thursday morning, March 21, at Giles County Hospital
after a brief illness.
Born September 28, 1900, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
William Hardy Abernathy and Carrie McCormick Abernathy. She was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Harwell is survivedby her husband, Thomas Carl Harwell; two sons, Thomas B.
Harwell and William J. Harwell, Giles County; and three sisters, Mrs. Cleo
Gunter, Nashville, Mrs. Willie A. Harwell, Blooming Grove, and Mrs. J. D.
Barshears, Pisgah; and one brother, Clarence Abernathy, Pisgah.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Frances Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Abernathy Harwell, 91, were held at 11 o'clock
Saturday morning, March 16, in Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Burial was in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery, Nashville.
Mrs. Harwell died Thursday, March 14, in a Murfreesboro infirmary after a long
illness.
A native of Giles County, she was a member of the Methodist Church. Her parents
were the late Benjamin Franklin and Lucinda Perry Abernathy. Her husband was the
late Holland Harwell.
Survivors include two sons, James Harwell and Robert Harwell, both of Nashville;
and one grandchild.
HARWELL, Frances Katherine Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 03 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Katherine H. Harwell, 57, widow of Brown
Harwell, were held at one o'clock Thursday at McBurg Church of Christ. Burial
took place in the family lot in the Wright Cemetery. Mrs. Harwell died Tuesday,
January 26, in Lincoln County Hospital, Fayetteville, after a brief illness.
Born August 1907, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Audie
Harwell and Annie McLin Harwell. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Her
husband, Brown Harwell, died June 26, 1953.
Mrs. Harwell, resident of the McBurg Community, is survived by four daughters,
Mrs. Betty Brewer, Nashville, Mrs. Everett Foster, Pulaski, Miss Ruby Jane
Harwell, Frankewing, and Mrs. Mary Ann Brewer, Fayetteville; seven sons, Harold
Harwell, Pulaski, Walter Harwell, Huachuca, Ariz., Claiborne Harwell,
Fayetteville, and Donald, Billy, Ferrell, and Carroll Wayne Harwell, Frankewing;
seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ann Harris and Mrs. Elsie Duke,
Frankewing; and two brothers, Raymond Harwell, Pulaski and Malcolm Harwell,
Frankewing
.
HARWELL, Gilbert The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
Gilbert Harwell, 68, Giles Countian who moved to Arkansas thirty years ago, died
on Saturday, May 14, at the hospital in Hope, Ark. Funeral rites took place at 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Saratoga, Ark.
Mr. Harwell, former resident of the Kedron Community, is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Jettie Cannon Harwell; one son, Cecil Harwell, Saratoga; one daughter, Mrs.
Bob White, Hope, Ark.; four grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Alma Hall and
Mrs. P. L. Yarbrough, Pulaski, Mrs. Edna Watkins, Ardmore; and one brother,
Willie Harwell, Saratoga, Ark.
HARWELL, Gussie Garfield The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1961
Gussie Garfield Harwell, 79, native of the Goodsprings community of Giles
County, died on Friday, February 24, at Rest Haven Nursing Home in Guthrie,
Okla., after an illness of six years. Funeral services took place at 2:30
o'clock on Sunday afternoon at First Methodist Church in Crescent, Okla., with
the burial in Crescent Cemetery.
Born July 3, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James W. Harwell
and Martha Harwell. On July 2, 1902, he married the former Miss Mason Norwood
who died May 28, 1918.
In November, 1918, Mr. Harwell moved to Crescent where he made his home until he
became ill.
In 1922, he married Mrs. Nora Wright.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Sadie Wright, Crescent, Mrs. Oma Davis
and Mrs. Alice Underwood, both of San Diego, Calif.; five grandchildren, eleven
great-grandchildren; one brother, William Marvin Harwell, Crescent; and two
sisters, Mrs. Gilbert Davenport, Whittier, Calif., and Mrs. Rose Shaeffer,
Dallas, Texas.
HARWELL, Horace Riggs The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Horace Riggs Harwell, 88, retired farmer of Cornersville section and former
traveling salesman for Neely-Harwell and Company, Nashville, wholesale drygoods
firm, died Tuesday, February 23, in Leonard Hospital, Lewisburg, after an
illness of four weeks.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Cornersville
Methodist Church with the Rev. John Bogges officiating. Burial took place in
Beechwood Cemetery, Cornersville.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Coleman Harwell and
Elizabeth F. Bridges Harwell. He had lived in Marshall County most of his life.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Harwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Gordon Harwell; one son,
Horace R. Harwell, Jr., Cornersville; three daughters, Mrs. William W. Ewin and
Mrs. James Campbell, both of Franklin, and Mrs. James R. Moon, Lewisburg; nine
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; one half-brother, Meade Harwell,
Nashville; and a half-sister, Mrs. Earl Harwell, Aspen Hill.
HARWELL, Hugh Conway The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1967
Hugh Conway Harwell, 73, of Route 1, Lynnville, died Tuesday afternoon, July 11,
from injuries received when he became entangled in trace chains and was dragged
by a mule near his home in the Thirteenth District just north of Manor House
Farms.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral
Home chapel with burial in Giles Memory Gardens. Gilbert E. Shaffer and Artie
Collins, Church of Christ ministers, will officiate.
Mr. Harwell, a native Giles Countian, reportedly was returning the mule to a
neighbor from whom he had borrowed it to use in digging potatoes.
Born June 10, 1894, he was the son of the late Otis and Jennie Parker Harwell.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lillian Beard Harwell; a son, William Harwell
of Nashville; seven daughters, Mrs. Joan Hardy of Pulaski, Mrs. Margaret Watson
and Mrs. Martha Carvell of Giles County, Mrs. Marilyn Woodard of Memphis, Mrs.
Betty Taylor of Tullahoma, Mrs. Dorothy Beaty of Nashville and Mrs. Rebecca
Beard of Coffeeville, Kan.; twenty-six grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
HARWELL, Ida Medora Lyles The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Medora Lyles Harwell, 72, Frankewing resident,
were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Frankewing Methodist Church, with
the burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Harwell died at 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoon,, February 21, at Giles County Hospital, after an extended illness.
Born August 31, 1887, at Delina in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the
late Francis Marion Lyles and Margaret Barnes Lyles.
She was a member of Frankewing Methodist Church. Her husband, Elgar Harwell,
died November 12, 1954.
Mrs. Harwell is survived by one son, Francis Wilkes Harwell, Frankewing; one
step-son, R. Allen Harwell, Byrdstown, Tenn.; eight grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Ida Neely The Pulaski Citizen 2 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Neely Harwell, 84, Ardmore resident, were held at
3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Ardmore Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev.
E. M. Tramel, pastor of the church. Burial took place in the Elkton Cemetery.
Mrs. Harwell died at 8 o'clock on Monday night, February 29, at Lincoln County
Hospital at Fayetteville after a period of declining health.
Born May 28, 1875, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Jabez and Nancy Elliott Neely, and was a member of the Ardmore Methodist Church.
She was twice married; her first husband was W. F. Sweeney of Cornersville who
died many years ago. Later in life she was married to Alvie Harwell who died
several years ago.
The last member of her immediate family, she is survived by several nieces and
nephews. The last four members of her family have died in less than 10 months;
including two sisters and one brother: Mrs. Myrtle Neely Tucker, May 4, 1959,
Mrs. C. I. Puckett, January 24, 1960, and the brother, Luther Neely, February
21, 1960.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Infant The Pulaski Citizen 21 Oct 1966
Graveside services were held for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Harwell on
Monday afternoon at three o'clock in Maplewood Cemetery with the Rev. Billy
Craighead officiating.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by two brothers, John and
Gary; one sister, Katherine Harwell; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Harwell and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie White.
HARWELL, John Simpson The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1960
Funeral services for John Simpson Harwell, 89, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon, January 17, at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Harwell died Saturday at Giles County Hospital
after a period of declining health.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Berry Harwell and Mary
Britton Harwell. His wife, Mrs. Hattie Gaines Harwell, died several years ago.
Mr. Harwell is survived by three sons, Flournoy Harwell, Nashville, Cleo Harwell
and Willie Harwell, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Cletus Dugger, Pulaski; two
grandsons and one great grandson; one sister, Mrs. Anna Blakney, Fort Smith,
Ark.; and two half-brothers, Guy Harwell and Bob Harwell, both of Huntsville,
Ala. Bennett-May and Company in charge.
HARWELL, Josie Burch The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Josie Burch Harwell, 89, were held at 3:30 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Thomas
Vann and the Rev. Gus Self, Methodist ministers. Burial took place in the Wright
Cemetery, Mrs. Harwell died Tuesday, September 7, at her home in Frankewing.
Born February 28, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late B. M.
Burch and Mary Black Burch. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Walter M. Harwell, died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Harwell is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Angie Stevenson, Mrs. Harvey
Harris, Mrs. Elsie Harris, and Mrs. Woodrow Coble, Giles County, and Mrs. Carlee
Luna, Lincoln County; three sons, Herbert Harwell, Lincoln County and Clifford
Harwell and Robert Harwell, Giles County; eighteen grandchildren, thirty-one
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Hawkins Cardin, Pulaski; two brothers,
Solon Burch of Texas, and Willie Burch of Sylacauga, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Katherine Gordon The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Horace Riggs Harwell, Sr., 86, the former Miss
Katherine Gordon of Giles County, were held at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning at
Cornersville Methodist Church, with the burial in Beechwood Cemetery at
Cornersville. She died Wednesday, November 8, at Leonard's Hospital, Lewisburg,
after a short illness.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Capt. Andrew Ruthven
Gordon and Rebecca Dickerson Gordon. She was a member of the Presbyterian
Church. She had lived in Cornersville most of her life but in recent years had
lived in Franklin.
Mrs. Harwell is survived by one son, Horace Riggs Harwell, Jr., Cornersville;
three daughters, Mrs. William Ewin and Mrs. James H. Campbell, Franklin, and
Mrs. James R. Moon, Lewisburg; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren;
one brother, Rev. John B. Gordon, Winston-Salem, N. C.; and one sister, Mrs.
Will Williamson, Bessemer, Ala.
HARWELL, Mahlon Stacy The Pulaski Citizen 02 Feb 1966
Funeral for Mahlon Stacy Harwell, 77, retired farmer of the Lynnville section,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial
will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Harwell died Wednesday morning,
February 2, in Giles County Hospital after several weeks illness.
Born April 26, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William M.
Harwell and Catherine Griggs Harwell. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
His wife Mrs. Nina Pearl Holt Harwell died three years ago.
Mr. Harwell is survived by four sons, James Howard Harwell and William Allen
Harwell, both of Lynnville, Bobby Eugene Harwell, Pulaski, and Eliphus Brown
Harwell, Columbia; two daughters, Miss Hattie Mae Harwell and Mrs. Jim
Underwood, both of Lynnville; and nine grandchildren. Bennett May Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Martha Victoria Osborne The Pulaski Citizen __ Jun 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam S. Harwell, 89, resident of the Austin Hewitt Home
for approximately two years, were held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Minor of
Shelbyville. Burial took place in Pisgah Cemetery. Mrs. Harwell died on Sunday
night, June 19, at the Hewitt Home.
The former Miss Martha Victoria Osborne, she was born September 9, 1876, in
Giles County, the daughter of the late James Allen Osborne and Paralee Abernathy
Osborne. Her husband, Sam S. Harwell, died in 1960. She was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Harwell is survived by two sons, Robert Harwell of Lamesa, Texas, and
Sterling Harwell of Shelbyville; nine grandchildren and twelve
great-grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Mary Helen McLin The Pulaski Citizen 24 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Helen McLin Harwell, 80, widow of Dr. W. S.
Harwell, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Frankewing Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Gus Self. Burial took place in Frankewing
Cemetery. Mrs. Harwell died Sunday, March 21, in Giles County Hospital after a
long illness.
Born February 1, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
Monroe McLin and Frances Montgomery McLin. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Harwell is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mackie Eubank, Minor Hill, and
Mrs. Florence Holley, Frankewing; and six step-children, Mrs. Kate Williams,
Frankewing, Mrs. Frances Henderson, Chattanooga, Mrs. Rachel Shapiro and Mrs.
Nellie Hill, Columbia, Leon Watson, Nashville, and Douglas Harwell, Albuquerque,
N. Mex.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Mattie Victoria Osborne The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam S. Harwell, 99, resident of the Austin Hewitt Home
for approximately two years, were held at 10:30 Tuesday morning in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Minor of Shelbyville. Burial
took place in Pisgah Cemetery. Mrs. Harwell died on Sunday night, June 19, at
the Hewitt Home.
The former Miss Mattie Victoria Osborne, she was born September 9, 1876, in
Giles County, the daughter of James Allen Osborne and Paralee Abernathy Osborne.
Her husband, Sam S. Harwell, died in 1960. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Harwell is survived by two sons, Robert Harwell of Lamesa, Texas, and
Sterling Harwell of Shelbyville; nine grandchildren and twelve
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Morton K. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jun 1966
The Rev. Morton K. Harwell, 84, Giles County native and widely known Methodist
minister, died of a heart attack Friday, June 10, at his home in Fayetteville.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at First
Methodist Church in Fayetteville and burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery. The Rev.
J. T. Parsons and Dr. William Mansfield officiated.
Mr. Harwell was born at Frankewing, the son of Columbus and Josie Holley
Harwell. He was a member of the Tennessee Conference for more than 50 years and
served several churches, including those at Lynnville, Diana and Frankewing. He
organized a number of new churches throughout the Conference, one of which is
Craft Memorial in Columbia.
Mr. Harwell retired from the active mininstry about six years ago but had
continued to aid in the founding of new churches.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sarah Beasley Harwell of Fayetteville; a daughter,
Mrs. D. D. Daniel of Fayetteville; two sons, E. B. Harwell of Jackson, and V. C.
Harwell of Fayetteville;
seven grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
HARWELL, Nancy Christopher The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Nancy Christopher Harwell, 87, resident of the Austin
Hewitt Home, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ.
Burial took place in the Harwell Cemetery at Cedar Grove. Mrs. Harwell died
Saturday afternoon, April 1, at the Home after a long illness.
Born December 26, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Edward
Harwell and Louisa Browning Harwell. Her husband, W. F. Harwell, died several
years ago.
She was a life long member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Harwell is survived by one son, William Osborne Harwell; seven grandchildren
and sixteen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ben Holt and Mrs. John
Bledsoe, both of Pulaski; and one brother, Ross Christopher, Tucson, Ariz.; one
half-brother, Guy Christopher, Toledo, Ohio.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Nina Pearl Holt The Pulaski Citizen 19 Sep 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Nina Pearl Holt, 70, resident of the Lynnville
section, were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Harwell died on Friday, September 14, at Giles County Hospital.
Born March 27, 1892, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Eliphus
Holt and Thomas Ellen Tennery Holt.
She was a Methodist.
Mrs. Harwell is survived by her husband, Mahlon S. Harwell; four sons, William
Allen Harwell, Brick Church, Eliphus Brown Harwell, Columbia, James Howard
Harwell, Lynnville, and Bobby Eugene Harwell, Pulaski; two daughters, Miss
Hattie Mae Harwell, and Mrs. Mary Katherine Underwood, Lynnville; eight
grandchildren; two brothers, Jim Holt and Ervin Holt, Lynnville; and one sister,
Mrs. J. B. Gilliam, Pulaski.
HARWELL, Noble Willis The Pulaski Citizen 19 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Noble Willis Harwell, 66, retired railroadman, were held at
2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in
Mt. Zion Cemetery at Frankewing. Mr. Harwell, who was residing at Richland Plaza
Hotel, died of a heart on Sunday afternoon, December 16, in the hotel lobby.
Born August 1, 1896, he was a native of Giles County, the son of the late C. W.
Harwell and Josie Hollie Harwell. His wife, Mrs. Hattie May Harwell, died a
number of years ago.
Mr. Harwell is survived by two sons, Lester Harwell, Huntsville, Ala., and Gray
Harwell, Lewisburg; one daughter, Mrs. Everett Russell, Pulaski; one grandchild;
and one brother, Rev. M. K. Harwell, Fayetteville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Otis J. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Otis J. Harwell, 79, Elkton resident, were held at 3
o'clock Friday afternoon at Elkton Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. R. L.
Greenway, pastor of the church, with burial in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Harwell died
Thursday, June 29, in a Nashville hospital.
A native of Marshall County, he was the son of the late Charles S. Harwell and
Orlean White Harwell. He had lived in Giles County most of his life.
Mr. Harwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pattie Bledsoe Harwell; one son,
Charles H. Harwell; and two granddaughters, Charlotte and Carol Harwell; all of
Elkton.
HARWELL, Pearl Burgess The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1960
Mrs. Pearl Burgess Harwell, 81, former resident of Giles County, died at 1:30
o'clock on Friday afternoon, February 26, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Horace Herrin, Golden Meadow, La. Funeral services were held the following
Saturday in Louisiana and services were held Sunday in Waxahatchie, Texas.
Burial took place in City Cemetery, Waxahatchie.
A native of Marshall County, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Harrison
Burgess and Ora Clayton Burgess. Her husband, Wilburn Holmes Harwell, a native
of Giles County, died many years ago. Mrs. Harwell has been making her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Herrin, in Golden Meadow, La., and was a member of a
Methodist Church in New Orleans.
In addition to the daughter, Mrs. Harwell is survived by a grandson, Harwell
Herrin; one sister, Mrs. Ed Clayton; and one brother, Earl Burgess, both of
Waxahatchie.
HARWELL, Richard Nelson The Pulaski Citizen 16 Nov 1966
Richard Nelson Harwell, 20, of Lewisburg, was killed early Saturday, Nov. 12, in
a traffic accident on Highway 31-A about three miles north of Lewisburg in
Marshall County. He was a former resident of Giles County.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bills and
McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg with burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery at
Frankewing.
The accident occurred about 2 a. m. Saturday as Harwell's car reportedly entered
the highway from Holly Grove Road and collided with a tractor trailer.
A native of Davidson County, he was the son of Francis Wilkes Harwell of
Lewisburg, formerly of Giles County and the late Betty Jean Nelson Harwell. He
was a Methodist and an employee of Genesco, having recently returned from a tour
of duty in Viet Nam with the U. S. Air Force.
Survivors, besides his father, include four brothers, James W., Stephen F.,
Farris J. and Charles R. Harwell, all of Lewisburg; one sister, Miss Frances
Diana Harwell of Lewisburg; his maternal grandparents, Floyd Nelson of
Chattanooga, and Mrs. Grace Hastings of Wildwood, Fla. He was a grandson of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Elgar Harwell of Frankewing.
HARWELL, Sam Sterling The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Sam Sterling Harwell, 81, retired farmer of Giles County,
were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Pisgah Methodist Church, conducted by
the Rev. James T. Parsons, Methodist minister. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mr. Harwell died Sunday, December 18, at the home of a son in
Shelbyville where he has resided the past two years.
Born August 21, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas
Fletcher Harwell and Ida Montgomery Harwell. He was a member of Pisgah Methodist
Church.
Mr. Harwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Osborne Harwell; two sons,
Sterling Harwell, both of Shelbyville, and Robert Harwell, Texas; and nine
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, Thomas Meade The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Thomas Meade Harwell, 84, retired salesman, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Pisgah Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Gerald Hattle, pastor of the church. Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Mr. Harwell died at 8 o'clock Sunday night, December 15, at a Nashville
hospital, following a period of declining health.
Born April 27, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Rev. Coleman A.
Harwell and Harriet E. Brooks Harwell. He was a member of the Methodist Church
and a 32nd Degree Mason.
For approximately 40 to 45 years, Mr. Harwell was a traveling salesman for
Neely-Harwell Wholesale Dry Goods Company of Nashville.
Mr. Harwell is survived by two sons, Dr. Thomas Meade Harwell, Edinburg, Texas,
and William Alexander Harwell, Oak Ridge; and one sister, Mrs. W. Earl Harwell,
Aspen Hill.
HARWELL, Virginia Oliver The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Mrs. Virginia Oliver Harwell, 88, died Monday, October 16, at Giles County
Hospital.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, October 18, at 2:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Dr. W. H.
Mansfield officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Harwell, a native of Giles County, was born September 1, 1879, the daughter
of the late Dr. Fletcher and Rebecca Abernathy Oliver.
She is survived by her husband, Luther Harwell, Pulaski; three daughters, Miss
Lillian Harwell, Mrs. John H. Stevens, both of Nashville, and Mrs. Carlisle
Kimbell; and two grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HARWELL, William Fielding The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1964
William Fielding Harwell, app. 84 years old, died unexpectedly of a heart attack
at 4 o'clock Saturday morning, April 18, in his home town of Marshall, Mo.
Funeral rites and burial took place in that city.
A native of Giles County, he moved to Missouri many years ago.
Mr. Harwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Oliver Harwell, a native of
Giles County and daughter of the late Capt. Lemuel Oliver and Mrs. Margaret
Steele Oliver; and three grandchildren.
HARWOOD, Brown The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1963
Fort Worth, Tex.-Brown Harwood, a native of Giles County, who heeded the saying,
"Go West, Young Man," when he was 19, died here last week. He was 89 and had
been in the real estate business in this Texas City since 1902.
He was buried Friday in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Harwood never forgot his home in Tennessee and visited Giles County on
various occassions, othertimes sending gifts and contributions. The 32-foot
metal flag pole on the southeast corner of the courthouse square in Pulaski was
his gift, and was dedicated on Veterans Day, November 11, 1960. Years before, he
sent a flag to each school in the county.
He left Giles County in 1893.
Mr. Harwood retired on his golden anniversary in business in 1952, but was
forced to call it "semi-retirement" after a few months because he was selling as
much as $70,000 worth of real estate a month from his home to persons who sought
his services.
He recalled his first office in the five story Hoxey Building at 7th and Main
(now the location of the Continental Life Building), which he rented for $6 per
month.
He was the only surviving member of the charter group that organized a local
reality board in 1915. He was also a charter member of the organization, former
here in 1902.
Mr. Harwood helped organize the World War II Selective Service board here and
was a member of the World War I draft board here in 1917.
He also helped form the original Fort Worth Kennel Club in 1919 and was an early
president of the gourp.
He was chairman of Board No. 113 during World War II, and was among personnel
commended by Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey in 1951 for uncompensated service to the
nation.
HASTINGS, Bessie Sanders The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jun 1969
Mrs. Bessie Sanders Hastings, 74, died Thursday, June 19, in Taylor's Hospital,
Lewisburg.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, June 20, at 3 o'clock in the chapel
of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. Marshall Moss, officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Hastings was born August 21, 1894, the daughter
of the late James M. Sanders and Balzoria Powell Sanders. Her husband was the
late William J. Hastings.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Joe Harris McAdams, Belfast; one brother,
Mitchell Sanders, Aspen Hill; one sister, Mrs. Virgie Tate, Hendersonville.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HASTINGS, Jim Dee The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969
Funeral services for Jim Dee Hastings, brother of Mrs. Clara Weddington, and
Mrs. Velma Kellam of Pulaski, were held Friday, January 24 in Harris Funeral
Home in Detroit, Mich.
Mr. Hastings, 77, died Tuesday, January 21, in a nursing home there after a few
months of declining health.
A native of Giles County, he was born March 4, 1891, the son of the late Thomas
and Ida Hix Hastings. He was a member of the Berea Methodist Church since his
early youth. A veteran, having served in the U. S. Armed Forces for several
years, he was a retired Chrysler employee.
Survivors in addition to his sisters, include his wife, Mrs. Bessie Holbert
Hastings; one son, Thomas Hastings, Detroit, Mich.; two other sisters, Mrs.
Birdie Garrett, and Mrs. Dovie Hall, both of Detroit, Mich.
HASTINGS, William Byrd The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1968
Funeral services for William Byrd Hastings, 38, were held Wednesday afternoon,
November 20, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Mr. Andy Brown,
Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Hastings, partner of Royce Ingram in the Pulaski Auto Repair Shop on North
Second Street, died Monday, November 18, at his home.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hastings was born August 21, 1930, the son of Mrs.
Oma White Hastings Chapman of Pulaski and the late Joseph Cardwell Hastings.
Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife, Mrs. Betty Whitworth
Hastings; one brother, John Robert Hastings, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. Joe
Dickey, Pulaski; one half-sister, Mrs. Larry Johnson, Pulaski; and one
half-brother, Garland Chapman, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HATFIELD, Louis Anderson The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1961
The Rev. Louis Anderson Hatfield, 86, retired Missionary Baptist minister, died
Monday, Oct. 23, at 6:15 p.m. at the home of his niece, Mrs. Fred Fogg, on West
Washington Street.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Rock Springs
Baptist Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Officiating ministers were the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Rev. J. H. Hurn and Rev. Lloyd Hickman. Baptist ministers
of Giles County were honorary pallbearers. Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hatfield was born May 25, 1875, the son of the
late William and Lucy Poston Hatfield. He was married to the former Miss Ottie
McDonald who died in 1955.
One of the county's outstanding Baptist ministers, he had served churches in
Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln and Maury Counties during a period of more than 50
years and had been Baptist Associational music director for many years. He
continued active in Associational work until a week before his death.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
HATHCOAT, Louis Dolphus The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1968
Funeral services for Louis Dolphus Hathcoat, 55, were held Saturday afternoon,
September 21, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with the Rev.
Waylon Hartsfield officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Hathcoat, resident of the Minor Hill Communtiy, died Thursday, September 19,
in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Limestone County, Alabama, Mr. Hathcoat was born July 27, 1913 the
son of the late William and Elizabeth Phillips Hathcoat.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mable Jones Hathcoat; one son, Billy Hathcoat;
one daughter, Ann Hathcoat; three brothers, Luther Hathcoat, Minor Hill,
Fletcher and Ozzie Hathcoat, Athens, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Lessie Bullington
and Mrs. Effie Moore, Athens, Ala.; and one grandchild. Pulaski Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
HATTEN, Nettie Hill Hedgecoth The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Hill Hedgecoth Hatten, 73, Pulaski resident,
were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Hatten died
Saturday, March 26, at Giles County Hospital.
Born July 20, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Steve R.
Hill and Fannie Kuhn Hill. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Hatten is survived by her husband, H. E. Hatten; six daughters, Mrs. Mattie
Griggs, Mrs. Happy Russell, Mrs. Mitchell Butcher, Pulaski, Mrs. David Tidmore,
Norman, Okla., Mrs. Willie May, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Joan Yelverton,
Portsmouth, Va.; a son, William R. Hedgecoth, Nashville; two step-sons, Garland
Hedgecoth, Ontario, Calif. and Arlow Hedgecoth, Nashville; thirty grandchildren
and forty-three great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Smith, New York
City, Mrs. Dave Wilson, Nashville and Mrs. Nell Hedgecoth, Lawrenceburg; and one
brother, Dale Hill, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAUN, Mildred A. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1966
Mrs. Mildred A. Haun, 32, of Biloxi, Miss., was dead on arrival at Giles County
Hospital following the 12:40 p. m. accident at Deadman's Curve on Highway 31.
Her husband, Staff Sergeant Billy E. Haun, and 6-year-old son, Kenneth, were
seriously injured and were taken to a Nashville hospital after receiving
emergency treatment at the local hospital.
The Hauns were traveling south, returning to their home in Biloxi after a visit
with Mrs. Haun's relatives in Dickson County, when she apparently lost control
of the car on wet pavement, according to State Trooper James Dyer, who
investigated.
Mrs. Haun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orman M. Williams of Charlotte, was a native
of Charlotte and attended Dickson County Schools before moving to Nashville,
where she was employed for a time as secretary in the registration department of
the Boy Scouts of America. Sergeant Haun is a movie projectionist at Keesler Air
Force Base, Biloxi.
HAYES, Danny Gene The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1963
Grave side services for Danny Gene Hayes, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Danny Gale
Hayes of Minor Hill who died Monday night, July 1, at Giles County Hospital,
were conducted at 1 o'clock Tuesday at Minor Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiated.
Besides the parents, survivors include the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Hayes of Minor Hill, and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Simpson.
HAYES, David Houston The Pulaski Citizen 20 Sep 1967
David Houston Hayes, 78, died Sunday, September 17, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Mr. Hayes, a native of Giles County, was born May 28, 1889, the son of the late
Ben and Martha Horn Hayes. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Church of
Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Peden Hayes; two daughters, Mrs. Bobby
Burns, Gulfport, Miss., and Mrs. Shelia Holt, Pulaski; three sons, Carl D.,
Columbia, James T., Chicago, Ill., and Austin S. Hayes, Viet Nam; nine
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Prenny Cooper,
Lewisburg; and one brother, John Hayes, Wales.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAYES, Myrtle Brown The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1968
Mrs. Myrtle Hayes, 89, died Tuesday night in the Athens Hospital, Athens, Ala.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hayes will be held Thursday morning, March 21, at
10:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Howard
Haynes officiating. Burial will be in Brown's Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Hayes was born January 2, 1879, the daughter of
the late Aaron and Elise Eora Williams Brown. She was the wife of the late
Erskin Hayes.
Survivors include two sons, Arthur Brown Hayes, Big Lake, Tex., and Allison
Hayes, Lynnville; one daughter, Mrs. W. A. Greenshaw, Athens, Ala.; five
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAYES, Robert E. (Bob) The Pulaski Citizen 26 Dec 1962
Robert E. (Bob) Hayes, native of Giles County and teacher here for many years,
died this morning (December 27) at 6 a. m. at the Miller Clinic in Nashville
where he had been for about a month.
Hayes, 85, had been associated with the H. G. Hill Company in Nashville for
about 50 years. He was in charge of the Produce Purchasing Department until his
recent retirement.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, December 28, at 3 p. m. in
Nashville. Burial will be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.
He was the son of the late Franklin Alexander Hayes and Lyzan Holbert Hayes. His
wife, Mrs. Daisy Smith Hayes, died several years ago.
Survivors include one son, Thurman Hayes; and a granddaughter, Betty Hayes, both
of Nashville. He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. B. B. Smith and Mrs. Ed
Ingram of Giles County and Mrs. Emma Bowman of Nashville; and three brothers,
Will and Clyde Hayes of Giles County and John Hayes of San Angelo, Texas.
HAYES, William Walter "Will" The Pulaski Citizen 11 Aug 1965
Funeral services for William Walter "Will" Hayes, 96, retired farmer of the
Riversburg community, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Henry Cortner, pastor of Olivet
Methodist Church. Burial took place in the family lot in New Zion Cemetery. He
died at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, August 7, in Giles County Hospital after a
long period of declining health.
Born October 20, 1868, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Franklin
Alexander Hayes and Eliza Ann Holbert Hayes. His wife, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth
Reaves Hayes, died many years ago.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Hayes is survived by five sons, Franklin Hayes, Frankewing, Guy Hayes,
Pulaski, George Hayes, Minor Hill, Amos Hayes, Nashville, and Allie Hayes,
Louisville, Ky.; five daughters, Miss Margaret Hayes, Mrs. Florence Brewer, Mrs.
Wilma Shelton, Pulaski and Mrs Brownie Chapman, Louisville, Ky. and Mrs. Emma
Lee McGill, Eloise, Fla.; fifty-two grandchildren, 108 great-grandchildren, and
six great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Clyde Hayes, Frankewing, and John
Hayes, San Angelo, Texas; and three sisters, Mrs. B. B. Smith, and Mrs. Edd
Ingram, Pulaski, and Mrs. Emma Bowman, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAZELWOOD, Blanche Morton The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1968
Mrs. Blanche Morton Hazelwood, 84, died Thursday, September 12, at her home in
the Goodsprings Community.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hazelwood, wife of the late Arthur B. Hazelwood, were
held Saturday afternoon, September 14, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home with the Reverend Jacob Gardner and Hoyt Wilson officiating.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Hazelwood, was born August 2, 1884, the daughter
of the late Asa and Emma Jane Flippen Morton.
Survivors include three daughters, Miss Ruth Hazelwood, Goodsprings, Mrs. T. B.
Garner, West Helena, Ark., Mrs. J. A. McLean of Washington, D. C.; three
grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAZELWOOD, Dewey Corbin The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1961
Funeral services for Dewey Corbin Hazelwood, 61, resident of the Bunker Hill
section, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Gallant Funeral Home in
Fayetteville, conducted by the Rev. Howard McGehee. Burial took place in
Flintville Cemetery in Lincoln County. Mr. Hazelwood died Saturday morning,
April 29, at his home after a long illness.
A native of DeKalb County, Ala., he was the son of the late Tom Hazelwood and
Nancy Winsett Hazelwood. He was a member of the Flintville Baptist Church.
Mr. Hazelwood is survived by his wife, Mrs. Queenie Mae Barker Hazelwood; three
sons, Roland Hazelwood, Fayetteville, Stokes Hazelwood, Winchester and Dean
Hazelwood, Pulaski; three grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Laura Martin,
Pulaski, Mrs. Lillie Gaines, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Dazzy Dart, Sacramento,
Calif.
HAZELWOOD, Emmett J. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Emmett J. Hazelwood, 67, native Giles Countian and veteran
of World War I, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Prospect Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. W. C. Folks. Burial took place in Prospect
Cemetery. Mr. Hazelwood died Tuesday, March 27, of pneumonia at his home at Hot
Springs, Ark.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joseph B. Hazelwood and
Elizabeth Nelson Hazelwood.
Mr. Hazelwood is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Dean Hazelwood; two sons, J.
B. Hazelwood and Julius Hazelwood, both of Hot Springs; and two brothers, C. J.
Hazelwood, Decatur, Ala., and Grover Hazelwood, Knoxville.
Wilson Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
HAZELWOOD, Grady King The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1968
Grady King Hazelwood, 47, died Monday, August 19, at General Hospital in
Nashville.
Funeral services for Mr. Hazelwood were held Wednesday afternoon, August 21, in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Frank Young, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hazelwood was born April 6, 1921, the son of Mrs.
Bertie Tucker Hazelwood of Pulaski and the late Robert W. Hazelwood.
Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife, Mrs. Frances Benson
Hazelwood, Nashville; two sons, Bobby Lee, Nashville, and Ronald Wayne, U. S.
Navy, California; two daughters, Mrs. Bill Blake, Shelbyville, and Patricia
Hazelwood, Nashville; one brother, Carson Hazelwood, Nashville; and one sister,
Mrs. Mahlon Kimbrough of Ft. Worth, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAZELWOOD, Joseph "Joe" Baker The Pulaski Citizen 31 May 1967
Funeral services for Joseph "Joe" Baker Hazelwood, 53, were conducted on Monday,
May 29, at 10:30 a. m., in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Baker, a native of Giles County, died Friday, May 26, at the University
Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. He was born June 13, 1913, the son of the late
Johnny B. and Rosetta Wall Hazelwood.
Survivors include three sons, Eddie Hazelwood, St. Louis, Mo., Gregory and
Richard Hazelwood, Texas; two grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Freeman Griggs,
Mrs. John Durham, and Miss Katherine Hazelwod, Pulaski; three brothers, Rufus,
Nashville, Vernon and J. B. Hazelwood, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAZELWOOD, Rose Etta Wall The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
Mrs. Rose Etta Wall Hazelwood, 91, died Monday, May 8, at her home on Route 2,
Pulaski.
Services were conducted Tuesday, May 9, at 2:30 p. m. in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was
in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Hazelwood, a native of Giles County, was born April 16, 1876, the daughter
of the late Thomas Wall and Mary E. Pillow Wall. Her husband, the late John
Brown Hazelwood, died several years ago.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. John Durham, Mrs. Freeman Griggs, and
Miss Kathleen Hazelwood, Pulaski; four sons, Vernon, Joe and J. B., Pulaski and
Rufus Hazelwood, Nashville; twelve grandchildren; and several
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAYNIE, Norman James The Pulaski Citizen 1 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Norman James Haynie, 84, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday
mornng at Sanderson Funeral Home in Carthage, conducted by the Rev. Clarence
Stewart, pastor of First Baptist Church, Pulaski, and the Rev. Kerney Balley.
Burial took place at Ridgewood Cemetery, Carthage. Mr. Haynie, died at 11
o'clock Sunday morning, November 28, in Fairhaven Nursing Home at Pulaski.
Mr. Haynie is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Kittrell Haynie; three daughters,
Mrs. J. T Chaffin, Pulaski, Mrs. Harry Waring and Mrs. George Finley, both of
Memphis; three sons, Frank A. Haynie, Nashville, Ray H. Haynie, Pasadena,
Calif., James L. Haynie, Saginaw, Mich.; thirteen grandchildren and twelve
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. A. S. Garrett, Nashville.
HAYS, John Wallace The Pulaski Citizen 9 Sep 1964
Funeral services for John Wallace Hays, 54, native of Giles County, will be held
at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with
the burial in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Hays died at 2:15 Monday
afternoon, September 7, at a hospital in New Orleans, La., his home town.
Born Nov. 22, 1912, at Campbellsville, he was the only son of Mrs. Lina Baker
Hays and the late John Walker Hays. He has been employed for many years by a
large company in Louisiana.
Mr. Hays is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Newton Hays; and his mother, Mrs.
John Walker Hays, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HAYS, Mrs. W. C. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1960
Mrs. W. C. Hays, 73, resident of Sherman, Miss., and mother of Dr. F. C. Hays,
Director of Giles County Health Department, died on Sunday, November 27, at New
Albany(Miss.) Nursing Home, following a long illness.
The widow of Dr. W. C. Hays, Sherman, Miss., Mrs. Hays in addition to the son at
Pulaski, is also survived by another son, Dr. W. C. Hays, Jr., Marianna, Ark.;
two daughters, Mrs. Price Livingston, New Albany, Miss., and Mrs. L. D. North,
Sulphur, La.; and eleven grandchildren.
HEAD, Berry B. The Pulaski Citizen 2 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Berry B. Head, 82, retired Spring Hill merchant, were held
Tuesday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia with the burial in Lone
Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg. He died Sunday, November 29, at Maury County Hospital
after a long illness.
A native of Marshall County, he was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Head is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Pearl Duncan Head; two
daughters, Mrs. Ed Smith and Mrs. Marie Nellums, both of Spring Hill; three
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Bertie Cavnor,
Lewisburg; Mrs. Maxie Kaiser and Mrs. Lacy Hyde, both of Lynnville; and two
brothers, Clint Head, Cornersville and Ernie Head, Culleoka.
HEAD, Fannie Mae Whitworth The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Mae Whitworth Head, 72, were conducted at 1:30
p. m. Tuesday, January 30, at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home, Columbia. Burial
was in Santa Fe Cemetery.
Mrs. Head died Sunday in Maury County Hospital.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. F. G. Choate, Columbia, Mrs. Rachel
Cooley, Manchester, Ga., Mrs. Wilma Brown, Williamsport, and Mrs. Webb Bailey,
Atlanta, Ga.; five sons, William Head, Williamsport, Billy G. Head, Nashville,
Ennice Head, Atlanta, Ga., SFC Ray and SFC George Head, both of Ft. Campbell,
Ky.; three sisters, Mrs. Glenn Cathy, Nashville, Mrs. Mary Adams, Lewisburg, and
Mrs. Bill Johnson, Toledo, Ohio; two brothers, W. T. and Houston Whitworth of
Pulaski; eleven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
HEAD, Helen Louise Harrison The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
Mrs. Helen Louise Harrison Head, 60, native of Giles County, died on Sunday,
February 27, at her home in Shreveport, La., where she had made her home for
many years.
Funeral services took place at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with burial in
that city.
Born June 19, 1905, she was the daughter of the late Sumpter Harrison and Zora
Butler Harrison. Her husband, W. T. Head, died in June of 1960.
Mrs. Head is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Hariet, Gorom, Cordova, Calif.; one
grandson; two sisters, Mrs. F. E. Edwards, Pulaski, and Mrs. Willa Korns,
Oakland, Calif.; and two brothers, Butler Harrison, Lewisburg and J. Rivers
Harrison, Athens, Ala.
HEADLEY, Rosie The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jan 1963
Word has been received here of the death on January 5 of Mrs. Rosie Headley, 86,
in her home town of Cave City, Ark., where services were held.
The survivors include a granddaughter, Mrs. Lawson Griggs, of Pulaski.
HEDGECOTH, Harvey Lee The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Harvey Lee Hedgecoth, 36, native Giles Countian, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Hedgecoth died of a heart attack at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
January 29, at his home in Cleveland, Ohio.
Born February 10, 1924, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Sarah Taylor
Hedgecoth of Pulaski and the late James Brown Hedgecoth.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Hedgecoth is survived by three sisters, Mrs.
James Bailey, Clinton, Ky., Mrs. Allie Holley and Mrs. Stanley Ralston, Pulaski;
and three brothers, Lonnie Hedgecoth and Lawson Hedgecoth, Pulaski, and James D.
Hedgecoth, U.S. Army.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
HEDGECOTH, Porter Clay The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Porter Clay Hedgecoth, 65, block mason, will be held at
2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. W. H. Moss and Dr. W. H. Mansfield, Methodist ministers. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Hedgecoth died early Wednesday morning, March 6, at
his home in Pulaski following a lengthy illness.
Born February 13, 1898, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Tom L. and
Nettie Oliver Hedgecoth. He was a Methodist.
Mr. Hedgecoth is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nell Hill Hedgecoth; one son, J. C.
Hedgecoth, Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs. Wilma Jean Haislip, Louisville, Ky.,
Mrs. Jewel Dean Perryman, and Mrs. Lorene Hulshof, both of Lewisburg, and Miss
Patsy Hedgecoth, Pulaski; thirteen grandchildren; two brothers, Garland
Hedgecoth, Texas, Arlon Hedgecoth, Nashville; one half-brother, Junior
Hedgecoth, Pulaski; six half-sisters, Mrs. Mattie Griggs, Mrs. Peggy Russell and
Mrs. Fannie Mae Butcher, Pulaski, and Mrs. Joanne Yelverton, Portsmouth, Va.,
Mrs. Bessie Tidmore, Arkansas and Mrs. Christine May, Cincinnati, Ohio; and his
step-mother, Mrs. Harry E. Hatten, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HEFLEY, William Ollie The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1968
William Ollie Hefley, 62, died Sunday, November 10, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Hefley were held Monday afternoon, November 11, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Revs. Henry Cortner
and Rudolph Janes officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hefley was born December 18, 1905, the son of the
late Chester Lawrence and Effie Beulah Foster Hefley.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucile McCormack Hefley; one daughter, Mrs.
Christine Ring, Peoria, Ill; two grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Johnson
Russell, Nashville, Mrs. Marsey Walker, Old Hickory, Mrs. William McCormack, and
Mrs. Edward Hight, Lynnville. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
HELSETH, Richard The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Richard Helseth, 19, son of a Giles County native, were
held on Wednesday afternoon in the Methodist Church, Vero Beach, Fla., with the
burial in that city. The youth died on Monday, November 6, in a hospital in Vero
Beach from internal injuries sustained in an automobile accident the preceding
Saturday night.
Mr. Helseth was the third son of Perry Helseth and his wife, the former Miss
Corinne Townsend of Aspen Hill.
In addition to the parents, he is survived by three brothers, Andrew Helseth,
Niles Helseth, and Robert Helseth, Vero Beach; and his grandmother, Mrs. Niles
Hobart Townsend, Sr., Aspen Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos O. Dickey and Bill Townsend of Aspen Hill have returned from
Vero Beach.
HELTON, Lucy Cross The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1968
Mrs. Lucy Cross Helton, 89, died Wednesday, December 11, at Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Helton, wife of the late John P. Helton, were held
Friday afternoon, December 13, in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with
the Rev. James A. Singleton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Helton was born October 4, 1879, the daughter of
the late Joe Cross and Mary Holt Cross.
Survivors include five sons, Marshall Helton, Forney, Tex., Felix Helton,
Denton, Tex., Joe Helton, Frisco, Calif., Clyde Helton and John P. Helton, Jr.,
Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Smith Woodard, Pulaski; two brothers, Mabron
Cross, Deleware and Joe Cross, California; one sister, Mrs. Vannah Whorton,
Alabama; twenty-one grandchildren; fifty-one great grandchildren, and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HELTON, Thomas Osteen The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1967
Funeral services for Thomas Osteen Helton, 51, were conducted Tuesday afternoon,
October 3, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
and R. E. Wilsford officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Helton died Saturday, September 30, in General Hospital, Nashville. He was a
native of Giles County, born May 15, 1916, the son of the late Alvie Lee and
Aisy Mae Pyle Helton.
Survivors include two daughters, Misses Mary Margaret and Anna Louise Helton,
Atlanta, Ga.; two sons, Thomas Osteen, Jr., and Barry T. Helton, Nashville; one
sister, Mrs. Ola Mae Ashford, Easttown, Ky.; two brothers, Morris Helton, Stella
and J. P. Helton, San Diego, Calif.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HENDERSON, Barbara Beets The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Franklin Henderson, 24, native Giles Countian, were
held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home with the burial in
Greenwood Cemetery in western Giles County. Mrs. Henderson died unexpectedly on
Tuesday morning, December 17, at the home in Cleveland, Ohio.
Born October 10, 1939, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Barbara Beets,
the daughter of Mrs. Alta Mae Pinkelton Beets of Pulaski and the late Roy Beets.
In addition to her husband and mother, Mrs. Henderson is survived by one son,
Franklin Henderson, Jr.; and one daughter, Angela Henderson, both of Cleveland;
four brothers, Vernon Beets, Cleveland, Ohio, Billy Beets, Paul Dennis Beets and
Eddy Beets, all of Pulaski; and five sisters, Miss Wilma Beets, Mrs. Truman
Williams and Mrs. David Harmon, all of Pulaski, Mrs. George Smith, Lewisburg,
and Mrs. Nathaniel Whibby, Germany.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HENDERSON, Donna Maria The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1967
Donna Maria Henderson, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Henderson,
died Thursday, September 28, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Friday afternoon, September 29, at 2:00 o'clock, in the
chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
The child was born October 11, 1961, in Giles County.
Survivors, in addition to the parents, are two brothers, Johnny and Tracy
Henderson, Pulaski; and her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Carr, of
Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HENDERSON, James Walter The Pulaski Citizen 23 May 1962
Funeral services for James Walter Henderson, 83, retired farmer of the Conway
section, were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Raymond Greenway, pastor of Elkton Methodist Church.
Burial took place in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Henderson died on Saturday morning,
May 19, at Giles County Hospital, after a period of declining health.
Born February 23, 1879, he was the son of the late Bass L. Henderson and Susan
Brooks Henderson. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Twice married, his first wife, Mrs. Rosa Potts Henderson, died many years ago.
Mr. Henderson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Thelma Colvett Henderson; one
daughter, Mrs. Alene Garmon Martin, Charlotte, N. C.; one son, Earl Henderson,
Prospect; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and two sisters,
Mrs. Flossie Mitchell, Coldwater, and Miss Adeline Henderson, Fayetteville; and
boy reared in the home from his childhood, Dave Wells.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HENDERSON, Robert Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1969
Robert Clarence Henderson, 68, died Sunday morning at his home in the
Goodsprings community.
Funeral services for Mr. Henderson were held Tuesday morning, December 31, at 10
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Fred Harper
officiating. Burial was in Bethesda Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Henderson was born September 12, 1900, the son of
the late Jake and Lizzie Baker Henderson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Clara Mae Owen Henderson; one sister, Mrs.
Charlie Wales, Diana; one brother, Houston Henderson, North Carolina.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HENDERSON, W. L. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1967
Funeral services for W. L. Henderson, 91, retired farmer, were conducted
Saturday, February 18, at 1 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Bethesda Cemetery.
Mr. Henderson was a native of Giles County, born November 8, 1875, the sonof the
late John and Martha Reese Henderson.
Survivors include two nieces and two nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HENDERSON, William Ribon The Pulaski Citizen 12 Oct 1960
Funeral services for William Ribon Henderson, 76, native of Giles County and
resident of the Pleasant Valley Community of Lawrence County for many years,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial
will take place at the North Carolina Cemetery at Green Hills, Ala. Mr.
Henderson died at 12:15 o'clock Tuesday morning at his home at Pleasant Valley
after a short illness.
A member of the Church of Christ, he was born August 1, 1884, the son of the
late William James Henderson and Martha Owens Henderson.
Mr. Henderson is survived by one son, William Henderson, Pleasant Valley; two
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; one brother, George Henderson,
Florence, Ala.; and one sister, Mrs. Will Carr, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HENDRICK, Charles Dean The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Charles Dean Hendrick, 54, Giles County farmer and retired
merchant at Shelbyville, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in Stella Cemetery. Mr. Hendrick died
of a heart attack at 10 o'clock Monday night, December 19, at his home in the
Stella Community, following a period of declining health.
Born in Kentucky, December 13, 1906, he was the son of Mrs. Finney Hendrick
Bradburn, Nashville, and the late James Alex Hendrick, and was a member of the
Church of Christ.
Mr. Hendrick was a merchant in Shelbyville for fifteen years, coming to Giles
County eleven years ago. In Shelbyville, he was a member of the Bedford County
Planning Commission and was a director of the Chamber of Commerce. He was a
former member of Pulaski Rotary Club.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Hendrick is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sara
Eubank Hendrick; three sons, Dean Hendrick, Jr., Pulaski, Scott Hendrick, U. S.
Navy, stationed in Memphis, and Eris Hendrick, student at Middle Tennessee State
College, Murfreesboro; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Frankie Wilkes, Nashville, and
Mrs. Stella Bohanan, Sunnyside, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HENDRIX, Eva Roper The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Hendrix, 88, were Wednesday afternoon, Novembr 15,
at 1:00 o'clock in the Pulaski Funeral Home chapel, with Andrew Brown, Church of
Christ officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Hendrix died Monday, November 13, in Giles County Hospital following an
extended illness.
Mrs. Hendrix, a native of Giles County, was born August 16, 1879, the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jake Roper. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her husband was the late D. C. (Lum) Hendrix.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lessie Puckett, Athens, Ala., and Mrs.
John Shelton, Dallas, Tex.; four sons, Buren, Will, and Tom Hendrix, Giles
County, and Buford Hendrix, Lawrenceburg; twenty-seven grandchildren; fifty
great-grandchildren; and nine great-great grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HENRY, Joe W. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Oct 1968
Joe W. Henry, Sr., 78-year-old former Giles County Sheriff and Pulaski Chief of
Police, died at Baptist Hospital, Nashville at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, October
30, after a long illness.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Friday at First Methodist Church.
The Rev. Billy Craighead, pastor of the church, the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart,
pastor of First Baptist Church and the Rev. H. H. Austin, District
Superintendent of Cookeville, will officiate. Burial will take place in
Maplewood Cemetery. The body has been brought to Bennett-May Funeral Home.
Mr. Henry was born near Lynnville, April 25, 1890, and was a life-long resident
of Giles County. On December 7, 1915, he was married to the former Miss Annie
Louise Ward. They moved to Pulaski in 1934 where they have made their home
continuously since that time.
Elected Sheriff of Giles County in 1934, Mr. Henry served in that post for three
terms until 1940. In 1947 he was appointed Chief of Police for the Town of
Pulaski, and continued in that capacity for twelve years, until 1959.
He was a life-long Democrat and member of the Giles County Executive Committee.
HENRY, Martha Fletcher The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Mrs. Martha Fletcher Henry, 37, died Monday, October 16, in Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, October 17, at 2:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Henry, a native of Bruceton, Tenn., was the daughter of the late David L.
and Bedie Armstrong Fletcher. She was born November 24, 1929, and was a member
of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Jack Brown Henry; one daughter, Amy Louise Henry;
one son, Jack Brown Henry, Jr.; and one sister, Mrs. Tom Cope, all of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HENSON, Lizzie Day The Pulaski Citizen 6 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Day Henson, 84, were held Thursday in Ethridge
Cemetery. Mrs. Henson died Tuesday, September 28, in Maury County Hospital,
Columbia.
The survivors are six sons, Leonard Henson, Columbia, Clarence Henson, Missouri,
Jack Henson, Florida and Charley and Herman Henson, both of Ethridge; six
daughters, Mrs. Reece Long, Pulaski, Mrs. Roxie Gwin and Mrs. Maxine Hume,
Lancaster, Ohio, Mrs. Laura Hay, Santa Fe, Tenn., and Miss Ethel Henson,
Ethridge; forty-one grandchildren, forty-five great-grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren.
HERBERT, Rogers Nathaniel The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1966
Rogers Nathaniel Herbert, Giles County native and prominent Nashville physician,
deid Friday, Oct. 14, at his home on Franklin Road.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home with Dr. E. P. Anderson and Dr. Elwood
Denson, officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville.
Dr. Herbert was the son of the late Dr. Robert Nathaniel and Catherine Rogers
Herbert. He was graduated from Massey Preparatory School in Pulaski and did
pre-medical work at Bethel College in McKenzie, graduating from Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine in 1917.
He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the Nashville
Academy of Medicine and the Tennessee Medical Associations. He taught at
Vanderbilt School of Medicine for 18 years.
Dr. Herbert served in World War I as a surgeon with the rank of captain.
In 1921, he was married to the former, Miss Mamie Guinn, who survives. Other
survivors include a daughter, Mrs. John Williams and a granddaughter, Miss
Katherine Rogers Herbert, both of Nashville; a brother, Haynes F. Herbert of
Dallas, Texas; and two sisters, Mrs. Sallie N. Draper of Nashville and Mrs.
Claiborne Beasley of Walnut Creek, Calif.
Dr. Herbert was a second cousin of Rogers Herbert Hays of Pulaski.
HEWGLEY, Lewis Everett The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1968
Funeral services for Lewis Everett Hewgley, Sr., 75, Hot Springs, Ark., were
held Thursday, Dec. 19, at Nave's East Side Chapel with burial in Wilson County
Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Hewgley, father of Lewis E. Hewgley, Jr., of Pulaski, died Monday, December
16, in Hot Springs where he had lived for the past eight years.
A native of Wilson County, he was a retired farmer, son of the late Thomas and
Maggie Harrison Hewgley. Mr. Hewgley was a member of the Baptist Church. He was
a veteran of World War I.
Survivors in addition to his son include his wife, Mrs. Fannie Thompson Hewgley,
Hot Springs; a stepson, Roy Smith, Detroit, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. Era Owen,
Norene; and one granddaughter.
HEWGLEY, Robert Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1960
Funeral services are incomplete for the Rev. Robert Taylor Hewgley, 63, retired
minister of Rock Spring Baptist Church. Mr. Hewgley died unexpectedly of a heart
attack at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, October 25, at his home in the New Zion
section, District 11.
Born November 19, 1896, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sam Hewgley
and Bertha Britton Hewgley.
Mr. Hewgley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vera Lee Phelps Hewgley; five
daughters, Elise Hewgley, Pulaski, Mrs. Coleman Harwell and Mrs. Harvey McClain,
both of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Lucile Warren, Shelbyville, and Mrs. B. J.
Clemmons, Murfreesboro, Ill.; six sons, Robert Hewgley, Cocoa, Fla., Gilbert
Hewgley and Kenneth Hewgley, Nashville, and Elbert Hewgley, Markham Hewgley, and
Farrell Hewgley, all of Chicago, Ill.; twelve grandchildren; and three brothers
and two sisters.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
The Pulaski Citizen 2 Nov 1960
Funeral services for the Rev. Robert Taylor Hewgley, 63, retired minister of
Rock Spring Baptist Church, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, October
27, at First Baptist Church in Pulaski. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
HEWGLEY, Vera Lee, wife of Robert Taylor Hewgley 1897 - 1980, buried in the
Maplewood Cemetery Pulaski, Tennessee. [not and obit - noted by C. Wayne Austin
26 Feb 2013]
HEWITT, Beulah Waldrop The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Beulah Hewitt, who died Wednesday, May 31, in
Nashville, were held at her home in Nashville on Friday morning. The burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
Mrs. Hewitt is survived by one son, A. J. Hewitt, Decatur, Ala.; one sister,
Mrs. D. T. Stanton, Nashville; and one brother, Dr. F. M. Waldrop, Nashville.
HEWITT, Clabe Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Clabe Taylor Hewitt, 45, Lynnville resident were held
Saturday at Lynville Methodist Church with burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr.
Hewitt died Friday, February 21, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Matthew
Scoggins in Lynnville.
A native of Lynnville, he was the son of the late Payton Hewitt and Clabie
Taylor Hewitt. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to Mrs. Scoggins, Mr. Hewitt is survived by four other sisters, Mrs.
Paul Dugger, Mrs. Freeman Pigg, Mrs. Reed Callahan and Mrs. Bill Underwood,
Lynnville; and three brothers, Wilkes Hewitt, John Hewitt and Allen Hewitt, all
of Lynnville.
HEWITT, David Henry The Pulaski Citizen 21 May 1969
David Henry Hewitt, 81, died Tuesday morning, May 20, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, May 21, at 3 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev.
Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial was in Kedron Cemetery.
A native of Ontario, Canada, Mr. Hewitt was born July 31, 1887. His wife was the
late Era Roberts Hewitt.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Marion Ferguson, British Columbia, Canada;
and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HICKERSON, Mrs. H. N. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1964
Mrs. H. N. Hickerson, 86, resident of Hohenwald and mother of a Pulaski
resident, died on February 6, at a Nashville rest home after an extended
illness. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock on the following Saturday
afternoon at McDonald Funeral Home in Hohenwald with the burial in that city.
Mrs. Hickerson was a native of Perry County. Mr. Hickerson died in 1948.
Mrs. Hickerson is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Joe Fite, Pulaski, Mrs. Ted
Larkin and Mrs. Clyde K. Whitson, both of Nashville; four sons, John H.
Hickerson, Otis O. Hickerson, Wilfred Hickerson and Henry Hickerson, Jr., all of
Nashville; fourteen grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, one
great-grandchild, two sisters and one brother.
HICKERSON, John Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1960
John Thomas Hickerson, 83, retired farmer of the Lynnville community and member
of the Giles County Hospital Board, died Monday night at his home of a heart
attack. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at McDaniel's
Funeral Home, Cornersville, with the Reverend N. O. Allen officiating. Burial
was in Mars Hill cemetery.
Mr. Hickerson, a native of Coffee County, was the son of Robert B. and Nannie
Batten Hickerson and moved with his family to Giles County at an early age. He
was married to the former Anna Belle Burgess who died in July, 1921.
In 1949 he was elected to Giles County as magistrate from the Fifteenth District
to fill the unexpired term of W. F. Sands, who died in office. He served in this
capacity for eight years. He was elected by the County Court in 1950 to the
Giles County Hospital Board and served until the time of his death.
Services include a daughter, Mrs. William Locke, and two sons, Robert and Bell
Hickerson, Lynnville; three sisters, Mrs. Fannie Keller, Mrs. Lillie Fitzpatrick
and Miss Addie Hickerson, Pulaski; two brothers, Oscar Hickerson, Lynnville, and
Dee Hickerson of San Antonio, Texas; four grandchildren, Larry and Harry Locke,
Billy and Donny Hickerson, Lynnville.
HICKERSON, Oscar The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Oscar Hickerson, 72, farmer of the Lynnville section, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville.
Burial took place in Mars Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hickerson died Sunday night at
Gordon's Hospital, Lewisburg, after a long illness.
Mr. Hickerson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Agnes Doggett Hickerson; one
daughter, Mrs. G. C. Haislip, Lewisburg; two sons, William D. Hickerson,
Cornersville and James Hickerson, Louisville, Ky.; six grandchildren; Unable to
read the rest!
HICKMAN, Charles Smith The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1967
Charles Smith Hickman, 68, retired farmer of the Fifteenth Civil District, died
Monday night Dec. 18, at Giles County Hospital from injuries received in a
two-car accident near Yokley at 1:30 p. m. Saturday. His death brought the
county's traffic toll to ten for the year.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at Bennett-May
Chapel and burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
Born Jan. 29, 1899, Mr. Hickman was a native of Giles County, the son of the
late Jesse K. and Laura Hindman Hickman. He was a bachelor.
According to State Trooper, Robert Barnes, who investigated, Mr. Hickman was
pulling from a driveway at the home of Clyde Austin into the Waco-Yokley Road
and struck a car driven by Allison W. Hayes, a neighbor of the victim.
Hayes, who received facial and leg injuries, reportedly saw that Hickman was not
stopping and he ran his vehicle into a ditch to avoid a collision. The Hickman
car continued across the road and struck the one driven by Hayes. Hickman
suffered internal injuries.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
HICKMAN, Clara V. Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1967
Mrs. Clara V. Hickman, 69, died Thursday, September 28, in Haines City, Fla.,
following an extended illness.
Services were conducted Saturday afternoon, September 30, at 2 o'clock, at
McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville, with Jack Dunn, Church of Christ minister
of Lewisburg, officiating. Burial was in Mars Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Hickman, a native of Giles County, was born December 31, 1897, the daughter
of the late Benton and Miranda Kirsey Harwell.
Survivors include her husband, A. B. Hickman, Haines City, Fla.; one daughter,
Mrs. Jewel P. Dunchock, Downey, Calif.; one son, James C. Hickman, Nashville;
six grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Ritchey, Florence, Ala.; one brother,
Tom Harwell, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; and several nieces and nephews.
HICKMAN, Eddie T. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Eddie T. Hickman, 72, retired farmer of the Yokley
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home in Columbia, conducted by the Rev. J. E. Eddings, pastor of
Taylor's Chapel Methodist Church, and the Rev. J. E. Martin. Burial took place
in Gibsonville Cemetery in Giles County. Mr. Hickman died unexpectedly of a
heart attack at noon on Wednesday, August 30.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hickman had resided in the Yokley community for
forty-five years. He was a member of Taylor's Chapel Methodist Church.
Mr. Hickman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Reda Cross Hickman whom he married
December 25, 1908; three daughters, Mrs. E. T. Caudle, McCain's Community, Maury
County, Mrs. Kenneth Jones, Columbia, and Mrs. Clovie Gibson, Southport, Maury
County; one son, Rupert Hickman, Detroit, Mich.; sixteen grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Trice, Columbia, and Mrs.O. E.
Porter, Diana, Giles County.
HICKMAN, Henry Clayton The Pulaski Citizen 29 May 1968
Funeral services for Henry Clayton Hickman, 85, were held Saturday, May 25 in
the Lynnville Church of Christ, with John Vaughn, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Hickman, a retired farmer of the Lynnville community, died Wednesday, May
22, in Oakview Nursing Home in Lawrenceburg.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hickman was born January 24, 1883, the son of the
late J. T. and Martha Ramsey Hickman.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Flournoy Kersey, Mt. Pleasant and Mrs.
Aubrey Poarch, Columbia; three sons, James and Fred Hickman, both of Giles
County, and William Hickman of Baltimore, Md.; three sisters, Mrs. Will Nipp,
Pulaski, Mrs. Walter Crunk, Kansas, and Mrs. Inez Willeford, Cornersville; three
brothers, Johnny Hickman, Giles County, Leonard Hickman, Maury County, and James
Hickman of Virginia; eighteen grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
HICKMAN, Joe Samuel The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jan 1966
Joe Samuel Hickman, 80, retired farmer and constable for the Seventh District
since 1941, died Monday morning, Jan. 17, at Giles County Hospital after having
undergone surgery the previous week.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart and Rev Billy Craighead officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hickman was born Dec. 24, 1885 in the Odd Fellows
Hall community, the son of John Thomas and Martha Ramsey Hickman. He was married
to the former Miss Elizabeth Sewell, who survives.
After farming for many years in the Chicken Creek community, Mr. and Mrs.
Hickman moved to Pulaski in 1933, and in 1941 he was appointed to fill the
unexpired term of the late Bob Worley as Seventh District constable, a position
he held until his death.
Survivors besides his wife, include a daughter, Mrs. Loyce W. Felker of Pulaski;
four brothers, Clayton of Lewisburg, Johnny of Lynnville, Jones of Lynchburg,
Va., and Leonard of Campbell Station; three sisters, Mrs. Will Nipp of Pulaski,
Mrs. Hallie Crunk of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Inez Williford of Cornersville.
HICKMAN, John Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 1 Oct 1969
John Thomas Hickman, Jr., 82, died Wednesday morning, October 1, in Maury County
Hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon, October 3, at 2 o'clock in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Mr. Artie Collins, Church of Christ
Minister, officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Hickman was born May 25, 1887, the son of the late
John Thomas and Martha Ramsey Hickman.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Crick Hickman; four sons, John Raymond
Hickman, Pulaski, Edward Clark Hickman, Baldwin, Fla., Julian Brown Hickman,
Williamsburg, Va., Ollie Thomas Hickman, Lynnville; two daughters, Mrs. Robert
Petty, Columbia, Mrs. W. T. Underwood, Jr., Elkmont, Ala.; eighteen
grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; two brothers, James A. Hickman,
Lynchburg, Va., and Leonard Hickman, Culleoka; three sisters, Mrs. Hallie Crunk,
Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Odie Nipp, Pulaski, and Mrs. Inez Williford,
Cornersville.
HICKMAN, Minnie Edna Fry The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Edna Fry Hickman, 67, resident of the Lynnville
community, will be held at 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home in Columbia. Burial will take place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Hickman died unexpectedly Wednesday morning, January 31, at her home after
several years illness.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Clifford Fry
and Elizabeth Davidson Fry, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Hickman is survived by her husband, Resie F. Hickman; two daughters, Miss
Edna Hickman and Miss Sarah Hickman, Lynnville; two sons, Henry Hickman and
Joseph Hickman, Lynnville; two sisters, Mrs. Estill Johnson, Franklin, and Mrs.
Bessie Sands, Old Hickory; and one brother, Robert Fry, Lynnville.
HICKMAN, Nona Thurman The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
Mrs. Nona Thurman Hickman, 75, of Lynnville, died Sunday morning, March 31, at
Maury County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hickman, member of Robertson Fork Church of Christ,
were held Monday afternoon, April 1, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of McDaniel's
Funeral Home in Cornersville, with William P. Smotherman, Church of Christ
minister in Lewisburg, officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Maury County, Mrs. Hickman was born September 26, 1894, the daughter
of the late Jim Mart and Mary Frances Hubbell Thurman. Her husband was the late
Jesse Allen Hickman.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Riley Moore, Mrs. Wendell Osborne,
Lynnville and Mrs. Don Osteen, Caney Springs, Marshall County; three sons, J. B.
and A. G. Hickman, Columbai, and John C. Hickman, Lynnville; three sisters, Mrs.
Leroy Davis and Mrs. John Crews, both of Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Clyde Foster,
Culleoka; four brothers, Garrett, Amon, Byron, and Walter Thurman, all of
Southport Community, Maury County; fourteen grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
HICKMAN, Reecie Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1967
Funeral services for Reecie Franklin Hickman, 79, were conducted Tuesday
afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, June 27, in the chapel of Oakes-Nichols Funeral Home,
with the Rev. William C. Johnson, and Artie Collins and Brown Foster, both
Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery at
Lynnville.
Mr. Hickman died Sunday, June 25, in Maury County Hospital following an extended
illness. He was a native of Giles County, the son of the late Morgan and Della
Boatwright Hickman. His wife was the late Minnie Fry Hickman.
Survivors include two sons, Joe and Henry Hickman, Lynnville; two daughters,
Misses Edna and Sara Hickman, Lynnville; and one sister, Mrs. Pinkey Beasley.
HICKMAN, Rosa Etta The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Miss Rosa Etta Hickman, 76, native Giles Countian, were
held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in
Columbia, conducted by Melvin Dugger, assisted by Riley Moore, Church of Christ
ministers. Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia. Miss Hickman died
unexpectedly Thursday morning, February 11, at the home at McCains.
Born in Giles County, she had lived most of her life in Maury County. The
daughter of the late William Martin Hickman and Mary Ann Poteet Hickman, she
made her home with her sister, Mrs. Jim Harris, Sr., in the McCains Community.
She was a member of Stiversville Church of Christ.
In addition to Mrs. Harris, Miss Hickman is also survived by two other sisters,
Mrs. Joe Richardson, Sr., Columbia, and Mrs. Jim B. McNeill, McCains; and a
number of nieces and nephews.
HICKMAN, Samuel L. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Sam Hickman, 59, farmer of the Waco Community, will be held
at one o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by M.
L.Irwin. Burial will take place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Hickman died about
noon on Wednesday, October 31, at his home after an extended illness.
Born August 1, 1903, in Giles County, he was the son of the late J. K. Hickman
and Lorene Hickman.
Mr. Hickman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lenice Gulley Hickman, and one
brother, Smith Hickman, Waco.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HICKMAN, Zora Sands The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1968
Mrs. Zora Hickman, 80, died Thursday, June 27, at Giles County Hospital
following a brief illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hickman were held Saturday afternoon, June 29, at 1:00
o'clock in the chapel of Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dallas
Bass and Artie Collins, Church of Christ minister of Lynnville, officiating.
Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Vaden Hickman and Mrs. Charley Foster, of
Lynnville; three sons, Robert Hickman of Columbia, Melvin and Raymond Wright
Hickman of Lynnville; eleven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Sam Ralston and Mrs. Thomas Clay Aymett; one brother, Ruthen
Sands; one half-brother, Robert Lee Sands, all of Lynnville.
HICKS, Benjamin H. (Bennie) The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Benjamin H. {Bennie} Hicks, 76, retired farmer of the Minor
Hill
section and veteran of WWI, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Booths
Chapel, conducted by Paul McKissack, Church of Christ minister, and the Rev.
Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Hicks
died Monday, March 14, in Veterans Hospital in Nashville.
Born March 18, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William David
Hicks and Sarah Henderson Hicks. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Hicks is survived by his wife, Levonia Craig Hicks; three sons, J. D. Hicks
and Eldridge Hicks, both of Minor Hill, and Leon Hicks, Nashville; two
daughters, Mrs. Thomas Rhoton, Nashville, and Mrs. Ethel Dalton, Hawaii; ten
grandchildren; two brothers, Rayburn Hicks, Oklahoma, and Archie Hicks, Decatur,
Texas; and two sisters, Mrs. Ross McCracken, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Jim Elliott,
Saginaw, Texas.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HIGGINS, Carrie Beets The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Beets Higgins, 66, Giles County resident, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Rock Springs Baptist Church, conducted
by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Arlo Peppers. Burial took place in Rose
Hill Cemetery in Giles County. Mrs. Higgins died Friday, November 1, at Giles
County Hospital after a long illness.
Born November 23, 1896, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
William Beets and Mary Elizabeth Cooper Beets. Her husband, Frank Higgins, died
several years ago. She was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church.
Mrs. Higgins is survived by four sons, Darrell Higgins and Tom Rye Higgins, both
of Cleveland, Ohio, James C. Higgins and Mahlon Higgins, both of Wales; six
daughters, Mrs. Leonard Estes, Pulaski, Mrs. Gladys Kratoahvel, Mrs. Dorothy
Bonds and Mrs. Dean Srsa, all of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Mamie Scott and Mrs.
Helen McClure, both of Wales; 31 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren;
and five sisters, Mrs. Effie Goats, Columbia, Mrs. Mary Norman, Mrs, Mattie
Dickey, Mrs. Dee Norman and Miss Maggie Beets, all of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HIGGINS, Helen Frances Davis The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Frances Davis Higgins, 80, were held at 1 p. m.
Sunday, January 28, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Higgins died Thursday, January 25, in Fairhaven Nursing Home.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Higgins was born December 3, 1887, the daughter
of the late Robert and Frances Young Davis. She was the wife of the late William
Coleman Higgins.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Christine Surles, Mrs. Carol Jackson, Mrs.
Willa Russell, Mrs. Mahlon White, and Mrs. Bibian Higgins, all of Giles County,
and Mrs. Ruben Norfleet, Granite City, Ill.; two sons, Cecil Higgins, Granite
City, Ill., Cleaborne Higgins, Wales; one brother, J. A. Davis, Lawrenceburg;
twenty-two grandchildren; and fourteen great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HIGHT, Bessie Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Thomas Hight, 86, were held at 1:00 o'clock
Friday, February 2, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with burial in
Lynnwood Cemetery in Lynnville.
Mrs. Hight, a native of Giles County, died Wednesday, January 31, in Columbia
Hospital.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. J. W. Moore, Lynnville, Mrs. Lovell
Kincaid and Mrs. Thomas McGrew, Columbia; five sons, Ernest Hight, Columbia,
John Van Hight, Atlanta, Ga., Edward Hight, Lynnville, Floyd Hight, San Diego,
Calif., and Loyd Hight, Pulaski; one brother, E. C. Thomas, Columbia; two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Doster, Murfreesboro, and Mrs. Nell Harris, Richmond, Va.;
fifteen grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HIGHT, Pearl Turner The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Turner Hight, 85, resident of the Lynnville
section, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Williams Funeral Home in
Columbia, conducted by Riley Moore, Church of Christ minister and the Rev.
Wendell Meggs, pastor of Lynnville Methodist Church. Burial took place in
Pleasant Mount Cemetery in Maury County. Mrs. Hight died unexpectedly at 1:30
o'clock Monday afternoon, January 8, at the home of a son, Dalton Hight, where
she had lived for the past seventeen years.
Born in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William
Turner. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
In addition to the son at Lynnville, Mrs. Hight, a widow for many years, is
survived by two other sons, Melvin Hight, Columbia, and Bobby Hight,
Williamsport; one daughter, Mrs. Silas Jones, Casper, Wyo.; and seventeen
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
HIGHTOWER, O'Neal The Pulaski Citizen 31 May 1967
O'Neal Hightower, 75, a retired farmer, died Monday, May 29, in Giles County
Hospital.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Samuel Cramer officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Verne Hastings Hightower; two daughters, Mrs.
Martha Gaines, Memphis, and Mrs. Oleta Ring, Glendale, Calif.; one son, David
O'Neal Hightower, Bardswell, Ky.; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;
three sisters, Mrs. Willie Beasley, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Ruth Braden, Montgomery,
Ala., and Mrs. Mary Kate Harris, Los Angeles, Calif.; and one brother, L. M.
Hightower, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HILL, Benjamin Dunlap The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1960
Benjamin Dunlap Hill, 84, retired tobacco consultant, died Friday morning,
February 12, at a Washington, D. C. Hospital. Rites took place in the Capital
city with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia.
Born in Pulaski, Mr. Hill was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hill.
In early manhood he moved to Nashville, later entering the tobacco business in
Hopkinsville, Ky., subsequently moving to Washington where he became chief of
the Tobacco Department, Division of Commerce for many years. Following his
government assignment, he became a consultant for a number of large tobacco
companies, nictitating his traveling extensively abroad.
His wife, Mrs. Carrie Peters Hill, native of Columbia, died a few years ago.
A son, B. D. Hill, Jr., and a daughter, Miss Cynthia Hill, both of Washington,
survive.
HINDMAN, Walter Sullivan The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Walter Sullivan Hindman, 48, resident of Columbia, were
held Monday at Williams Funeral Home, Columbia, with burial in Gibsonville
Cemetry in north Giles County. He died of a heart attack Sunday morning, March
6, at his home in Columbia.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Wiley Hindman and
Ursula Lovell Hindman.
Mr. Hindman, employee of Ragland-Potter Company of Nashville, is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Nona Pearl Hubbell Hindman, also a native of Giles County and four
brothers, Bob Hindman, Campbellsville, and Jim Hindman, Charlie Hindman and
Irvin Hindman, all of Southport, Maury County.
HINES, George E. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1967
Funeral services for George E. Hines, 82, were conducted Friday, August 4, at
Young's Chapel Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. John E. Gent officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Hines died Wednesday, August 2, in the Sally Nursing Home in Shelbyville,
following a long illness. He was a native of Lincoln County, the son of the late
James T. Hines and Mary Zimmerman Hines. He was a retired farmer and a member of
the Bethany Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Nell Hines, Bellville, and Mrs. Oma
Hines, Lewisburg; and several nieces and nephews.
HISSONG, Charles Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jul 1969
Charles Franklin Hissong, died Saturday, June 28, at Canoga Park Hospital in
Canoga Park, Calif.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, July 1, by the administrator for
Philco-Ford Corp., a member of the Lutheran Church and for many years a leader
in the Boy Scouts of America. He was a World War II Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Anne Hissong; one daughter, Miss Debbie
Hissong; one sister, Mrs. Ralph Aasham of Ohio; and a nephew, Dr. Ralph Aasham,
Jr. of Michigan.
HOBBS, Amos Wiley The Pulaski Citizen 5 Nov 1969
Amos Wiley Hobbs, 72, died Sunday, November 2, at his home on Route 1, Pulaski.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, November 4, at 2:00 o'clock
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Texas, Mr. Hobbs was born May 3, 1897, the son of the late S. S.
Hobbs and Frances Murl Hobbs.
He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Dickey Hobbs; three daughters, Mrs. James
D. Williams, Mrs. Loyd Smith, Giles County, Mrs. Harry J. Lee, Arab, Ala.; two
sons, Sam Hobbs and Ray Hobbs, Giles County; eight grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Hattie Roberts, Giles County; one brother,
Ed Hobbs, Giles County.
HOBBS, Charlie Mable Austin The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Charlie Mable Austin Hobbs, 80, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Bethel Methodist Church, Bethel, Ala., (Limestone County),
conducted by the Rev. Owen Hunter, pastor, and Dr. William H. Mansfield of
Pulaski. Burial took place in the Elliott Cemetery at Elkton, Tenn.
Mrs. Hobbs died Friday, January 22, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Brock, and Mr. Brock at Elkton where she had made her home for the past three
years.
Born November 6, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Ruben
Austin and Nancy Hobbs Austin. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, William Cleveland Hobbs, died in October, 1955.
Mrs. Hobbs is survived by four sons, James F. Hobbs, Pete Hobbs, O. C. Hobbs,
Bethel, Ala., Ruben Hobbs, Ardmore; three daughters, Mrs. Elbert Smith,
Chattanooga, Mrs. Clay Jackson, and Mrs. Brock, Elkton; ten grandchildren;
fourteen great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Terra McNeese, Elkton, and
Mrs. Sam Smith, Nashville.
Rainey and Son, Ardmore in charge of arrangements.
HOBBS, Garfield The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Garfield Hobbs, 45, farmer and construction worker of the Weakley Creek
Community, died Thursday, July 14, at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, as the
result of an apparent stroke.
Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at Pulaski Funeral
Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Scotts Hill
Cemetery.
Mr. Hobbs suffered a heat stroke Wednesday afternoon while at work on the
construction of a housing project, Northside Apartments, in north Pulaski. He
was given emergency treatment at Giles County Hospital and removed to
Vanderbilt.
Born July 12, 1921, he was a native Giles Countian, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Hobbs of Pulaski, who survive.
Other survivors include two sons, Hollis of Pulaski, and Emmett Hobbs, U. S.
Army, Fort Bragg, N. C.; two daughters, Mrs. Jo Ann Phillips of Martinsville,
Ind., and Mrs. Betty Joe Bass of Pulaski; six sisters, Mrs. James Gibbons, Mrs.
Elonzo Shook, Mrs. Calvin Wilburn, Mrs. Wilson Neal, Mrs. Dewey Howell, and Mrs.
C. G. Howell, all of Pulaski; and a grandson, Harold Steven Hobbs.
HOBBS, James N. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
Dr. James N. Hobbs, 46, native Giles Countian and member of the David Lipscomb
College faculty in Nashville, was killed Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 24, in a
two-car crash on Highway 70, five miles east of Crossville at 5:10 p. m.
Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at
Roesch-Patton Funeral Home, Nashville, with Athens Clay Pullias and Harold S.
Baker officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery in that city.
Born March 27, 1918, he was the son of Ed and Eva McClure Hobbs of the Bodenham
community. He was graduated from Martin College, attended Middle Tennessee State
College at Murfreesboro and received the MA degree from George Peabody College
and the doctor of education degree from the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Hobbs had taught at Elkton High School, was principal of Cornersville High
School for three years, and had taught at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute,
Cookeville, before joining the faculty at David Lipscomb three years ago.
He was director of testing and counseling and an instructor in the education
department at Lipscomb and was executive secretary of the higher education
facilities commission of the Tennessee Department of Education. He was a member
of American Personnel and Guidance Association, Tennessee Education Association
and a deacon of Donelson Church of Christ. He was enroute to Knoxville as part
of his work with the state commission when the accident happened.
Sgt. Robert Foutch of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, said Hobbs' car went out of
control on wet pavement and skidded broadside into a car driven by Robert A.
Epperson of Knoxville. The right side of Hobbs' car hit the front of the other
vehicle, according to Trooper Foutch, who said the accident occurred on a
straight stretch of road and Hobbs' car was demolished.
Besides his parents, Dr. Hobbs is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katholeen Gibbons
Hobbs; two daughters, Doris and Pamela Hobbs of Nashville; a brother, Garfield
Hobbs of Giles County; six sisters, Mrs. James Gibbons, Mrs. Elonzo Shook, Mrs.
Calvin Wilburn, Mrs. Dewey Howell, Mrs. Wilson Neal and Mrs. Cecil Howell, all
of Giles County.
HOBBS, Laura Mae Roland The Pulaski Citizen 1 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Mae Roland Hobbs, 79, native of Elkton, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Elkton Methodist Church, conducted by Dr.
William H. Mansfield, with the burial in Elkton Cemetery. She died at 7:15
Sunday night, November 28, in Birmingham, Ala.
Born April 30, 1886, she was the daughter of the late William Roland and
Elizabeth Locker Rolland. Her husband, Alvie Doss Hobbs, died approximately 15
years ago.
Mrs. Hobbs is survived by one son, Leland Hobbs, Birmingham, Ala.; two
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Lomie Robertson, Taft, Tenn.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOBBS, Mildred Watson The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Watson Hobbs, 42, wife of Garfield Hobbs of
the Eighteenth Civil District, were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at
Pulaski Funeral Home.
Burial took place in Scotts Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Hobbs died at 7:25 o'clock
Wednesday night, July 10, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born May 16, 1921, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Oscar Watson and
Cora Jane Yant Watson of the Eighteenth District. She was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Mrs. Hobbs, in addition to her husband, is survived by two sons, Hollis Hobbs
and Emmett Hobbs, Giles County; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd Phillips, Martinville,
Ind., and Miss Betty Jo Hobbs, Giles County; three brothers, Tom Watson and
William Watson, Giles County, and LeRoy Watson, Evansville, Ind.; and four
sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane Hill, Mrs. Lee Brashears and Mrs. William Willis, Giles
County, and Mrs. Nina Campbell, Athens, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOBBS, Winnie Lee Walker The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Winnie Lee Walker Hobbs, 61, resident of the Lynnville
section were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Ollie Binkley, pastor of Lynnville Methodist Church. Mrs.
Hobbs died at 2:30 o'clock on Monday morning, September 11, at Giles County
Hospital after a three weeks illness.
Born January 8, 1900, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Coleman Walker and Maggie Coleman Walker.
A daughter, Mrs. Jamie Steele, died in December of 1952.
Mrs. Hobbs is survived by her husband, Owen J. Hobbs; one daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Everly, Lynnville; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, Cameron Walker, Columbia, and Massey Walker, Old Hickory.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HODGE, Charlie Grandson Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jul 1961
Charlie Hodge, Jr., was released today under $6, 000 bond and a preliminary
hearing on a charge of first degree murder in the hammer-slaying of his father,
Charlie Granson Hodge, Sr., was postponed until August 5.
Sheriff P. M. Butler said the elder Hodge was killed by repeated blows with a
claw hammer in the kitchen of his home in the Fourteenth District of Giles
County near the Maury County line, Sunday evening, July 2, about 6 o'clock .
According to the Sheriff, Mrs. Hodge said her husband had been drinking and
threatened her and her two sons with a gun, after which Charlie, Jr., attacked
his father with the hammer.
The 18-year-old youth's hearing in General Sessions Court was postponed for
thirty days by Judge David Rhea at the request of the defense counsel who
submitted evidence that the defendant is needed at home at the present time to
assist with pressing farm chores.
Mr. Hodge was a native of Giles County, the son of the late Charlie and Mary
Crocker Hodge.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at 3 p. m. at Pulaski Funeral Home by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Survivors, besides the son and wife, Mrs. Octavene Wall Hodge, are another son,
Calvin Nelson Hodge of Giles County; one brother, Tom Hodge of Columbia; five
sisters, Mrs. Duffy Harwell and Mrs. Mary Etta Hendrick of Giles County, Mrs.
Beulah Hendrix and Mrs. Nannie Bell Harwell of Columbia, and Mrs. Helen Louise
Moore of Shelbyville.
HODGES, Elbert E. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1966
Elbert E. Hodges, 51, resident of Elkmont, Ala., and an L&N Railroad employee,
suffered a fatal heart attack Monday afternoon, August 29, while working near
Hartselle, Ala.
Born November 15, 1914, he was the son of Mrs. Eva Brown Hodges of Ardmore,
Ala., and the late Raymond C. Hodges.
Funeral services were held at 3:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Holland's
Gin Church of Christ with Tonis Davis and Carl Witty officiating. Burial was in
Syloon Cemetery near Elkmont.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Evvie Boyd Hodges;
three sons, James M., Athens, Ala., Harold G., Elkmont, Kenneth B., Ardmore; one
daughter, Mrs. Jerry Harper, Martin, Tenn.; four brothers, Robert C., Decatur,
Ala., Thomas S., Charles E., and Raymond, Jr., Ardmore; two sisters, Mrs. James
Nolley, Pulaski, and Mrs. James Holland, Ardmore; and three grandchildren.
Rainey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HODGES, Thomas Selvin The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jun 1969
Thomas Selvin (Bug) Hodges, 46, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home at
Ardmore, Sunday morning, June 15.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Rainey Funeral
Home, with James Rolison, Baptist minister and Baxter Evans, Church of Christ
minister, officiating.
Born October 23, 1922, he was the son of Mrs. Eva Brown Hodges of Ardmore, and
the late Raymond C. Hodges.
He was a graduate of Ardmore High School, veteran of World War II, and an
employee of Redstone Arsenal.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Merle Bailey Hodges;
two daughters, Sherry and Carolyn Hodges of Ardmore; three brothers, Robert, of
Decatur, Ala., and Charles and Raymond, Jr., both of Ardmore; two sisters, Mrs.
James Holland, Ardmore and Mrs. James Nolley, Pulaski.
Rainey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOGAN, Rosa Lee Albright The Pulaski Citizen 7 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa Lee Albright Hogan, wife of the Rev. A. R. Hogan,
will be held at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon in First Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of the church. Burial will take
place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mrs. Hogan died Wednesday morning, April 7, at
Fairhaven Nursing Home where she had been a patient for three months.
Born December 30, 1889, in Montgomery County, she was the daughter of the late
Martin Albright and Mattie Pardue Albright. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Hogan, in addition to her husband, retired Methodist minister, is survived
by three sons, Martin Hogan, Richmond, Va., Gary Hogan, Nashville, and Herschel
Hogan, Atlanta, Ga.; three daughters, Mrs. Marie Wynne, Sioux City, Iowa, Mrs.
Margie Reed, Pulaski, and Mrs. May Kelton, Nashville; eleven grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Laury Albright and William Albright,
both of Clarksville; and one sister, Mrs. Bertha Weakey, Clarksville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOGUE, Mamie Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1969
Mrs. Mamie Phillips Hogue, 59, a former resident of Giles County, died Sunday,
February 23, in a Richmond, California hospital following a heart attack.
Memorial services for Mrs. Hogue, wife of John M. Hogue, were held Tuesday
afternoon, February 25, at four o'clock in First Congregational Church in
Berkeley, Calif.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Hogue was born July 21, 1909, the daughter of the
late W. W. and Mai Wilson Phillips.
Survivors in addition to her husband include a son, William Hogue, Pinole,
Calif; a daughter, Mrs. William Weans, Westfield, N. J.; two sisters, Mrs.
Robert Holland, Delray Beach, Fla., and Miss Alma Phillips, Nashville; two
brothers, Alton W. Phillips, Nashville, and J. L. Phillips, Montgomery, Ala.;
and four grandchildren.
HOLBERT, Albet Austin The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Albert Austin Holbert, 64, retired Lynnville farmer and
foundry employee, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at McDaniel Funeral
Home in Cornersville, with the burial in the Marshall County Memorial Gardens at
Lewisburg. Mr. Holbert who had been in failing health four years, died at 8
o'clock Monday night, December 16, in Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg.
Born August 31, 1899, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James J.
Holbert and Lula Ashford Holbert. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
For approximately eleven years, Mr. Holbert was employed by the Gray Dudley
Foundry in Nashville.
Mr. Holbert is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lorene Kitchen Holbert; one daughter,
Mrs. Milton Brown, Lewisburg; one son, Albert Austin Holbert, Jr., Cornersville;
seven grandchildren; two brothers, Irvine Holbert, Lynnville, and Oakley
Holbert, Wales; and five sisters, Mrs. Jesse Pate, Pulaski, Mrs. B. E. Everly,
Lynnville, Mrs. Bessie Hastings, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Clyde Elam,
Hendersonville, and Mrs. Ed Thompson, Mt. Pleasant.
HOLDER, Lillian Clifton The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Clifton Holder, 46, Pulaski resident, will be
held at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning at the Church of the Messiah, Episcopal,
with the rector of the church, the Rev. Robert E. Craig, officiating. Burial
will take place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Holder died at 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning, October 18, at her home on
West Flower Street following several weeks illness.
Born November 14, 1914, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Mattie
Mangrum Clifton of Pulaski and the late Claude Clifton. She was a member of the
Episcopal Church.
Her first husband, Clyde Harwell, died a number of years ago. Her second
husband, Roy Holder, survives.
In addition to Mr. Holder and her mother, Mrs. Holder is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Marvin Solomon, Miss Clyda Harwell and Lucy Holder, Pulaski; two
grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Ed Stafford, Mrs. Gladys Grant and Mrs.
Marjorie Tatum, all of Giles County; five brothers, Ed Clifton and Charlie
Clifton, Pulaski, and C. E. Clifton, Claude Clifton, Jr., and Villard Clifton,
Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLDER, Marshall Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 11 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Marshall Campbell Holder, 49, Veteran of WWII, were held at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Holder died Thursday, September 5, at Veterans Hospital
in Nashville following a two months illness.
Born November 16, 1913, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Mossie Hutton
Holder, now residing in Nashville, and the late Will Holder. He had been
employed a number of years at Carter's Shoe Company in Nashville.
Mr. Holder is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maibelle Hobbs Holder; his mother; and
two sisters, Mrs. Taft Boatright, Gary, Ind.; and Mrs. Margaret Arthur, Chicago,
Ill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLDER, Roy B. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Roy B. Holder, 54, veteran of WWII and local carpenter,
were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Ben H. Shawhan, rector of the Church of the Mesiah, Episcopal.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Holder died unexpectedly of a heart
attack on Sunday, April 14, at his home in Pulaski.
Born September 22, 1908, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Gilbert
Holder and Jane Hutton Holder.
Mr. Holder was past Master of the Pulaski Lodge No. 101 of Free and Accepted
Masons, and a 14th degree Mason.
Mr. Holder is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Murphy Holder; one daughter, Miss
Lucy Jane Holder; two step-daughters, Mrs. Marvin Solomon and Mrs. Nolan
Stanley; two step-grandchildren; and one brother, Felix Holder of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLAND, Asa The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1961
Asa Holland, 85, retired rural mail carrier, died at 4:30 o'clock on Thursday
afternoon, February 23, at his home on Route 3, Athens, Ala. Funeral services
were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at McConnell Funeral Home in Athens with
burial in City Cemetery, with Masonic rites.
A native of Elkton, he was the son of the late J. T. Holland and Fannie Hughey
Holland. He was a member of the Athens Methodist Church.
Retiring in 1933, he had served for 57 years, first as a rural mail carrier,
pioneering the route on Athens, Route 3, a position he held until 1920, when he
became a clerk in the Athens Post Office.
Mr. Holland is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Isom Holland; one son, J.
Thomas Holland; two daughters, Mrs. C. A. Hull and Mrs. Mason Freeman; twelve
grandchildren, twenty-three great-grandchildren; two brothers, J. D. Holland and
Hughey G. Holland; and one sister, Mrs. Foster Henderson, all of Athens, Ala.
HOLLAND, Bertha B. Tucker The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1969
Mrs. Bertha B. Holland, 77, died Tuesday, February 11, at her home in the Bunker
Hill community.
Funeral services for Mrs. Holland, wife of Clarice Holland, were held Wednesday
afternoon, February 12, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral
Home, with the Rev. J. W. McCullough officiating. Burial was in Bee Spring
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Holland was born October 18, 1891, the daughter
of the late Mace Tucker and Alice Warren Tucker.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Sam Foster, Bunker Hill; two sons, Herman
Beddingfield, Bunker Hill and Massey Beddingfield, Louisville, Ky.; three
brothers, Elmo Tucker, Oklahoma City, Okla., Elbert Tucker, Louisville, Ky., and
Isaac Tucker, Shelbyville; two sisters, Mrs. Elihu Harrison, Louisville, Ky.,
and Mrs. William Bevels, Petersburg; nine grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLAND, Clarice W. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Clarice W. Holland, app. 73, retired Government employee
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in McConnell Funeral Home with the
burial in Athens Cemetery.
Mr. Holland died Monday, June 13, in Athens Hospital.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late Will Holland and Belle Bennett
Holland. He had resided in Alabama the greater part of his life. He was a member
of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Holland is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Tucker Holland, also a native
of Giles County; one son, Dean Holland, Atlanta, Ga.; two grandchildren; one
brother, Robert Holland, Huntsville, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs. Lula Mae
Strawn, Jackson, Tenn., Mrs. David Hurn, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. J. C. Stribling,
Huntsville, Ala.
HOLLAND, Dunk The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Dunk Holland, 83, retired farmer of the Bunker Hill
Community, were held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home
with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Holland died Sunday night, June 9, at
the home of a daughter, Mrs. Claude Pierson, Pulaski, after a period of
declining health.
Born July 7, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert Holland
and Ruthie Tinery Holland. His wife, Mrs. Lucile Clark Holland, died October 13,
1961.
In addition to the one daughter, Mr. Holland is survived by three sons, Edward
Holland, Cecil Holland, Pulaski, and Gene Holland, Louisville, Ky.; and five
grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLAND, Lee Wilburn The Pulaski Citizen 16 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Lee Wilburn Holland, Sr., 70, retired salesman, who died
Wednesday, November 9, following an extended illness, were conducted on Friday
morning at 10:30, at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville, with burial in
Riverview Memorial Gardens, with Waldon Tarpley and I. C. Pullias officiating.
Mr. Holland, a native of Lincoln County, was born June 15, 1896, the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Holland.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Grace Sims Holland; two daughters, Mrs. Melvin
Cardin, Pulaski, and Mrs. Itasca Gray, Huntsville, Ala.; two sons, Tom Holland,
Fayetteville, and Lee Wilburn Holland, Jr., Titusville, Fla.; and seven
grandchildren.
HOLLAND, Lucile Clark The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucile Clark Holland, 69, resident of the Pisgah
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev.Ed Burrow, Baptist minister, and the Rev. Wesley Holden,
Methodist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Holland died
at 5:30 o'clock Friday morning, October 13, at Giles County Hosptial following
recent surgery.
Born January 15, 1892, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late
Jasper Clark and Martha Stuart Clark. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Holland is survived by her husband, Dunk Holland; three sons, Edward
Holland and Cecil Holland, Pulaski and Gene Holland, Louisville, Ky.; one
daughter, Mrs. Claude Pierson, Pulaski; five grandchildren; and one brother, O.
J. (Pete) Clark, Bunker Hill, Giles County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLAND, Rebecca Isom The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Asa Holland, app. 88 years of age, were held at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon in McConnell Funeral Home in Athens, Ala., with
burial in the City Cemetery at Athens. Mrs. Holland, the former Miss Rebecca
Isom, died at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon, June 29, in Athens Hospital after a
long illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Holland were former residents of Elkton, where they reared their
family. Mr. Holland who died a number of years ago, was a native of Giles
County.
Mrs. Holland is survived by one son, Thomas Holland, Athens; and three
daughters.
HOLLEY, Arah Smith The Pulaski Citizen 31 Dec 1969
Miss Arah Smith Holley, 88, died Saturday night, December 27, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, December 30, at 10:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial
was in Bradshaw Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was born September 13, 1881, the daughter of the
late Billy and Victoria Harwell Holley.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Joe Hill and Miss Cordie Holley, Bradshaw
and nieces and nephews.
HOLLEY, Arthur Ray The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1966
The 13-year-old son of former Giles County residents was killed near
Fayetteville Monday morning, July 25, when the tractor he was driving overturned
on him near his home. He was Arthur Ray Holley, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Holley
of the Fairview community.
Funeral services were held at Ralston Chapel in Fayetteville at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon and burial was in the Center Point Cemetery in Giles County.
Young Holley was a native of Lincoln County and would have been a seventh grade
student at the Eighth District School, Fayettiville, this fall. He was a member
of the Methodist Church.
His mother, the former Mary Dean Clift, and father are native Giles Countians.
His grandmother, Mrs. Zada Clift, and an aunt, Mrs. Evelyn Storey, live at
Pulaski.
Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Sandra Randolph, and a brother, Herschel
Lynn Holley, both of the Fairview community.
HOLLEY, Avery Allen The Pulaski Citizen 18 Nov 1964
Funeral services were held this (Wednesday) afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home
for retired Frankewing area farmer, Avery Allen Holley, 61, who reportedly took
his own life on Monday, November 16. The Rev. Lloyd Hickman and Rev. G. C. Self
officiated and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
According to Giles County Sheriff Jack Cox, Mr. Holley stood atop an empty lard
stand and hanged himself with a length of electric cord he had suspended from a
rafter of his smoke house. The body was found by members of the immediate family
at about 9:30 o'clock Monday morning.
Sheriff Cox said the victim had been in ill health for some time and had become
despondent over his generally poor physical condition.
A native of Giles County, born August 1, 1903, he had lived all his life in the
Frankewing vicinity and was a member of the Frankewing Methodist Church. His
parents were ht late Della Harwell Holley and Willis Harris Holley.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Holley; two brothers,
Talmadge Holley and Noble Holley of Frankewing; and a sister, Mrs. Pattie
Johnson of McBurg.
HOLLEY, Buford Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1966
Buford Franklin Holley, 73, retired farmer, died Friday, September 18, in Giles
County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, September 18, at 1:00 o'clock
at the Bradshaw Baptist Church, with burial in Bradshaw Cemetery. The Rev. Lloyd
Hickman officiated.
Mr. Holley, a native of Giles County, was born January 7, 1893, the son of the
late Gardner and Beulah Sumners Holley. He was a member of the Bradshaw Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maggie McCormick Holley; four daughters, Mrs.
Chester Robinson, and Mrs. William O'Malley, Frankewing, Mrs. Virgil Harrison,
Beech Hill, and Mrs. Avis Methvin, Toledo, Ohio; one son, Dorvel Holley,
Frankewing; sixteen grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Margaret Hobbs, Frankewing;
and one brother, Nath Holley, Beech Hill.
HOLLEY, Cora Hedgecoth The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Hedgecoth Holley, 50, Pulaski housewife, were
held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at First Baptist Church in Pulaski, conducted
by the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of the church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Holley died at 7:30 o'clock Thursday morning, March 30, at Giles
County Hospital following a long illness.
A native of Giles County, she was born June 25, 1909, the daughter of Mrs. Sarah
Taylor Hedgecoth of Pulaski and the late James B. Hedgecoth. She was a member of
the First Baptist Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Holley is survived by her husband, Allie Holley;
two sisters, Mrs. Stanley Ralston, Pulaski and Mrs. James Bailey, Clinton, Ky.;
and three brothers, Lonnie Hedgecoth and Lawson Hedgecoth, both of Pulaski and
Dewey Hedgecoth, U. S. Army, stationed in Fort Bragg, N. C. Bennett-May Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLEY, Dan Eslick The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1961
Dan Eslick Holley, 56, died Sunday Night, Nov. 26, at 9:30 o'clock at a
Lewisburg Hospital from injuries received in a fall Friday morning at a pencil
factory in that city.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bradshaw
Baptist Church with the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, pastor, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski.
It was reported that Mr. Holley, a carpenter, was working with contractor Ernest
Prosser, installing revolving doors at the pencil mill, when he fell about eight
feet from a scaffolding and struck his head on a concrete floor. It was thought
that he had been struck by the moving door and knocked from the scaffold.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Annie Mitchell Holley of
Frankewing and the late Joe Holley. He was a resident of Center Point community
near Beech Hill and was a member of Bradshaw Baptist Church and a teacher in the
Sunday School there.
Survivors, besides his mother, are his wife, Mrs. Sarah Williams Holley; a son,
William Eslick Holley of Center Point; a daughter, Mrs. David D. Taylor, Jr., of
Peru, IN; a brother, L. Brown Holley of Frankewing; a sister, Mrs. Clyde Long of
Pulaski; and three grandchildren.
HOLLEY, Eliza Victoria Redd The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Earl Holley, 90, native Giles Countian, were held at
3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church, and the Rev. Mr. Smith of
Shelbyville. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Holley died at 4:30
o'clock Friday afternoon, July 6, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. D. N. Bradford
in Shelbyville.
Born April 28, 1872, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Eliza Victoria
Redd, the daughter of the late John Redd and Eliza Burns Redd. Her husband, Earl
Holley, died April 14, 1934. She was a member of Bradshaw Baptist Church.
In addition to Mrs. Bradford, Mrs. Holley is survived by two other daughters,
Mrs. Joe Humm and Mrs. W. J. Williams, both of Nashville; three sons, Abe
Holley, Ottie N. Holley, and Allie M. Holley, Pulaski; nine grandchildren and
several great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
HOLLEY, Ella The Pulaski Citizen __ Nov 1967
Miss Ella Holley, 92, died Wednesday, November 1, at her home in the Bradshaw
Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Miss Holley, a native of Giles County, was
born September 26, 1875, the daughter of the late W. T. (Bill) and Victoria
Harwell Holley.
Survivors include three sisters, Miss Ara Holley, Miss Cordie Holley, and Mrs.
Joe Hill, all of the Bradshaw Community; nieces and nephews. Bennett-May Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLEY, Ernie D. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Ernie D. Holley, 70, retired farmer, were conducted on
Tuesday, September 27, at 2 p. m. at the Diana Church of Christ, with Mr. Tom
Holland, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in the Diana
Cemetery.
Mr. Holley, a native of Giles County, died Sunday, September 25, in Gordon
Hospital, Lewisburg. He was a veteran of World War I. Born October 3, 1896, he
was the son of the late J. W. and Dovey Redd Holley.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Elice Sanders Holley, he is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Joyce Coleman, Mrs. John H. May, Diana, Murel Connell Holley,
Memphis, and Mrs. Robert Wright, Shelbyville; four sons, W. T. and Norman,
Charlotte, N. C., Buddy, Silver Springs, Md., and Wayne, Cleveland, Miss.;
thirteen grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Herman Rudd, and Mrs. Myrtle Eubank of
Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLEY, Ina Luvenia The Pulaski Citizen 13 Apr 1966
Miss Ina Luvenia Holley, 89, resident of the Center Point section, died
Wednesday morning, April 13, at the home of after a long illness. The Rev. H. G.
Coston and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist ministers, will officiate and the
burial will take place in Bradshaw Cemetery, but the time and place of services
are incomplete at press time, pending arrival of relatives.
Born January 14, 1877, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mack
Holley and Mattie Harwell Holley. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Miss Holley is survived by four sisters, Misses Ella Holley, Arah Holley and
Cordie Holley, and Mrs. Joe Hill, all of the Center Point section; and three
nieces and two nephews. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLEY, J. D. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1968
J. D. Holley, 49, of Fayetteville, an employee of Kraft Foods Company, was
killed Saturday, March 9, 1968, when the pickup truck he was driving ran off
Highway 64 and overturned. The accident occurred at 5:45 a. m. as Mr. Holley was
enroute to work.
Funeral services were conducted at 5:30 o'clock Sunday at Ralston Chapel in
Fayetteville and burial was in Center Point Cemetery in Giles County.
A native of Lincoln County, Mr. Holley was born Oct. 1, 1918, the son of Willie
and Maude Burns Holley. He was a Baptist.
He was married to the former Miss Mary Dean Clift of Giles County, who survives.
In addition to his wife, survivors include a son, Herschel Lynn Holley, and a
daughter, Mrs. Sandra Randolph, both of Fayetteville; four sisters, Mrs. Evelyn
Story and Miss Ethel Lee Holley, both of Pulaski, Mrs. Frances Shepperd of
Clinton, Okla., and Mrs. Sybil Higgs of Fayetteville; two brothers, Slater
Holley of Fayetteville and Tom Holley at Lewisburg; a half-sister, Miss Linda
Sue Holley of Fayetteville and a half-brother, Billy Earl Holley of
Fayetteville; and two grandchildren.
HOLLEY, Lee Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Lee Jackson Holley, 86, retired farmer of Giles County,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Holley died early Monday morning December 4,
at the home of a son, B. F. Holley, at Brick Church after a long period of
declining health.
Born December 14, 1874, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Washington
Holley and Armisha Holley. His wife, Mrs. Delia Houser Holley died six years
ago.
Mr. Holley is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Nath Holley, Brick Church, and
Mrs. Thurman Holley, Pulaski; two sons, B. F. Holley and Willie Holley, both of
the Brick Church community; thirteen grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren
and one great-great-granddaughter; and two sisters, Mrs. Z. Burline, Memphis and
Mrs. Flora Grammar, Nashville.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
HOLLEY, Maggie McCormack The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1967
Mrs. Maggie McCormack Holley died Sunday, February 5, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Bradshaw Baptist
Church, with the Rev. Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial was in Center Point
Cemetery.
Mrs. Holley, a native of Giles County, was born September 2, 1892, the daughter
of the late Bunyan and Tammie Van Neil McCormack. Her husband, the late Buford
Holley, died September 16, 1966.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Virgil Harrison, Mrs. Chester Robinson,
Mrs. William O'Malley, Giles County, and Avis Methvin, Toledo, Ohio; one son
Dorvel Holley, Giles County; seventeen grandchildren; one great-grandchild;
three brothers, Bell McCormack, Giles County, Harris McCormack, Lewisburg,
Willie McCormack, Alabama; three sisters, Mrs. Clayburn Roberts, Mrs. O. L.
Sandridge, Pulaski, and Mrs. Willie Holley, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLEY, Mary Lynn The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1969
Mary Lynn Holley, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Holley, died
Wednesday morning, January 22, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, January 22, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart officiating. Burial
was in Giles Memory Gardens.
In addition to her parents survivors include two brothers, Timothy and Currey
Holley; two sisters, Lee Ann and Caroline Holley; and maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Russell Moore.
HOLLEY, Maude Burns The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Burns Holley, 72, Route 1, Frankewing, were held
at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bradshaw Baptist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman, pastor of the church. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mrs. Holley died unexpectedly at her home on Sunday night, May 22.
Born September 18, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Lee
Burns and Elizabeth Walls Burns. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Holley is survived by four daughters, Miss Ethel Lee Holley, Frankewing,
Mrs. Evelyn Story, Pulaski, Mrs. Frances Shepherd, Oklahoma City, Okla., and
Mrs. Sybil Higgs, Fayetteville; three sons, J. D. Holley and Slater Holley,
Fayetteville, and William Boyd Holley, Lewisburg; ten grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. J. D. Bicknell, and Mrs. Grace
Kelsey, both of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Phil Deegan, Chicago, Ill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arragements.
HOLLEY, Ottie N. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Oct 1972
Funeral services for Ottie N. Holley, 68, Beech Hill farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home with the burial in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Holley died en route to Giles County Hospital at 5:30 o'clock
Sunday evening, October, 14, following a long period of declining health.
Born October 21, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Earl N.
Holley and Eliza Redd Holley. He was a member of the Beech Hill Church of
Christ.
Mr. Holley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carvie McMillion Holley; three sisters,
Mrs. Joe Humm and Mrs. Billy Williams, both of Nashville, and Mrs. D. N.
Bradford, Shelbyville; and two brothers, Allie M. Holley and Abe B. Holley.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLEY, Robert Bugg The Pulaski Citizen 13 May 1964
Funeral services for Robert Bugg Holley, 85, retired farmer of the Beech Hill
section, were held at one o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bradshaw Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist
ministers. Burial took place in Bradshaw Cemetery. Mr. Holley died on Thursday,
May 7, at Giles County Hospital.
Born September 25, 1878, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Andrew
Jackson Holley and Mary Clift Holley.
His wife, Mrs. Ida Lou Wilson Holley, died November 20, 1953. Mr. Holley is
survived by two sons, E. Brown Holley and Howard Holley, Pulaski; one daughter,
Mrs. Frank Turner, Pulaski; eight grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Tippie
Williams, Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLEY, Rufus Columbus The Pulaski Citizen 10 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Rufus Columbus Holley, 71, retired McBurg farmer, were held
Thursday at Ralston Chapel in Fayetteville with the burial in Mount Zion
Cemetery near Frankewing. Mr. Holley died Wednesday, October 3, at Giles County
Hospital after a long illness.
He was born December 13, 1870, in Lincoln County, where he lived most of his
life. He was a member of the McBurg Methodist Church.
Mr. Holley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Burlie Steelman Holley; one son, R. V.
Holley, Union City, Tenn.; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Payne, Florence, Ala. and
Mrs. Garland Poarch, Lincoln County; four step-daughters, Mrs. Clyde Bradford
and Mrs. Clemmie Washburn, Lincoln County, Mrs. Ralph Fitzgerald and Mrs. Johnny
Rudd, Pico Reveria, Calif.; a number of grandchildren; three brothers, Ava
Holley and Noble (Bill) Holley, Frankewing, and Talmadge Holley, Beech Hill; and
two sisters, Mrs. M. O. Johnson and Mrs. Monroe King, McBurg.
HOLLEY, Sarah Elizabeth Williams The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Monroe Holley, 85, were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday
afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton and the Rev. James Shutt. Burial took place in the Center Point
Cemetery. Mrs. Holley died at 11:57 o'clock Sunday morning, November 19, at
Giles County Hospital, after a long illness.
The former Miss Sarah Elizabeth Williams, she was born December 24, 1875, in
Moore County, the daughter of the late John Williams and Donna Warren Williams.
Her husband, Monroe Holley, died several years ago. She was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Holley is survived by five sons, Milburn Holley, Hershel Holley, Sam
Holley, and Brown Holley, all of the Prospect community; and James W. Holley,
Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Elmo James, Lewisburg; twenty-one grandchildren
and twenty-eight great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Roy Williams,
Shelbyville and Tom Williams, of the Wheel Community in Bedford County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLEY, Willie Edgar The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Willie Edgar Holley, 69, retired farmer of the Diana
section, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the Wright Cemetery
at McBurg. Mr. Holley died at 3:30 o'clock, Tuesday morning, Januaray 8, at
Lincoln County Hospital after a long illness.
Born December 10, 1894, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late William
Holley and Dovie Redd Holley. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Holley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gladys Fulton Holley; five daughters,
Miss Ethel Holley, Miss Linda Sue Holley, Diana, Mrs. Evelyn Story, Giles
County, Mrs. Jimmy Hicks, Lincoln County, and Mrs. William Sheppard, Camp Dix,
N. J.; four sons, J. D. Holley and William Edward Holley, Lincoln County, Thomas
Slader Holley, Lewisburg, and Billy Earl Holley, Diana; ten grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren; one brother, Ernie Holley, Diana; and two sisters, Mrs
Jack Eubank, Pulaski, and Mrs. Herman Rudd, Brick Church. Bennett-May and
Company in charge of arrangements.
HOLLINGSWORTH, George Washington The Pulaski Citizen 26 Apr 1961
Funeral services for George Washington Hollingsworth, 78, resident of Lewisburg
and native Giles Countian, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Bills-McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg, conducted by the Rev. J. A. Biggs.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski. Mr. Hollingsworth died of a
heart attack Saturday, April 22, at his home.
He was the son of the late Henry Hollingsworth and Mettie Metcalf Hollingsworth.
Mr. Hollingsworth is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rosie Bell Holley Hollingsworth;
three daughters, Mrs. Norman Fisher, Cleburne, Texas, Mrs. Reed Garner, and Mrs.
Newt Walls, Pulaski; eight sons, Marsh Hollingsworth, Pocatello, Ind., George
Hollingsworth, Muskegon, Mich., Albert Hollingsworth, Pulaski, Jerry
Hollingsworth, Petersburg, and Liston Hollingsworth, and Edward Hollingsworth,
Lewisburg; and forty grandchildren.
HOLLINGSWORTH, John Barnabas The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Graveside services for John Barnabas Hollingsworth, 86, resident of Long Beach,
Miss., were held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning in Maplewood Cemetery,
Pulaski. He died Sunday, October 24, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joe Mason
in Long Beach.
A native of Athens, Ala., he was married sixty years ago to the former Miss
Effie Pepper.
In addition to his wife and daughter, the former Miss Mildred Hollingsworth, Mr.
Hollingsworth is survived by one son, James Hollingsworth, Madison; six
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ola Grimmitt, Lake
Worth, Fla., and Mrs. Lizzie Meadows, Birmingham, Ala.
HOLLINGSWORTH, Rosa Belle Holley The Pulaski Citizen 28 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. George W. Hollingsworth, 76, resident of Lewisburg for
the past nineteen years, were held on Wednesday afternoon, April 14, at Bills
and McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery in
Pulaski. Mrs. Hollingsworth died Monday, April 12, of a heart attack in a
Lewisburg Hospital.
The former Miss Rosa Belle Holley, she was a native of Giles County, the
daughter of John Holley and Eliza Green Holley. Her husband, George W.
Hollingsworth died in 1961. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Hollingsworth is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Reed Garner and Mrs.
Newt Walls, both of Pulaski, and Mrs. Norman Fisher, Burleson, Texas; eight
sons, Marsh Hollingsworth, Pocatello, Ida., Albert Hollingsworth, Pulaski,
George Hollingsworth, Muskegon, Mich., and Jerry Hollingsworth, Liston
Hollingsworth, Sidney J. Hollingsworth, Gilbert Hollingsworth, and James
Hollingsworth, all of Lewisburg; forty-six grandchildren, and a number of
great-grandchildren.
HOLLIS, Elbert Lee The Pulaski Citizen 20 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Elbert Lee "Jack" Hollis, 64, native of Bryson Community of
Giles County and a resident of San Simon, Ariz., for many years, were held at 10
o'clock Monday morning, September 20, in First Baptist Church in San Simon.
Burial took place in San Simon Cemetery. Mr. Hollis died unexpectedly Friday,
September 17 from a heart attack.
Born in 1901, he homesteaded in Arizona in the 1920's and was still active in
farming and all other San Simon activities at the time of his death.
Mr. Hollis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie Lou Hollis; two brothers, Lem
Hollis, Elkton, Md., and Oll Hollis, Coolidge, Ariz.; three sisters, Mrs. Lila
Webb, Nashville, Mrs. Maggie Foster and Mrs. Ada Kent, both of Coolidge, Ariz.;
four step-children, an sixteen grandchildren.
HOLLIS, Lavonia Pearl Wheeler The Pulaski Citizen 21 Oct 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lavonia Pearl Wheeler Hollis, 77, Lynnville resident,
were held at 11 o'clock Friday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by a Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery. Mrs. Hollis died on Wednesday, October 14, at Giles County Hospital,
after a few weeks illness.
Born March 7, 1887, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Billy
Wheeler and Mandy Parsons Wheeler. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Twice married; her first husband, Alf Worsham died in 1942, and her second
husband, Jim Hollis, died several years ago.
Mrs. Hollis is survived by one son, Alfred Worsham, New Albany, Ind.; two
daughters, Mrs. Rilla Mae Briner, Clarksville, Ind., and Mrs. Mabel White,
Louisville, Ky.; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, Harry Wheeler and Homer Wheeler, both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLIS, Mary Lillian The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lillian Hollis, 78, were conducted on Monday,
January 9, at 2:00 p. m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev.
J. C. Elkins, officiating. Burial was in Beech Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Hollis died Saturday, January 7, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Valton
Roberts at Beech Hill. She was a native of Giles County, the daughter of the
late Bud and Annie Hardiman Ray, and was born September 9, 1888. Her husband,
the late Wyatt E. Hollis, died several years ago.
In addition to her daughter, she is survived by one son, Jack Hollis, Macon,
Ga.; two grandchildren; one step-grandchild; two great-grandchildren; one
brother, Arney Ray, Beech Hill; and one sister, Mrs. Beulah Burch, Cornersville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLLY, Joe Martin The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Joe Martin Holly, 80, retired Tennessee state highway
employee and farmer of the Twelfth Civil District, were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon at Fairview Church of Christ, conducted by G. C. Fox, minister of the
church. Burial took place in Lone Oak Cemetery at Lewisburg. Mr. Holly, who
sustained a paralytic stroke three weeks ago, died at 4:30 o'clock Sunday
morning, July 31, at Giles County Hospital.
Born January 24, 1880, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late Thomas
Jerome Holly and Ionas Griffith Holly. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
His wife, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Thomas Holly, died December 16, 1935.
Mr. Holly is survived by two sons, Thomas Jerome Holly, Pulaski and Thomas
Spivey (Bill) Holly, Manchester; three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Burton, Brick
Church, Mrs. Clarence Painter, Old Hickory, and Mrs. Ernie Will Doggett,
Pulaski; eighteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; one brother,
Luther Holly, Old Hickory; one sister, Mrs. Will Haislip, Troy, Tenn.; and three
half-brothers, Eskel Holly, Cecil Holly and Cleophus Holly, all of Lewisburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Addie Will Tomerlin The Pulaski Citizen 2 Aug 1967
Mrs. Addie Will Holt died Tuesday, August 1, at her home on the Cedar Grove
Road.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Chester Stephens officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Holt was born in Giles County, the daughter of the late William Andrew and
Addie Wilson Tomerlin.
Survivors include her husband, Hugh Holt; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph DiPalma and
Mrs. Charles Brown, Pulaski; three grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Florence
Brown, Mrs. Lucile Young, Mrs. Newt Green, Mrs. McClinton Davis, and Mrs.
Gilbert Ingram, Pulaski; three brothers, Malcolm and Maurice Tomerlin, Pulaski,
and Myron Tomerlin, Ardmore.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Buckner E. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jul 1965
Buckner E. Holt, 95, well-known Pulaskian and one of Giles County's oldest
citizens, died Thursday afternoon, July 8, at his home on Rose Street after a
long illness.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. R. E. Stevenson and Gilbert E. Shaffer officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Holt was born January 1, 1870, the son of the late
Richard W. and Sallie Fogg Holt.
He retired from the post of foreman of the Giles County Grand Jury last January
after twenty years in that capacity.
Mr. Holt was a former rural mail carrier, beginning his services in 1901 on the
first route out of the Pulaski Post Office. He also was postmaster for a number
of years at Goodsprings, where he was a merchant for twenty-one years.
He was in the automobile business in Lawrenceburg for a time, and beginning in
the 1930's and continuing until his retirement about twenty-five years ago, he
was stationed at Shiloh, Chickamauga and Chattanooga in park service.
Mr. Holt and his wife, the former Miss Carrie May Maultsby, celebrated their
seventy-sixth wedding anniversary on Christmas Day, 1964.
Other survivors include two daughters, Misses Sally B. and Orlean Holt of
Pulaski; three sons, Garland W. and Richard F. Holt of Pulaski and John M. Holt
of Decatur, Ala.; a sister, Mrs. B. L. Erwin of Lawrenceburg; four
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
HOLT, Butler Walter The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Butler Walter Holt, 78, retired Louisvillle and Nashville
Railroad employee, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at East Hill Church
of Christ, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of the church. Burial took
place in the family lot at Cool Spring Cemetery. Mr. Holt died at 9 o'clock on
Monday morning, December 11, at Giles County Hospital, following a six weeks
illness.
Born February 10, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Richard W.
Holt and Sallie Fogg Holt. For many years he was employed by the L&N at Paris,
Tenn., retiring approximately ten years ago when he returned to Giles County,
building a home in the Cedar Grove Community. His wife, Mrs. Mable Orlean
McMasters Holt, died in June of 1959.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Holt is survived by two brothers, B. E. Holt, Pulaski and Edgar Holt,
Lawrenceburg; and one sister, Mrs. Buford L. Erwin, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Carrie May Maultsby The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1968
Mrs. Carrie May Maultsby Holt, aged 95, widow of William Buck Holt, died
Wednesday morning at her home on Rose Street.
Funeral services will be held on Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Holt was a native of the Goodspring Community, daughter of the late Thomas
H. and Sarah Harwell Maultsby. She was born May 19, 1872. She was married on
December 25, 1888 to William Buck Holt, who died July 1965. She was the oldest
member of East Hill Church of Christ.
Survivors include two daughters, Misses Sally B. and Orlean Holt, Pulaski; three
sons, Garland and Richard Holt, Pulaski, John M. Holt, Decatur, Ala.; one
brother, Buck Maultsby, Louisville, Ky.; three grandchildren; seven
great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
HOLT, Edgar The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Edgar Holt, 83, Lawrenceburg businessman and native of
Giles County, were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at First Methodist Church
in Lawrenceburg with the burial in Lawrence County Memorial Gardens. Mr. Holt
died at 7 o'clock Thursday morning, June 6, at Lawrence County Hospital after
several months illness.
Born and reared in the Cedar Grove Community of Giles County, he was the son of
the late Richard W. Holt and Mary Virginia Fogg Holt.
Mr. Holt lived in Giles County until 1925 where he was engaged in farming, road
building and law enforcement. He served as jailer from 1918 to 1922 when Glenn
Nelson was sheriff.
He moved to Decatur, Ala., in 1925, where he followed road building until 1928
when he moved to Lawrenceburg. In the latter city, he was associated with the
Holt-Erwin Chevrolet Company as salesman; he served on the police force for
several years; entering the caf� business in 1939. He served Lawrence County
Court, 1952-1960. He was an active member of the Methodist Church, having served
as a trustee.
Mr. Holt is survived by his wife, the former Miss Jeffie Mae Erwin, to whom he
was married in 1916; one son, William Edgar Holt, member of the faculty of
Lawrence County High School; one daughter, Mrs. Sara Virginia Dunn,
Lawrenceburg; five grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Buford F. Erwin,
Lawrenceburg; and one brother, B. E. Holt, Pulaski.
HOLT, Ethel Ingrum The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1968
Mrs. Ethel Ingrum Holt of 111 Ingrum Street, retired school teacher, died
Thursday, April 4 in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Holt, 78, were conducted Saturday afternoon, April 6,
at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist Church, with the Revs. Clarence K. Stewart and
Hoyt Wilson officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born April 1, 1890 in Lynnville, Mrs. Holt was the daughter of the late Prof.
McG Ingrum and Ellen Compton Ingrum.
She attended Florence State College and Martin College. She started teaching in
1908 at Minor Hill. She taught her last school in 1947, when she had to take a
medical retirement from full time work but she die full time substitute work in
the Pulaski Elementary until 1958. During
Mrs. Holt's scope of years of teaching she taught in the areas of Tennessee,
Alabama and Mississippi.
Mr. Holt married the late Rufus Eason Holt in 1909.
She was a life member of The Order of the Eastern Star, member of the King's
Daughters and Sons, Gay Nineties, National Retired Teachers, and the First
Baptist Church, where she taught the Gleaners Sunday Class. She worked on the
staff of the King's Daughters and Sons in Chautauqua, New York on an
International Scholarship Progran for several years.
Survivors include one daughter, Miss Ethel Rebecca Holt, Pulaski; four sons,
Rufus E. Holt, Knoxville, McDonald Holt, Pulaski, John Cecil Holt, Oak Ridge,
and Alfred E. Holt, U. S. Navy; four sisters, Mrs. F. E. Warren, Birmingham,
Ala., Mrs. W. J. Weaver, Cedar Town, Ga., Mrs. Buford Whitmire, Decatur, Ala.,
and Miss Lynn Ingrum, Pulaski; three brothers, M. F. Ingrum, Memphis and Fred
and Ben Ingrum, Pulaski; twelve grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Eugene Warren The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jul 1965
Eugene Warren Holt, 52, native Giles Countian, was found dead at his home in
Mayfield, Ky., on Sunday, June 27, some seven to ten hours after suffering a
bullet wound in the heart, according to the county coroner there. He was well
known as a gun collector.
Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, June 29, at Roberts Funeral Home,
Mayfield, with burial in that city. Officiating was the Rev. James Tharp, pastor
of High Point Baptist Church, of which Mr. Holt was a member.
The son of Mrs. Ethel Holt of Pulaski and the late R. E. Holt, he had lived
outside Giles County most of the time since 1924. He was married to the former
Miss Blanche Carpenter of Lynnville who died eighteen months ago after an
illness of fifteen years. On May 15, 1965, he married the former Mrs. Carline
Humphries, who survives.
Mr. Holt was employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority for twenty-six years and
had served with the Mayfield office of that agency for the past fourteen years.
He was a veteran of the U. S. Army having served in the Panama Canal Zone.
Other survivors include a son John Alfred Holt, U. S. Army, Fort Bragg, N. C.;
two daughters, Mrs. Joe Wade, Lincoln Park, Mich, and Mrs. Lyndol Jameson,
Mayfield, Ky.; a sister, Miss Ethel Rebecca Holt of Pulaski; and four brothers,
Mac Donald Holt and Alfred Eason Holt, both of Pulaski, John Cecil Holt of Oak
Ridge, and Rufus E. Holt of Knoxville.
HOLT, Jerry Dale The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1963
The second involved in the tragic Oct. 27 wreck in Pulaski, Jerry Dale Holt, was
buried Friday, leaving the 1963 county traffic death count at eight. Holt who
was 16, died Thursday at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.
Holt and 16-year-old Julian Lee Sneed were in a car that wrecked October 27 on
East College Street. Neither boy was killed outright that Sunday afternoon.
Sneed died the next day at Vanderbilt Hospital.
The Holt boy was a passenger in a Bennett-May Funeral Home ambulance that
wrecked in Columbia enroute to Nashville, killing two Negro passengers in a
taxicab.
Funeral services for Holt were held Friday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. He was a native of Giles County and a member of
First Methodist Church. He and Sneed were students at Giles County High School.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Mack D. Holt of Pulaski.
Other survivors include a brother, Nelson Holt, Atlanta, Ga.; maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Maggie Nelson Hill, Tarpley Shop community; and paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Ethel Holt, Pulaski.
HOLT, John Marshall The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1963
A 44-year-old Frankewing man, John Marshall Holt, apparently committed suicide
last week by shooting himself with a 410-guage shotgun.
Chief Deputy Sheriff James (Red) Newton said Holt was found at his home about
8:30 p.m., Wednesday with a 410-guage shotgun wound in the right chest.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home.
Burial was in Wright Cemetery in Lincoln County.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Susan B. Harris Holt, Frankewing; a half-sister,
Mrs. Arthur Abernathy, Pulaski, and a half-brother, Wilburn Holt, Texas.
HOLT, John Marvin The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1967
John Marvin Holt, 49, farmer of Ardmore, died Sunday, January 29, at his home.
Services were conducted Monday, January 30, at Gallant Funeral Home in
Fayetteville, at 11 a. m., with burial in New Grove Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virgie Lewter Holt; three daughters, Mrs. Dora
Smith, Ardmore, Mrs. Barbara McNeal and Mrs. Faye Malone, Madison; one son,
Calvin Holt, Ardmore; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Ratley, Ardmore; two half-sisters,
Mrs. Joe Hemphill, Ardmore, and Mrs. Arthur Smith, Georgia, and one brother,
Homer Holt, Pulaski.
HOLT, Lena May Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 12 May 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena May Harwell Holt, 52, resident of the Bunker Hill
section, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Gus Self. Burial
took place in Bee Spring Cemetery. Mrs. Holt died at 7 o'clock Monday morning,
May 10, at the home after an extended illness.
Born August 24, 1912, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Frank
Collier Harwell and Mattie May Bland Harwell; She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Holt is survived by her husband, Yancey Holt; one son, Earl Brown Holt,
Pulaski; and one daughter, Mrs. Randall Stovall, Pulaski; and one sister, Miss
Virgie Harwell, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Lula Belle Holt The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Belle Holt Holt, 88, widow of T. P. Holt, will be
held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. W. H. Moss and Dr. W. H. Mansfield, with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery.
She died early Tuesday morning, June 19, at her home.
Born February 22, 1874, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Houston and Fredonia Bass Holt, and was a member of the Methodist Church. She
was a former member of the King's Daughters and the Giles County Chapter ,
United Daughters of the Confederacy. Her husband, Thomas Pinkney Holt, died in
1923.
Mrs. Holt is survived by two daughters, Mrs. G. Matt Stone, Pulaski, and Mrs.
Joseph Drblik, Los Angeles, Calif.; five grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Mildred McCracken The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1968
Mrs. Mildred McCracken Holt, 87, of Madison, died in a Madison hospital November
5 following a brief illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Holt were conducted Wednesday, November 6, by Dr. Ira
North, minister of Madison Church of Christ of which she was a member. Burial
was in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Holt, a Giles County native, was the oldest child of the late Robert L. and
Virginia Blow McCracken. Her husband, the late Luther M. Holt, who died in 1960,
was also a Giles County native.
Survivors include two daughters, Miss Christine Holt, Madison, and Mrs. Eugene
Fullerton, Petersburg; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; one
great-grandchild; three sisters Mrs. Claude Dale, Cornersville, Mrs. Clay
Minatra, Sr., and Mrs. Rufus Campbell, both of Pulaski; and one brother, Mahlon
S. McCracken of Giles County.
HOLT, Ozro Buford The Pulaski Citizen 2 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Ozro Buford Holt, 65, Wales farmer, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates,
pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Pink
Griggs. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Holt died Sunday, February
28, at Giles County Hospital after an extended period of declining health.
Born November 12, 1894, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jack Holt
and Lucinda Chapman Holt.
Mr. Holt is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Holt; one son, Henry Holt,
Tullahoma; a step-son, Weakley Maynard, Cincinnati, Ohio; one sister, Mrs.
Arthur Rich, Pulaski; and one brother, Tom Holt, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Raymond The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Raymond Holt, 56, were held at 11 o'clock Friday morning at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with burial in Pisgah Cemetery.
Mr. Holt, a native of Giles County and a resident of the Blooming Grove
Community, died Thursday morning, July 14, in Giles County Hospital.
Mr. Holt was born March 8, 1910, the son of Mrs. Verna Newton Holt and the late
Robert Taylor Holt.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by two daughters, Miss Hazel Holt of
Pulaski, and Mrs. Nora Emerson of Texas, and one grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Robert Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Robert Taylor Holt, 75, Berea farmer, were held at one
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in the
Pisgah Cemetery. Mr. Holt died Friday, February 16, at Giles County Hospital,
after a long illness.
Born September 18, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of Tom Holt and Rebecca
Tenery Holt. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church.
Mr. Holt is survived by his wife, Mrs. Verna Buford Holt; one son, Raymond Holt,
Pulaski; two granddaughters, Mrs. Hazel Holt, Pulaski and Mrs. Nora Dean Holt
Emerson, San Angelo, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Lena Cook, Lewisburg; three brothers,
Wesley Holt, Pulaski, Roy Holt, Nashville, and Allen Holt, Lewisburg; and a
half-brother, Johnny Pack, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Thomas Arthur The Pulaski Citizen 1 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Thomas Arthur Holt, 72, retired employee of International
Minerals and Chemical Corporation, Wales, were held at one o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Pink Griggs and the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist ministers. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery.
Mr. Holt died unexpectedly at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, October 29, at the home
of a friend on Block Street in Pulaski.
Born April 17, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Andrew Jackson
Holt and Lucinda Estes Holt. His wife, Mrs. Annie Catherine Chapman Holt, died a
number of years ago.
Mr. Holt is survived by two sons, Gentry Holt, Columbia, and Thomas Holt, Valley
Park, Mo.; and a number of grandchildren.
A sister, Mrs. Donie Rich, died August 17, this year.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Quintilla Henry The Pulaski Citizen 15 Oct 1969
Mrs. Quintilla Holt, 89, died Friday, October 10, at Graystone Nursing Home,
Franklin.
Funeral services for Mrs. Holt, widow of the late William T. Holt, were
conducted Tuesday afternoon, October 14, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Alabama, Mrs. Holt was born December 19, 1881, the daughter of the
late Hugh Henry and Mary Elizabeth Masters Henry.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Alden Kaschub, Lancaster, Pa.; one brother,
John Henry, Alabama; and one sister, Mrs. C. H . Woolley, Alabama.
HOLT, Wesley Lee The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1967
Funeral services for Wesley Lee Holt, 79, retired farmer of the Beech Hill
community, were conducted Tuesday afternoon May 2, at 3:00 in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Holt, a native of Giles County, died Monday, May 1, at Giles County
Hospital. He was born July 16, 1887.
Survivors include one son, Elba Holt, Pulaski; six grandchildren; and eight
great-grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOLT, Will T. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Nov 1962
Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 13, for Will T. Holt, 90, who died
Sunday morning in the Graystone Nursing Home at Franklin after a long illness.
Holt served as direct representative to the Tennessee Legislature in 1937.
He was a retired railroad contractor of the Florida East Coast Railway and
farmer of the Wales community. He was a member of the first board of directors
when the Production Credit Association for the Columbia District was organized.
Services were conducted by Rev. R. Neal Dean at the Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Holt was a member of the George White Memorial Presbyterian Church at Wales. He
was a Mason-the oldest member of the Lodge to which he belonged.
A native of Giles County, Holt lived in the Wales community until moving to the
Greystone Nursing Home.
He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Quintella Henry Holt, now of Franklin; and a
daughter, Mrs. Allen Kaschub of Riverside, Calif.
HONEYCUTT, George Washington The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1960
Funeral services for George Washington Honeycutt, 75, farmer of the Leoma
section of Lawrence County, were held at 2:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon at
Bethel Baptist Church in that county, with the burial in the church cemetery.
Mr. Honeycutt died Sunday, March 6, 1960, at his home after a long illness.
Born October 26, 1884, in North Carolina, he was the son of the late Paris
Honeycutt and Susan Steadman Honeycutt.
Mr. Honeycutt is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Honeycutt; six daughters,
Mrs. J. D. Nave, Pulaski, Mrs. Anna Elledge, Mrs. Lon Taylor, Mrs. Oscar Newton,
Leoma, Mrs. Roy Blair, Summertown, and Mrs. Floyd Powell, Lawrenceburg; three
sons, Loyd Honeycutt, Kewanee, Mo., and Bryce Honeycutt and Delmer Honeycutt,
both of Lawrenceburg; twenty-five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOOD, Jacqueline Devon The Giles Free Press 07 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Jacqueline Devon Hood, infant daughter of Devon and Glenda
Evans Hood, were held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Shores Baptist Church
with burial in the church cemetery.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Tina Renee Hood; her
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hood and her maternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Evans.
Bennett-May Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
HOOD, Roland Denman The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Roland Denman Hood, 70, retired farmer of Goodsprings, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hood died Thursday, March 17, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born August 2, 1895 in Winston, Ala., he was the son of the late Walter Duncan
Hood and Martha Frances Curtiss Hood.
He is survived by his wife Mrs. Louise C. Hood; five sons, Daniel, Dennon,
Wallace and Thomas Lavoy Hood, all of Goodspring, and Joseph Hood, Lawrenceburg;
four daughters, Mrs. Mable Nave, Goodspring, Mrs. Laura May Nash, Lawrenceburg,
Mrs. Elsie Glover, Shelbyville, Mrs. Fannie Radford, Rock Hill, S. C.; two step
sons, Edward Newton, California, and Odus Newton, Fla.; twenty seven
grandchildren and ten great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Carrie Tipper,
Lawrenceburg; two brothers, Sam Hood and Nathan Hood, Goodsprings.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOOIE, Martin Lonie The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jun 1967
Martin Lonie Hooie, 64, died suddenly this morning (Wednesday), June 21, at
Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon, June 22, at 2:30 o'clock
in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Hooie, a native of Lauderdale County, Ala., was born May 13, 1903, the son
of the late Willie and Loda Beddingfield Hooie. He was a retired Acme Corp.
employee, and had lived for many years in Akron, Ohio.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mayr Wiser Hooie; one daughter, Mrs. Frances
Newton, Jasper, Tenn.; five sons, Lildon, Hillard and David Hooie, Cleveland,
Ohio, Paul and Billy Hooie, Pulaski; fourteen grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs.
Hattie Wallace, Miss Bertha Hooie, Decatur, Ala., and Mrs. Ruby Hammond,
Lexington, Ala.; two brothers, Hollis Hooie, Pontiac, Mich., and Herman Hooie,
Florence, Ala.; and one step-son, Glenn Wiser, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOOIE, Vurta Mae Bailey The Pulaski Citizen 29 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Vurta Mae Bailey Hooie, 59, wife of M. L. Hooie,
Cleveland, Ohio, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Tom Holland of Abilene, Texas, former
minister of East Hill Church of Christ in Pulaski. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Hooie died early Friday morning, August 24, at Giles
County Hospital following several heart attacks.
Born May 27, 1904, in Lauderdale County, Ala., she was the daughter of Sam P.
Bailey of Pulaski and the late Mrs. Julia Jones Bailey, and was a member of
Appleton Church of Christ.
In addition to her father and husband, Mrs. Hooie is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Woodrow Newton, Atlanta, Ga.; five sons, Leldon Hooie, Hillard Hooie and
David Hooie, all of Cleveland, Ohio, and Paul and Billy Hooie, Pulaski; nine
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Viva Lee Ridgeway and Mrs. Allen Glossup,
Pulaski; and five brothers, L. F. Bailey, Bill Bailey, Grady Bailey and Alfred
Bailey, Pulaski and Loyce Bailey, Ethridge.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOOTEN, Mrs. Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilson Hooten, 64, resident of the Wilson Hill
Community, were held on Wednesday, July 13, in London Funeral Home, Lewisburg,
with burial in the Bryant Cemetery at Mooresville. She died on Monday, July 11,
in Leonard Hospital, Lewisburg.
Mrs. Hooten is survived by her husband; four sons, James P. Hooten and William
C. Hooten, Lewisburg, Eugene Hooten and Bobby Hooten, Mooresville; twenty
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; four brothers, Wade Holder and Harvey
Holder, Lewisburg, Alonzo Holder, Mooresville, and Cleveland Holder Lynnville;
four sisters, Mrs. Ozella Woods, Lewisburg, Mrs. Sam Davis, Murfreesboro, Mrs.
James Pettus, Cornersville, and Mrs. Preston Jones, Columbia.
HOOVER, James L. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1968
James L. Hoover, 55, died Saturday, February 3, after suffering a heart attack
at his home in Clearfield, Pa.
Funeral services and burial were held Tuesday, February 6, in Glasgow, Pa.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Philip W. Hoover; his wife, Mrs. Ruth Davis
Hoover, Clearfield, Pa.; one son, James L. Hoover, Jr., active duty with U. S.
A. F.; one daughter, Mrs. Ray Marsh, Pittsburgh, Pa.; five brothers, D. L.
(Corky) Hoover of Pulaski, William H. Hoover of Long Beach, Calif., and Philip
W. Hoover, Jr., Peoria, Ill., George E. and Robert L. Hoover, both of Akron,
Ohio.
HOOVER, Mrs. Philip W. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
Mrs. Philip W. Hoover, 73, died Tuesday morning, April 2, at her home in Tracy
City.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hoover, mother of D. L. (Corky) Hoover, will be held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, April 5, in Tracy City. Burial will be in Tracy
City.
Survivors include five sons, D. L. Hoover, Pulaski, George E. and Robert L.
Hoover, Akron, Ohio, Philip W. Hoover, Jr., Peoria, Ill., and William H. Hoover,
Long Beach, Calif.
Foster and Sons Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOPKINS, Allen Eugene The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Allen Eugene Hopkins, 57, farmer of the Robertson Fork
section, were held at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Robertson Fork Church of
Christ, with the burial in Mars Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hopkins died Sunday, July 8,
at Leonard Hospital in Lewisburg after an extended period of declining health.
Born September 20, 1904, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Henry and
Della Estes Hopkins. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Hopkins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Thelma Burgess Hopkins; two sons,
Bobby and Billy Joe Hopkins, Cornersville; and three brothers, L. S. Hopkins,
former register of Giles County, and Marvin Hopkins, both of Giles County, and
Clifton Hopkins, Chapel Hill.
HOPKINS, Holmes A. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Holmes A. Hopkins, 75, retired hardware salesman of
Pensacola, Fla., and native of Giles County, were held Wednesday in Panama City,
Fla., with the burial in Pensacola, Fla., former residence of the family. Mr.
Hopkins died Monday night July 30, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ernestine
Lane, Panama City, after a period of declining health.
Born August 17, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sam Hopkins
and Mrs. Docia Aymett Hopkins. His wife, Mrs. Clara Lang Hopkins, died
approximately twenty years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Lane, Mr. Hopkins is survived by another daughter in Panama
City; one son, J. Edward Hopkins, California; and one brother, John H. Hopkins,
Pulaski.
HOPKINS, Loyd Samuel (Peggy) The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1968
Loyd Samuel (Peggy) Hopkins, 62, former Giles County Register, died unexpectedly
Saturday, August 10, at his home in the Brick Church community.
Funeral services were conducted at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski
Funeral Home with Pulaski Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Brick
Church Cemetery.
A native of Marshall County, born near Cornersville Dec. 5, 1905, Mr. Hopkins
was the son of Henry and Della Estes Hopkins. He had live in Giles County most
of his life.
He served as Register from 1943 until 1954, since which time he has engaged in
part-time farming, served on the county's rights-of-way committee, and for the
past three years was a member of the county committee of Farmer's Home
Administration. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Jo Burgess Hopkins, a
daughter, Mrs. William Still, Huntsville, Ala.; two sons, Meade and Kenneth
Hopkins of Pulaski; two brothers, Marvin of Brick Church and Clifton Hopkins of
Chapel Hill; and four grandchildren.
HOPPER, Henry The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1967
Funeral services for Henry Hopper, 97, were conducted Thursday morning, January
20, at 10 o'clock , at Rainey's Funeral Home, Ardmore, with Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Boonshill Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, he had lived with his nephew, Walter Hopper, since
1959. His parents were the late George and Mary Hopper. His wife, died in 1954.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Frank Wells; two grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren, all of Mississippi, and a number of nieces and nephews.
HOPPER, George Henry The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1961
Funeral services for George Henry Hopper, 56, night clerk at Richland Plaza
Hotel, Pulaski, were held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at First Baptist
Church, conducted by Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of the church. Burial took place
in the Elliott Cemetery at Elkton. Mr. Hopper died at 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, September 28, at his home in Pulaski after a short illness.
Born September 2, 1905, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Tom Hopper
and Nancy Coble Hopper. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Mr. Hopper is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Mae Hopper; one son, Bennie
Hopper, Murfreesboro; one step-son, Thomas Perry, Athens, Ala.; one daughter,
Miss Madeline Hopper, Pulaski; five grandchildren; four brothers, Walter Hopper
and Argile Hopper, Giles County, Alvie Hopper, Lewisburg, and Albert Hopper,
Lincoln County; and one sister, Mrs. Carrie Hobbs, Ardmore.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOPPER, Madge Sanders The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Madge Sanders Hopper, 85, native of Giles County and
former resident, were held Thursday afternoon in Bodkins Funeral Home in Milan,
Tenn., with the burial in that city. Mrs. Hopper died on Wednesday morning,
January 27, in a Milan nursing home after several months illness.
Born November 19, 1879, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Henry
L. Sanders and Sarah Robertson Sanders. She was a member of the Methodist
Church. Her husband, Wiley Hopper, Gibson County resident, died in March of
1943.
Mrs. Hopper, the last member of her immediate family, is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. J. D. Downing; and two grandchildren, all of Milan.
HORN, Albert Wade The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Albert Wade Horn, 62, machinist at the W. E. Stephens
Manufacturing Company in Pulaski for twenty years, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Horn died Friday at Giles County Hospital after a week's illness.
A native of Rome, Ga., he was born September 14, 1897, the son of the late
William Bruce Horn and Robert Annie Wynn Horn.
Mr. Horn was an active member of Buford Presbyterian Church, having been an
elder and clerk of the session and was Sunday School Superintendent.
Mr. Horn is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Cornelius Horn; five sons, Earl F.
Horn, and Glover Horn, Huntsville, Ala., Kenneth Horn, Jerry Horn and Michael
Horn, Pulaski; five daughters, Mrs. Louise Mitchell, Nashville, Mrs. Ray Walls,
Miami, Fla., Mrs. Homer Crumbley and Mrs. Charlie Shelton, both of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., and Mrs. Thomas Gilliam, Lynnville; sixteen grandchildren; one
brother, A. H. Horn, Rome, Ga.; and two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Cooper and Mrs.
Anna Chapman, both of Rome, Ga.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HORN, Bobbie English The Pulaski Citizen 2 Aug 1967
Mrs. Bobbie English Horn, 77, died Friday, July 28, at the Hillview Haven
Nursing Home in Columbia.
Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 a. m. Wednesday, August 2, at St.
Catherine Catholic Church in Columbia, with Father John J. Tierney officiating.
Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late C. W. and Amanda C.
Horne English. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
here in Pulaski.
Survivors include her husband, John E. Horn of Lynnville; three sisters, Mrs.
Charlie Morrow of Lynnville, Mrs. Clifton Dawney of Cuyhoga Falls, Ohio, and
Mrs. Leona Harwell of Cudahy, Calif.; one brother, Walter English, Knoxville;
and several nieces and nephews.
HORNE, John Elis The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1968
John Elis Horne, 78, died early Sunday morning.
Funeral services for Mr. Horne were held Tuesday morning, May 14, at 10 o'clock
at the St. Catherine Catholic Church of Columbia. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery.
A native of New Albany, Ind., Mr. Horne was the son of the late John J. and Mary
Albert Horne. His wife, the late Bobbie English Horne, died in 1967.
Mr. Horne, a retired restaurant operator, was a member of the Catholic Church.
Survivors include one sister, Miss Mary May Horne, Oceanside, N. Y.; one
brother, Morris F. Horne, Oceanside, N. Y.; three nieces, Mrs. Mary E. Smith,
Jeffersonville, Ind., Mrs. Richard Smith, Owensboro, Ky., Mrs. Adelaid Tayerie,
Stoney Brook, N. Y.; two sister-in-laws, Mrs. Helyn Horne, Oceanside, N. Y., and
Mrs. Charles (Lucy) Marrow of Lynnville.
HORNE, Martha Stratton Sloan The Pulaski Citizen 2 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. William Newton Horne, 44, Pulaski resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial
took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Horne died at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, May 1, at St. Thomas Hospital in
Nashville following several weeks critical illness.
A native of Maury County, she was born December 4, 1917, the daughter of Mrs.
Lula Estes Sloan, Columbia, and the late Charlie Sloan. Her husband, William
Newton Horne, cashier of First National Bank, died in 1959. She was a member of
First Methodist Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Horne is survived by one son, William Russell
Horne, student in the freshman class of G. C. H. S.; one brother, Russell Sloan,
Lebanon; and two sisters, Mrs. Ann Grimmitt, Sheffield, Ala., and Mrs. Charlotte
Thompson, Dallas, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HORNE, Ruth Christine The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
Mrs. Ruth Christine Horne, 48, died Thursday, December 5, at her home on the
Milky Farm.
Funeral services for Mrs. Horne, wife of the late Albert Wade Horne, Jr., were
held Saturday afternoon, December 7, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Georgia, Mrs. Horne was born August 26, 1920, the daughter of the
late Henry Hull Hancock and Ruth Irene Burchville Hancock.
Survivors include one son, John William Horne, Pulaski; one brother, Joe Lyle
Hancock; and one sister, Florence Almagene Bolden.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOSAY, Mrs. Finis H. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Finis H. Hosay, Nashville resident and mother of
Oliver L. Hosay of Pulaski, were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Cosmopolitan Funeral Home with burial in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville. Mrs.
Hosay died on Friday morning, January 15, at her home in Nashville.
In addition to her husband, and son at Pulaski, Mrs. Hosay is survived by three
other sons; six daughters; and twenty-three grandchildren and twenty-four
great-grandchildren; and three sisters.
HOSAY, Oliver Leslie The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1966
Oliver Leslie Hosay, 70, retired W. E. Stephens employee, died Sunday, September
11, in Giles County Hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, September 13, in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial
was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Hosay, born February 2, 1896, was the son of the late Finis and Lillie Miles
Hosay. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Pulaski and a veteran of
World War I.
Mr. Hosay is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lean Martha Hurt Hosay; one daughter,
Mrs Robert Miller; three sons, James, Pulaski, Oliver, Louisville, Ky., and the
Rev. Charles Hosay of Norfolk, Va.; seventeen grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; three brothers, J. L. and Charles, of Nashville, and John
F. Hosay of Detroit,Mich.; six sisters, Mrs. Mildred Stewart, Mrs. Bessie
Sutton, Mrs Mary Turveal, Mrs. Christine Sizemore, Mrs. Ethel Sizemore, Mrs.
Ethel Sawyers and Mrs. Catherine Draughn, all of Nashville.
HOSKINS, John William (Jack) The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1963
Funeral services for John William (Jack) Hoskins, 57, Pulaski resident, were
held at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Tommy Vernon, minister of Second Street Church of Christ. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Hoskins died Monday afternoon, July 8, at his home after
an illness of several months.
Born March 25, 1906, in Williamson County, he was the son of the late John
William Hoskins and Lou Ella Smith Hoskins. He was a member of the Church of
Christ.
He had lived in Giles County many years and was a corn crusher operator.
Mr. Hoskins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Goats Hoskins; one son, Hugh
Hoskins; one daughter, Mrs. Larry Watson; and one grandson, all of Pulaski;
three brothers, Walker Hoskins, Akron, Ohio, Earl Hoskins, Pulaski, and Wesley
Hoskins, Decatur, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Evans, Mrs. Lou Ella
Burns, and Mrs. Fay Chandler, all of Decatur, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOSKINS, Nellie Spray The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Spray Hoskins, 51, employee of the W. E.
Stephens Manufacturing Company in Pulaski, were held at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning at First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of
the church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Hoskins died Thursday
morning, June 6, at Giles County Hospital after a brief illness.
Born September 9, 1911, in Limestone County, Ala., she was the daughter of Mrs.
Mae Shields Spray of Athens, Ala., and the late C. W. Spray.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Hoskins is survived by her husband, Earl
Hoskins; two daughters, Mrs. Jimmy Roberts, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. J. D.
Richardson, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; three grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs.
Mary Venable, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Ruth Haroshige, Decatur, Ala., Mrs. A. C. Clem,
Elkmont, Ala., and Mrs. Harry Arnold, Truman, Ark.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOUCHIN, Will A. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Will A. Houchin, 87, Giles County resident and veteran of
the Spanish-American War, were held Saturday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Houchin died Thursday at a Nashville
hospital.
Born July 5, 1874, in Davidson County, he had lived in Giles County for a number
of years. He is believed to be the last of the Spanish-American War veterans in
Giles County.
Mr. Houchin is survived by one sister, Mrs. George W. Sanders of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOUK, R. J. (Jack) The Pulaski Citizen 1 Apr 1964
Funeral services for R. J. (Jack) Houk, 42, employee of the engineering
department of Avco Corporation, were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
a Nashville funeral home, with the burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Houk died
unexpectedly at one o'clock Friday morning, March 27, at the Gallatin Hospital.
Mr. Houk, resident of Donelson, was a native of Nashville, the son of Mrs.
Minnie Ozment Houk, Nashville, and the late George W. (Bill) Houk. He was a
member of Price Memorial Methodist Church, a veteran of World War II, and had
been an employee of Avco for a number of years. He had served as a scout master
for some time.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Houk is survived by his wife, Mrs. Christine
Burton Houk, native of Pulaski; two sons, R. J. Houk, Jr., and George Burton
Houk; one daughter, Christina Houk; and one sister, Mrs. Juanita Cook, all of
Donelson. He was the son-in-law of Mrs. Claud Burton of Pulaski.
HOUZE, Etta Cathcart The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Cathcart Boatright Houze, 76, were held at 3
o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home conducted by Dr. William H.
Mansfield and the Rev. Marcus Nickell, Methodist ministers. Burial took place in
Pisgah Cemetery. Mrs. Houze died at 7:20 o'clock on Thursday night, May 12, at
Giles County Hospital after a long period of declining health.
Born at McBurg in Lincoln County, on December 7, 1883, she was the daughter of
the late Murph Cathcart and Irene Coble Cathcart, and was a member of the Pisgah
Methodist Church.
Twice married, her first husband, William English Boatright, died October 16,
1909. Her second husband, F. H. Houze, died March 18, 1923.
Mrs. Houze is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harold Boyd, Pulaski; one
half-brother, Claude Cathcart, Pulaski; three nieces, Mrs. Robert Lee Townsend,
Jr., and Mrs. Joe Bass, Pulaski, and Mrs. Bobby Norwood, Memphis; and one
nephew, Murph Cathcart, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOWARD, Alice Barnes The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Barnes Howard, 83, widow of Ed C. Howard, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Stella Presbyterian Church, conducted by
the Rev. Ralph R. Langston and the Rev. W. C. Folks, Methodist ministers. Burial
took place in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Howard died Saturday, February 6,
in Giles County Hospital.
Born July 3, 1881, in Alabama, she was the daughter of the late R. I. Barnes and
Eliza Douthitt Barnes.
Mrs. Howard is survived by two step-sons, Boyd Howard, Stella and Guy Howard,
Hampton, Va.; and two brothers, Frank Barnes and Fred Barnes, both of the Stella
Community.
HOWARD, Bertis Leo The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1966
Bertis Leo Howard, 57, of Leighton, Ala., died with a heart attack, August 28,
at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence.
Funeral services were conducted at the Nebo church at Lexington, August 30, with
burial in the church cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ola McGee Howard; two daughters, Mrs. Eugene
Boatwright, and Miss Brenda Howard; one son, Dillard Howard; two grandchildren;
three brothers, Coleman, Lexington, Cecil, Florence and Carlin, Sheffield; four
sisters, Mrs. Mattie Allen, St. Joseph, Tenn., Mrs. Jessie McCafferty and Mrs.
Gaynell Richardson, Lexington, and Mrs. Vivian Johnson, Pulaski.
HOWARD, Betty Sue Mankins The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1969
Funeral Services for Mrs. Betty Sue Howard, 36, will be held Thursday afternoon,
February 13, at 2 o'clock in Minor Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Wayland
Hartsfield officiating. Burial will be in Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Howard, wife of Avery Howard of Minor Hill, died Monday night, February 10,
in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Howard was born March 13, 1932, the daughter of
Herbert Mankins and Stella Brooks Mankins.
Survivors in addition to her father and husband, include a brother, David
Mankins.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOWARD, Ellis Clifford The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Ellis Clifford Howard, 78, farmer of the Stella Community,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pleasant Hill Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. W. C. Folks and the Rev. John M.
Bradford, Methodist ministers. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr.
Howard died at 7:30 o'clock at his home Monday morning, June 12, following a
long period of declining health.
A native of Giles County, he was born February 2, 1883, the son of the late
Stephen Howard and Elizabeth Bass Howard. He was a member of the Bethel
Methodist Church.
Mr. Howard is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice May Barnes Howard; two sons, Boyd
Howard, Stella, and Guy C. Howard, Langley Field, Va.; seven grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. W. C. Boyd, Toney, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOWARD, Helen Ingram The Pulaski Citizen 24 Sep 1969
Mrs. Helen Ingram Howell, 73, died Thursday, September 18, in a Birmingham, Ala.
hospital following a short illness.
Graveside services were held Friday afternoon at Brick Church Cemetery with the
Rev. Luke N. Dunn officiating.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Howell was born November 4, 1895, the daughter of
the late George W. Ingram and Mary Elizabeth Rutledge Ingram. She was the wife
of the late Henry Howell.
Mrs. Howell was a life long member of the Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Clara Belle Ingram and Mrs. Edgar T. Ball,
Sr., both of Pulaski.
HOWARD, Ina Belll Logan The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
Mrs. Ina Bell Logan Howard, 92, died Saturday, September 24, in Giles County
Hospital, after an extended illness.
Services were conducted on Sunday afternoon, September 25, at 2 o'clock , at the
Prospect Methodist Church, with the Rev. J. C. Elkins officiating. Burial was in
the Prospect Cemetery.
Mrs. Howard, a native of Giles County, was born December 27, 1894, the daughter
of the late L. P. and Lodoiska McGrew Logan. She was a member of the Prospect
Methodist Church. Her husband, the late J. B. Howard, died several years ago.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Fred Robinson, Decatur, Ala.; two sons, James
L., Nashville, and David V., Prospect; seven grandchildren, and five
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HOWARD, Louise Smith The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Louise Smith Howard, 77, were held on Monday afternoon,
September 12, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
Rev. J. C. Elkins and Dr. Pour Worley officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Howard died Saturday, September 10, in a Knoxville hospital. She was born
February 11, 1889, in Giles County, the daughter of the late J. M. and Delia
Smith. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, the late Edward
Howard, died several years ago.
Mrs. Howard is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Tyson Cole, Lawrenceburg, and
Mrs. Nathan Jones, Knoxville; one granddaughter; one brother, Holland Smith,
Roseland, N. J.; and one sister, Mrs. Lindsay Witt, of Pulaski.
HOWARD, Mamie Bamer Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Jesse Thomas Howard, 71, native of Alabama and in
recent months resident of Pulaski, were held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
First Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Ala., with the burial in Barnett
Cemetery in Lexington. Mrs. Howard died at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, March
26, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Richardson, in Lexington following a
long period of declining health.
The former Miss Mamie Bamer Phillips, she was born May 1, 1888, in Lexington,
Ala., she was the daughter of the late William Phillips and Mattie Joiner
Phillips. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church.
Her husband, Jesse Thomas Howard, died June 8, 1950.
In addition to Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Howard is survived by three other
daughters, Mrs. Walter Johnson, Pulaski, Mrs. Wheeler Allen, St. Joseph, Tenn.,
and Mrs. Jesse McCafferty, Lexington, Ala.; four sons, Bertis Howard, Leighton,
Ala., Coleman Howard, Hammond, Ind., and Carlin Howard, Sheffield, Ala.;
thirty-five grandchildren and two great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Della
Childers, Lexington and Mrs. Fannie Wright, Florence, Ala.; and two brothers,
Jim Phillips, Lexington, Ala., and Henry Phillips, Anderson, Ala.
HOWARD, Raymond The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1962
Raymond Howard, 81, former resident of Minor Hill Community, died Monday,
February 19, in Louisville, Ky., his home for many years. Funeral rites and
burial took place in that city on Wednesday.
Born and reared at Minor Hill, he was the son of the late James Howard and Maria
Smith Howard. He was the last member of his immediate family.
HOWARD, Sidney J. The Giles Free Press 22 Feb 1962
Word was received Tuesday, Feb. 20, that Sidney J. Howard, 45, drowned in New
Zealand Sunday, Feb. 18. Details of the accident are not known.
He was a native Giles Countian, the son of the late Elmo and Susie Anna
Weatherman Howard.
He was a veteran of World War II. He has resided in New Zealand since 1946.
Burial will be in New Zealand.
Survivors include one daughter, Susan Howard; one son, Rodney J. Howard, New
Zealand; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Ray, Madison, Wis., and Mrs. Ted Fink, Athens,
Penn.; one brother, Murray Howard, Pulaski.
HOWELL, Minnie Lindsay The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1966
Mrs. Joseph T. Howell, Sr., 90, resident of Nashville and native of Giles
County, died Saturday, May 7, in St. Thomas Hospital. Funeral rites took place
Monday in Christ Church Episcopal with the burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
The former Miss Mannie Lindsay, she was born at Lynnville, the daughter of the
late Thomas Franklin Lindsay and Martha Ann Childress Lindsay. She was educated
at Murfreesboro, and at Belmont in Nashville, which later became Ward-Belmont
School for Young Ladies. For many years, she was active in civic and cultural
affairs of Nashville where she lived most of her life. She was a member of the
Episcopal Church. Her husband, Joseph T. Howell, Nashville banker, died in 1929.
Mrs. Howell is survived by one son, Joseph T. Howell, Jr., vice-president of
Third National Bank in Nashville; a step-daughter, Mrs. Campbell Bonner, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; and two grandsons, Joseph T. Howell, III, and Thomas C. Howell,
both of Nashville.
HUFF, Annie Laurie The Pulaski Citizen 28 Nov 1962
Miss Annie Laurie Huff, first woman superintendent of schools in Tennessee, died
Monday, November 26, in a Maryville nursing home.
Miss Huff, the author of several English textbooks and several poems, taught
school in Cocke County, Etowah and at East Tennessee State College and Austin
Peay State College.
She was a superintendent of schools at Pulaski.
HUGHES, Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1964
Retired Pulaski policeman Floyd Hughes, 65, was buried Tuesday afternoon in
Kedron Cemetery. He died early Monday morning in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services, officiated at by the Rev. Billy Craighead, were held at
Bennett-May Funeral Home.
He was a veteran of 22 years with the Pulaski Police Department. He retired last
October after serving the previous three years as desk sergeant.
Mr. Hughes was a native of Giles County. His parents were the late Lewis Hughes
and Lula Osborne Hughes.
He was a Methodist.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Julia Alice Stapp Hughes; two sons, Carroll
Hughes, Pensacola, Fla., and Alvin Hughes, San Francisco, Calif.; two daughters,
Mrs. Robert Dunnavant, Elkmont, Ala., and Mrs. Angeta Anderson, Tampa, Fla.; a
sister, Mrs. Audie Webb, Savannah; two brothers, Gilbert Hughes, Elkmont and
Elmer Hughes, Bethel; and seven grandchildren.
HUGHES, James Henry The Pulaski Citizen 15 Oct 1969
James Henry Hughes, 28, died Sunday morning, October 12, in Gordon Hospital,
Lewisburg.
Funeral services for Mr. Hughes, a resident of Lynnville, Route 2, were
conducted Monday afternoon, October 13, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Carr
and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. James Owens and the Rev. Jesse Pedigo,
officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born May 21, 1941, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Hughes.
Survivors in addition to his parents include two brothers, Bobby Hughes and Paul
Hughes, Lynnville; one sister, Mrs. Eugene Martin, Lewisburg; and his
grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. H. G. Coston, Pulaski.
HUGHES, John Cecil The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1966
An Elkton man died early Thursday, Aug. 18, in a traffic accident at Huntsville,
Ala., and the brother of a Lynnville resident was killed the same day in an
automobile wreck at Seattle, Wash.
John Cecil (Peewee) Hughes, 21, of Elkton was fatally injured about 2 a. m. when
the car he was driving went out of control at aa curve and crashed on New Market
Pike near Huntsville. A passenger in the vehicle, Stanley Smartt of
Fayetteville, suffered a broken leg and other injuries.
Mr. Hughes was born in the Elkton community November 29, 1944. He was the son of
John C. Hughes and the late Margaret Blade Hughes. He was employed by Ragland
Wholesale Grocery Company at Huntsville.
Funeral services were conducted at Elkton at 2 o'clock, Friday afternoon at
Elkton Baptist Church, of which he was a member, and burial was in Elkton
Cemetery. The Rev. James Shutt officiated.
Survivors, besides his father, include his wife, Mrs. Alice Faye Rainey Hughes
of Elkton; a brother, Edwin Hoover Hughes, Elkton; three sisters, Joyce Hughes
of Elkton, Mrs. Jo Ellen Thul of Sleepy Eye, Minn., and Mrs. Doris Charagulof of
Huntsville, Ala.; and his maternal grandfather, Hubert Blade of Elkton.
HUGHES, William C. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1963
Funeral services for William C. Hughes, 56, former service station operator,
were held at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. H. E. Baker. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Hughes
died on Thursday, August 8, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born July 17, 1907, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Lewis Hughes and
Lula Osborne Hughes.
He was a member of First Baptist Church. Mr. Hughes is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Dozie Crabtree Hughes; one daughter, Mrs. Samuel L. Lewis, Pulaski; one
son, Ray Hughes, Murfreesboro; four grandchildren; three brothers, Floyd Hughes,
Pulaski, Elmer Hughes, Bethel, and Gilbert Hughes, Elkmont, Ala.; and one
sister, Mrs. Audie Webb, Savannah.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HUGHEY, James Dudley The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
James Dudley Hughey, 35, was killed at 5:30 a. m. Saturday, December 10, when
the panel truck he was driving ran off Highway 31 about one mile north of
Elkton. His death brought to fifteen the number of traffic fatalities on Giles
County roads this year.
State Troopers Sam Shelton and Sgt. James G. Chandler investigated the accident
and said Hughey apparently fell asleep at the wheel en route to Pulaski after a
business trip to Alabama. He was a salesman for Hester Battery Company. The
vehicle ran into a gully and came to a sudden stop, throwing the truck's load of
batteries into the cab and crushing the driver.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. William H. Moss and Gilbert Shaffer officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Hughey was a native of Pulaski and the son of Mrs. Ann Ezell Hughey and the late
Hencely Hughey. He was graduated from Giles County High School in 1943 and
served with the U. S. Navy in California and Japan during World War II. He was a
member of First Methodist Church, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Doris Johnston Hughey; two
sons, James Dennis, 13, and Michael, 3; two sisters, Mrs. Dudley Abernathy of
Pulaski and Mrs. James E. Cornell of Eau Galli, Fla.; his grandmothers, Mrs.
John Ezell and Mrs. Ezra L. Cardin, both of Pulaski.
HUGHEY, John William The Pulaski Citizen 23 Oct 1963
Funeral services for John William Hughey, 91, retired Elkton banker and farmer,
were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Elkton Methodist Church. The burial
took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Hughey died Thursday, October 17, in Giles
County Hospital.
Born January 6, 1872, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George L.
Hughey and Finnetta Anderson Hughey. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
He was a Mason for sixty years and was cashier of the old Elkton Bank for a
number of years.
Mr. Hughey is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Morrell Hughey; three daughters,
Mrs. Edgar Bills, Los Alamos, N. M., Mrs. Stanley Harrison and Mrs. Robert E.
Bryan, Elkton; one son, Herbert Hughey, Baltimore, Md.; seven grandchildren; and
two sisters, Mrs. Annie Wilkinson and Mrs. George Whitfield, both of Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HULL, Nancy Jane The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1968
Mrs. Nancy Jane Hull, 84, died at her home at Route 1, Summertown, Monday,
August 5.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hull were held Wednesday morning, August 7, at 10:00
at Crossroads Baptist Church. Burial was in Crossroads Cemetery.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Lottie Taylor, Auburndale, Fla., Mrs. Ruth
Green, Sheffield, Ala., Mrs. Virgie Smith, Loretto, Miss Nora Hull, Ohio, Mrs.
Ruby Smith, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Peggy June Smith, Detroit, Mich.; five sons,
Homer, Vance, Earl, Albert, and D. C. Hull, all of Summertown; forty-five
grandchildren; and thirty great-grandchildren.
HULME, Fountain Bruce The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Dr. Fountain Bruce Hulme, 77, retired Pulaski physician,
were conducted Monday morning at 10 o'clock at Bennett-May Funeral Home with Dr.
W. H. Mansfield officiating. Burial rites were at Maplewood Cemetery Tuesday
morning, after cremation.
Dr. Hulme died Saturday, Sept. 9, at 6 p.m. at Giles County Hospital after a
long illness.
Born in Maury County, Nov. 24, 1883, Dr. Hulme was the son of the late Dr. and
Mrs. John Wesley Hulme of Santa Fe. He was graduated from Branham and Hughes
Preparatory School at Spring Hill and received the M. D. degree from Vanderbilt
University College of Medicine, later taking postgraduate work at Tulane
University.
An ear, eye, nose and throat specialist, he began the practice of medicine 50
years ago and had lived in Pulaski for the past 40 years. He retired from active
practice about four years ago. He had served as president of the Tennessee
Medical Association and as a member of the Tennessee Board of Examiners for
Physicians.
Dr. Hulme was a member of First Methodist Church and was a veteran of World War
I, having served with the U. S. Army Medical Corps.
He was married 45 years ago to Miss Juan Short of Franklin. She died August 24,
1954.
Survivors include two daughters, Miss Elizabeth Hulme and Mrs. J. P. Colvin of
Pulaski, Mrs. J. J. Foley, Jr., of Nashville and Mrs. Jack A. Nants of Orlando,
Fla.; a son, George C. Hulme of Nashville; three sisters, Miss May Hulme and
Mrs. Walter Hadley, both of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and six grandchildren.
HULSEY, Joseph Arthur The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1969
Joseph Arthur Hulsey, 78, died Monday afternoon, February 24, at the home of his
son in Leoma.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, February 26, at 2 o'clock in the
Bonnertown Baptist Church, with the Rev. Raymond Hurn officiating. Burial was in
the Bonnertown Cemetery.
A native of Paulding County, Georgia, Mr. Hulsey was born April 27, 1890, the
son of the late Thomas and Martha Locklayer Hulsey. He was a resident of Athens,
Ala.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Roxie Bobo Hulsey, Athens, Ala.; three sons, W.
H. Hulsey and Travis Hulsey, both of Ocala, Fla., and T. J. Hulsey, Leoma; four
daughters, Mrs. Berma McGill, Minor Hill, Mrs. Jewel Sandlin and Mrs. Bonnie Mae
Cates, both of Lexington, Ala., and Mrs. Millime Mosley, Ocala, Fla.; one
brother, Homer Hulsey, Athens, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Nancy Bailey, Pulaski;
nineteen grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HUMPHREY, Ed The Pulaski Citizen 15 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Ed Humphrey, retired farmer of the Twelfth Civil District,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Henry Cortner, pastor of Berea Methodist Church, and
the Rev. J. C. Elkins, a former pastor. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Humphrey who had been in declining health, died at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning, December 14, in Giles County Hospital.
Born January 20, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James E.
Humphrey and Mary Byers Humphrey. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Humphrey is survived by his wife, Mrs. Reba Holt Humphrey; one son, Billy
Holt Humphrey, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs. Ed Hardy, Pulaski, and Mrs. J. E.
Douglass, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HUMPHREY, Grady Holt The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Prayer services for Grady Holt Humphrey, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy H.
Humphrey, were held at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon in Maplewood Cemetery, with
the Rev. J. C. Williams officiating. The child, born Friday, January 22, died
early Sunday morning.
HUMPHREY, Reba Holt The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1968
Mrs. Reba Holt Humphrey, 74, died Monday morning at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Humphrey, wife of the late Edd Humphrey, were held
Tuesday, February 27, at 2:30 p. m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with her pastor, Rev. Henry Cortner, pastor of Campbellsville Methodist Church,
and Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Humphrey was born May 1, 1893, the daughter of
the late John F. and Laura Sue Gilliam Holt.
Survivors include one son, Billy Humphrey; and one grandson, Rex Humphrey, both
of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HUNTER, Claiborne The Pulaski Citizen 17 Mar 1965
Claiborne Hunter, 52, Tennessee State food inspector, and former Giles Countian,
died at his home in Verona, Tenn., at 3 a. m. Wednesday of a heart attack.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. at Verona Methodist Church,
with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg. The body is at London Funeral Home,
Lewisburg.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. A. W. Hunter of Lewisburg and
the late Mr. Hunter. He had lived most of his life in Lynnville.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife the former Miss Martha
Hunter, two sisters, Mrs. Paul Lowe and Mrs. Elmo Fitzgerald, Lewisburg, Mrs.
Tom Pollock, Pulaski; two brothers, Raymond Hunter, Nashville, Collier Hunter,
Lewisburg.
HUNTER, Edward H. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Apr 1964
Edward H. Hunter, 38, Nashville resident, died unexpectedly early Monday
morning, March 30, at a Nashville hospital. Funeral services took place at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning at Bracey-Welch Funeral Home with the burial in
Woodlawn Memorial Park in that city.
Mr. Hunter is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nell Mitchell Hunter, native of Giles
County; three sons, Mike, Stanley, and Carl Hunter, Nashville; one brother,
George Hunter, Dayton, Ohio; and his mother, Mrs. Edward T. Hunter, Palmetto,
Fla.
HUNTER, Forrest Lafayette The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
Dr. Forrest Lafayette Hunter, prominent Pulaski chiropractor, died at 12:55 a.
m. Friday, May 13, at Giles County Hospital where he had been a patient for more
than a week due to injuries received in a fall at his home on Sunday, May 1. He
had been in ill health since suffering a stroke in October, 1958.
A native of Pike County, Mo., Dr. Hunter was born March 25, 1886, and came to
Pulaski thirty-five years ago. He was the son of the late John William and
Martha Ann Ames Hunter and was married to the former Miss Annie Lee Abernathy of
Pulaski, who survives.
He was a Baptist and a member of the Pulaski Elks Club.
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. William H. Moss and Dr. William H. Mansfield
officiating. The Rev. Erwin P. Anderson of Nashville, uncle of Mrs. Hunter,
conducted graveside services in Maplewood Cemetery.
Other survivors are three sisters, Mrs. Arthur L. Patton of Dallas, Texas; Mrs.
Steve Smith and Mrs. W. I. Reed, both of Princeton, Miss.; and one brother, Will
H. Hunter of Perryville, Miss.
Pallbearers were J. Edward Roe, Robert Smith, Jack Abernathy, Sr., Ralph Nall,
Dr. Andrew M. Ballentine, Robert E. Curry, Byron Eslick, Robert Fautt, and John
B. McClure.
HUNTER, Kitty Smithson The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Kitty Hunter, 78, were conducted Thursday morning,
December 1, at the First Methodist Church in Lewisburg, at 10:30 o'clock with
the Rev. Dallas Bass officiating. Burial was in Lone Oak Cemetery.
Mrs. Hunter died Tuesday afternoon, November 29, in Giles County Hospital. She
was born January 7, 1888, the daughter of the late James B. and Lizzie Walker
Smithson.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Tom Pollock, Mrs. Elmo Fitzgerald, and
Mrs. Paul Lorne of Lewisburg; one son, Collier Hunter, Lewisburg; seven
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Edmundson, and Mrs. Maggie Camper of
Nashville.
HUNTER, Raymond James The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Raymond James Hunter, 56, postal superintendent in
Nashville, were held Tuesday at Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ, with Mack
Wayne Craig and Leonard R. Owens, Church of Christ ministers, officiating.
Burial took place in Lone Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg. Mr. Hunter died Sunday,
September 5, in Vanderbilt Hospital after an extended illness.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Kitty Mae Smithson Hunter,
Lewisburg and the late Allen W. Hunter. He was a member of the Charlotte Avenue
Church of Christ. He attended University of Tennessee and has been affiliated
with the U. S. Post Office in Nashville since returning from the U. S. Air Force
following World War II.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Hunter is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maxine Poole
Hunter; two daughters, Miss Jane Hunter and Miss Janice Hunter, Nashville; three
sisters, Mrs. Tom Pollock, Pulaski, Mrs. Elmo Fitzgerald and Mrs. Paul Lowe,
both of Lewisburg; and one brother, Collie Hunter, Lewisburg.
HUNTER, R. L. "Bob" The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1960
R. L. "Bob" Hunter, 68, senior member of the Hunter-Smith Furniture Store in
Pulaski and other stores in the surrounding area, died Sunday in the Maury
County Hospital of a heart ailment.
Funeral services were held Monday at the West Seventh Street Church of Christ in
Columbia. Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Columbia.
A lifelong resident of Maury County, Mr. Hunter was a son of the late John M.
and Alice Hayes Hunter. He received his education in public schools at Columbia
and had been a leading citizen of the community for many years. He was a member
of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Media Allen Hunter; six brothers, Webb and H.
H. Hunter of Decatur, Ala.; Hayes, Allie and Willis A. Hunter, Sr., Columbia;
Grady Hunter, Sumiton, Ala; and a sister, Mrs. Malcolm Underwood, Columbia.
HUNTER, Thomas Wayne The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1966
Thomas Wayne Hunter, 16, was killed Sunday night, August 14, on Minor Hill
Highway only a short distance from his home on Morgan Street in Harwell Heights
when the motorcycle he was riding was struck from behind by an automobile.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Billy Craighead and the Rev. J. C. Elkins officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery...
Born August 2, 1950, in Sumner County, the victim was the son of Thomas Harold
Hunter, personnel manager for Genesco's Pulaski plant, and Lillian Robinson
Hunter. He was a member of First Methodist Church and an active Boy Scout,
having attained the rating of Life Scout. He completed the tenth grade at Giles
County High School last term.
Survivors, besides his parents include a sister, Mrs. Linda Graves of Ashland
City; two brothers, Robert T. (Bobby) and James R. (Randy), both of Pulaski; his
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Olie F. Hunter of Bethpage; and his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Velma J. Robinson of Bethpage.
HUSKEY, Maggie Fogg The Pulaski Citizen 22 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Fogg Huskey, 73, native Giles Countian, were
held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at London Funeral in Lewisburg, with burial
in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski. Mrs. Huskey died on Tuesday, August 14, at her
home in Lewisburg after a long illness.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Harry P. Fogg
and Betty Shores Fogg. She was a member of the Methodist Church in Lewisburg.
Former residents of Pulaski, Mr. and Mrs. Fogg had moved to Lewisburg
approximately twenty-three years ago.
Mrs. Huskey is survived by her husband, V. R. Huskey, and two brothers, Porter
Fogg and Spencer Fogg, both of Pulaski.
HUSKEY, Victor Roland The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1967
Victor Roland Huskey, 82, retired mechanic, died Saturday, February 18, in
Gordon Hospital at Lewisburg.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dallas Bass of Lewisburg officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Huskey was a native of North Carolina, born November 7, 1894. He was a
member of the Methodist Church. His wife was the late Maggie Fogg Huskey.
Survivors include a niece, Mrs. John A. Kerr, of Pulaski, and several nieces and
nephews of Huntsville, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HUTTON, John Henry The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jul 1965
Funeral services for John Henry Hutton, 70, retired farmer of the Choates Creek
section and veteran of World War I, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home in Pulaski with North Funeral Home in
Lawrenceburg in charge of arrangements. Burial took place in Giles Memory
Gardens at Pulaski. Mr. Hutton who had been a patient three weeks in Veterans
Hospital, Nashville, died Saturday morning, July 24, at the home of his son,
Emmett Hutton, in Nashville, four days after leaving the hospital.
Born March 22, 1895, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jesse Hutton
and Ellen Woodard Hutton. He was a member of Center Primitive Baptist Church in
Lawrence County.
Mr. Hutton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Viola Garrett Hutton; two sons, Emmett,
Nashville, and Warner Hutton, USN, presently stationed in California; one
daughter, Mrs. Catherine Britton, Giles County; ten grandchildren; and two
sisters, Mrs. Willie Burks, Pulaski, and Mrs. Leonard Goats, Columbia.
HUTTON, Lonnie Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 22 Apr 1964
Lonnie Franklin Hutton, 33, radio repairman with the Tennessee Highway Patrol in
Chattanooga and a former resident of Giles County, was buried today (Wednersday)
in Lawrence County. He was found shot to death Monday in the highway patrol
dormitory in Chattanooga, an apparent suicide victim.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. at Highland Park Baptist Church in
Lawrenceburg, with burial in Gum Springs Cemetery.
Deputy Hamilton County Coroner Dick Hutsell said the gunshot wound Hutton died
of apparently was self-inflicted.
Hutton had been employed by the Tennessee Highway Patrol about five years.
Before being transferred to Chattanooga three months ago, he was dispatcher in
the Lawrenceburg office for about four and a half years. He was a former
Lawrenceburg policeman, and was once employed for a short time by radio station
WKSR in Pulaski.
He was a native of Louisville, Ky. Hutton served in the U. S. Air Force during
World War II. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Virginia Whitaker Hutton; a son, Dennis
Hutton; a daughter, Donna Hutton, Lawrenceburg; parents, Mr.and Mrs. J. H.
Hutton, Route 5, Lawrenceburg; two brothers, Emmett Hutton, Nashville, and
Warner Hutton, California; and a sister, Mrs. Catherine Britton, Pulaski.
HUTTON, Lucy McDonald The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1968
Mrs. Lucy Hutton, 95, of the Blooming Grove Community, died Sunday, January 28,
in Lawrenceburg Sanitarium.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hutton were held Monday, January 29, at 2 p. m. in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Dr. W. H. Mansfield, officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Maury County, she was the daughter of the late John King and Martha
Elizabeth Rankin McDonald. Her husband was the late John T. Hutton, who died in
1952.
Mrs. Hutton was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Tennie Stovall, Aspen Hill, and Mrs. D. B.
Watson, Louisville, Ky.; two sons, John B. Hutton, Pulaski, and E. T. Hutton,
Athens, Ala.; thirty grandchildren; and forty-two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HYATT, Herbert Ozro The Pulaski Citizen 23 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Herbert Ozro Hyatt, 70, retired farmer and church leader,
were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at First Baptist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor, and the Rev. Robert Earl Wilsford, Baptist
missionary. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Hyatt who had a heart
ailment, died unexpectedly Wednesday evening, October 16, in Giles County
Hospital.
A native of Giles County, he was born July 31, 1893, the son of Mrs. Mary Pate
Hyatt and the late J. Lafayette Hyatt. He was a veteran of World War I, and had
been an active member of the First Baptist Church, having served in various
capacities of the church.
In addition to his mother who lives at Pulaski, Mr. Hyatt is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Eunice Johns Hyatt; one son, Herbert L. Hyatt, Pulaski; one daughter,
Mrs. James Parker, Pulaski; one grandchild; four sisters, Mrs. Porter Fogg, Mrs.
Leonard Malone, Mrs. Cecil Derryberry and Mrs. J. D. Fulton, Pulaski; and two
brothers, John T. Hyatt, Nashville, and Allen Brown Hyatt, Ontario, Calif.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HYATT, John Thomas The Pulaski Citizen The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jul 1966
Funeral services for John Thomas Hyatt, 68, retired Nashville grocer, were held
at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with
the rites conducted by the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart, pastor of First Baptist
Church in Pulaski and Andrew Brown, minister of Second Street Church of Christ,
Pulaski. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Hyatt
died Friday morning, July 1, in Giles County Hospital after an extended period
of declining health.
Born September 6, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John
Lafayette Hyatt and Mary Pate Hyatt. He was engaged in farming in Giles County
for many years, later going to Nashville where he owned a grocery in Woodbine
for a number of years. He was a member of the Baptist Church and was a Mason.
Masons served as pall bearers.
Mr. Hyatt is survived by one son, Jack Hyatt, Huntsville, Ala.; one daughter,
Mrs. Anna Laura Darnell Puryear; two grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Sue Fogg,
Mrs. J. L. Malone, Mrs. Elizabeth Vandiver and Mrs. Louise Derryberry, all of
Pulaski; and one brother, Allen Brown Hyatt, Upland, Calif.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HYATT, Mae Holly Pardue The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1960
Mrs. Mae Holly Pardue Hyatt, 52, wife of John T. Hyatt, died of a heart attack
at 5 o'clock Friday morning, August 5, at the home on Glenrose Drive, Nashville,
where they had made their home for several years.
Prayer services were held at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning at Woodbine Funeral
Home, followed by funeral services in Pulaski at 3 o'clock that afternoon at
First Baptist Church.
The Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiated at the latter
service with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Barnwell, S. C., she was a member of the Baptist Church. Her first
marriage was to Ray Pardue who was killed in a car-train wreck a number of years
ago.
Mrs. Hyatt, a resident of Giles County for a number of years, is survived by her
husband, John T. Hyatt, merchant of the Woodbine area, Nashville; one son, Jack
Hyatt, Huntsville, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. James Darnell, Paris, Tenn.; and two
grandchildren, Huntsville.
HYATT, Mary Elizabeth Pate The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Pate Hyatt, 89, widow of J. L. Hyatt,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites
were conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and
the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place
in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Hyatt died on Tuesday morning,
November 12, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Porter Fogg, where she had resided
for some time.
Born December 3, 1873, in Morgan County, Ala., she was the daughter of the late
William Pate and Elizabeth Kent Pate. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Her husband, John Lafayette (Fate) Hyatt, died seven years ago.
Mrs. Hyatt is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Fogg, Mrs. Leonard Malone, Mrs.
Cecil Derryberry and Mrs. J. D. Fulton, all of Pulaski; two sons, John T. Hyatt,
Nashville, and Allen Brown Hyatt, Ontario, Calif.; and nine grandchildren and
eleven great-grandchildren.
Her son, Herbert Ozro Hyatt, died October 16, this year.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
HYATT, Randall The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1967
Randall Hyatt, 18, of Louisville, Ky., grandson of Mrs. Alma Hyatt of Pulaski
and the late Howard Hyatt, was killed Sunday, April 30, in a one-car accident
near his home. He was the son of Homer Hyatt, a former Pulaski resident, and
Mrs. Roberta Martin Hyatt.
Funeral services and burial were to be held in Louisville today (Wednesday).
Young Hyatt was scheduled to graduate from high school in June and had planned
to enter services with the U. S. Navy. No details of the fatal accident were
available.
In addition to his parents and paternal grandmother, he is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. Nancy Johnson and Misses Sheila and Cathy Hyatt, all of
Louisville; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Martin of
Louisville.
HYDE, Minnie Olivia The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Miss Minnie Olivia Hyde, who died Friday, July 8, in
Lewisburg, were held Saturday at Cornersville Methodist Church with the burial
in Beechwood Cemetery. She was a member of the Methodist Church and was a native
of Giles County.
Miss Hyde is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Sammie Chunn and Mrs. Jewel Bowers,
Cornersville, Mrs. Roy Fowler, Lynnville, and Mrs. Mattie Chunn, Lewisburg; and
one brother, Joe Hyde, Lynnville.
HYDE, Rudolph Martin The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Rudolph Martin Hyde, 73, died Monday, July 17, in Lawrence County Hospital.
Services were conducted Wednesday, July 19, at 2:00 p. m., at Freeman Funeral
Home, with burial in Mimosa Cemetery in Lawrenceburg.
Mr. Hyde, a native of Chicago, Ill., was born December 4, 1893, the son of the
late Frank and Christine Hyde.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Joanne Rayfield, Tullahoma, and Mrs. Peggy
Lumpkins, Torrence, Calif.; seven sons, Alvin and Malvin, both of Torrence,
Calif., Calvin and Robert C., both of Lawrenceburg, Leroy, Chicago, Ill., Frank
and Rudolph Hyde, Jr., U. S. Navy; seventeen grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs.
Alice Ohischlanger, Santa Anna, Calif.; Mrs. TerrinA. Reading, New Jersey, Mrs.
Dorothy Smith, and Mrs. Virginia Belline, both of Chicago.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
INGRAM, Esther Florence McCormack The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
Mrs. Esther Florence Ingram, died Thursday, March 28, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ingram, wife of George Ingram, was held Friday
afternoon, March 29, at 3 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with
the Revs. Mack Pinkelton, Norman Coke and Henry Cortner officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Ingram was born March 17, 1889, the daughter of
the late Richard Jackson and Lula Murray McCormack.
Survivors include her husband, George Ingram; three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Wright,
Louisville, Ky., Mrs. P. D. Cardin and Mrs. Ollie Hefley, Giles County; one
brother, Bill McCormick, Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
INGRAM, Nancy Pearl Smith The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Pearl Young Ingram, 89, will be conducted
Thursday afternoon, August 10, at 2 o'clock, in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the Rev. J. C. Elkins and the Rev. Pink Griggs officiating.
Burial will be in Beech Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Ingram, died Tuesday, August 8, at Giles County Hospital, she was born,
April 27, 1878, the daughter of the late William and Nancy Smith. Her husband,
Pink Ingram, died several years ago.
Survivors include three daughters, Miss Evelyn Young, Pulaski, Mrs. Tom Clift,
Cornersville, and Mrs. Quinton Hooper, Orange City, Fla.; and two grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
INGRAM, Orleana Pearl The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Orleana Pearl Ingram, 84, will be conducted Thursday
afternoon November 10, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating.
Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Ingram died Tuesday afternoon, November 8, in Giles County Hospital
following an extended illness.
She was born November 3, 1882, in Lincoln County, the daughter of the late Tom
and Martha Gunter McAfee. Her husband, the late Newt Ingram, died several years
ago.
Survivors include one brother, Miller McAfee, Frankewing; two sisters, Mrs.
Eliza Winton, Pulaski, and Mrs. Willie Smith, Dallas, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
INGRUM, Mrs. Marguerite Louise Connell The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Marguerite Louise Connell Ingrum, 88, widow of
McDonald Gideon Ingrum, were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield and the Rev. W. H. Moss,
Methodist ministers. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Ingrum died Sunday afternoon, March 13, at her home on East Jefferson
Street, after a long illness.
Born November 30, 1871, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
Matthew Franklin Connell and Suzannah Elizabeth Eason Connell. Her husband, a
school teacher, died in 1923. She was a member of First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Ingrum is survived by three sons, Fred Ingrum and Ben Ingrum, Pulaski,
Matthew F. Ingrum, Memphis; two daughters, Mrs. J. B. Whitmire, Sr., Decatur,
Ala., and Miss Lynn Ingrum, Pulaski; three step-daughters, Mrs. Ethel I. Holt,
Pulaski, and Mrs. W. J. Weaver and Mrs. F. E. Warren, both of Birmingham, Ala.;
and twenty grandchildren, thirty-eight great-grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
INMAN, John Meadow The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1960 and 14 Dec 1960
Funeral services for John Meadow Inman, 55, farmer of the Lynnville section,
were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Liberty Hill Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Mr. Bunt. Burial took place in
Rose Hill Cemetery in the 19th District.
Mr. Inman died of a heart attack late Monday afternoon, December 5, while
fighting a brush fire on the property of a neighbor. Mr. Inman was one of
approximately 50 volunteers that fought a blaze on the property of Mrs. Bob
Witt, one mile north of the community of Waco. The fire was out of control about
an hour.
A native of Giles County, he was born April 16, 1905, the son of the late Joe
Inman and Sallie Rose Inman.
Mr. Inman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Levonia Carpenter Inman; two sons,
Robert Inman, Lynnville, and J. W. Inman, Florida; two daughters, Miss Berlie
Mae Inman, Lynnville,
and Mrs. John Casteel, Athens, Ala.; and four grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
INMAN, Mary Etta Rosson The Pulaski Citizen 23 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Etta Inman, 93, who died at her home in the Wales
Community, on Thursday, November 17, were conducted on Friday, November 18 in
the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Inman was born on October 17, 1873, in Giles County, the daughter of the
late James J. Rosson and Lettie Stafford Rosson.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. E. T. Waters, Mrs. T. E. Walls, of Wales,
Mrs. Mamie Adams, Columbia, and Mrs. H. K. Gilliam, Lynnville; one son, John M.
Clifton, Pulaski; nine grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren; one brother,
Charles W. Rosson, of Vernon, Texas.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
IZARD, Thomas C. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Dr. Thomas C. Izard, 76, former headmaster of Massey School in Pulaski, died on
July 21, at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, after a long illness.
Graveside services were held at Athens Cemetery at Athens, Ala., at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon.
Born at Forest City, Ark., he had taught for a span of thirty years, including
positions in Alabama and Tennessee, entering into professorships with Brooklyn
College, and later with Columbia University.
He was a professor, summer school instructor, and author.
Dr. Izard is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Pettus Izard, native of Athens,
Ala.; one son, Dr. Mark W. Izard, Hartford, Conn.; and two grandchildren.
JACKSON, Annie Leo Harrison The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1967
Mrs. Annie Leo Jackson, 76, prominent resident of Lester, Ala., died Saturday,
Feb.11, at Athens-Limestone County (Ala.) Hospital as the result of burns
received in an accident at her home on the previous Wednesday.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Hester's Chapel
Church of Christ, of which she was a member. E. F. Bullington, minister of the
Church, and Burl Grubbs of Athens officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Jackson suffered third degree burns over seventy-five percent of her body
when her clothing caught fire from a gas heater at 8:30 a.m., according to a
member of the family. A granddaughter who lives in the same house was able to
extinguish the flames.
A daughter of the late William and Mollie Arthur Harrison, she was born March 3,
1890, in Limestone County. Her husband, James Andrew (Annas) Jackson, died in
October, 1955. Mrs. Jackson is survived by two sons, Lester and Walton, both of
Lester; two sisters, Mrs. John Browning of Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Lorene White
of Lester; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Another son, Dr.
D. E. Jackson, of Lester, died in July, 1966.
JACKSON, Benton and Billy Gene TOWNSEND The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1960
Double funeral services will be conducted tomorrow, July 21, at 2:30 p.m. at
Minor Hill Church of Christ for brothers-in-law who died from injuries received
in an automobile accident last night near Marietta, Ga.
The victims, Benton Jackson, 30, and Billy Gene Townsend, 33, were natives of
Giles County. Details of the accident could not be obtained today, but Jackson's
father, Cecil Jackson, of Pulaski, said the car in which the men were riding was
struck by a large trailer truck. Townsend was killed instantly and Jackson died
early today.
Jackson and his family had resided for about four years in Atlanta, where he did
carpentry work. Townsend's home was in Limestone County, ala. near Salem, and he
had gone to Georgia seeking employment, friends and family stated. Tonnie Davis
of Athens, Ala. will conduct the funeral service for Townsend, and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton of Pulaski will conduct the services for Jackson.
Jackson is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jackson of Pulaski; his
wife, Esterlene Townsend Jackson, who is a sister of the other victim; a son,
Richard; a daughter, Beverly Ann; two brothers, Clay Jackson of Nashville and
Thomas Jackson of the U. S. Air Force in Germany; two sisters, Mrs. Mae Marine
Harwell of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Pauline Owen of Giles County.
Townsend is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Townsend of Minor Hill;
his wife, Jean Alsup Townsend; seven children; three brothers, Howard and Paul
Townsend both of Minor Hill; and Ernest Townsend of Appleton; two sisters, Mrs.
Jackson and Mrs. Ruel Felker both of Atlanta.
JACKSON, Brockton Wright The Pulaski Citizen 9 May 1962
Funeral services for Brockton Wright Jackson, 50, who died Friday, May 4, at
Giles County Hospital following a heart attack, were conducted at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday at Minor Hill Church of Christ with burial in Hester Cemetery. Ed Harper
officiated, and Bennett-May Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
A native of Giles County, Jackson was the son of R R. Jackson and the late Mrs
Emma Lee Wright Jackson. He had operated Jackson Feed Mill and Cotton Gin at
Minor Hill for many years. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Doyle Jackson; four sons, William D.,
Charles Albert and Tommy of Minor Hill, and Robert F., of Cleveland, Ohio; two
daughters, Mrs. David Hagood and Miss Charlotte Jackson of Minor Hill; two
sisters, Mrs. Parmenas Cox of Pulaski and Mrs. Cleatos Hagood of Tullahoma; four
brothers, Ross, Stonewall, Dewitt and Jerry Jackson, all of Minor Hill; and six
grandchildren.
JACKSON, Cora McKinney The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora McKinney Jackson, 83, resident of Madison, Ala.,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, Church of Christ minister. Burial took
place in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Jackson died on Thursday, February 4, in
Giles County Hospital.
Born November 30, 1881, in Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Jack
McKinney and Louvina Browning McKinney. Her husband, Madden Jackson, died in
March, 1947.
Mrs. Jackson is survived by two sons, Luster Jackson, Madison, Ala., and Curtis
Jackson, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Herman Townsend, Athens, Ala.; five
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and one sister, Mrs. Mattie Hardeman,
Sheffield, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, Curtis The Pulaski Citizen 5 May 1965
Funeral services for Curtis Jackson, 50, employee of a termite company, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
James Merritt of Athens, Ala., Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in
Pleasant H ill Cemetery at Stella.
Mr. Jackson died Monday morning, May 3, at his home on Rackley Drive.
Born January 29, 1915, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Madden
Jackson and Cora McKinney Jackson. His mother died February 4.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jewel Hall Jackson; one son, Jackie
Jackson; one daughter, Pamela Jackson; one sister, Mrs. Herman Townsend, Athens,
Ala.; and one brother, Luster Jackson, Madison, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, Cynthia Nolley The Pulaski Citizen 13 Aug 1969
Mrs. Cynthia Jackson, 79, died Friday, August 8, in her home in Lawrenceburg.
Graveside services were conducted Saturday afternoon, August 9, at Fall River
Cemetery, with the Rev. James Stallings officiating.
She was born July 5, 1890. There are no immediate survivors.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, Dallas Fletcher The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jun 1968
Dallas Fletcher Jackson, 86, resident of the Minor Hill community, died Sunday,
June 2, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Jackson, a retired farmer, were held Monday afternoon ,
June 3, at Puncheon Church of Christ with Paul McKissack, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Noblit Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Jackson was born August 22, 1881, the son of the
late Thomas and Mary Jackson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Josie Jackson, Minor Hill; three daughters,
Mrs. Donald Fox, Miss Katherine Jackson, both of Giles County, Mrs. Chuck
Durham, Alabama; one sister, Mrs. John Davis, Minor Hill; one brother, Cecil
Jackson, Pulaski; and five grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
JACKSON, David Eldridge The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Dr. David Eldridge Jackson, 55, well-known physician and owner of the Jackson
Clinic at Lester, Ala., died unexpectedly of a heart attack at St. Thomas
Hospital in Nashville, Saturday morning, July 16.
Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon at Hester's Capel
Church of Christ, of which he was a member, and burial was in the church
cemetery. Burl Grubbs and E. F. Bullington were the officiating ministers.
Dr. Jackson had been hospitalized for several days early this month in a Memphis
Hospital and had entered St. Thomas on July 10 in preparation for surgery.
A native of Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of Mrs. Leo Harrison Jackson
of Lester and the late James Andrew Jackson. He was born Feb. 2, 1911.
He was graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis,
and in July, 1940, opened the rural hospital at Lester which has served many
thousands of patients from North Alabama and southern Giles County. Only two
weeks ago it was announced that he would build a large, modern hospital to
replace the clinic now in use.
Dr. Jackson was a member of the Town Council and president of the Lester Credit
Union.
He was a member of the Tennessee, Alabama, and American Academy of General
Practice, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, the Washington
Institute of Medicine and the American Geriatrics Society.
He was married to the former Miss Evelyn Christopher, who survives. Other
survivors include two brothers, Lester and Walton Jackson, both of Lester.
JACKSON, Henry The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Henry Jackson, 82, retired farmer of the Third Civil
District, were held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at Pleasant Hill Church at
Stella with the burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr. Jackson died at 3:45
o'clock Friday morning, November 29, at his home.
Born April 24, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joseph C.
Jackson and Eunice Alsup Jackson. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Julie Stovall Jackson; one daughter,
Miss Christine Jackson, Stella; one brother, Tom Jackson, Athens, Ala.; and one
sister, Mrs. Rosa Tennison, Limestone County, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, John William The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1963
Funeral services for John Leonard Jackson, 77, retired farmer were held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Bob
Brothers, pastor. Burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr. Jackson died at
his home in the Goodsprings section on Wednesday, August 7.
Born January 8, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jeff Jackson
and Mary Durham Jackson. He was a member of the Baptist Church. His wife, Mrs.
Lena Mae Shelton Jackson, died a few years ago.
Mr. Jackson is survived by two sons, Roy Jackson and Paul Jackson, both of Minor
Hill; two daughters, Mrs. Parmalee Ott and Mrs. Jess Bruggen Smith, both of
Louisville, Ky.; five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren; three
brothers, Cecil Jackson, Pulaski, Dallas Jackson, Minor Hill and Emmett Jackson,
Goodsprings; one sister, Mrs. John Davis, Minor Hill. Bennett May Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, Lena May Shelton The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena May Shelton Jackson, 67, Minor Hill resident,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Bob Brothers, pastor of the church. Burial took place in
Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Jackson, who has been in failing health, died at 7:45
o'clock Monday night February 6, at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Limestone County, Ala., she was born August 22, 1893, the daughter
of the late Benton Shelton and Mary Ann Davis Shelton. She was a member of Minor
Hill Baptist Church.
Mrs. Jackson is survived by her husband, Leonard Jackson; two daughters, Mrs.
John Ott and Mrs. Paul Bruggen Smith, both of Louisville, Ky.; two sons Roy
Jackson and Paul Jackson, both of Minor Hill; five grandchildren and one great
grandchild; seven sisters, Mrs. Raymond Mankins and Mrs. Jack Mankins, Minor
Hill, Mrs. Cecil Jackson and Mrs. Brown Belew, Pulaski, Mrs. Earl Cole and Mrs.
Myrtle Shelton, Nashville, and Mrs. Grady Belew, Taylor, Mich.; and one brother,
Vaudie Shelton, Lake Hamilton, Fla.
Bennett May and Company in Charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, Lura Ellen Haney The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Lura Ellen Jackson, 88, were conducted at 2:00 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at Freemon Funeral Home, with burial in Mimosa Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was a Baptist, and the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Presley Haney.
She is survived by two sons, Dr. D. E. Jackson, Lawrenceburg, Dr. J. E. Jackson,
Loretto; two daughters, Mrs. Hershel Hester and Mrs. Roy Malone, both of
Nashville; four brothers, Edward, Everett, Herschel, and Charlie Haney of Minor
Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Lee Farris, Minor Hill and Mrs. Mamie Howard, Pulaski;
three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
JACKSON, Neely Frank The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Neely Frank Jackson, 60, farmer of the Minor Hill
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home with the burial in Mimosa Cemetery in Lawrenceburg. Mr. Jackson
died Thursday, June 30, in a Nashville hospital.
Born January 29, 1906, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Lura Haney
Jackson and the late J. D. Jackson.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Jackson is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Rachel
Michaels; two brothers, Dr. C. E. Jackson and Dr. J. E. Jackson, both of
Lawrenceburg; two sisters, Mrs. Roy Malone and Mrs. Herschel Hester, both of
Nashville; and three grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, Ora Mae Jones The Pulaski Citizen 23 Oct 1963
Mrs. Roy G. Jackson, Sr., 73, resident of Louisville, Ky., for the past
thirty-eight years, died at 2:15 Friday morning at a Louisville hospital.
Funeral services took place at one o'clock on Monday afternoon at Oakdale
Methodist Church with the burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Louisville.
Daughter of the late Joe Jones and Tennie Jordan Jones, she was the former Miss
Ora Mae Jones, born and reared at Minor Hill in Giles County.
Mrs. Jackson was a member of Oakdale Methodist Church and of the Lousville and
Nashville Golden Age Club.
Mrs. Jackson is survived by her husband, Roy G. Jackson, Sr., also a native
Giles Countian; two daughters, Mrs. Ola Mae Campbell and Mrs. Katherine Lusk;
one son, Roy G. Jackson, Jr., Louisville; ten grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. L. M. Brownlow, Minor Hill.
JACKSON, Raymond Robert The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Raymond Robert Jackson, 76, retired Minor Hill merchant,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Ed Harper, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in
Hester Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Jackson died at 11 o'clock Friday night, October 22,
at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Parmenas Cox, in Pulaski. Born October 4, 1889,
at Lester in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late J. S. Jackson
and Lydia Jane Ridgeway Jackson. His wife, Mrs. Emma Lee Wright Jackson, died
November 18, 1955.
In addition to Mrs. Cox, Mr. Jackson is surived by another daughter, Mrs.
Cleatos Hagood, Tullahoma; four sons, Ross Jackson, Stonewall Jackson, Sr.,
DeWitt Jackson, and Jerry Jackson, all of Minor Hill; nineteen grandchildren and
ten great-grandchildren; and one brother, Charlie Jackson, Detroit, Mich.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, Roy Edmundson The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Roy Edmundson Jackson, 50, Minor Hill farmer and school bus
driver, were held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. James Pollard, conducted by the Rev. James
Pollard, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr.
Jackson died Monday morning, February 10, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
Born June 1, 1913, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Leonard Jackson
and Lena Shelton Jackson.
Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Opal Ziegler Jackson; two sons, R. B.
Jackson, Lexington, Ky., and James L. Jackson, U. S. Army, stationed in Okinawa;
two grandchildren; one brother, Paul Jackson, Minor Hill; and two sisters, Mrs.
John Ott and Mrs. Paul Burggensmith, both of Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, Smith The Pulaski Citizen 1 May 1963
Sgt. Smith Jackson, 65, a 16-year veteran of the Pulaski police force, died at 1
a. m. today
(Wednesday) at Giles County Hospital, following a heart attack at his home at
403 East College Street.
Services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Tommy
Vernon officiating. The place of burial hasn't been decided. His fellow
policemen will serve as pall-bearers.
St. Jackson was rushed to the hospital shortly after midnight. He had been on
leave from the Police Department since February 17, when he was severely injured
in a traffic accident around the courthouse square.
He was a member of the Church of Christ, and a native of Giles County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Iva Rena Kincaid; two sons, James Clay Jackson,
Tullahoma, and Joe Smith Jackson, Bradenton, Fla.; five daughters, Mrs. Anna
Russell Williams, Mobile, Ala., Mrs. Mary Todd Franklin, Sparta, Mrs. Norma Lee
Tidwell, Cartersville, Ga., Mrs. James Harvey, Santa Suzana, Calif., and Mrs.
Barbara Ann Bledsoe, Pulaski; a brother, Bud Jackson, Minor Hill; 13
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
JACKSON, Thomas Andrew The Pulaski Citizen 18 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Thomas Andrew Jackson, 82, Minor Hill retired farmer, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Bob Brothers, pastor. Burial took place in the Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr.
Jackson, a bachelor, died Thursday, March 12, at the home of a great niece, Mrs.
Clifford Davis, at Appleton.
Born October 26, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Samuel
Jackson and Sarah McGill Jackson. He was a member of Minor Hill Baptist Church.
The only survivors are nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, Thomas Emmett The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Thomas Emmett Jackson, 76, Minor Hill retired farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Puncheon Church of Christ with the
burial at Booth Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Jackson died Tuesday, August 4, in Giles
County Hospital after a two weeks illness.
Born September 8, 1887, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jeff Jackson
and Mary Durham Jackson. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Razzie Thompson Jackson; one daughter,
Mrs. Mary Foust, Minor Hill; six grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lela Davis,
Minor Hill; and two brothers, Dallas Jackson, Minor Hill and Cecil Jackson,
Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, Vera Elizabeth Shelton The Pulaski Citizen 27 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Cecil Jackson, 66, Pulaski resident, were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs.
Jackson died unexpectedly Sunday morning, November 24, at the home at Pulaski.
Born January 10, 1897, in Alabama, she was the former Vera Elizabeth Shelton,
daughter of the late Benton and Mary Ann Davis Shelton. She was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Jackson is survived by her husband, Cecil Jackson; two sons, Clay Jackson,
Nashville, and Thomas Jackson, Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Owens,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Maymarine Harwell, Dallas, Texas; eleven grandchildren; five
sisters, Mrs. Raymond Mankins and Mrs. Jack Mankins, Minor Hill, Mrs. Earl Cole,
Nashville, Mrs. Brown Belew, Giles County, and Mrs. Grady Belew, Detroit, Mich.;
and one brother, Vaudie Shelton, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, William A. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Funeral services for William A. Jackson, 74, native Giles Countian, were held at
the Eloise Baptist Church, Eloise, Fla., on Monday afternoon with the burial in
that town. Mr. Jackson died early Saturday morning, December 31, at a hospital
in nearby Winter Haven.
Moving to Eloise in 1943, from Minor Hill, Tenn., he had been employed as a
fruit checker for Snively Groves, Inc., for twelve years, retiring in 1960 due
to ill health.
Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Naomi Berzett Jackson; four daughters;
one son; two step-sons; one sister, Mrs. Lillie White, Athens, Ala.; three
brothers, Raymond Jackson, Minor Hill, Charley Jackson, Detroit, Mich., and
Grady Jackson of Anniston, Ala.; seven grandchildren and five
step-grandchildren.
JACOBS, Mrs. John E. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1968
Services for Mrs. John E. Jacobs, 48, of Murfreesboro, were held Thursday, June
6, at 10 a. m. in the chapel of Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Burial was in Roselawn
Memorial Gardens, Murfreesboro.
Mrs. Jacobs died Tuesday, June 4, in a Nashville hospital.
Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Elaine Spradley, Murfreesboro;
four brothers, Ivan, Hollis and Herbert Wilburn, Nashville; five sisters, Mrs.
Ruby Reed, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Esther Harwell, Dallas, Tex., Mrs. Mary Barnes,
Fayetteville, and Mrs. Wilma Childress and Miss Frances Wilburn, Pulaski, and
two grandchildren.
JAMES, Calvin Rassie The Pulaski Citizen 29 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Calvin Rassie James, 53, retired farmer, were held at 2:30
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Kedron Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the Kedron Community. Mr. James died at
12:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, August 28, at his home at Kedron after an
extended illness.
Born October 16, 1908, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Andrew James
and Mrs. Annie Hardiman James.
Mr. James, a bachelor, is survived by two brothers, Robert James and Roy James,
Kedron; and one half-sister, Mrs. Fred Gilbert, Prospect.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JAMES, Dora Belle The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Miss Dora Belle James, 82, resident of the Lynnville
section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Lynnville Church of Christ,
conducted by Billy Burgess. Burial took place in Elk Ridge Cemetery. Miss James
died Friday midnight, February 16, in a Lewisburg hospital, after a lengthy
illness.
Born November 13, 1879, in the Lynnville Community, she was the daughter of the
late William Newton James and Arrabella Curren James.
Miss James is survived by three brothers, Morgan James, Jim James and Jesse
James, all of Lynnville.
JAMES, Jessie Lee The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1968
Jessie Lee James, 79, died Wednesday, November 27, at Gordon Hospital,
Lewisburg.
Funeral services for Mr. James were held Thursday afternoon, November 28, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Auttae Collins officiating.
Burial was in Elk Ridge Cemetry.
A native of Giles County, Mr. James was born December 3, 1888, the son of the
late William N. and Aravella Curring James.
Survivors include his wife, Leoda Davis James; one son, Jessie Wright James,
Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Fitts, Nashville; seven grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JAMES, Jim Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Jim Jackson James, 74, retired farmer of the Lynnville
section and a single man, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
Lynnville Church of Christ with the burial in Elk Ridge Cemetery, northeast of
Lynnville. Mr. James died at 6 o'clock Tuesday night, March 15, in Umble Nursing
Home in Lewisburg.
Born July 18, 1891, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Newton
James and Arra Bella Currin James.
Mr. James is survived by two brothers, Morgan James and Jesse James, both of
Lynnville; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JAMES, Leoda Davis The Pulaski Citizen 5 Mar 1969
Mrs. Leoda Davis James, 73, died Friday, February 28, in Merihil Nursing Home in
Lewisburg.
Funeral services for Mrs. James, wife of the late Jessie L. James, were held
Sunday afternoon, March 2, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Artie Collins officiating. Burial was in Elk Ridge Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Watt Davis and Sarah
Collins Davis.
Survivors include one son, Jessie Wright James, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Fitts, Nashville; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Clara Woosley, Aurora, Ill., Mrs. Annie Lee Sonns, Huntsville, Ala., and
Mrs. Myrtle James, Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JAMES, Leon E. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Leon E. James, 61, retired rural mail carrier and farmer of
Prospect, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Prospect Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Ralph Langston, Pastor. Burial took place in
Prospect Cemetery. Mr. James died at 11 o'clock Thursday night, October 29, at
Giles County Hospital after an extended illness.
Born June 22, 1903, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Simeon C. James
and Harriett Elizabeth Keaton James. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. James is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sue Wilson James; one daughter, Mrs.
John R. Parker, and one grandson, both of Nashville; two sisters, Mrs. Roy
Simpson, Nashville, and Mrs. Malloy Gilbert, Prospect; and three brothers, R. E.
(Jack) James and Sam K. James, Nashville, and J. S. James, Florence, Ala.
Wilson Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
JAMES, Morgan Monroe The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1968
Morgan Monroe James, 82, died Tuesday morning, October 1, in Lewisburg
Medi-Center.
Funeral services for Mr. James were held Wednesday afternoon, October 2, at 2:30
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Artie Collins
officiating. Burial was in Elkridge Cemetery, near Lynnville.
A native of Giles County, Mr. James was born May 12, 1886, the son of the late
William N. and Aravela Curring James.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Davis James; two sons, Sam and Charlie
James, both of Lynnville; one grandson; and one brother, Jessie James, of
Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JAMES, Ophelia Eubank The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Ophelia Eubank James, 92, life-long resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at New Zion Church of Christ
with the burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. James died Saturday morning,
February 3, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Otis J. Carter at Bethel, following
a long period of declining health.
Born January 21, 1870, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late J. D.
Eubank and Dinecia Hazelwood Eubank. Her husband, John Wesley James, died
January 21, 1935. She was a member of New Zion Church of Christ.
In addition to Mrs. Carter, Mrs. James is survived by another daughter, Mrs.
Harvey Fox of Cedar Grove; one son, Buford James, Prospect; eight grandchildren
and thirteen great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Mamie E. Wilburn,
Prospect.
Wilson Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
JARVIS, Castro The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1966
Castro Jarvis, 58, former resident of Pulaski, and a seed and feed dealer in
Cedartown, Ga., died unexpectedly of a heart attack in the Cedartown hospital at
6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, June 28.
Funeral services will take place at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in First
Methodist Church with the burial in that city.
For a time, Mr. Jarvis was associated with Harold E. Henegar in the creamery
business in Pulaski.
Mr. Jarvis is survived by his wife, the former Miss Nelle McPeters of Pulaski;
one daughter, Miss Rebecca Jarvis, Atlanta, Ga.; and one son, David Jarvis,
Cedartown.
Mr. Jarvis was the son-in-law of Mrs. D. E. McPeters of Pulaski and the late Mr.
McPeters.
JENKINS, Leonard L. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Leonard L. Jenkins, 75, retired farmer of the Woodlawn
section, were held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place at
Jenkins Cemetery at Providence. He died at 10 o'clock Sunday night, March 29,
enroute to Giles County Hospital.
Born April 22, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Wesley
Jenkins and Ella Miles Jenkins. His wife, Mrs. Lizzie Jenkins, died six years
ago.
Mr. Jenkins is survived by three sons, Earl Jenkins, Howard Jenkins and Bill
Jenkins, all of Giles County; one daughter, Mrs. Allene Parker, Dothan, Ala.;
several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; two brothers, Elzie Jenkins,
Tullahoma, and Lige Jenkins, Pulaski; and four sisters, Mrs. A. T. Newton and
Mrs. Bennie Gowan, Pulaski, Mrs. Marvin Sweeney, Cornersville, and Mrs. John
Bartlett, Lewisburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JENKINS, Marion Lambeth The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1960
Marion Lambeth Jenkins, Giles County livestock dealer, died Friday, January 1,
1960, at 4:30 A. M. at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 P. M. Saturday, January 2, at the East Hill
Church of Christ by Andrew Brown and Gilbert Shaffer, Church of Christ
ministers. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery with Pulaski Funeral Home in charge.
A native of the Friendship community, Mr. Jenkins was the son of the late John
Wesley and Henrietta Miles Jenkins. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Jenkins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie Pierce Jenkins; a son, M. L.
Jenkins, Jr.; three daughters, Miss Brownie Jenkins, Mrs. Joe Boaz and Mrs.
Robert Russell, all of Giles County; three brothers, L. L. Jenkins and Lige
Jenkins, both of Giles County, and E. B. Jenkins, Tullahoma; and four sisters,
Mrs. A. T. Newton, Pulaski, Mrs. Bennie Gowan, Giles County, and Mrs. Minnie
Bartell, Lewisburg.
JENKINS, Nancy Sands The Pulaski Citizen 2 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Charlie Jenkins, 86, former resident of Giles County,
were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Floyd Hooker, and the Rev. J. C. Elkins, former pastor. Burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Jenkins died on Saturday, April 28, at the
hospital in Madison, Tenn., following a period of declining health.
The former Miss Nancy Sands, she was born in 1875 in Maury County, the daughter
of the late Thomas Sands and Elizabeth Coffee Sands. Her husband, Charlie
Jenkins, died in 1949. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Jenkins is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ray R. Patton, Madison; four
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Will Pierson and
Mrs. Leila Goad, Nashville; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Ruth Thurman, Lynnville,
and Mrs. Nina Gibson, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JENKINS, Sherry The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1960
Graveside services were held Friday morning in Maplewood Cemetery for Sherry
Jenkins, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Jenkins, Jr., of Pulaski.
The baby died Thursday night, May 19, at Giles County Hospital.
JERNIGAN, Hattie Louise Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1967
Mrs. Hattie Louise Jernigan, 85, died Saturday morning in Elm Nursing Home in
Lawrenceburg.
Services were conducted Sunday, April 23, at 1:00 p. m. in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Jernigan, a native of Giles County, was born November 18, 1881, the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Phillips. Her husband was the late M. F.
Jernigan.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. E. A. Owen, Mrs. Lucile Coleman, Mrs.
Clara Carpenter, Mrs. Sam Harding, Nashville, Mrs. C. P. Sawyer, Dayton, Tenn.,
Mrs. Edwin Bass, Goodsprings; twenty-seven grandchildren; thirty-two
great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JETT, Brenda Kay The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1967
Miss Brenda Kay Jett, 21, died Thursday, March 9, in Maury County Hospital
following an extended illness.
Services were conducted Saturday, March 11, at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in
Columbia. Oliver Pantell and Arthur Piggman, Church of Christ ministers
officiated. Burial was in the Friendship Cemetery at Culleoka.
Miss Jett, a native of Marshall County, was the daughter of Raymond and Edna
Ball Jett. She had lived most of her life in Maury County. She was a 1963
graduate of Central High School in Columbia and a graduate of Martin College in
Pulaski. She attended Middle Tennessee State University and was employed as a
bookkeeper in Nashville. She was a member of the Mooresville Church of Christ.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Linda Riley of
Columbia; and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mack Ball, Columbia.
JETT, George S. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1967
George S. Jett, Sr., 93, retired farmer of the Yell Community, died Friday,
August 18, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Saturday, August 19, at 2 p. m., at London Funeral Home.
Burial was in Lone Oak Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Wiley Jett; one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Dunnivant, Pulaski; five sons, James and Raymond, Pulaski, Claude and Herman,
Nashville, and George S. Jett, Jr., Petersburg; twenty-seven grandchildren; one
great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Rose Robinson, Burbank, Calif.; and one
brother, Horace Jett, Lewisburg.
JETT, Robert Jiles The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Robert Jiles Jett, 80, retired farmer of the Blue Creek
section, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday at Cornersville Baptist Church with
the burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Mr. Jett died Monday, March 4, in Leonard
Hospital, Lewisburg.
A native of Coffee County, he was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Jett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Sharp Jett; two daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Farler, Lewisburg, Mrs. Frances Thompson, Pulaski; three sons, Robert
T. Jett, Verona Community, Woodrow Jett, Cornersville, and James S. Jett,
Lewisburg; twelve grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Rosie Robertson, Sacramento,
Calif.; and four brothers, W. E. Jett and Horace Jett, Lewisburg, George Jett,
Yell Community, and Walter Jett, Berlin Community.
JOHNS, Alice Fox Childers The Pulaski Citizen 8 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Fox Childers, 79, Pulaski resident, were held at
2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Floyd
Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. The burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Johns died at 11:55 o'clock Sunday night, Aughst 5, at
Giles County Hospital, after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, she was born January17, 1883, the daughter of the late
Frank Fox and Alice Williams Fox. Her first husband, Billy Childers, died many
years ago, and her second husband, Joe Johns, died February 14, 1946. She was a
member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Johns is survived by four sons, William Childers, May Pearl, Texas, Robert
Childers, Waxahachie, Texas, Forrest Childers, Raymond, Miss., and Edward
Childers, Battle Creek, Mich.; three daughters, Mrs. Jewel DePaul, Bradford,
Pa., Mrs. John Beard, Pulaski, and Mrs. Lillie M. Greer, Inglewood, Calif.;
twenty-one grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs.
Pearl Smith, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNS, Joe H. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Joe H. Johns, 77, farmer of the Yokley Community, were held
Friday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home, Columbia, with the burial in
Gibsonville Cemetery at the Maury-Giles County line. Mr. Johns died Thursday,
July 14, at his home following a heart attack.
A lifelong resident of Giles County, he was the son of the late William Johns
and Sarah Brooks Johns.
Mr. Johns is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rosa Francis Johns; two sons, Maynard
Johns and Kenneth Johns, both of Columbia; six grandchildren; and one brother,
Owen Johns, Lynnville.
JOHNS, Ollie Dave The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1960
Ollie Dave Johns, 64, retired carpenter, burned to death early Sunday when fire
destroyed his small farm home in the Anthony Hill community, seven miles
southwest of Pulaski.
A passing motorist discovered the fire about 1:30 A. M. A water tank truck from
the Pulaski street department went to the scene and city employees kept the
flames from spreading to adjacent houses.
Cause of the fire was not known. The three-room, frame house was heated by a
coal stove.
Mr. Johns had lived alone since the death of his wife, Mrs. Hattie Slagel Johns,
two years ago.
He was a native of Giles County, a veteran of World War I, and a member of the
Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Services were held at 2 P. M. Monday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, the Rev. Floyd
Cates and the Rev. G. W. Stuber officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Johns is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ida Atkisson, and a step-daughter, Mrs.
Marvin Roberts, both of Pulaski.
JOHNS, Ora Bell Richardson The Pulaski Citizen 28 Oct 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Ora Bell Richardson Johns, 76, were held at 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at the home at Lynnville with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist
minister officiating. Burial took place in Gibsonville Cemetery. Mrs. Johns died
unexpectedly at one o'clock Monday morning, October 26, at the home.
Born July 7, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Richardson. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Johns is survived by her husband, Owen Johns, Sr.; one son, Owen Johns,
Jr., Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Sybil Whellis, Glenn, Ga.; ten grandchildren;
and one brother, Lester Richardson, Cornersville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNS, Owen Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1967
Funeral services for Owen Johns, Sr., 75, retired farmer, were conducted on
Tuesday afternoon, January 17, at 2:00 o'clock , in the chapel of the Pulaski
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in
Gibsonville Cemetery.
Mr. Johns, a native of Giles County, was born March 23, 1891, the son of the
late William Henry and Sara Brooks Johns.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Syble Marie Wheeles, Glennville, Ga.; one
son, Owen Johns, Jr., Williamsport, Tenn.; ten grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNS, Patricia Ann The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1968
Miss Patricia Ann Johns, 15, died Saturday, August 10, at her home in
Williamsport after an eighteen month illness.
Funeral services for Miss Johns were held Monday afternoon, August 12, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ
minister officiating. Burial was in Gibsonville Cemetery.
Miss Johns was born August 3, 1953, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Johns.
Survivors, in addition to her parents, include one sister, Rachel Johns; five
brothers, Ronnie, Billy, Larry, Aaron and Nathan Johns, all of Williamsport; and
her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Lawhorn of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNS, William Dorsey The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1961
Funeral services for William Dorsey Johns, 58, farmer of the Wales section, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. W.
H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Johns died Friday morning January 27, at Giles County Hospital.
Born November 17, 1902, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Ella Wilson
Johns and the late William Noah Johns.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Johns is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Mai
Polly Johns; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy English, Columbia and Mrs. Betty Jo
Beatty, Giles County; two sons, Dorsey Johns, Jr., Giles County, and Marvin
Johns, U. S. Marine Corps; ten grandchildren; one brother, J. B. Johns, Giles
County; and five sisters, Mrs. Elwood Drake, Chattanooga, Mrs. Buford Bunn, Mrs.
Herbert Hyatt and Mrs. Joe Witherow, Giles County, and Mrs. Wesley Strickland,
Ridgely, Tenn.
Bennett-May and Company, in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON, Alice Tovrea The Pulaski Citizen 31 Aug 1966
Mrs. Alice Johnson, 52, died Friday, August 26, in Giles County Hospital, after
an extended illness.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday morning, August 27, at Pulaski Funeral
Home at 10 o'clock, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in
Dalhart, Texas.
Mrs. Johnson was a native of Oklahoma, and a member of the First Baptist Church
in Pulaski. She was born December 8, 1912, the daughter of Mrs. Mable Richardson
Tovrea, and the late William E. Tovrea.
In addition to her mother, who lives in Dalhart, she is survived by her husband,
Luther Johnson; one son, Kent Johnson, Maryland; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Dysort,
Dalhart, and Mrs. Ellen Byrd, McKinney, Texas; and one brother, Arnold Tovrea,
Dalhart.
JOHNSON, Billy Wayne The Pulaski Citizen 2 Aug 1967
Billy Wayne Johnson, 24, of Route 2, Prospect, was killed instantly at 1:15 a.
m. Wednesday, August 2, when the late model automobile he was driving struck a
bridge abutment on Highway 31, just south of Owl Hollow Road, demolishing the
vehicle and pinning the victim inside.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning at
Bennett-May Chapel and burial will take place in Prospect Cemetery.
Johnson was a native of Giles County, the son of Mrs. Annie Mae Stanford Johnson
of Prospect and the late J. J. Johnson. He was born March 24, 1943.
He reportedly had left Jack's Cookie Corporation plant, where he was employed
and had stopped at Skyline Drive-In to eat. Leaving the restaurant, he had gone
only about a mile when the accident occurred. State Trooper Robert Barnes, who
investigated, said wrecking crews worked for more than an hour before freeing
the victim from the wreckage. No skid marks were apparent and the cause of the
wreck could not be determined, Barnes said.
Besides his mother, survivors include six sisters, Mrs. Katherine Lovett of
Columbia, Mrs. Ruth Alday and Mrs. Georgia Hensley of Huntsville, Ala., Mrs.
Elizabeth Mesnick and Miss Dorothy Johnson of Detroit, Mich. and Mrs. Eunice
Gregory of Nashville; six brothers, J. W. Johnson of Prospect, Jack and Carl
Johnson of Florida, Robert L. and Frank Johnson of Detroit, Mich., and Paul
Johnson of Fort Worth, Texas.
JOHNSON, Bob Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969
Bob Taylor Johnson, 58, died Wednesday morning, January 29, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Johnson will be held Thursday afternoon, January 30, at
2 o'clock in Shores Church of Christ with Ronald Edwards, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial will be in Shores Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Louise Locke Johnson; one son, Robert Johnson;
two daughters, Mrs. Fred Thornton, Giles County and Mrs. Bernard Konig, Five
Points; one brother, Roy Johnson, Lawrence County; four sisters, Mrs. Ed
Williams, Lawrence County, Mrs. Fannie May Phillips, Giles County, Mrs. Verbon
Hood, Cullman, Ala., and Mrs. Luther Garner, Lawrence County; and eight
grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON, Della Holt The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jun 1960
Mrs. Della Holt Johnson, approximately 83 years of age, died at her home in
Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, May 25, after a long illness. Funeral rites took
place in that city on Thursday with graveside services held at Maplewood
Cemetery in Pulaski at 11 o'clock on Friday morning.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James Thomas
Holt and Lucinda Strickland Holt.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by her husband, Earl Johnson; and one sister, Mrs.
Eunice Reagen, Miami, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
JOHNSON, Edgar L. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Edgar L. Johnson, 78, farmer of the Goodspring section,
will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. James Jolly, Baptist
ministers. Burial will take place in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Stella. Mr.
Johnson died on Tuesday night, October 30, in Giles County Hospital.
Born June 29, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Archie Johnson
and Rachel Hazelwood Johnson.
Mr. Johnson is survived by six daughters, Miss Oavillena Johnson, Mrs Morris
Jones, Mrs. Wilson Anthony, Pulaski, Mrs. Herbert Ragin, Garden City, Mich, Mrs.
Raymond Brown, Valley Station, Ky., and Mrs. Eddie Ruth Bates, Athens, Ala.;
five sons, Amoki Johnson, Athens, Ala., Erskine Johnson, Adrian Johnson, and
Harold Johnson, Pulaski, and E. L. Johnson, Jr., Columbia; twenty-eight
grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren; and one brother, Jim Johnson,
Florida.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON, Edward McDowell The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1960
Funeral services for Edward McDowell Johnson, 70, retired farmer of the Wales
section were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Liberty Hill Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with the burial in the Helton
Cemetery. Mr. Johnson, who had been in failing health several years, died
Thursday night, April 21, of a heart attack at the home of a friend, Matt
Chapman at Wales.
Born April 19, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Manley Johnson
and Linnie Kelley Johnson.
Mr. Johnson is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Evans Kelly of Columbia; four sons,
Willard Johnson, Columbia, Campbell Johnson, Waco and Freeman and Irvin Johnson,
Wales; twenty-two grandchildren and four great grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. Lillie Tomerlin, Florida.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON, Edward Tully The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1966
Edward Tully Johnson, 91, retired farmer, died Monday, October 24, at his home
on the Elkton Highway.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock , in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with H. C. Hale, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Johnson was born December 24, 1875, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Fields Johnson. He was a native of Giles County and a member of the Church of
Christ.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jenny Belle Butler Johnson; one son, Edward B.
Johnson, Pulaski; and one brother, E. M. Johnson, Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON, Erna L. Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 14 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Erna L. Jackson Johnson, 72, widow of Guy Johnson,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the rites conducted by the Rev. L. M. Moyer of Jackson,
Tenn., and the Rev. Bob Brothers of Minor Hill. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson died on Wednesday morning, March 14, at her home in
Pulaski.
Born May 6, 1889, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late David
Jackson and Bettie Webb Jackson. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Her
husband, Guy Johnson died in November 1952.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by two sons, Julian Johnson and David Johnson, Pulaski
businessmen; one daughter, Mrs. Bill Bennett, Pulaski; and seven grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON, Ernest Jasper The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Ernest Jasper Johnson, 78, carpenter of the Lynnville
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Robertson Fork Church
of Christ. Burial took place in the Elk Ridge Cemetery. Mr. Johnson died at 2:40
o'clock Monday afternoon at Giles County Hospital, after a long illness.
Born April 9, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Andy Johnson and
Sara White Johnson. He was a member of the Robertson Fork Church of Christ.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jennie Hardison Johnson; three sons,
Jasper Johnson, Murfreesboro, Garland Johnson, Lynnville, and Walter Johnson,
Chattanooga; three grandchildren; one brother, Robert Johnson, Lynnville; and
one sisters, Miss Eliza Johnson, Lynnville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON, Ervin L. The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1966
Funeral services for Ervin L. Johnson, 44, former employee of the Gabriel
Company, Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Liberty Hill
Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. William D. Lovett and the Rev. Mr.
Daniels. The burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery in the Nineteenth District.
Mr. Johnson died Wednesday, May 11, in Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.
Born August 25, 1921, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Edward Johnson
and Rosie Carpenter Johnson. He was a member of the Rose Hill Baptist Church.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Rose Johnson; four sons, Wayne,
Calvin, Randy and Gary Johnson, all of Route 1, Wales; a sister, Mrs. Evans
Kelly, Columbia; and three brothers, Willard Johnson, Columbia, Campbell
Johnson, Cornersville, and Freemon Johnson, Pulaski.
JOHNSON, Ettie Lee Gardner The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Ettie Lee Gardner Johnson, 81, were held at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon at Walnut Grove Methodist Church in Limestone County, Ala.,
with the burial in Jackson Cemetery in Giles County. Mrs. Johnson died on
Saturday, June 30, at Jackson Clinic at Lester, Ala., after a two weeks illness.
Born in December of 1880, she was the daughter of the late John Gardner and Mary
Susan Jones Gardner. Her husband, Lindsay Johnson, died several years ago.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by one brother, Reese Gardner, Kennett, Mo.
Wilson Carter and Company, Funeral Directors.
JOHNSON, Gertrude Randolph The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jan 1963
Mrs. Gertrude Randolph Johnson, 52, a native Giles Countian, died at her home in
Indianapolis, Ind., on December 21. Funeral rites and burial took place in that
city.
Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of Mrs. W. J. Randolph of Pulaski and the late Mr.
Randolph.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Johnson is survived by her husband, James
Johnson; one son, Dean Johnson; and one grandson, all of Indianapolis; two
sisters, Mrs. Sallie Will Cassity, Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Christine Dugger,
Indianapolis; and two brothers, Robert L. Randolph, Springfield, Mo., and W. J.
Randolph, Jr., St. Petersburg, Fla.
JOHNSTON, Amanda Josephine Berry The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1969
Mrs. Amanda Josephine Johnston, 92, died Friday, December 27, in Lawrence County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Johnston were held Sunday afternoon, December 29, at 2
o'clock at Fall River Methodist Church with the Rev. Troy Bunch officiating.
Burial was in Fall River Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Johnston was born July 27, 1876, the daughter of
the late Jimmy Berry and Rebecca McMasters Berry.
Survivors include two sons, Cecil Johnston, Cinacinnatti, Ohio, George Milo
Johnston, Auburndale, Fla.; three daughters, Mrs. Margaret White and Mrs. Martha
White, both of Lawrence County, Mrs. Fannie Phillips, Giles County; eighteen
grandchildren; fifty-three great-grandchildren; and twenty-one
great-great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSTON, Dessie Greene The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jun 1969
Mrs. Dessie Johnston, 65, died Sunday afternoon, June 22, in Auburndale, Fla.
Funeral services for Mrs. Johnston were held Wednesday afternoon, June 25, at 2
o'clock in Fall River Methodist Church, with the Rev. Troy Bunch and the Rev.
Elmer Howell officiating. Burial was in Fall River Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Johnston was born December 17, 1903. She was the
wife of Milo Johnston of Auburndale, Fla.
Survivors in addition to her husband, include one brother, Grudie Greene,
Lawrenceburg; two sisters, Mrs. Will Tom Brashears, Pulaski, and Mrs Velma
Newton, Lawrenceburg.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSTON, Johnie Loyd The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1968
Johnie Loyd Johnston, father of Mrs. Ronald Jarvis, died Friday afternoon,
October 11, in a Nashville hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Johnston, 61, were held Sunday afternoon, October 13,
at 2:30 o'clock at Una Church of Christ with Mr. Don Finto, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Survivors in addition to his daughter, include his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Lucille
Johnston;
daughters, Mrs. Geraldine Popp, Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Frances K. Dowdy, Fort
Huachuca, Ariz.; four sons, Robert B. Johnston, New Orleans, La., Harold D.
Johnston, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Wayman L. Johnston, Nashville, Hallous
G. Johnston, Martinez, Calif.; mother,Mrs. Luvenia Johnston, Conway, Ark.; two
sisters, Mrs. Audra Hughes, Sulpulpa, Okla., and Mrs. Verna Mae Sellers, Conway,
Ark.; and thirteen grandchildren.
JOHNSTON, Juanita The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1966
Graveside services were conducted on Monday afternoon, October 17, at 2:45, in
Maplewood Cemetery for the seven-week-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R.
Johnston, who died Sunday night, October 18 at Vanderbilt Hospital.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by one sister; her paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Johnston and maternal grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. Solon Stafford.
JOHNSON, James K. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1961
Funeral services for James K. Johnson, 51, husband of the former Miss Mary
Gilbert Ball of Pulaski, were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Triune
Methodist Church with the burial in Triune Cemetery. Mr. Johnson died of a heart
attack Friday at his home at Triune.
A native of Williamson County, he was the son of Mrs. Pearl Dobson Johnson and
the late John W. Johnson.
Mr. Johnson was the operator of the Triune Service Station and grocery and was a
farmer and dairyman. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to his mother, and wife, Mr. Johnson is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. J. H. Kinzel, Jr., Portsmouth, Ohio; and three grandchildren.
JOHNSON, Jan Carol The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Jan Carol Johnson, seven month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert L. Johnson of Route 2, Lawrenceburg, formerly of Pulaski, were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at Highland Park Baptist Church, Lawrenceburg. Burial
took place in the Kidd Cemetery at Flatwood. The child died of pneumonia on
Saturday night at Lawrence County Hospital.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by one sister, Robbie Lynn
Johnson; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Johnson, Pulaski, and Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson Chandler, Lawrenceburg; and great-grandfather, Finis Johnson, Wales; and
great-grandmother, Mrs. Alma Hyatt, Pulaski.
JOHNSON, Jennie Butler The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1969
Mrs. Jennie Butler Johnson, 92, died Saturday night, February 21, in Giles
County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Johnson, wife of the late Tull Johnson, were held
Monday afternoon, February 24, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
James Ed Holt, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Johnson was born November 1, 1876, the daughter
of the late M. H. Butler and Mary Hays Butler.
Survivors include one son, Edward Johnson, Route Six, Pulaski; two brothers, W.
C. Butler, Sr., Pulaski; and Mahlon Butler, Conway; one sister, Mrs. Eleanor
Tucker, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON, Jimmie Gettis The Pulaski Citizen 24 Dec 1969
Mrs. Jimmie G. Johnson, 69, died Monday morning, December 21, in Lawrence County
Hospital.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, December 23, at 1:30 o'clock in the
chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Willie Daniels officiating.
Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
A native of Alabama, Mrs. Johnson was born November 24, 1900, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gettis.
Survivors include her husband, Benjamin Johnson; three sons, Brooks Johnson,
Pulaski, Benjamin Johnson, Jr., Campbellsville, Ed Franklin Johnson, Rose Hill;
four daughters, Mrs. Helen Kilgo, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Dorothy Myers, Rose Hill,
Mrs. Mildred Owen, Campbellsville, Mrs. Wilma Lee Featherstone, Liberty Hill;
one brother, Rufus Gettis, Huntsville, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Gibson,
Fayetteville and Mrs. Flossie Fan, Huntsville, Ala.; nineteen grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
JOHNSON, Jody J. The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1966
Funeral services for Jody J. Johnson, 76, retired farmer of Prospect, were held
at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Prospect Methodist Church with the Rev. J.
C. Elkins officiating. Burial took place in Prospect Cemetery. He died on
Wednesday, May 4, in Giles County Hospital following a long period of failing
health.
He was born May 30, 1889, and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Mae Stanford Johnson; seven
sons, Jack Johnson, Kissimmee, Fla., Carl Johnson, Orlando, Fla., Robert L.
Johnson and Frank Johnson, both of Detroit, Mich., J. W. Johnson and Bill
Johnson, Prospect and Paul Johnson, U. S. Army stationed in Keiser, Korea; six
daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Misnik and Miss Dorothy Johnson, both of Detroit,
Mich., Mrs. Ruth Alday and Mrs. Georgia Hensley, both of Huntsville, Ala., Mrs.
Katherine Lovett, Columbia, and Mrs. Eunice Gregory, Nashville; and a number of
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON, Joe C. The Pulaski Citizen 2 Aug 1967
Joe C. Johnson, 58, a Tennessee Department of Employment Security employee, died
Sunday, July 30, at his home in Columbia.
Services were conducted at 10 a. m. Tuesday morning at Oakes and Nichols Funeral
Home in Columbia, with burial in Polk Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include his wife; one son, the Rev. William Johnson of Lynnville; one
step-son, Ronald Edwards, Lawrenceburg; and five grandchildren.
JOHNSON, John Lee The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jun 1965
Funeral services for John Lee Johnson, 62, were held at 2 p. m. Sunday at
Choates Creek Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of Newt Johnson and Florence Boatright
Johnson. He owned and operated with his son a garage in the Bodenham community,
and was a gravel-hauling contractor.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Smith Johnson, two daughters, Mrs. Arlene
Baker, California and Mrs. Martha Ann Coggin, Giles County; two sons, Freeland
Johnson of Giles County and Revis Lee Johnson, Peoria, Ill.; four sisters, Mrs.
Lela Felker and Mrs. Luther Clifton, both of Giles County, Mrs. Frank Smith of
Lewisburg and Mrs. Maudie Rosenquist, Lupton, Mich.; three brothers, Willie L.
Johnson and Flenoy Johnson, Giles County, and Eddie Johnson, Savannah, Tenn.;
and fifteen grandchildren.
JOHNSON, John Stanley The Pulaski Citizen 26 May 1965
John Stanley Johnson, 18, member of the 1965 graduating class of Ardmore High
School, died Friday evening, May 14, at Giles County Hospital after a short
illness. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday at Ardmore Methodist
Church with the rites conducted by the Rev. Horace Bass. Burial took place in
the Hastings Cemetery.
Born February 5, 1947, in Giles County, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Johnson (Rebecca Magnusson Johnson).
In addition to his parents, Mr. Johnson is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Billy
Daly, Mrs. Kenneth Camp and Miss Lynn Johnson; and two brothers, Sonny Johnson
and Stanford Johnson, all of Ardmore.
JOHNSON, Mamie McNeese The Pulaski Citizen 12 Sep 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie McNeese Johnson, 57, Ardmore resident and former
employee of Genesco, Inc., in Pulaski, were held at 3 o'clock on Friday
afternoon at Ardmore Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Horace Bass, and
the Rev. Houston Shannon. Burial took place in the Gatlin Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson
died Thursday, September 6, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Roy Lannon in
Nashville after several months illness.
Born September 19, 1904, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late F. L.
McNeese and Mary Carol Hodges McNeese. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Uley Johnson, half-brother of Dr. W. J. Johnson of Pulaski, died a
number of years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Lannon, Mrs. Johnson is survived by another daughter, Mrs.
Larry Foster, Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fla.; two sons, Uley Johnson, Fayetteville,
and George Walter Johnson, Ardmore; two step-sons, Floyd Johnson, Sr.,
Montgomery, Ala. and Paul Johnson, Athens, Ala.; six grandchildren; two
brothers, Grady McNeese, Elkton and Luther McNeese, Huntsville, Ala.; and one
sister, Mrs. Maples Scott, Pettusville, Ala.
JOHNSON, Mary Gilbert Ball The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Gilbert Ball Johnson, widow of James K. Johnson,
Triune, were held at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning at Triume Methodist Church
with the Rev. Ben Alexander conducting the rites. Burial took place in the
Triune Cemetery.
Mrs. Johnson died Saturday afternoon, July 27, at Park View Hospital in
Nashville after several months illness.
A native of Pulaski, she was the daughter of the late E. T. Ball, Sr., member of
the firm of Bennett-May and Company, and the late Kate Gilbert Ball. Her
husband, James K. Johnson, died more than two years ago. She was a member of
Belmont Methodist Church in Nashville.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Kinzel, Jr., Portsmouth,
Ohio; two grandchildren; one brother, E. T. Ball, Jr., Pulaski Insurance Agent;
one half-sister, Mrs. Luke N. Dunn, Nashville; and her step-mother, Mrs. Dessie
Ingram Ball, Pulaski.
JOHNSON, Nancy Beulah The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Miss Nancy Beulah Johnson, 75, Pulaski resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery. Miss Johnson died on Monday afternoon, February 12, at Giles
County Hospital.
Born July 27, 1886, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Robert
Johnson and Mary Amanda Houston Johnson.
Miss Johnson is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Edna Abernathy, Mrs. Vivian
Garrett and Mrs. Elizabeth White, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON, Robert Bugg The Pulaski Citizen 14 Apr 1965
Graveside services for Robert Bugg Johnson, 86, retired farmer, were held
Saturday at Elk Ridge Cemetery. Mr. Johnson died at his home on Friday, April 9.
Mr. Johnson is survived by one sister, Miss Eliza Johnson, of Lynnville.
JOHNSON, W. Barrett The Pulaski Citizen 3 Dec 1969
Dr. W. Barrett Johnson, 80, retired dentist and civic leader, died early Monday,
Dec. 1, in Maury County Hospital after an illness of about a week.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. R. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Fulton, Mo., Dr. Johnson was born Dec. 3, 1888, the son of Thomas
Robert and Alice Vandiver Johnson. He was graduated from Barnes College of
Dentistry in St. Louis, Mo., and practiced in Port Arthur, Texas, until his
retirement in 1945, when he came to Pulaski to make his home. He was married in
1910 to Miss Lucy Lee of Pulaski, who survives.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, a Mason and Shriner, and had been
active in volunteer civic work, including the Red Cross Bloodmobile program and
the United Givers Fund.
Surviving, besides his wife, is a nephew, Thomas R. Johnson of Elk City, Okla.
JOHNSTON, Robert Donald The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Robert Donald Johnston, 84, retired Birmingham, Ala.,
merchant, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist
Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski.
Mr. Johnston, who had been in failing health for some time, died Sunday morning,
June 24, at Fairmont Nursing Home in Columbia.
Born October 24, 1877, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas
Pinkney and Mary Reed Johnston. His wife, Mrs. Eula Shores Johnston, died
several years ago; and their only son, Robert Clyde Johnston, died six months
later.
Mr. Johnston, a member of the Methodist Church, is survived by one brother,
James T. Johnston, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JORDAN, Lillian Ingram The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Ingram Jorday, 80, resident of Weakley Creek
Community, were held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at New Hope Baptist Church
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Abbie Thibodeaux, with burial
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Jordan died at 9 o'clock on Thursday evening, March 3, at Lawrence County
Hospital, following a fall the month before when she sustained a broken hip.
The former Miss Lillian Ingram, she was born October 3, 1879, in Giles County,
the daughter of the late Wesley Ingram and Mary Hicks Ingram. She was married
three times: her last husband, Lee Jordan, died forty-five years ago. She was a
member of Berea Methodist Church.
Mrs. Jordan is survived by two sons, J. B. Jordan and Jim Holt; one daughter,
Mrs. Raymond Pryor; six grandchildren; all of the Weakley Creek Community; and
one sister, Mrs. John T. Worsham, Cornersville.
JONES, Allen The Pulaski Citizen 2 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Allen Jones, construction worker of the Berea section, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery. He died at 10:10 Saturday morning, February 26, in Vanderbilt
Hospital, Nashville, after a long illness.
Born February 16, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George Jones
and Nella Calahan Jones. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie Mender Jones; six sons, George
Allen Jones, Peoria, Ill., Eugene Jones, New Orleans, La., and Jerry Jones,
James Jones, Rommie Jones, and Albert Jones, Giles County; three daughters, Mrs.
Joan Reddick, Fairfield, Calif., Mrs. Martha Biggerstaff, Ardmore, and Miss
Donna Jones, Pulaski; eight grandchildren; one brother, Charlie Jones, Pompano
Beach, Fla.; four half-brothers, David Jones and George Jones, Pompano Beach,
William Jones, Cornersville, and Robert Jones, Houston, Texas; and five
half-sisters, Mrs. Florence Hayes and Mrs. Nola Whitten, Pompano Beach, Miss
Georgie Jones and Mrs. Laura Flenner, Peoria, Ill., and Mrs. Herbert Ramsey,
Columbia.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Aurora Hester The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Aurora Hester Jones, 72, widow of E. B. Jones, were
held at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in Stella Cemetery. Mrs. Jones died at midnight Wednesday, February 27,
at Lawrenburg Sanitarium after a long illness.
Born January 17, 1891 in Limestone County, Ala., she was the daughter of Jospeh
Hinton and Lola Crabb Hester. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Jones is surprised by one daughter, Mrs. O'Neal Tankersley, Beaumont,
Texas; six grandchildren; two brothers, Elmer Hester, Minor Hill, and Herschel
Hester, Nashville; and two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Norwood and Mrs. Mamie Lou
Hanna, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Buford Edward The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Buford Edward Jones, 59, resident of Nashville, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Jones died Saturday,
February 5, in General Hospital, Nashville.
Born September 13, 1906, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas
Walter Jones and Maude Hargrove Jones.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rachel Woodward Jones; two sons, Willard
Thurman Jones, Nashville, and Carl Edward Jones, Alabama; three daughters, Mrs.
Betty Ann Cook, Middlesburg, Va., Mrs. Mary Ann Fuller, Germany, and Miss Gwen
Jones, Nashville; eleven grandchildren; three brothers, Walter R. Jones,
Pulaski, Carl A. Jones, Texarkana, Texas, and Harry W. Jones, Australia; and six
sisters, Mrs. Nina Mabry, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Sarah Farrow, Richmond, Va.,
Mrs. Jewell Templeton, Rodessa, La., Mrs. J. P. Dugger, Fort Worth, Texas, Mrs.
June Davis, Riverside, Calif., and Mrs. Clyde Morrow, Nashville.
The mother of Mr. Jones, Mrs. Maude Hargrove Jones, widow of Thomas Walter
Jones, died in Nashville six days before the death of the son, on January 30,
and her services were held on Tuesday afternoon, February 1.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Cullum Ernest The Pulaski Citizen 17 Dec 1969
Cullum Ernest Jones, 80, died Tuesday morning, December 16, in Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Funeral services for Mr. Jones, retired farmer of the Shores Community, were
conducted Wednesday afternoon, December 17, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr
and Erwin Funeral Home. Burial was in Shores Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Jones was born July 7, 1889, the son of the late
Steve and Maggie Hester Jones.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Zeffie Randall Jones; three sons, Kenneth Jones
and W. R. Jones, both of Shores, and Joe Jones, Nashville; four daughters, Mrs.
Allen Rutherford, Mrs. Gilbert Powell, both of Pulaski, Mrs. Richard Willis,
Shores, and Mrs. Harold Garner, Nashville; one sister, Mrs. Spencer Phillips;
one half-sister, Mrs. Virgie Rosson, Lawrenceburg; nineteen grandchildren; and
fourteen great-grandchildren.
JONES, Dora Belle McCree The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1966
Mrs. Dora Belle Jones, 83, died Sunday, September 4, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p. m. Monday at the Stella Presbyterian
Church, with the burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The Rev. M. F. Norwood and
Rev. Tony Curtis officiated.
Mrs. Jones was born December 8, 1883, the daughter of the late William McCree
and Margaret Gatlin McCree. She was a native of Giles County. Her husband, the
late Andrew Jones, died several years ago.
She is survived by six sons, Thurman and Waters of Prospect, Malone, Jack and
Morris, of Goodsprings, Riley of Minor Hill; three daughters, Mrs. Noble Legg,
Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Harold Edmundson, Nashville, and Mrs. Lon Rathburn,
Kalamazoo, Mich.; twenty-one grandchildren, and nineteen great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Bass, Minor Hill, Mrs. J. W. Lanier, Okla.; two
brothers, Roy McCree, Giles County, and Jackson McCree of Oklahoma.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Edward Burt The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Edward Burt Jones, native of the Stella Community, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Ed
Harper and Gilbert E. Shaffer, Church of Christ ministers. Burial took place in
the family lot in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Stella. Mr. Jones died at 11:15
o'clock Friday morning, August 4, at Giles County Hospital after a period of
declining health.
Mr. Jones who had lived in Nashville thirty-five years, was employed by the
Nashville Transit Company until he retired to his farm at Stella a few years
ago.
Born August 23, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Winfield Scott
Jones and Laura Virginia (Jennie) Farris Jones. He was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Aurora Hester Jones; a foster daughter,
Mrs. J. O'Neal Tankersley, Lake Jackson, Texas; two brothers, E. Alvie Jones and
Otis Jones, both of Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. L. H. Roberts and Mrs.
Miller Hamlett, both of Giles County, and Mrs. Wiley Thompson, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Elizabeth Cheek The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1969
Mrs. Elizabeth Cheek Jones, 94, of Nashville, died Sunday morning, February 2,
at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, after a brief illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jones, wife of the late William Rainey Jones, were
held Tuesday afternoon, February 4, in Cosmopolitan Funeral Home chapel with
Rev. Jack Walton, officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Jones was the daughter of Bertran and Julia
Elizabeth Cheek.
Mrs. Jones was a graduate of Martin College and was married in 1898. Mr. Jones
was connected with The Pulaski Citizen for many years and later moved to
Nashville, where was connected with the Methodist Publishing House until his
death in 1931.
Mrs. Jones was one of the oldest members of the West End Methodist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Harry V. L. Gowen, and Mrs. Marcus J.
Dunley, both of Nashville, Mrs. Hays Clark Ernest of Atlanta, Ga.; one son,
William R. Jones, Jr., of Nashville; one granddaughter, Mrs. L. M. Eckman of
Union City; a nephew, G. A. Roberts, Pulaski; two nieces, Mrs. Ellen Dean and
Mrs. Paul Roland of Jackson.
JONES, Ernest P. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Ernest P. Jones, 73, of Washington, D. C., and former Giles
Countian, were held at 3 o'clock Friday in Erwin, Tenn., with the burial in
Erwin. Mr. Jones died Wednesday, June 5, in Washington.
He lived at Lynnville during his youth and attended school there.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Flora Burns Jones, native Giles
Countian; two daughters, Mrs. Bill Franklin, Arlington, Va., and Mrs. Walter
Pugh, Erwin; his mother, Mrs. Alice Jones, Giles County; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth
Nunnally, Oak Ridge and Mrs. Joe Robinson, Brick Church; two brothers, Elwin
Jones, Lawrenceburg, and Perseus Jones, Fayetteville; five grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
JONES, Frank Henry The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Frank Henry Jones, 77, retired auditor, were held at 10:30
o'clock on Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Wallace Carr. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Jones died of a heart attack at his home at 7 o'clock on Sunday night, November
6, after a brief illness.
Born October 21, 1884, in Iowa, he was the son of the late Frank Graham Jones
and Nina Page Jones. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski.
His first wife, Mrs. Mary Pollock Jones, died in 1948.
Mr. Jones is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Dorothy Sandlin Jones; one son,
Graham Jones, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. N. C. Davidson, Connecticut; and one
brother, Millard Jones, Lakeland, Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Harry The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1966
Harry Jones, 39, of Sydney, Australia, died at his home on Monday, July 25,
after suffering a heart attack.
A native of Giles County, he was born June 26, 1927, and was the son of the late
P. W. Jones and Maude Hargrove Jones.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is en route to Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home will be in charge.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva Inman Jones; two sons, Jackie Jones
of Australia, and Danny Jones of Gratna, La.; six sisters, Mrs. Nell Dugger, of
Ft. Worth, Texas, Mrs. Jane Templeton, Louisiana, Mrs. Clyde Morrow, Nashville,
Mrs. Ina Mabry, Ohio, Mrs. June Davis, California, and Mrs. Sara Farrow,
Virginia; two brothers, Walter Jones, Pulaski and Carl Jones, Texarkana, Ark.
JONES, Henry Clayborn The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Henry Clayborn Jones, 73, retired carpenter, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bethel Baptist Church in Lauderdale County,
Alabama, with the burial in the Mitchell Cemetery. Mr. Jones died on Saturday
night, July 17, at his home in Jacksonville, Fla. From 1900 to 1929, he made his
home in Giles County.
Born May 23, 1892, in Cullman County, Ala., he was the son of the late William
Vardia Columbus Jones and Amanda Chapman Jones. He was a member of the Riverview
Baptist Church in Riverview, Fla.
His first wife, Mrs. Lena Davis Jones, died July 10, 1961.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bobbie Sharp Wyett Jones; two sons, T.
C. Jones and Aubrey Jones, both of Minor Hill, Tenn.; two daughters, Mrs.
Lawrence White, Lexington, Ala., and Mrs. Wallace Ezell, Bonner Town, Lawrence
County, Tenn.; seventeen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and two
sisters, Mrs. Alice Acuff, Ahtens, Ala., and Mrs. Winnie Musgrove, Harrisburg,
Ark.
JONES, Henry Persis The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1966
Funeral services for Henry Persis Jones, 86, retired Lincoln County farmer and
recently resident of Fayetteville, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by I. C. Pullias, Fayetteville
Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in the Medium Cemetery at Delina in
Lincoln County. Mr. Jones died at 8 o'clock Friday night, April 29, in Lincoln
County Hospital.
Born October 12, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Herbert Brice
(Chip) Jones and Sarah Kincaid Jones. He lived in Giles and Lincoln counties for
a number of years. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Benedict Jones; one son, Thomas
Henry Jones, Harlem, Ga.; three daughters, Miss Edith Jones, Nashville, Mrs.
Walter Gordon, Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. Carl Little, Atlanta, Ga.; eight
grandchildren; his step-mother, Mrs. Alice Doggett Jones, Brick Church, Giles
County; one half-brother, Elyn Jones, Lawrenceburg; and two half-sisters, Mrs.
Joe Robinson, Brick Church, and Mrs. L. G. Nunley, Oak Ridge.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Hurtle Gilbert The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1967
Hurtle Gilbert Jones, 79, retired farmer and former Giles County Tax Assessor,
died Friday, Aug. 4, in Veterans Administration Hospital at Murfreesboro.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Cool Springs Church
of Christ with Bernard Burgess, Church of Christ minister officiating. Burial
was in Cool Springs Cemetery. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
A veteran of World War I, Mr. Jones was a native of Giles County and served as
Tax Assessor from 1932 to 1940. He was born July 17, 1888, the son of the late
Whitt and Mattie Drake Jones.
He was married to the late Orbrie Lee Phillips who died June 29, 1966.
Survivors include a son, Hurtle G. Jones, Jr., of Birmingham, Ala.; three
daughters, Mrs. Morris Maultsby of Pulaski, Mrs. Bruce Matthews and Mrs. Dewese
Whaley, both of Nashville; one brother, Drake Jones of Pulaski; nine
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
JONES, James H. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Oct 1965
Dr. James H. Jones, 77, Mt. Pleasant physician for many years, died unexpectedly
this morning (October 13, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at
press time. The body is at Williams-Mt. Pleasant Funeral Home.
Dr. Jones is survived by his wife, Murs Julia Alene Thompson Jones.
JONES, James Samuel The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1960
James Samuel Johns, 30, machinist at the Caterpillar Tractor Company, Peoria,
Ill., for the past ten years, died on Friday, July 1, at a hospital in Peoria
after a brief illness. Rites took place in that city.
Born February 6 1930, at Pulaski, Tenn., he was the son of Mrs. Mary B. Wilson
Jones, now of Bellevue, Ill., and the late James W. Jones.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Lindlow
Jones; one daughter and two sons; one sister, Mrs. Mary Frances Sharp; and one
brother, William Clark Jones, both of Peoria.
JONES, James Thomas (Tom) The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1961
Funeral services for James Thomas Jones, 89, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Ed
Harper, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr.
Jones died on Friday, December 15, at his home, following a period of declining
health.
Born March 8, 1872, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Riley
Jones and Mary Hanna Jones.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hular White Jones; one sister, Mrs.
Docia McGill, Lawrenceburg; and one half sister, Mrs. Velia Boyd, Stella.
Bennett May and Company in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Jasper Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Jasper Wilson Jones, 52, carpenter of the Goodspring
Community, were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Chestnut Grove
Methodist Church, with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Jones died
unexpectedly of a heart attack on Thursday, July 21, at the home of his
brother-in-law, Alvie J. Kimbrough.
Born August 29, 1907, in Colbert County, Ala., he was the son of the late
William Phillip Jones and Mollie Stewart Jones.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nell Kimbrough Jones; one son, J. E.
Jones, Columbia; two daughters, Mrs. Lucille Holcomb, Nashville, and Mrs. Davis
Kelly, Columbia; one step-son, Charles Kimbrough, stationed in Alaska; fifteen
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Willie Morrow, Lincoln, Ill., Mrs. Jimmy Rose,
Anthony Hill; and three brothers, Lonnie Jones and Dewey Jones, both of
Sheffield, Ala.; and Euble Jones, Hartselle, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, John David The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for John David Jones, 82, retired farmer of the Ostella
Community of Marshall County, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at
McDaniel Funeral Home, Cornersville, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery,
Pulaski. Mr. Jones died Sunday, April 21, at Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg. He was
a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertie Doggett Jones; three daughters,
Mrs. Melvin Lynch, Mrs. Joshua Young, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Carl Rhodes,
Shelbyville; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; step-mother, Mrs.
Alice Jones, Brick Church; and two sisters, Mrs. Joe Robinson, Brick Church, and
Mrs. Ruth Nunnley, Oak Ridge.
JONES, John Martin The Pulaski Citizen 29 May 1968
John Martin Jones, 55, an employee of Maremont Corp., died Wednesday, May 22.
Funeral services for Mr. Jones were held Friday morning, May 24, at 10:00
o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Bernard Konig
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Jones was born August 14, 1912, the son of the
late Willard Jones and Mrs. Pearl E. Randall Jones.
Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife, Mrs. Viva Lee Phillips
Jones; four sisters, Mrs. Clyde Norwood and Mrs. Bessie Clinard, both of
Lawrence County, Mrs. Lennie Don Williams, and Mrs. Opal Zills, both of Florida;
and one brother, Robert E. Jones, of Lawrence County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Lawrence Merriwether The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jan 1966
Word was received here last week of the death of Lawrence Merriwether Jones, 61,
a Pulaski native who lived in Fayetteville, New York, for a number of years. He
was found dead in bed at his home on Tuesday night, Jan. 5.
Private funeral services and burial took place at Fayetteville.
Mr. Jones was the son of the late Thomas M. and May Buford Jones of Pulaski and
the grandson of Professor W. K. Jones, one of the early presidents of Martin
College. He was a brother of the late William K. Jones of Pulaski. Two first
cousins, Mark Buford and George S. White, live in Giles County.
Mr. Jones attended Massey School here and for many years had traveled for
Enna-Jetttick Shoe Company in the United States and Canada.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Margaret Jones; two daughters, Mrs. May Buford
Jones Polhemus of California and Margaret Jones of Fayetteville, N. Y.; a son,
Lawrence, Jr., of Fayetteville; and five grandchildren.
JONES, Lena Alice Hearld The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jul 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Alice Jones, 78, were held Sunday afternoon, July
21, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Herbert McNeese, Church of
Christ minister, officiating.
Mrs. Jones, wife of the late Russell Jones, Sr., died Thursday, July 18, in
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Mrs. Jones was born June 15, 1890 and she was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Charles Slusher, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and
Mrs. Cecil Harris, Birmingham, Ala.; four sons, Russell Jones, Jr. and Bobby
Jones, both of Pulaski, Parks Jones, Lawrenceburg, and Hugh Lee Jones,
Sacramento, Calif; one brother, Gus Hearld, Nashville; twelve grandchildren; and
fourteen great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Lena Davis The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Davis Jones, 83, resident of the Five Points
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Appleton Church of
Christ, conducted by Alden Hendrix, minister, with the burial in Oak Grove
Cemetery in Limestone County, Ala. Mrs. Jones died at 11:15 o'clock Monday
morning, July 10, at Lawrence County Hospital after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late T. C. Davis and
Elizabeth Davis Davis, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Jones is survived by two sons, James Aubrey Jones, Pulaski, and Thomas C.
Jones, Anderson Ala.; two daughters, Mrs. Wallace Ezell, Five Points, and Mrs.
Lawrence White, Lexington, Ala.; sixteen grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren; one brother, D. G. Davis, Lester, Ala.; and two sisters,
Mrs. Sammie Crabb, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Florine Newton, Nashville.
JONES, Lena Gordon The Pulaski Citizen 27 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Gordon Jones, 89, widow of Jesse L. Jones,
Pulaski attorney, were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian
Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Jones died on Saturday,
February 23, at Giles County Hospital.
Born June 28, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Ephriam
Gordon and Eliza Dickerson Gordon, members of prominent pioneer families of
Giles County.
She attended Martin College and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Her
husband, Mr. Jones, died in 1959.
A number of nephews and nieces are the only survivors.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Lucile Barr The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucile Barr Jones, 55, widow of Russell Jones, and
resident of the Sumac section, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Pink Griggs and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist ministers. Burial took place in New Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Jones
died on Monday, July 4, in Giles County Hospital, after a long period of
declining health.
Born May 11, 1911 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Isaac C.
Barr and Evaline Howell Barr. Her husband died a few years ago. She was a member
of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Jones is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marie Townsend and Mrs. Sue Miles,
Pulaski; one son, Billy Jones, Pulaski; six grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.
Melvin Hamlett, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Mary Eliza Trigg The Pulaski Citizen 19 Sep 1963
Mrs. B. F. Jones, the former Miss Mary Eliza Trigg, well-known Giles Countian,
died Monday noon, September 16, at Giles County Hospital following a brief
illness. When she became ill, she had been visiting her country home in Diana.
Prayer services were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, followed by funeral services at the Christian Church
at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in her home town of North Middleton, Ky. Burial
took place in the church cemetery.
Born and reared in Diana, she was the daughter of the late James Knox Trigg and
Mrs. Bettie L. Harwell Trigg. She was educated at Martin College, Pulaski,
Tennessee Female College, Franklin, Potter College, Bowling Green, Ky., and was
graduated from Martha Washington College at Abingdon, Va. Soon after her
graduation, she was married to B. F. Jones and resided in Nashville. He died in
1950. In Nashville, Mrs. Jones was a member of the Ladies Hermitage Association
and Campbell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Later she moved to Lexington, Ky., where she was a member of the Woman's Club of
Central Kentucky. She was a member of the Christian Church.
Mrs. Jones, resident of Lexington in recent years is survived by one son,
Benjamin F. Jones, of Lexington, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Maude Hargrove The Pulaski Citizen 2 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Hargrove Jones, 80, native of Giles County, were
held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Jones died in a Nashville nursing home on Sunday morning, January 30.
Born December 25, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late George
Hargrove and Carrie Humphrey Hargrove. Her husband, Thomas Walter Jones, died in
1959 in Giles County. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Jones is survived by four sons, Walter R. Jones, Pulaski, Buford Jones,
Nashville, Carl Jones, Texarkana, Texas, and Harry W. Jones, Australia; six
daughters, Mrs. Nina Mabry Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Sarah Farrow, Richmond, Va.,
Mrs. J. V. Templeton, Rodessa, La., Mrs. J. P. Dugger, Fort Worth, Texas, Mrs.
June Davis, Riverside, Calif., and Mrs. Clyde Morrow, Nashville; twenty-seven
grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, Roy Hargrove,
Marvin Hargrove, and Fred Hargrove; and two sisters, Mrs. Lela Beck and Mrs.
Alice Maddox.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Orbrie Lee Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Orbrie Phillips Jones, 66, wife of Hurtle G. Jones,
were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by Bernard Burgess, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Cool Spring
Cemetery. Mrs. Jones died unexpectedly of a heart attack Wednesday afternoon,
June 29, at her home on the Minor Hill Road.
Born October 11, 1899, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Alfred
Henry Phillips and Ada Dotson Phillips. She was a member of Cool Spring Church
of Christ.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Jones is survived by one son, Hurtle G. Jones,
Jr., Birmingham, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Morris Maultsby, Pulaski, Mrs.
Bruce Matthews and Mrs. Dewese Whaley, both of Nashville; nine grandchildren;
her step-mother, Mrs. Lena Nance Phillips; five brothers, Guy Phillips, Pulaski,
Elmer Phillips, Nashville, Julius Phillips, Memphis, Joe Phillips, Lexington,
Ky., and Harvey Phillips, Louisville, Ky.; and four sisters, Mrs. Vera Harwell,
Pulaski, Mrs. Mildred Harbison, Nashville, and Mrs. Willie Mae White and Mrs.
Etha Eastep, both of Athens, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Otis The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Otis E. Jones, 74, resident of Pulaski, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by Gilbert E. Shaffer and Tom Holland, Church of Christ ministers. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Jones who had been in declining health for some time,
died at 5:25 o'clock Sunday afternoon, July 17, at Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville.
Born June 9, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Winfield Scott
Jones and Virginia Farris Jones. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jennie Lou Phillips Jones, Pulaski,
Marion Jones, Nashville, and Billy Don Jones, Decatur, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs.
Charles Anderson, Jr., Nashville; seven grandchildren; one brother, E. Alvie
Jones, Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. Miller Hamlett and Mrs. Nora Roberts,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Wiley Thompson, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Russell The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Russell Jones, 53, retired Mines worker, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister and the Rev. Pink Griggs, Baptist minister. Burial
took place in New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Jones died at 11:45 Saturday night, April
25, at Gordon Hospital in Lewisburg after several months illness.
Born March 31, 1911, in Salmon, Ky., he was the son of the late James Benton
Jones and Jenette Mae Graves Jones. He was a member of the Nazarene Church. He
had been a resident of Giles County more than thirty-four years, and was
employed by International Mineral and Chemical Corporation.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Lucile Barr Jones; one son, Billy
C. Jones, Pulaski; two daughters, Marie Townsend and Mrs. Sue Miles, Pulaski;
six grandchildren; four brothers, H. E. Jones, Evansville, Ind., and J. B.
Jones, Harold Jones and Porter Jones, all of Nashville; and three sisters, Mrs.
Jewel Jackson, Mrs. Mavis Ford, and Mrs. Katherine Hornburger, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Ruth Elizabeth McDougal The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1967
Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Jones, 52, died Saturday, September 9, at Giles County
Hospital.
Services were conducted Monday afternoon, at 2:00 o'clock at the Shores Baptist
Church, with the Rev. Jessie Littrell officiating. Burial was in Shores
Cemetery.
Mrs. Jones, a native of Giles County, was born January 15, 1915, the daughter of
Minnie Cameron McDougal and the late Robert McDougal.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, John Kenneth Jones,
Giles County; three daughters, Mrs. Betty Gordon and Barbara Jones, Giles
County, and Mrs. Glenda Faye Thomas, Anderson, Ala.; two sons, Robert and Billy
Jones, Giles County; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Howell and Mrs. Viola Wilburn, Giles
County; two brothers, Delmer and Elmer McDougal, Giles County.
Pulaski Funeral Home, Funeral Directors.
JONES, Sarah Anna Callahan The Pulaski Citizen 23 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Dan Jones, 83, Giles County resident, were held at
2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial
took place in New Zion (Briar Ridge) Cemetery. Mrs. Jones died Friday, December
19, in Elm Rest Home, Lawrenceburg, after a long illness.
Born March 27, 1891, in Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Henry Callahan
and Mattie Ogles Callahan. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Her
husband, Dan Jones, died June 14, 1957.
Mrs. Jones is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Rubert Roberts, Pulaski, Mrs.
Otto Boesswetter, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Louise Reed, McMinnville; five sons,
Grove Jones, J. D. Jones, Pulaski, Mitchell Jones, Nashville, Robert C. Jones,
Maryville, and George Jones, Arlington, Texas; several grandchildren and
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Taylor Fralix, Lynnville
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Thomas Walter The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Thomas Walter Jones, 80, retired farmer, will be held at
2:30 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial will take place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Jones died at 8:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning, July 26, at his
home on Valley View Drive, after an illness of one year.
Born Octorber 6, 1879, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late Thomas
Jones and Oma White Jones.
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maude Hargrove Jones; four sons, Walter
R. Jones and Carl A. Jones, both of Pulaski, Buford E. Jones, Nashville and
Harry W. Jones, New Orleans, La.; six daughters, Mrs. Nina Mabry, Cincinnati,
Ohio, Mrs. Clyde Morrow, Nashville, Mrs. Sarah Gormus, Richmond Va., Mrs. J. P.
Dugger, Ft. Worth, Texas, Mrs. J. V. Templeton, Rodessa, La., and Mrs. W. C.
Davis, London, England; a number of grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A
granddaughter, Miss Ann Ethridge of England who was reared by Mr. and Mrs.
Jones, is arriving by plane Thursday to attend the funeral.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, Thoran The Pulaski Citizen 11 Oct 1961
Thoran Jones, 56, prominent Ardmore civic, church and community leader, was
killed Thursday night, Oct. 5, when the automobile in which he was driving alone
struck the rear of a tractor-trailer truck loaded with lumber about five miles
north of Cullman, Ala.
Funeral services were conducted at Ardmore Baptist Church at 2 p. m. Saturday
and burial was in Roselawn Cemetery at Athens, Ala. Rainey Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements....
A native of Ardmore, Jones was the son of J. G. and Mary Smith Jones. He was
graduated from Max Morris School of Pharmacy, Macon, Ga., and was owner and
operator of Jones Drug Company. He was president of the Bank of Ardmore and
owner and operator of Ardmore Creamery.
Mr. Jones was a member of the Baptist Church, charter member and past president
of the Ardmore Rotary Club, a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. He had extensive
real estate holdings.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Merle Beasley
Jones.
JONES, Tippie Elizabeth Barr The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Tippie Elizabeth Barr Jones, 76, Lynnville resident,
were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Bobby Droke, pastor of Lynnville Baptist Church. Burial took place
in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Jones, who suffered a paralytic stroke on Saturday,
died at 4:10 o'clock Monday afternoon, January 6, in Maury County Hospital,
Columbia.
Born January 24, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Reuben
Barr and Mary Elizabeth Akins Barr. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Flournoy R. Jones, died July 21, 1951.
Mrs. Jones is survived by one son, Buford Jones, Lynnville; one daughter, Mrs.
Claude Dugger, Waynesboro; and seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JONES, William Lee The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
William Lee Jones, 77, died at 9:15 p. m. Friday at Giles County Hospital,
following an extended illness.
Mr. Jones, a native Giles Countian, had returned here about two months ago after
residing in Columbia for several years. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He operated Jones Motor Company in Pulaski until it was sold in 1949. He was
affiliated with that company until about 1955.
Mrs. Jones preceded him in death some 13 years ago.
Survivors include a niece, Mrs. Melba Wallace, of Hohenwald and a nephew of
Baltimore, Md.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May Funeral
Home with Gilbert Shaffer officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
JONES, William Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 3 Nov 1965
Funeral services for William Thomas Jones, retired farmer of Jones Branch
section of the county, were held at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield
and burial took place in the family plot in New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Jones died at
5 o'clock Sunday morning, October 31, in Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Born December 13, 1872, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Pickens
Butler Jones and Julia Petty Jones. His wife, Mrs. Tennie Howard Jones, died
November 7, 1930.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Jones is survived by three sons, John W. Jones, postmaster at Prospect,
Arthur Jones, Donelson, and Ira Jones, Asheville, N. C.; four daughters, Mrs.
Gene Edmundson, Pulaski, Mrs. L. A. Edmundson, Bethel, Mrs. Herman Smith,
Asheville, N. C., and Mrs. Charles Montgomery, Jackson; eleven grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren; and three half-sisters.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
JORDON, J. B. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1961
J. B. Jordon, 48, farmer of the Agnew community, was found dead about 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon, March 27. His lifeless body was found hanging by a chain from
a tree in the yard at his home by a neighbor, and County Coroner William
Bennett, Jr., termed the death a suicide.
JOURNEY, Mary Holder The Pulaski Citizen 20 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Holder Journey, 87, widow of Albert Journey, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at New Zion Baptist Church with burial in
the church cemetery. Mrs. Journey died Monday night, September 18, at Gordon's
Hospital in Lewisburg.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Bill Holder
and Rachel Hall Holder, and was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Journey is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Barnett, Cornersville, and
Mrs. Colon Stafford , Lewisburg; three sons, Eris Journey, Paul Journey and
Alfred Journey, all of Giles County; and twenty-one grandchildren and eighteen
great-grandchildren.
JUSTICE, Suella Adams The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Suella Adams Justice, 90, will be held at 2 p. m.
Thursday, February 15, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Billy E. Craighead and Rev. J. C. Elkins, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Justice, a retired teacher, died Tuesday afternoon, February 13, in
Fairhaven Nursing Home.
A native of Giles County and wife of the late Frank C. Jusitce, Mrs. Justice was
born July 20, 1887, the daughter of the late Robert and Ann Beasley Adams.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KEELING, Eula Beaver The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1967
Services for Mrs. Eula Beaver Keeling, 77, of La Grange, Ill., formerly of Giles
County, were held Sunday, December 17, at 2:30 p. m. at the chapel of Higgins
Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Keeling died Thursday, December 14, in a La Grange Convalescent Home.
She was the wife of the late Oscar Keeling, native of Lincoln County. Survivors
include one daughter, Mrs. L. L. Carley, of La Grange; one son, Dr. Robert S.
Keeling, Ajo, Ariz.; and four grandchildren.
KEETON, Daisy Evans The Pulaski Citizen 13 May 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Evans Keeton, 71, resident of the Campbellsville
section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, May 3, in Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. J. C. Elkins. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery. Mrs. Keeton died on Saturday, May 2, at Giles County Hospital.
Born in the Campbellsville section, June 18, 1892, she was the daughter of the
late Phillip Evans and Fannie Matthews Evans. Her husband, Richard R. Keeton,
died many years ago. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Keeton is survived by two sons, Capt. John Robert Keeton, stationed in
Germany, and Richard Keeton, Campbellsville; two daughters, Mrs. John David
Hamlett, Lynnville, and Mrs. William W. Shelton, Birmingham, Ala.; six
grandchildren; one brother, Herbert J. Evans, Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs.
Walter Hamlett, Campbellsville, Miss Essie Evans, Pulaski, and Miss Nadine
Evans, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KEITH, Henry F. The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jul 1966
Henry F. Keith, 68, father of Mrs. Ross Bass, died Sunday, July 3, in a
Greenville, S. C., hospital of a respiratory ailment. He was hospitalized the
previous day after suffering a severe asthama attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Greenville and
burial was in Hillcrest Memorial Park near Pickens, S. C.
Survivors in addition to Mrs. Bass, include his widow, two other daughters, one
son, four sisters and three brothers.
KEITH, Marion Ethan The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jun 1962
Marion Ethan Keith, 23, of Clarksdale, Miss., was killed in a freak accident
about 11 a. m. Saturday morning, near Dr. J. H. Lynch's home on Highway 31,
about three and one-half miles South of Pulaski....
KELLAM, Ola The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jun 1965
Miss Ola Kellam, 78, well-known retired seamstress, died at 4:30 p. m. Tuesday
at Austin Hewitt Home. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, and burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
She was born in Giles County on October 10, 1886, daughter of the late Fields
and Anna Simpson Kellam. She was a member of First Methodist Church.
Her only survivor is her brother, Simpson Kellam, Pulaski.
KELLAM, Thomas F. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1966
Funeral services for Thomas F. Kellam, native of Giles County, were held at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning in Finley, Dorris and Charlton Funeral Home in Nashville
and the burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, in that city. Mr. Kellam died at 9:30
o'clock Sunday morning, August 7, in a Nashville hospital.
Mr. Kellam, a Nashville resident, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lorene Combs
Kellam; and two brothers, David H. Kellam, Nashville, and H. Kenneth Kellam,
Lakeland, Fla.
KELLEY, George Henry The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1969
George Henry Kelley, 55, of Minor Hill died Wednesday, March 19, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Kelley were held Saturday morning, March 22, at 11
o'clock in the Minor Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayland Hartsfield and
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Kelley was born May 30, 1913, the son of H. S.
Kelley of Minor Hill and Mrs. Delia Reeves Kelley of Chattanooga.
Survivors in addition to his parents include his step mother, Mrs. Clara Mae
Shelton Kelley; wife, Mrs. Mary Jeanette Crabb Kelley; two daughters, Mrs.
Agatha Kelley Lowe, Mobile, Ala., and Cynthia Lynn Kelley, Minor Hill; one son,
George H. Kelley, Jr., Minor Hill; one half sister, Mrs. Claudette Goode,
Anderson, Ala., four half brothers, S. J. Kelley, Jr., Germany, T. L. Kelley,
Goosebay, Labrador, Edward Fulmer and James Fulmer, both of Chattanooga.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KELLEY, James Edward (Buck) The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1966
James Edward (Buck) Kelley, 45, native of Giles County and resident of
Washington, D. C., was fatally injured at midnight Friday, May 20, when he was
struck by a passing car as he alighted from an automobile in front of his
apartment.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at North Funeral
Home, Lawrenceburg, with burial in Booth Chapel Cemetery in Giles County.
Born May 2, 1921, Mr. Kelley was the son of Mrs. Lizzie Thorne Kelley of
Lawrenceburg and the late Joe H. Kelley, and had been employed in Washington for
several years. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by five brothers, Cleburne of Pulaski,
Wendell of Taft, Bill of Athens, Ala., Ross of Lawrenceburg and Buford Kelley,
U. S. Army, stationed in California; and two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Christine)
Kimbrough of Goodsprings and Mrs. Annie Lee Grinnell of Lawrenceburg.
KELLEY, Ora Elizabeth Moss The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1968
Mrs. Ora Elizabeth Kelley, 58, died Monday, September 23, at Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Kelley, wife of George G. Kelley, were held Wednesday
afternoon, September 25, at 2 o'clock in Apostolic Christian Church, Athens,
Ala. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery.
A native of Alabama, Mrs. Kelley was born February 27, 1910, the daughter of the
late Samuel and Donna Rainey Moss.
Survivors in addition to her husband, include six daughters, Eunice and Lura
Kelley, and Mrs. Helen Beddingfield, all of Prospect, Mrs. Florence Culps,
Pontiac, Mich., Mrs. Georgia Hardie, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Ava Smith, Minor
Hill; six sons, Jimmy, John, Ray, Elwood, and Wayne Kelley, all of Prospect, and
Henry Kelley, Athens, Ala.; seventeen grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one
sister, Omie Loggins, Athens, Ala.; three brothers, Mearvin and Clifton Moss,
Athens, Ala., and Walter Moss, Indiana.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KELLY, Bertha Harlow The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Harlow Kelly, 79, widow of Thomas W. Kelly of
Elkton, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Elkton Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Talmadge Clayton, pastor of the church. Burial
will take place in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Kelly died on Tuesday night, July 26,
at the home of her daughter at Elkton after a period of declining health.
Born December 31, 1880, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
S. Harlow and Molly Reed Harlow. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Her husband, Thomas W. Kelly, died June 30, 1929.
Mrs. Kelly is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles Harwell; two
granddaughters; and one brother, Frank Harlow, all of Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KELLY, Lula Bell Thornton The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Bell Kelly, 49, will be conducted Thursday
afternoon, June 29, at 2:00 o'clock, at Cross Roads Baptist Church, in Lawrence
County, with burial in Cross Roads Cemetery.
Mrs. Kelly died Tuesday, June 27, in Maury County Hospital. She was a native of
Lawrence County, born March 1, 1918, the daughter of the late Robert and Bell
Prince Thornton. Her husband was the late James Kelly.
Survivors include two sons, Charles N. Thornton and Ray Butler, Columbia; one
grandchild; one sister, Miss Bessie Lee Thornton, Columbia; and one brother,
Alvin Thornton, Lawrenceburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KELLY, Martha Johnson The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Johnson Kelly, 88, were held at one o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in Choate Creek
Cemetery. Mrs. Kelly died Sunday in a Nashville hospital after a lengthy
illness.
Born March 25, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Johnson and Elizabeth Hamilton Johnson. Her husband, Henry Kelly, died many
years ago.
Mrs. Kelly is survived by one brother, Finis Johnson; and one sister, Mrs.
Amanda Davis, both of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KELLY, Ruth Hood The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Hood Duncan Kelly, 59, former resident of Giles
County, were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Williams Funeral Home in
Columbia, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister, and the Rev.
Boyette, minister of Mt. Wesley Nazarene Church, Maury County. Burial took place
in Liberty Hill Cemetery, northwest of Campbellsville. Mrs. Kelly died of a
heart attack on Friday night, September 13, at her home at Lyles, Tenn., where
she had recently moved.
Born January 16, 1904, in the Knob Creek section of Maury County, she was the
daughter of the late E. L. Hood and Jane Brady Hood. She was a member of the
Nazarene Church.
Mrs. Kelly is survived by her husband, Willis Kelly, Lyles; four children by a
previous marriage, Arvest Duncan, Jr., and William F. Duncan, both of
Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Carl Ussery, Liberty Hill, and Mrs. Otis J. Williams, Old
Hickory; nine grandchildren and one great-grandson; two sisters, Mrs. Art
Rutledge, Independence, Mo., and Mrs. Rena Hooks, Columbia; her step-mother,
Mrs. Georgia Hood, Columbia and five half-sisters and four half-brothers.
KELLY, Vera Holland The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1968
Mrs. Vera Holland Kelly, 84, died at her home in the Prospect community
Saturday, February 10, 1968.
Funeral services for Mrs. Kelly, wife of the late O. J. Kelly, were held in the
Prospect Methodist Church, with the Rev. Rudolph James and Rev. Jacob Gardner
officiating. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Kelly was born August 15, 1883, the daughter of
the late John T. and Mary Ann Vanhoozer Holland. She was a member of the
Prospect Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. G. H. Standlee, Lebanon, Fla., and Mrs. M.
B. Meroney, Fort Worth, Texas; two sons, John Kelly, Prospect, and J. B. Kelly,
Pulaski; two brothers, Van Buren Holland and John Holland, both of Ardmore; two
sisters, Mrs. Joe White, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Will Dean, Columbia; fourteen
grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
Wilson Carter and Company, Funeral Home in charge.
KELLY, Wade Stephenson The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1968
A total of nine traffic deaths in Giles County this year was reached when an
eighteen-year- old Culleoka high school student was killed Friday one mile north
of Pulaski on Highway 31 in a one-car accident. The mishap occurred at 2:20 a.
m. October 11.
Wade Stephenson Kelly was traveling south in his car when he reportedly lost
control of it and ran into a culvert near Shelby Garage.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at Giles County Hospital.
According to investigating officer, State Trooper James Dyer, the vehicle was
severely damaged.
Dyer said no identification was found on Kelly, and the license plates were
thrown from the car. However, after searching the area, one of the plates was
found and an identification check at Maury County Sheriff's Dept. resulted in
his identification.
He was a native of Ocala, Fla., and was the son of William Stanley and Mrs.
Beatrice Kelly Boshers.
He was a senior at Culleoka High School and a member of the Blue Springs Baptist
Church.
He is survived by his parents, one sister and six brothers.
KELSEY, Emma Davidson The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma D. Kelsey, 82, were held Tuesday, January 9, in
the Lynnville Methodist Church, with Rev. Dallas Bass officiating. Burial was in
Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Kelsey, the wife of the late S. L. Kelsey, died Monday, January 8, in the
Hewitt Home.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Kelsey was born December 20, 1885, the daughter
of the late Mitchell and Sarah Evans Davidson.
Survivors include two sons, Evans Kelsey, Florence, Ala., and Murphy Kelsey,
Donelson; one grandson; two brothers, Johnnie Davidson, Lynnville, and Willie
Davidson, Bryson.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KELTNER, Burl The Pulaski Citizen 3 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Burl Keltner, 72, native of Giles County, were held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon at Brown Funeral Home in Birmingham, Ala., with the
burial in that city. Mr. Keltner who has been ill a long-time, died Wednesday
night, September 26, in a Birmingham hospital.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Tom Keltner and
Fannie Morrow Keltner.
Mr. Keltner is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lois Bailey Keltner; two daughters,
several grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Annie Wells, Nashville, Mrs. Ida
Tuck, Shreveport, La., and Mrs. Rosa Fraign, Decatur, Ala.
KELTNER, Forrest The Pulaski Citizen 01 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Forrest Keltner, 75, native of Giles County and in recent
years a resident of Jemison, Ala., were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in
Johns and Rideout Funeral Home in Birmingham, Ala. At 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, grave side services were held in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski. Mr.
Keltner died Monday, August 30, at University Hospital in Birmingham, after a
three weeks illness.
Mr. Keltner was an employee of the Southern Life and Health Insurance Company in
Birmingham for more than forty-three years. Upon his retirement, he moved to
Jemison, Ala. He was a member of the First Methodist Church in Birmingham.
Born March 23, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Keltner
and Virginia Harwell Keltner.
Mr. Keltner is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Lillian McCracken Keltner; one
daughter, Mrs. Erma Gray Spidler, Calera, Ala.; one granddaughter and two
great-grandchildren; and one brother, Clarence Keltner, Pulaski.
KELTNER, Tollie Buren The Pulaski Citizen 13 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Tollie Buren Keltner, approximately 74, resident of Corbin,
Ky., and retired railroad employee, were held at 10 o'clock Sunday morning in
Corbin with the burial in that city. Mr. Keltner died on Thursday, October 7, in
a Lexington, Ky., hospital, after several months illness.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late Tom Keltner and Annie Sherrell
Keltner Young. His wife, Mrs. Annie Mildred Smith Keltner, died January 6, 1949.
Mr. Keltner is survived by one son, Thelwood Keltner, Gary, Ind.; one grandson,
Jerome Keltner, Louisville, Ky.; and two brothers, Albert Keltner and Will
Elliott Keltner, both of Louisville, Ky.
KELTNER, William E. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Sep 1969
William E. Keltner, 67, died Saturday morning, August 16, at 11:30 o'clock at
his home in Louisville, Ky.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, August 19, at 2:00 o'clock in
the Benton Funeral Home Chapel, Henderson, Ky. Burial was in Fern Wood Cemetery,
Henderson, Ky.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Virginia Jones Keltner; one brother, Albert
Keltner; and several nieces and nephews.
KENNEDY, Estell Aymett The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1968
Mrs. Estell Kennedy, 92, died Wednesday, February 28, in Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Kennedy, wife of the late W. A. Kennedy, will be held
Thursday, February 29, at 3 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Pisgah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Kennedy was the daughter of the late Edward F.
and Mary Allen Neal Aymett.
There are no immediate survivors.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KENNEDY, Lester Lamar The Pulaski Citizen 11 Sep 1963
Graveside services were held at Maplewood Cemetery Tuesday for Lester Lamar
Kennedy, 67, owner of Kennedy Wholesale Hardware Company in Pulaski.
Mr. Kennedy died Sunday at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga where he was taken
last week.
For 25 years he operated the hardware business in Chattanooga. Three months ago
he relocated its office and warehouse here. Mr. Kennedy was past president of
the Southern Golf and Hardware Association.
He was born in Coffeeville, Miss. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church in
Pulaski and a World War I veteran.
Officiating at the 11 a. m. service was the Rev. R. Neal Dean, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski, and the Rev. Ben H. Shawhan, minister at
the Church of Messiah here. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Norma Chunn Kennedy; a daughter, Mrs. Peter Moore,
Pulaski; a son, William Chunn Kennedy, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.; three sisters,
Mrs. Willliam Atkin, Mrs. Carl Boyd and Miss Carolyn Kennedy, all of Mississippi
and three grandchildren.
KENNEDY, Margaret Florence Capps The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1961
Mrs. Joe Tom Kennedy, 72, died at 3 a. m. Wednesday, August 23, at her home in
the Chicken Creek community after a long illness. She had been an invalid for
about seven years since suffering an accidental gunshot wound in which a bullet
struck her spine and left her paralyzed.
Funeral services will be conducted at Bennett-May Funeral Home Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Officiating will
be the Rev. J. E. Trotter, the Rev. A. R. Hogan and the Rev.Wesley Holden.
A native of Nashville, Mrs. Kennedy was the former Miss Margaret Florence Capps,
daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Elizabeth Romine Capps. She had been
an active member of Trinity Methodist Church for many years.
Her husband wrote the Popular Farmer Jo column for The Pulaski Citizen for a
number of years.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Kennedy is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Randall
Wofford of Stewardson, Ill.; a sister, Miss Cora Capps of Giles County; two
grandsons and a granddaughter.
KENNEDY, Maud Zuccarello The Pulaski Citizen 26 Nov 1969
Mrs. Maud Zuccarello Kennedy died Friday evening, November 7, at a convalescent
home in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Mrs. Kennedy was the wife of the late Richard P. Kennedy of Giles County and
Colorado Springs.
She was a native of Giles County and the daughter of the late N. B. and Louisa
Faust Zuccarello.
Survivors include one son, Richard P. Kennedy, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif., and
several nieces and nephews including Mr. Guy Chambers, Mrs. Clyde Ealy, Mrs. J.
M. Rackley, and Frank Zuccarello of Pulaski.
KENNEDY, Nettie Cordelia Richardson The Pulaski Citizen 18 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Cordelia Richardson Kennedy, 36, former
resident of Goodsprings in Giles County, will be held at one o'clock Thursday in
Bethel Baptist Church in Lawrence County, with the burial in the church
cemetery. Mrs. Kennedy died on Tuesday, August 17, in Mid-State Baptist
Hospital, Nashville, after a ten-day illness.
Born February 3, 1929, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of Thomas Duncan
Richardson and Caroline Norwood Richardson.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Kennedy is survived by her husband, Jasper
Clifford Kennedy; two sons, J. C. and Paul Joseph Kennedy; two daughters, Martha
Jean and Kathy Sue Kennedy, all of the home address, Route 1, Leoma; one
brother, James Garner Richardson, Minor Hill; and four sisters, Mrs. Farrell
Cook, Missouri, and Mrs. Hugh Kennedy, Mrs. Dermon Bobo and Mrs. Fulton Hall,
all of Leoma.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KENNEDY, R. R. (Dick) The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jul 1969
R. R. (Dick) Kennedy died Monday evening, July 21, in a Colorado Springs, Colo,
nursing home. Funeral services will be conducted in Colorado Springs.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Kennedy married the former Miss Maude Zuccarello.
Later they moved to Colorado Springs, where they have made their home for
several years.
Survivors in addition to his wife include one son, R. P. Kennedy of Redwood
City, Calif.; one granddaughter, Miss Kathy Kennedy; one brother, Joe T.
Kennedy, Giles County; and two nieces, Mrs. Katherine Powell, Coral Gables,
Fla., and Mrs. Randall Woffard of Athens, Ill.
KENNEDY, Susie Mae Evans The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Susie Mae Evans Kennedy, native of Lynnville and
resident of Nashville, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
Cosmopolitan Funeral Home in Nashville, conducted by the Rev. Priestley Miller.
Burial took place in Woodlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Kennedy, who had been ill with
influenza and bronchial pneumonia died Monday night, March 4, at Miller's Clinic
in Nashville.
Born and reared at Lynnville, she was the daughter of the late Barney Evans and
Susie Cannon Evans.
Mrs. Kennedy is survived by her husband, Revis B. Kennedy; one daughter, Mrs. R.
M. Campbell, Donelson; four grandchildren; and one brother, H. Amos Evans,
Lynnville.
KENNEMER, William Talmadge The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1960
Funeral services for William Talmadge Kennemer, 66, farmer of the Minor Hill
section, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Minor Hill Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Chester A. Stephens, pastor of the church. Burial
will take place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr. Kennemer died on Tuesday night,
March 8, at Giles County Hospital.
Born August 17, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John W.
Kennemer and Rebecca McGill Kennemer.
Mr. Kennemer, a bachelor, is survived by two nieces, Mrs. J. E. McCartney,
Athens, Ala., and Mrs. John J. Stanfield, Chattanooga; and one nephew, Herman
Griffin, Winter Haven, Fla.
Bennett May and Company in charge of arrangements.
KERR, Mary Emma Glazner The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Emma Glazner Kerr, 84, widow of Reed Kerr, were
held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at Stella Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
conducted by Earl Willoughby, with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Stella.
Mrs. Kerr died Wednesday, December 4, at noon at the home of her son, Reece
Kerr, in Athens, Ala.
Born January 6, 1879, at Sycamore, Ala., she was the daughter of Thomas Dillard
and Ada Litton Glazner. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Her husband died 23 years ago. Mrs. Kerr is survived by five sons, Reed Kerr,
Athens, Ala., Archie Kerr, Florence, Ala., Leslie Kerr, Stella, Sam Kerr,
Endicott, N. Y., and Don Kerr, Arlington, Va.; one daughter, Mrs. Lucille
Langdon, Meridian, Miss.; three step-daughters, Mrs. Alma Gooch, Stella, Mrs.
Fenton Hall, and Mrs. Mary Grubbs, Pulaski; thirty-four grandchildren and
twenty-seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Osborn Glazner, Fort Worth,
Texas; and one sister, Mrs. Annie Hart, Jacksboro, Texas.
KEY, Richard The Pulaski Citizen 29 May 1963
Richard Key, about 6, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Key of Austell, Ga., died
Friday night, May 24, at an Atlanta, Ga., hospital of undetermined causes.
Funeral rites and burial took place in Austell.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by one sister, Ann Key; and
two brothes, Glenda and Glen Key, Jr.; Mrs. Key is the former Miss Jane Branch
of Pulaski, daughter of the late Asa Branch.
KIDD, Herbert The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jul 1965
Herbert Kidd, 50, Pulaski businessman, died Wednesday morning, July 14, at Giles
County Hospital after an illness of several months.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating and burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
The son of the late George H. and Sarah Creekmore Kidd, he was born October 6,
1914. at Pine Knott in McCreary County, Ky.
Before moving eight years ago to Pulaski, where he owned and operated East Hill
Market, Mr. Kidd was associated with Grey and Kidd Motor Company at Pikeville,
Ky., for a number of years.
He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Pulaski Elks Lodge and had
been quite active in the Little League Baseball Program. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Kathleen Abernathy of Pulaski; two
sons, Robert Fletcher and George Harrison Kidd of Pulaski; two brothers, Howard
Kidd of Pikeville, Ky., and Luke Kidd of Cincinnati, Ohio; and four sisters,
Mrs. H. F. Kidd of Covington, Ky., Mrs. Nell Belle of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. J.
M Burnett and Mrs. Clifford Richardson of Williamsburg, Ky.
KILBURN, Randy Lee The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Prayer services for Randy Lee Kilburn, age one month and twenty-five days, will
be held at the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kilburn on the Minnow
Branch Road at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The Rev. Mack Pinkelton will
officiate and the burial will take place in Lynnwood Cemetery. The child died
Tuesday at the home.
KILLEBREW, Nancy Elizabeth Jones The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Mrs. William D. Killebrew, mother of Mrs. William K. Owen of Pulaski, died
Thursday night, February 4, at her home in Birmingham, Ala., after a long
illness.
Funeral rites were held Saturday, with the burial in Forest Hill Cemetery in
that city.
In addition to Mrs. Owen, Mrs. Killebrew is survived by one son, Freeman Hood
Killebrew, Birmingham, Ala.; three other daughters, Mrs. Edna Jones and Mrs.
John Morris, Birmingham, Ala. and Mrs. Robert L. French, Anniston, Ala.; and
three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mrs. Killebrew was a member of Woodlawn Methodist Church, the United Daughters
of the Confederacy and the Order of Eastern Star.
KILPATRICK, Ella Mamie Smith The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Mamie Kilpatrick, 71, who died Friday, December
23, i Giles County Hospital, were conducted on Sunday afternoon, December 25, at
2:00 o'clock in the Chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Paul McKissack,
Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Kilpatrick, a native of Giles County, was born September 13, 1895, the
daughter of the late Coble and Maggie Neely Smith.
She is survived by her husband, Troy Kilpatrick; one son, Jimmy Kilpatrick of
Pulaski; three grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Leoda Franks, Winter
Haven, Fla., Mrs. Homer Gibbons, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Finis Braley of Giles
County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KIRKPATRICK, Finis Samuel The Pulaski Citizen 10 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Finis Samuel Kirkpatrick, 57, employee of Pulaski Highway
Express Company, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ,
and A. C. Dreaden, Florence, Ala., former minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Kirkpatrick died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his
home on Sunday morning, October 7, as he was preparing to attend church
services.
Born August 28, 1905, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Mary Erwin
Kirkpatrick and the late Jim Kirkpatrick. He was a member of East Hill Church of
Christ.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Kirkpatrick is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie
Mae Attkisson Kirkpatrick; three sons, James Thomas Kirkpatrick, Joe Dean
Kirkpatrick, and Robert Allen Kirkpatrick; and four grandchildren, all of
Pulaski; one brother, Clay Kirkpatrick, Chicago, Illinois; and two sisters, Mrs.
Raymond Erwin, Pulaski, and Mrs. Tom Golden, Lewisburg.
KIRKPATRICK, Mary Eutonia Erwin The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eutonia Erwin Kirkpatrick, 85, widow of Jim
Kirkpatrick, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in
New Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Kirkpatrick died at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
February 8, at the home of a daughter, Mrs.
Raymond Erwin, in Pulaski.
Born November 22, 1879, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
William Clay Erwin and Josephine Williford Erwin. She was a member of the Church
of Christ.
In addition to Mrs. Raymond Erwin, Mrs. Kirkpatrick is survived by another
daughter, Mrs. Tom Golden, Lewisburg; one son, Clay Kirkpatrick, Chicago, Ill.;
fifteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.
Belle Whitsett, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KIMBROUGH, Elmer Robinson The Pulaski Citizen 25 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Elmer Robinson Kimbrough, 78, retired Lynnville farmer were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pleasant Valley Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway and the Rev. Gus C. Self, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Kimbrough died at 9:20
Friday morning, April 20, at his home in the Lynnville Community after a period
of declining health.
Born January 1, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Daniel
Kimbrough and Mary Hickman Kimbrough. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Kimbrough is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lela Petty Kimbrough; one daughter,
Mrs. Luther C. Smith, Louisville, Ky.; one granddaughter, Mrs. Glen Turner,
Lynnville; one great-grandchild; one brother, Andrew M. Kimbrough, Lawrenceburg;
and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Schindler, Nashville, and Mrs. Perry Williams,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KIMBROUGH, Florence Enoch Bunch The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Ernest N. Kimbrough, 85, resident of the Weakley
section of the county, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in New Hope
Baptist Church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with the
burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Kimbrough died on Friday, September 3, at
the home after a long illness.
The former Miss Florence Enoch Bunch, she was born January 14, 1880, the
daughter of the late Enoch Bunch and Mary Jane Smith Bunch. She was a member of
the Baptist Church.
Her husband, Ernest N. Kimbrough, well-known merchant at Wales, died a number of
years ago.
Mrs. Kimbrough is survived by five sons, Marion Kimbrough, New Orleans, La.,
Ernest Kimbrough, Nolensville, Ernest Kimbrough, Waynesville, N. C., Otis
Kimbrough, Pulaski, and Frank Kimbrough, Jacksonville, Fla.; four daughters,
Mrs. William Dean, Minor Hill, Mrs. Rellie Sadler, Santa Fe, Maury County, Mrs.
Allen Murray, Lynnville, and Miss Margaret C. Kimbrough, Weakley Community;
twenty grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Inez
Whitley, Lynnwood, Calif.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KIMBROUGH, Florence Holt The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Holt Kimbrough, resident of the Wales section
of Giles County, the greater part of her life, were held at 10:30 o'clock
Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Charles M.
Harris, Presbyterian minister, and the Rev. Mr. Hall. Burial took place in the
family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Kimbrough died Sunday morning, September
24, at Giles County Hospital after a period of declining health.
Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William Holt and Letitia
Pate Holt. She was one of the last three charter members of New Hope Baptist
Church. Her husband, Charles M. Kimbrough, died May 30, 1929.
Mrs. Kimbrough is survived by six daughters, Mrs. J. M. Aaron, Kennett Square,
Pa., Mrs. W. J. White, and Mrs. J. F. Osborne, Nashville, Mrs. R. A. Spradling,
Carrollton, Texas, Mrs. W. E. Buckley, Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Atha Hardy,
Pulaski; four sons, H. R. Kimbrough, Metter, Ga., S. H. Kimbrough, Wales, W. J.
Kimbrough, Bowling Green, Ky., and Edward G. Kimbrough, Lake Worth, Fla.; twenty
grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; and one brother, W. T. Holt,
Wales.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KIMBROUGH, Flournoy The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1967
Flournoy Kimbrough, 68, Ohio factory worker, died Sunday, January 29 at his home
in Painsville, Ohio.
Services will be conducted Thursday afternoon, February 2, at 2 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with burial in the Kimbrough family
cemetery.
Mr. Kimbrough, a native of Giles County, was born August 14, 1900, the son of
the late John H. and Eura Kimbrough. He moved to Ohio about fifteen years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Murphy Kimbrough; six daughters, Mrs.
Albert McGrew, and Mrs. Clifford McGrew, Pulaski, Mrs. James Gilbert, Prospect,
Mrs. James Greenfield, Painsville, Ohio, Mrs. Montie McKissack, Geneva, Ohio,
and Miss Lelia Ann Kimbrough, Painsville; two sons, Logan, Painsville, and
Elgin, U. S. Army; eighteen grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one sister,
Mrs. Willie Hargrove, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KIMBROUGH, Jerry Lynn The Pulaski Citizen 31 May 1967
Graveside services for Jerry Lynn Kimbrough, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Kimbrough, who died Wednesday, May 24, were conducted Wednesday, May 25, at 10
a. m., at Maplewood Cemetery, with the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, are one brother, Joey Kimbrough; his
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crosslin; and paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Kimbrough, Giles County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KIMBROUGH, Laken The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Laken Kimbrough, 88, retired farmer of the Rockwood section
of Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Kimbrough died at 11 o'clock Thursday night in the home
of a son, Clayborn Kimbrough in Columbia, where he had lived for the past
thirteen years.
Born January 29, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Reece
Kimbrough and Mary Hammonds Kimbrough. He was a member of the Presbyterian
Church. His wife, Jennie Mildred Fogg Kimbrough, died March 10, 1951.
In addition to Clayborn Kimbrough in Columbia, Mr. Kimbrough is survived by
three other sons, Terrell Kimbrough, Nashville, Floyd Kimbrough, Decatur, Ala.,
Edgar Kimbrough, Huntsville, Ala.; five daughters, Mrs. Ura Kimbrough,
Hermitage, Tenn., Mrs. William Brown, Prospect, Mrs. James P. Tate, Pulaski,
Mrs. Herbert H. Neal, Aspen Hill, and Mrs. Adrian L. Johnson, Columbia; eleven
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KIMBROUGH, Nancy Harwell Tomerlin The Pulaski Citizen 2 Sep 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Nanch Harwell Tomerlin Kimbrough, 80, Giles County
resident, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Rev. Andrew Brown and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister.
Burial took place in Cool Spring Cemetery. Mrs. Kimbrough died Thursday, August
27, in Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville.
Born January 7, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Stephen
H. Harwell and Mattie Harwell. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Kimbrough is survived by her husband, Madden Kimbrough; one sister, Mrs. E.
W. Farris, Columbia; five step-children; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KINCAID, Eugene Smith The Pulaski Citizen 25 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Eugene Smith Kincaid, 51, employee of the Giles County
Highway Department for approximately twenty-six years, were held at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at Chestnut Grove Methodist Church, with the rites conducted
by the Rev. Chester A. Stephens of Lynchburg, former pastor of the church.
Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Kincaid died early Tuesday
evening, April 24, at Giles County Hospital after a brief illness.
Born October 10, 1910, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Willie
Kincaid and Anna Mae Nichols Kincaid. He was a member of Chestnut Grove
Methodist Church.
Mr. Kincaid is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Norwood Kincaid; two sons,
Patterson Kincaid, Pulaski, and Philip Kincaid, Anthony Hill Community; one
daughter, Miss Mary Ann Kincaid, Anthony Hill; two grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Virgie Duke, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KINCAID, Lovell C. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1968
Lovell C. Kincaid, 59, died Wednesday morning, March 20, in Maury County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Kincaid will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Deleney officiating.
Burial will be in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Kincaid was born August 18, 1909 the son of the
late C. A. Kincaid and Mrs. Mamie Lovell Kincaid, who survives.
Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife, Mrs. Mabel Hight Kincaid,
Columbia; one daughter, Mrs. Donald Jack, Columbia; one grandson; two brothers,
Addis Kincaid, Nashville, and Mitchell Kincaid, Giles County; three sisters,
Mrs. Avy Pate, Giles County, Mrs. Edith Parsons, and Mrs. Sarah Waldrop,
Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KINCAID, Sherial Patricia The Pulaski Citizen 26 Dec 1962
Sherial Patricia Kincaid, ten-day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Patterson
Kincaid, died on Thursday, December 13, at Giles County Hospital. Services took
place at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Chestnut Grove Methodist Church with the
burial in the church cemetery.
In addition to the parents, the survivors are two brothers, Randy and Roger; and
the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Rogers and Mrs. Eugene Kincaid.
KING, Aubrey Monroe The Pulaski Citizen 9 Apr 1969
Aubrey Monroe King, 84, died Friday, April 4, in Lincoln County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. King were held Saturday afternoon, April 5, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
and the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, Mr. King was born January 26, 1885, the son of the
late Frank King and Rena George King. His wife was the late Gracie Holley King.
Survivors include two sons, Leonard King, Pulaski, and Willis King, McBurg; two
daughters, Mrs. Thomas Hereford, Fayetteville, and Mrs. Ray West, McBurg; four
grandchildren; two great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Etta Shepard,
Huntsville, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KING, Ella Matthews The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Matthews King, 75, Pulaski resident, will be held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. King died on Wednesday morning, June 6, at her home
after several weeks illness.
Born June 11, 1886, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late John C.
Matthews and Anne Bills Matthews. Mrs. King, widow of Thomas J. King, was a
member of East Hill Church of Christ.
Mrs. King is survived by five daughters, Mrs. H. C. Ray, Mrs. Gertrude Rolin,
Mrs. Lawson Hedgecoth, and Mrs. Maggie Vinson, Pulaski, and Miss Julia King,
Nashville; one step- daughter, Mrs. Bessie Hendrix; and one grandson, Roger
Vinson, both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KING, George M. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1966
Funeral services for George M. King, 71, were conducted on Wednesday afternoon,
December 21, at 2:00 o'clock , at the Prospect Methodist Church, with the Rev.
Rudolph James officiating. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery.
Mr. King, a native of Giles County, died Monday, December 19, at his home in the
Prospect community. He was born February 14, 1895, the son of the late Robert
Lee and Fannie Kirkland King.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie M. Lewis King; one daughter, Mrs. Charles
Loveless, Houston, Texas; two sons, Robert Alvin King, California, and George
Edward King, Houston, Texas; nine grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. W. S.
Wilburn, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KING, Gracie Mae Holley The Pulaski Citizen 26 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Gracie Mae Holley King, 71, resident of the Frankewing
Community, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. King died Monday, August 24, in Lincoln County
Hospital, Fayetteville.
Born May 16, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Willis
Holley and Della Harwell Holley. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. King is survived by her husband, Aubrey Monroe King; two sons, Leonard
King, Pulaski businessman, and Willis King, McBurg; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn
West, McBurg, and Mrs. Thomas E. Hereford, Fayetteville; four grandchildren;
three brothers, Avie Holley, Noble Holley, and Talmadge Holley, all of
Frankewing; and one sister, Mrs. M. O. Johnson, McBurg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KING, James Gilbert The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1967
James Gilbert King, 79, prominent native Giles Countian, died unexpectedly,
Saturday, Nov. 18, following a heart attack. He had lived in Chattanooga since
1908 and was the owner of Moore and King, Inc., the largest retail prescription
drug business in the city.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the chapel of First
Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, of which he was an Elder, with Dr. James L.
Fowle and Rev. Ben Haden officiating. Burial was in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Mr. King was born at Elkton on Aug. 7, 1888, the son of Joseph Harmon and Rosa
Gilbert King. He was graduated from Jones High School at Lynnville and from
Vanderbilt School of Pharmacy.
He was married in 1916 to Jessica Rankin Bible and they had one son, Joseph
Gilbert King, who survives. His first wife died a number of years ago and he
later married Addie James of Middleboro, Ky.
Mr. King was a member of Chattanooga Masonic Lodge 199, the Shriners, Elk Lodge,
Rotary Club, Mountain City Club and the Chattanooga Retail Druggist Association.
An outstanding Chattanoogian, T. O. Duff, said of Mr. King, "He has been a
generous contributor to every worthwhile civic and charitable organization and
has truly been in every way and manner a most exemplary citizen. Chattanooga and
the profession of pharmacy may well be proud that Gilbert King became one of its
citizens." He has also, throughtout the years, been a generous contributor
toward improvements at Bethany Presbyterian Church at Bryson.
Survivors, in addition to his wife and son, are two sisters, Mrs. M. G. Anderson
and Miss Sally May King of Bryson, and three grandchildren.
KING, Maggie Mae The Pulaski Citizen 19 Apr 1967
Mrs. Maggie Mae King, 81, of Prospect died Sunday, April 9, at Lawrence County
Hospital, Lawrenceburg.
Services were conducted Tuesday, April 11, at 3:00 p. m. at the Market Street
Church of Christ, Athens, Ala., with A. J. Rollins, officiating. Burial was in
City Cemetery, Athens.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Beulah Strain, Montgomery, Ala., Mrs.
Lorena Wright, Prospect; two sons, R. C. King, Oxford, Miss., and C. E. King,
Berwyn, Ill.; ten grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Minnie Andrews, Blissfield, Mich.; four
half-brothers, Robert Mitchell, Winchester, Floyd Mitchell, Joe Mitchell, both
of Athens, Ala., and Joe Mitchell, Eloise, Fla.; four half-sisters, Mrs. Ola
Carter, Mrs. Fannie McKinney, Mrs. Irene Smith and Mrs. Alice Malone, all of
Athens, Ala.
KING, Marvin L. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Marvin L. King, Sr., 71, Pulaski resident, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. King died Thursday, December 24, at Giles
County Hospital.
Born September 29, 1893, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Frank
Richard King and Callotta George King. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. King is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Annie Gilliam King; two sons,
Houston Frank King, Franklin, Tenn., Marvin L. King, Jr., Lincoln Park, Mich.;
two daughters, Mrs. Rachel L. Wood, Diana and Mrs. Verta Jones, Gretna, La.;
eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; one brother, Monroe King,
McBurg; and one sister, Mrs. Ella Sheppard, Huntsville, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KING, Ola Mae Lanier The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Ola Mae Lanier King, 47, Pulaski resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery. She died Friday morning, July 8, at Giles County Hospital
after a brief illness.
Born February 28, 1913, in Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Zack Lanier
and Dazie Martin Lanier.
Mrs. King is survived by her husband, John D. King.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KING, Tom The Pulaski Citizen 8 Apr 1964
Tom King died last Sunday night in Veterans Hospital in Nashville, a week after
the 74-year-old man was hospitalized with mysterious injuries received in Tunnel
Hollow near Prospect.
He was brought to Giles County Hospital Sunday afternoon, March 29, by John
Wright of Prospect "bruised up, cut up, with a bad eye and in serious
condition," according to Dr. W. K. Owen. King had been staying with the Wright
family in their Tunnel Hollow home and Sheriff Jack Cox said he was told that
the elderly man was injured when he fell against a stove and table.
Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. today (Wednesday) at Pulaski Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Aspen Hill
Cemetery.
The sheriff said an autopsy had been ordered in an effort to clear up the case.
Before King's death, Cox was quoted as saying it looked like the only chance of
"getting to the bottom" of it was for him to regain consciousness and talk to
investigating officers, which King never did.
Cox said members of the Wright family have been questioned. "They all tell the
same story," he said. "They say he fell against a table on one side and then
staggered across and fell on a stove on the other side."
King was a native of Giles County and a World War I veteran.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary King, and a son, Carl King, both of Town
Creek, Ala.
KIRBY, Ida Davis Miller The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Davis Miller Kirby, 80, Pulaski resident were held
at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Charles Hosay of Nashville, and the Rev. Gilbert Shaffer,
minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Kirby died unexpectedly about 11 o'clock Thursday night, September 22, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dan Gordon, in Pulaski, following a period of
declining health.
Born June 19, 1880, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Calvin Davis and Elizabeth Kilpatrick Davis. She had been a member of the
Methodist Church since her girlhood.
Twice married, her first husband, Robert C. Miller, died in 1926. Her second
husband, George L. Kirby of Oklahoma, whom she married in 1950, died in 1958.
In addition to Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Kirby is survived by four other daughters, Mrs.
Asa Branch, Mrs. William Allen Morrell, Jr., Pulaski, Mrs. Dick Jones, Columbia,
and Mrs. Charles M. Lawter, Jr., of Oklahoma, Okla.; two sons, Ernest Miller and
Robert Allen Miller, Pulaski; fourteen grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren; two half-sisters, Mrs. Mattie Adams and Mrs. Priscilla
Hargrove, Elkmont, Ala.; and four half-brothers, Sam Davis, Floyd Davis, Charlie
Davis and Clarence Davis, all of Elkmont, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KIRK, Mary Young The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1963
Mrs. Mary Young Kirk, 72, Columbia resident, died of a heart ailment at 8:05
Thursday morning, September 19, in Maury County Hospital, Columbia, only three
days after the death of her husband, Oscar R. Kirk.
Prayer services were held at one o'clock Friday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home, Columbia, followed by funeral services at 2:30 o'clock that
afternoon in First Baptist Church in Pulaski. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery here.
Born in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Young and Jeannie
Stacey Young.
Mrs. Kirk is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Irene Watts, Nashville, Mrs.
William McGrew, North Pekin, Ill., and Mrs. Edith Lambert, West Brockton, Ala.;
ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; three brothers, Emmett Young,
Luther Young and Sherman Young, all of Columbia; and three sisters, Mrs. Maycel
Harlow, Columbia, Mrs. Laudie LaRue, Nashville, and Mrs. Nora Howard, Winter
Haven, Fla.
KIRK, Oscar R. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1963
Prayer services for Oscar R. Kirk, 83, retired employee of the old Tuells Dairy,
Columbia, were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at Oakes and Nichols Funeral
Home in Columbia, followed by funeral services at one o'clock at First Baptist
Church in Pulaski, with the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of the church, officiating.
Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery in Giles County. Mr. Kirk died Monday,
September 18, at Maury County Hospital after a two weeks illness.
A former resident of Giles County, he was born in Coffee County, the son of the
late Jack Kirk and Elizabeth Kirk. He was a member of First Baptist Church,
Pulaski.
Mr. Kirk is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Young Kirk; three daughters, Mrs.
William McGrew, North Pikin, Ill., Mrs. Edith Lambert, West Brockton, Ala., and
Mrs. Irene Watts, Nashville; ten grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; and
one brother, L. E. Kirk, Columbia.
KISER, Leigh Ola Head The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Leigh Ola Head Kiser, 63, resident of the Pleasant
Valley Community will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by James Merritt, Church of Christ minister of Athens,
Ala. The burial will take place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Kiser died at 2:40
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, January 10, at Giles County Hospital after a three
months illness.
Born January 13, 1897, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Will
Head and Mattie Maude Davidson Head, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Kiser is survived by her husband, Joe K. Kiser; one son, John William
Kiser, Wales; and three brothers, Grady Head and John Head, Lynnville, and
Walter Head, Akron, Ohio.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KNIGHT, Annie England The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1964
Mrs. Annie England Knight, 75, widow of Joe P. Knight, who owned and operated
Richland Hotel for many years, died at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning, January 7, at
a Nashville hospital, following a period of declining health.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by Gilbert Shaffer, Church of
Christ minister, Benjamin Shawhan, Episcopal rector, and the Rev. Billy E.
Craighead, Methodist minister. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Born December 31, 1888, at Viola, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late
Alexander England and Mary Ann Wilshire England. She was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Mr. Knight died November 23, 1938.
Mrs. Knight is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert C. Smith, Pulaski; two
granddaughters, Pulaski; and one brother, E. E. England, Neosho, Mo.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
KNOWLES, Sally Myrtle Birdsong The Record Chronicle 18 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. J. R. Knowles, 80 of Justin will be held at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday in the Justin Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ed Miller, pastor,
officiating. Burial will be in Justin's I00F Cemetery under direction of Goen
Funeral Home of Denton.
Mrs. Knowles died at her home at 4:05 p.m. Thursday after a year's illness. She
was born in Giles County, Tenn., on Aug. 19, 1882 and has been a resident Denton
County for 16 years.
She and the late J. R. Knowles were married in Kaufman County on Dec. 16, 1903.
He died on Feb. 15, 1953.
Survivors are one son, Cloyce Knowles of Lubbock; three daughters, Mrs. Edna Mae
Keyworth of Justin; Mrs. Charlie Sims of Justin and Mrs. J. V. McCallister of
Lubbock; one sister, Mrs. J. A. R. Wilson of Kaufman; two brothers, Claude C.
Birdsong of Kaufman and Lonnie F. Birdsong of DeQueen, Ark.; five grandchildren
and six great grandchildren.
KOLTEUKIAN, Mary Meade The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Word was received Monday of the death of Mrs. K. G. Kolteukian in her hometown
of Glen Allen, Va. The former Miss Mary Meade, she was dean of women at Martin
College for four years during the administration of Dr. Sinclair Daniel.
KRESSENBERG, E. E. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1960
Funeral services for E. E. Kressenberg, retired Memphis cotton seed oil mill
superintendent, were held on Saturday afternoon, November 19, at National
Funeral Home with the burial in Forest Hill Cemetery in that city. Mr.
Kressenberg who had been ill one week, died Friday, November 18, at Baptist
Hospital.
Mr. Kressenberg, father of Dr. K. M. Kressenberg, Pulaski physician, is also
survived by his wife; one other son, William L. Kressenberg; three daughters,
Mrs. R. E. Coleman, Warner Robbins, Ga., and Mrs. Don Vann and Mrs. J. E. Eades,
both of Memphis; and thirteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mr. Kressenberg was a member of Parkway Methodist Church in Memphis.
KUHN, Charlie A. The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1960
Funeral services for Charlie A. Kuhn, 77, retired carpenter, were held at 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Kuhn died at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at his home on West
Shoal Street.
Born February 20, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Ed Kuhn and
Tennie Judkins Kuhn.
Mr. Kuhn is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lela Ferguson Kuhn; one daughter, Mrs.
Thurman Medley; one son, Mitchell Kuhn; and four grandchildren, all of Pulaski;
and one sister, Mrs. Carl Sanderson, Tucson, Ariz.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LACKEY, Elam Anderson The Pulaski Citizen 29 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Elam Anderson Lackey, 69, Nashville resident and former
resident of Giles County were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Cosmopolitan Funeral Chapel in Nashville, conducted by the Rev. J. Paul
Williams. Burial took place in Woodlawn Memorial Park in that city. Mr. Lackey
died unexpectedly at 12:30 o'clock Monday (noon) August 27, at General Hospital
after a brief illness.
Mr. Lackey who with his family moved to Nashville twenty-four years ago, was a
native of Giles County, the son of the late William Enos Lackey and Naomi
Stevenson Lackey.
Mr. Lackey is survived by his wife, Mrs. Miriam Dorothy Storey Lackey; one son,
Elam A. Lackey, Jr., Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. William G. McCreery, Madison;
eight grandchilden and two great-grandchildren; and one brother, Raymond E.
Lackey, Ardmore.
LACKEY, Miriam Butler The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
Mrs. Miriam Butler Lackey, 78, a former resident of Giles County, of 1203
Graycroft Avenue, Madison died Tuesday, April 29, at a local hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lackey will be held Thursday afternoon, May 1, at 1:30
o'clock in the Woodlawn Chapel of Roses on Thompson Lane with the Rev. Hawkins
Clark officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park on Thompson Lane,
Nashville.
Survivors include one son, Elam Lackey, Jr., Nashville; one daughter, Mrs.
Margaret M. McCreery, Nashville; eight grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
LAMAR, John Henry The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1960
Funeral services for John Henry Lamar, 72, retired farmer of the Yokley
Community, were held Monday at Big Creek Church of Christ with the burial in the
Helton Cemetery. Mr. Lamar died Saturday, May 21, at his home after a long
illness.
He was a native of Alabama, the son of the late Andrew Lamar and Mary Stutts
Lamar, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Lamar is survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie Hickman Lamar; a sister, Mrs.
Nancy Ball, Wales; four step-sons, Alvin Hickman, Columbia, L. M. Hickman,
Nashville, Otha T. Hickman, Ypsilanti, Mich., and Tony Hickman, Lynnville; one
step-daughter, Mrs. J. W. Green, Culleoka; and thirteen step-grandchildren.
LAMAR, Willard Amon The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Willard Amon Lamar, 51, Chef for the Town and Country Motel, Athens, Ala., died
Thursday, October 12, in Athens, following a heart attack.
Services were conducted Saturday afternoon, October 14, at 1:00 o'clock, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Lamar was born in Alabama on April 5, 1916, the son of Lee and Fannie Favors
Lamar of Pulaski.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Jack Longshore,
Leoma; three brothers, Otis Lamar, Pulaski, Loyce Lamar, Michigan City, Ind.,
and W. L. Lamar, Jr., Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LANDRETH, J. C. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Mar 1969
J. C. Landreth, 55, father of Mrs. Billy Pigg of Pulaski, died Saturday evening,
February 22, in a nursing home in Jacksonville, Fla., after an illness of three
months.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 25, in Jacksonville, with burial in
that city.
Mr. Landreth was the son of J. F. Landreth of Jacksonville and the late Flora
Sweatt Landreth.
Survivors in addition to his daughter and father, include one son, Esten
Landreth, of Camp Le Jeune, N. C.; six sisters, Mrs. Ruby McKelvy, of Pulaski,
Mrs. Grace Rogers, Columbia, Mrs. Ray Re Nolle, of Lancaster, Pa., mrs. Evora
Ball, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Doris Hulton, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Ed Tuten of
Jacksonville; four brothers, Jimmy Landreth, Macon, Ga., Frank Landreth, New
Orleans, La., Gene Landreth, California, and Morris Landreth, Jacksonville, and
two grandchildren.
LANDRETH, John Frank The Pulaski Citizen 8 Oct 1969
John Frank Landreth, 81, died Tuesday, September 30, in a Jacksonville, Florida
Nursing Home. Services were conducted Friday, October 3, at 12:00 with burial in
Tampa, Fla.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Edward Ball, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Roy
McKelvy, Pulaski, Mrs. Elmer Rogers, Columbia, Mrs. Jodie Hutton, Cincinnati,
Ohio, Mrs. Faye ReNolle, Lancaster, Pa., Mrs. Ed Futen, Jacksonville, Fla.; and
four sons, Jack Landreth, and Morris Landreth, Jacksonville, Fla., James
Landreth, Bryom, Ga., and Eugene Landreth, California.
LANE, Archie Patterson The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jun 1964
Funeral services for Archie Patterson Lane, 56, farmer of the Fourteenth Civil
District and an employee of Murray-Ohio Bicycle Plane at Lawrenceburg for
several years, were held at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, Pulaski, with North Funeral Home of Lawrenceburg in
charge of arrangements. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Lane died
unexpectedly of a heart attack at 4:30 o'clock Monday morning, June 1, at his
home.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Monroe Lane and
Mattie Scott Lane. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Lane is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Dunavant Lane; two sons, David
Lane, Memphis, and Charles Lane of the home address, R. 1, Lynnville; three
brothers, Lawrence Lane, Everett Lane and Arthur Lane, Fourteenth District; and
two sisters, Mrs. Bob Hindman, R. 1, Lynnville, and Mrs. Lewis Tyler, Culleoka.
LANE, Florence Oliver The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Oliver Lane, 90, resident of the Austin
Hewitt Home in Pulaski for the past seven years, were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by the Rev. W. H.
Moss and Dr. W. H. Mansfield with burial in the Oliver Cemetery near Pisgah.
She died at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, June 26 at the Hewitt Home after a long
period of declining health.
Born January 27, 1870, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Felix
S. Oliver and Nancy Willeford Oliver. She was a member of First Methodist
Church.
Her husband, Oscar R. Lane, died approximately ten years ago.
Mrs. Lane is survived by one sister, Mrs. W. C. Hughes, Shreveport, La., and six
step-children. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LANE, Mattie Scott The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Scott Lane, 85, were held at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Marcella Falls Church of Christ with the burial in Lynnwood
Cemetery at Lynnville. Mrs. Lane died on Monday afternoon, June 19, at her home
at Marcella Falls.
Born March 24, 1876, in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Alex
Scott and Julie Brooks Scott of the Hampshire section of Maury County. Her
husband, Monroe Lane, died May 8, 1938. She was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Mrs. Lane is survived by four sons, Arthur Lane, Everett Lane, Lawrence Lane,
and Archie Lane, all of Route 1, Ethridge; two daughters, Mrs. Bob Hindman,
Ethridge and Mrs. Lewis Tyler, Culleoka; eleven grandchildren and twenty
great-grandchildren.
LANIER, Betty Elizabeth Beard The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Elizabeth Beard Lanier, 90, widow of J. C.
Lanier, were held at 11 o'clock Monday morning at Pisgah Methodist Church.
Burial took place in Pisgah Cemetery. Mrs. Lanier died on Sunday, January 12, at
the home of a son, James Lanier, Route 5, Pulaski.
Born December 12, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Willis
Beard and Mary Worsham Beard. Her husband, Mrs. Lanier, died many years ago.
In addition to the son, James, Mrs. Lanier is survived by two other sons, George
Lanier, Pulaski, and John C. Lanier, Fayetteville; two daughters, Mrs. Fred
Moore, R. 5, Pulaski, and Mrs. Rachel Faulkenberry, Pulaski; thirteen
grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Mahlon Beard and Floyd Beard, both
of Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LANIER, Claude The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Claude Lanier, 57, retired farmer of Giles County, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
burial in New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Lanier died Thursday, March 9, at a Memphis
hospital after a short illness.
Born June 23, 1903, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Richard Lanier
and Loretta Newton Lanier. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Lanier is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lacey Pierce Lanier; one daughter, Mrs.
Raymond Russell, Fayetteville; three sons, Orvill Lanier, Fayetteville, James
Lanier, Zion, Ill., and Edwin Lanier, Wildwood, Ill.; five grandchildren; five
sisters, Mrs. Everly Jenkins, Mrs. Helen O'Malley, Mrs. Sara Phillips, Mrs. Emma
Jenkins, and Mrs. Ida May Newton; and three brothers, Malcolm Lanier, Pete
Lanier and Milton Lanier, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LANIER, Lou Anna Newton The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lou Anna Lanier, 84, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at New Zion Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
Baptist minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Lanier died
Monday afternoon, December 4, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. William Jenkins,
on the Columbia Highway, after a period of declining health.
Born June 24, 1877, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Bud Newton
and Frances Hamlett Newton. Her husband, Richard J. Lanier, died sixteen years
ago.
In addition to Mrs. William Jenkins, Mrs. Lanier is survived by four other
daughters, Mrs. Earl Jenkins, Mrs. Edd Phillips, and Mrs. Lonnie Newton, Pulaski
and Mrs. Robert O'Malley, Frankewing; three sons, Pete Lanier, Malcolm Lanier
and Milton Lanier, Pulaski; thirty-four grandchildren and thirty
great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Wyatt Newton and Lewis Newton, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LANIER, Malcolm The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1967
Malcolm Lanier, 57, died Wednesday, August 2, at Giles County Hospital,
following a long illness.
Services were conducted Friday, August 4, at 2:00 p. m. in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with burial in Giles Memory Gardens. The Rev. Mack
Pinkelton conducted the services.
Mr. Lanier, a native of Giles County, was born October 17, 1909, the son of the
late R. J. and Louanna Newton Lanier. Before his illness he was employed by
Lewisburg Casting Company.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sally Will Holley Lanier; four daughters, Mrs.
Rufus Britton, Mrs. Wayne Brown, Mrs. James Turner, Pulaski, and Mrs. Royce
Blankenship, Columbia; one son, Dean Lanier, Columbia; six grandchildren; five
sisters, Mrs. Bill Jenkins, Mrs. Lonnie Newton, Mrs. Earl Jenkins, Mrs. Raymond
O'Malley, Pulaski, and Mrs. R. G. O'Malley, Frankewing; two brothers, Pete and
Milton Lanier, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LANIER, William Brown The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1966
Funeral services for William Brown Lanier, 72, were held Thursday in McDaniel
Funeral Home at Cornersville with the burial in Beechwood Cemetery at
Cornersville. Mr. Lanier died Wednesday, April 20, in Gordon Hospital in
Lewisburg.
Mr. Lanier is survived by his wife, Mrs. Velma Allen Lanier; one daughter, Mrs.
Estelle Pigg, Cornersville; two sons, Hershel Lanier, Brick Church and Billy
Lanier, Cornersville; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one
brother, Con Lanier, Frankewin; and one sister, Mrs. Shellie Risner, Ethridge.
LANIER, William Claude The Pulaski Citizen 2 Mar 1960
Funeral services for William Claude Lanier, 25, native of Giles County, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Lanier died
at 6:20 o'clock Tuesday morning, February 23, at the home in Fayetteville, after
a period of declining health.
Born July 2, 1935, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lanier, now residing in
Fayetteville.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Raymond Russell,
Fayetteville; and three brothers, Edwin Lanier and James Lanier, both of
Illinois, and Orvill Lanier, Huntsville, Alabama.
LASSITER, Minnie Martin The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
Mrs. Minnie Martin Lassiter, 93, died Wednesday afternoon, September 21, at
Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services were conducted Friday, September 23, at 2 p. m., in the chapel
of the Cosmopolitan Funeral Home in Nashville with burial in Spring Hill
Cemetery. The Rev. W. D. Comperry officiated.
Mrs. Lassiter, a native of Mississippi, was born January 27, 1873, the daughter
of the late John W. Martin and Althea Cunningham Martin. Her husband, Henry W.
Lassiter, died in 1944.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Hopkins, Pulaski, Mrs. Howard
Morton, Nashville, and Mrs. Lester Maddox, Memphis; eleven grandchildren, and
twenty-five great-grandchildren; one brother, Will Martin of Corinth, Miss.
LATEN, Lige M. The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1966
Funeral services for the Rev. Lige M. Laten, 87, retired Baptist minister of
Maury County, were held Thursday in Viola Baptist Church with the burial in
Stewart's Creek Cemetery in Lincoln County. Mr. Laten died Wednesday, March 9,
in a Columbia infirmary.
A native of Lincoln County, he organized the Viola Baptist Church and the Giles
County Baptist Association. He was former moderator for the Maury Baptist
Association and had held pastorates at Second Baptist, now Highland Park Baptist
Church, Columbia, and the First Baptist Church in Pulaski.
Mr. Laten is survived by two sons, Robert Laten, Pulaski, and Erskine Laten,
Goodsprings; two daughters, Mrs. Haggard Howell, Columbia, and Mrs. Clarence
Fanning, Fayetteville; seventeen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
LEDFORD, Ellie T. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellie T. Ledford, 71, were conducted Monday morning,
April 3, at 11 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Dr. W. H.
Mansfield and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory
Garden.
Mrs. Ledford, a native of Giles County, died Saturday, April 1, at Fairhaven
Nursing Home. She was born April 13, 1895, the daughter of the late Jerome and
Mary Alice Garrett Tarpley.
Survivors include her husband, Clarence Ledford; one daughter, Mrs. Joyce
Hamlett, Campbellsville; one son, Louie Ledford, Nashville; four grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Tucker, Pulaski, and Mrs. Rena Ashford, Louisville,
Ky.; three brothers, Herman and Jerome Tarpley, Lynnville and Polk Tarpley,
Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LEDFORD, Myrtle Bryant The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Bryant Ledford, 82, widow of Charlie K.
Ledford, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Highland Baptist Church
in Tullahoma with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery in Tullahoma. Mrs. Ledford
died at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, November 12, at Giles County Hospital,
having entered on Sunday afternoon.
Born December 20, 1880, in Moore County, she was the daughter of the late Martin
Bryant and Martha McGee Bryant. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Her husband, Charlie K. Ledford, died in 1945.
Mrs. Ledford who had made her home with her niece, Mrs. Erskine Sharp in Pulaski
for approximately twelve years, is survived by several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LEDFORD, Robert Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1968
Robert Clarence Ledford, 75, died Wednesday, December 18, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Funeral services for Mr. Ledford, a retired farmer, were held Friday afternoon,
December 20, in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with Mr. Andy Brown,
Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Ledford was born September 11, 1893, the son of
the late Bill and Eddie Jordan Ledford.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Rex Hamlett, Lawrence County; one son,
Louie A. Ledford, Nashville; three sisters, Mrs. Jerome Tarpley, Giles County,
Mrs. Harold Hinot, Pensacola, Fla., and Mrs. Stacy Ashford, Tucson, Ariz.; and
four granddaughters.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LEE, Robert The Giles Free Press 18 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Robert Lee were held January13, at the Union Hill Baptist
Church, Elkton. The Rev. R. E. Bailey, the Rev. Doc Hatcher, and the Rev. Earl
Scruggs officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Queen Ann Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
LEFTWICH, Voncile H. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1967
Mrs. Voncile H. Leftwich of Nashville, died Sunday afternoon, January 8, in a
hospital in that city.
Services were conducted on Tuesday, January 10, at Cosmopolitan Funeral Home,
followed with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
She was the widow of the late Lycurgus Leftwich, a former principal of Elkton
High School.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Mary Frances Dysart, Nashville; one son,
Dr. Rodney L. Leftwich of North Carolina; and several grandchildren.
LEGG, Ella J. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Miss Ella J. Legg, 84, retired music teacher, were held at
1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bethel Methodist Church. Rites were
conducted by the Rev. John M. Bradford, pastor of the church, the Rev. W. C.
Folks, former pastor, the Rev. Dallas Bass and the Rev. Cullen T. Carter with
the burial in the cemetery at Leggtown, Ala. Miss Legg died early Tuesday
morning, December 19, at her home at Bethel, after a long period of declining
health.
Born July 21, 1877, at Leggtown, Ala., she was the daughter of the late Jody J.
F. Legg and Nancy Ellen Legg. She had lived most of her life in Giles County.
For many years, she taught music in Salisbury, Mo.
Miss Legg is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Dallas Bass and Mrs. Emma Lou
Hargrove, Nashville; and one nephew, Dr. Frank Moore, Jackson.
LEGG, Solomon The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jan 1966
Solomon Legg, well-known Pulaski Negro who for many years had been employed by
the Union Bank, died Dec. 31, at his home on South Rhodes Street after a long
period of declining health.
Funeral services were held Sunday, Jan. 2, at First Baptist Church on Shoal
Street. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Legg was noted throughout Giles County for his preparation of barbecued meats
and had on many occasions cooked barbecue for gatherings of hundreds of people,
as well as for great numbers of individuals who felt that "Solomon's barbecue"
could not be surpassed.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Reba Legg, three brothers and one sister.
LEHNERT, Minnie Sue Wilburn The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles G. Lehnert, 40, former employee of a Pulaski
firm, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday in Lawrenceburg First Presbyterian
Church. Burial took place in Mimosa Cemetery. She died Saturday, October 23, at
her home after several months illness.
The former Miss Minnie Sue Wilburn, she the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
Wilburn of Lawrenceburg. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian
Church, a new church in that city.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Lehnert is survived by her husband; two
children, Barbara Lehnert and Andy Lehnert, Lawrenceburg.
LEMAY, Lou Vera Bobo The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lou Vera Lemay, 53, former resident of Giles County,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Sweet Gum Baptist Church, near
Lexington, Ala., with the burial in the Anderson Creek Cemetery in that area.
Mrs. Lemay died at 6:30 o'clock Friday evening, November 3, in Maury County
Hospital in Columbia.
Born in Alabama, she was the daughter of Charlie Bobo and Mrs. Mary Ann
McWhirter Bobo. She had lived in the Scotts Hill section of this county for
several years.
Mrs. Lemay is survived by her husband, Taylor Lemay, Lexington, Ala.; one son,
Dermon Lemay, Benton Harbor, Mich.; one daughter, Miss Stella Ann Lemay,
Lexington, Ala.; four step-daughters and four step-sons; five sisters, Mrs. Vada
Ritch, Pulaski, Mrs. Verdie Lopp, California, Mrs. Myrtle Cagle, Lynn, Ala.,
Mrs. Mattie Prince, Leoma, and Mrs. Mae Rochester, Columbia; her step-mother,
Mrs. Lula Bobo, Nashville, and five half-brothers and three half-sisters.
LENTZ, James Thomas The Giles Free Press 7 Jun 1962
James Thomas Lentz, 85, died Thursday morning at the Williams Nursing Home in
Nashville.
Funeral services were held Friday at 10 a. m. at the London Funeral Home in
Lewisburg with Charles G. Lemons officiating. Burial was in the Lynnwood
Cemetery in Lynnville.
Mr. Lentz was a former Giles Countian, the son of James W. and Sarah Whitworth
Lentz. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. K. R. Harwell, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. B.
F. Holley, Cornersville, and Mrs. J. V. Callahan, Jr., Lynnville; three sons,
Willie, of Lewisburg, Sumpter, of Cornersville, and James W. of Nashville; a
sister, Mrs. Andrew Turner of Columbia; five brothers, Earnest, Cecil, and
Allen, all of Campbell Station, Tennessee, Arthur of Columbia, and George of Mt.
Pleasant; 19 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
LESTER, Joan Shuler The Pulaski Citizen 28 May 1969
Mrs. Joan Shuler Lester, 47, died Sunday, May 25, in Parkview Hospital,
Nashville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lester, wife of W. Lambeth Lester, were held Tuesday
afternoon, May 27, at 3 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Lester was born November 3, 1921, the daughter of
Mrs. Blanche Campbell Shuler and the late Joe C. Shuler.
Survivors in addition to her mother and husband, include one daughter, Miss
Laura Lester; and one son, Joe Lester.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LEVINSON, Morris The Pulaski Citizen 8 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Morris Levinson, prominent Pulaski merchant for 45 years,
were held Sunday at the West End Synagogue Chapel in Nashville. Burial was in
the K. K. A. I. Cemetery in that city.
Mr. Levinson died Saturday morning in a Nashville hospital.
Native of the European country Latvia, now a part of Russia, he came to the
United States at an early age. After living in Nashville and Hohenwald he moved
to Pulaski, where in 1919 he opened Levinson's Department Store, which was
operated by Mr. Levinson and his son-in-law, Meyer Shum, at the time of his
death.
The Levinsons moved back to Nashville in 1957, but have visited Giles County
frequently.
Mr. Levinson is a 30-year Mason, member of the Scottish Rite Club and Al Menah
Temple.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Freda Stein Levinson; a son, Dr. Herman Levinson,
Bakersfield, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Meyer Shum, Pulaski; seven grandchildren;
and one great-grandchild.
LEWIS, Eugene G. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jul 1965
Eugene G. Lewis, 87, retired Postal telegraph operator, died Wednesday, June 30,
at Little Sisters of the Poor in Nashville after a long period of declining
health.
The funeral mass was said at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, of which
he was a communicant at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning. The Rev. Angelo Nobile,
priest-in-charge, officiated and burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
The son of John D. and Joanna O'Neil Lewis, he was born March 9, 1878, in Giles
County. For approximately forty years he was employed as the Postal Telegraph
operator in Pulaski. Mr. Lewis was never married. He had been a resident of the
Little Sisters of the Poor Home for about two years.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Raymond Patterson, and a niece, Miss Mary
Teresa Patterson, both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LEWIS, Nelle The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1961
Mass was held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, Pulaski for Miss Nelle Lewis, 80, who died Saturday night, January
28, at a Nashville hospital. Father Shelly of Columbia officiated with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born September 16, 1880, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
D. Lewis and Joanna O'Neill Lewis.
Miss Lewis is survived by one sister, Mrs. Raymond Patterson; and one brother,
Eugene Lewis; both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
LEWIS, Sarah Katherine Creecy The Pulaski Citizen 5 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Sarah Katherine Creecy Lewis, 73, resident of the Diana
Community, were held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Diana Church of
Christ with the burial taking place in the Diana Cemetery. Mrs. Lewis died
Tuesday, November 27, at Leonard Hospital in Lewisburg.
She was a native of Giles County and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by her husband, Dan Lewis; one daughter, Mrs. John
Webster, Diana; and two brothers, Joe Creecy and Jim Creecy, Giles County.
LEWTER, Stanley Reed The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1968
Pfc. Stanley Reed Lewter, 19, of Ardmore, Ala., was fatally shot March 1 by
small arms fire while on a helicopter mission in Vietnam, according to a message
received the following day by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Lewter of
Huntsville, Ala.
Military rites were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, March 11, at Meadow
Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Spencer, chaplain of Redstone Arsenal,
officiating. Burial was in Gatlin Cemetery at Ardmore. Rainey Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Pfc. Lester was born Dec. 24, 1948, in Fayetteville and attended Huntsville
Schools.
He was a member of the 118th Assault Helicopter Co., stationed at Bien Hoa,
Vietnam at the time of his death, and recently had been designated Soldier of
the Month by his commanding officer.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Cathy Marie Lewter; his
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Lewter, and his maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Rossie Bailes, all of Ardmore, Ala.
LIGGETT, Paul D. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1968
Paul D. Liggett, Sr., 67, a retired farmer, died Monday, December 16, at Merihil
Nursing Home, Lewisburg.
Funeral services for Mr. Liggett, father of P. D. Liggett, Jr., were held
Tuesday afternoon, December 17, at 1 o'clock at London Funeral Home. Burial was
in Morton Cemetery.
In addition to his son, survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Howard Collins,
Lewisburg, Miss Vivian Kay Liggett, Belfast, Tenn.; one brother, A. R. Liggett,
Jr., Columbia; and four grandchildren.
LIGON, Charles J. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1966
Charles J. Ligon, 71, husband of the late Sarah Kirkland Ligon who died
approximately two months ago, died at 2 o'clock Thursday, June 16, in a Maury
County nursing home in Columbia, following an extended period of declining
health.
Funeral rites took place at 11 o'clock Saturday in Oakes and Nichols Funeral
Home, Columbia, with the burial in the Anthony Cemetery in Giles County.
Mr. Ligon is survived by one son and three daughters, all of whom live in
Charlotte, N.C.
LIGON, Sarah Kirkland The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. C. J. Ligon, 53, resident of Columbia, were held at
one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home. The burial
took place in the Anthony Cemetery at Rockwood, in Giles County. Mrs. Ligon died
Monday night, April 18, in Maury County Hospital.
The former Miss Sarah Kirkland, she was born and reared in Giles County, the
daughter of the late Ed Kirkland and Kate Eubank Kirkland.
Mrs. Ligon is survived by her husband, C. J. Ligon, Columbia; and six sisters,
Mrs. Carey R. Oliver, Pulaski, Mrs. Will Pickle, Chapel Hill, Mrs. Willie B.
Green, Mrs. Henry Hyle and Mrs. Elmer Hill, Columbia, and Mrs. Opal Sharp,
Lewisburg.
LINDSAY, Gene The Pulaski Citizen 24 Mar 1965
An elderly Negro man burned to death in a house fire in the Cedar Grove
community Sunday night, March 21. He was Gene Lindsay, about 90, who had lived
on the Martin Thomas farm for two years.
The fire occurred about 8 p. m. according to Fire Engineer Boone Lanier of the
Pulaski Fire Department, but fireman were not called to the scene until several
hours later when, searching through the ashes of the house, they found th man's
remains.
It was thought by residents of the area that the blaze may have been started by
sparks from an open fireplace which the aged man used to heat the small frame
structure. He lived alone.
Lindsay is survived by one son, Henry Louis Lindsay of Nashville.
LITTRELL, James Rufus The Giles Free Press 28 Sep 1961
Funeral services for James Rufus Littrell, 42, were held Sept. 24, at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, and burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
Mr. Littrell was killed in an automobile accident in Pasco, Wash., Sept. 17.
He was the son of the late Sandy and Maggie Beddingfield Littrell.
He is survived by his wife, one child, three sisters, Mrs. Louise Tingle,
Alabama, Mrs. Elise Skelton, Detroit and Mrs. Katie Smith, Fla., two brothers,
Charles Littrell, Detroit, and Edward Littrell, Fla.
LIVELY, Tennie Deason The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1960
Graveside services were held in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, for Mrs. Tennie
Deason Lively, 80, at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, with rites conducted by the
Rev. Jesse C. Williams, pastor of Olivet Charge. Mrs. Lively died Thursday, June
16, at the hospital in Martin, Tenn., after a period of declining health.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Deason. She had resided the past twenty-five years in Veto, Ala., and Martin.
Her husband, Luther Lively, died in August, 1928. She was a Methodist.
Mrs. Lively is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mabron Clem, Martin, Tenn.,
Mrs. Maggie Head, Decatur, Ala., Mrs. Mallie Hobbs, Mississippi; two sons, John
Lively and Ed Lively, Biloxi, Miss.; and several grandchildren.
LOCKE, Daniel Hartwell The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jul 1969
Funeral services for Daniel Hartwell Locke, 79, were conducted Monday afternoon,
June 30, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Charles
Gibbons and Andrew Brown, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in
Cool Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Locke died Sunday, June 29, at his home on Pulaski, Route 1.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Locke was born June 18, 1890, the son of the late
George and Betty Harwell Locke.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eva Mae Ward; two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Fox,
Goodsprings, and Mrs. Lois Locke and Ones Locke, both of Pulaski; one sister,
Mrs. Candice Glover, Leoma; one brother, Sam Locke, Goodspring; and three
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LOCKE, Dorothy Jean The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1967
Mrs. Dorothy Jean Locke, 27, died at her home on South First Street, Wednesday
morning, March 29.
Services were conducted Thursday, March 30, at 2:00 p. m., in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home with Paul McKissack and Mr. McGregor, Church of Christ
ministers, officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Garden.
Mrs. Locke, a native of Giles County, was born December 26, 1939, the daughter
of Clarence and Ruth Austin Jones.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Ones Locke; one
sister, Mrs. Jimmy Cox, Lawrenceburg; two brothers, Paul Edward Jones, Pulaski,
and James W. Jones, Michigan.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LOCKE, Eugenia Cook The Pulaski Citizen 20 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Eugenia Cook Locke, resident of the Chicken Creek
section, were held at 2 o'clock Friday in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister, and the Rev Robert Hall, Cumberland
Presbyterian minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Locke died
on Wednesday, October 13, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Tom Pittard.
Mrs. Locke, widow of W. M. Locke, was born in Giles County, the daughter of the
late George E. Cook and Susan Williamson Cook.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to the one daughter, Mrs. Locke is survived by one brother, T. H.
Cook, Cedar Grove, and one sister, Mrs. Foster Gordon, Sr., Chicken Creek.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LOCKE, Robert S. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Robert S. Locke, 78, one of Lawrence County's most widely
known families, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Ethridge Church of
Christ, conducted by Jerry Corlew and the Rev. Gueary Reed. Burial took place in
John Lay Cemetery. Mr. Locke died early Sunday morning, January 9, at his
Ethridge home.
Born October 2, 1887, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late John S.
Locke and Ann Carter Locke. He was a retired Lawrenceburg merchant, a veteran of
World War I, a member of the American Legion and the Church of Christ.
Mr. Locke is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Lee Harwell Locke, native of
Giles County; two daughters, Miss Adah Lee Locke, Nashville, and Mrs. Ray
Jackson, Clarkston, Ga.; four grandchildren; and one brother, Willie M. Locke,
Washington, D. C.
LOCKE, Willie Bertha Jones The Pulaski Citizen 4 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Bertha Jones Locke, 68, resident of the Shores
section, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Shores Church of
Christ, with the burial in the Shores Cemetery. Mrs. Locke died at one o'clock
on Wednesday morning, April 4, at Giles County Hospital after a brief illness.
Born July 9, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Steven
Jones and Mrs. Hester Jones. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Locke is survived by her husband, Sam Locke; five daughters, Mrs. Grady
Glover, Mrs. Bob Johnson, Mrs. Grove Banner, and Mrs. Hugh Cates, all of Giles
County, and Mrs. Fount Webb, Lewisburg; one son, George Locke, Giles County;
sixteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Cullman Jones,
Giles County; one sister, Mrs. Spencer Phillips, and one half-sister, Mrs.
Virgie Rosson, both of Giles County. Bennett-May and Company in charge of
arrangements.
LOGAN, Charles S. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Charles S. Logan, 91, retired L&N Railroad employee, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Prospect Methodist Church. Rites were
conducted by the Rev. John M. Bradford, pastor of the church, and the Rev. J. C.
Elkins and the Rev. W. C. Folks, former pastors. Burial took place in Prospect
Cemetery. Mr. Logan died Wednesday morning, November 21, at Presbyterian Home,
High Point, N. C.
Born January 28, 1871, in Pulaski, he was the son of the late Dr. Leonidas P.
Logan and Mrs. Evelyn McGrew Logan. Twice married, his first wife, Mrs. Effie
Waters Logan, a Giles Countian, died in 1917. His second wife, Mrs. Ollie Legg
Logan, died in 1945. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Logan is survived by three sons, the Rev. C. Sumpter Logan, Presbyterian
minister of Ogden, Utah, Harry 2. Logan, Elizabeth City, N. C., and Joe M.
Logan, Charlotee, N.C.; one daughter, Miss Nell Logan, Stillwater, Okla.; seven
grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Ina B. Howard, Prospect, and Mrs. Tom
James, Nashville.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
LONG, Bess Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1966
Mrs. Bess Harwell Long, 84, died Tuesday night, October 18, in Giles County
Hospital, following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon, at 3:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating.
Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Long was born May 5, 1882. She was a native of Giles County, the daughter
of the late Lafayette and Adela Montgomery Harwell. Her husband, John L. Long,
who died several years ago, was a Pulaski merchant for many years.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Virginia Long Parks; two grandchildren,
and eight great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LONG, Clyde Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1964
Clyde Long, Jr., 33, native Pulaskian and resident of Morgan City, La., was
reported missing and feared dead after the helicopter he was piloting apparently
went down in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday afternoon, August 15.
No trace had been found today of Long and three male passengers who were
traveling with him, but officials of Mobil-oil Company, by whom all three were
employed, said parts of the helicopter had been spotted in the Gulf about 75
miles south of the Louisiana city. No other details were available.
A 1951 graduate of Giles County High School and a graduate of the University of
Tennessee, Long had been employed by Mobiloil for the past six years as a pilot.
His wife is the former Wanda Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moore of
Pulaski, and they have two children, Kevin 11, and Cynthia, 8.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Long, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Moore left for Morgan City,
Tuesday night to await further developments in the search now underway.
LONG, Dimps The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1968
Dimps Long, 91, died April 19 at home in Belle Mina, Alabama.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m., Sunday, April 21, at Bethel Baptist
Church, Lauderdale County, Ala., with burial in the Mitchell Cemetery.
McConnell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Long is survived by his wife Bell Cowan Long; 7 sons, one daughter; 53
grandchildren; and 83 great-great-grandchildren.
LONG, Elmon Casper The Pulaski Citizen The Pulaski Citizen 31 Aug 1966
Elmon Casper Long, 75, retired farmer of the Boonshill community, died Sunday in
Lincoln County Hospital after a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 4:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, August 31,
at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville.
Mr. Long, a native of Lincoln County, was the son of the late Thomas and Mary
Tate Long.
He was an elder at Boonshill Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Effie Trantham Long; five sons, Robert M. of
Fayetteville, Alton of Lynnville, Donald W. of Fairmont, W. Va., Bernard R., U.
S. Embassy, French West Africa, and Capt. William H. Long, U. S. Marine Corps,
Viet Nam.; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Armstrong of Lincoln County, and Mrs. Ola
Smith, of Sparta; and six grandchildren.
LONG, Emmett Reynolds The Pulaski Citizen 27 May 1964
Emmett Reynolds Long, 64, native Giles Countian and retired postal employee,
died at 1:30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, May 20, of a heart attack in his
home town of St. Louis, Mo. Funeral services took place on Sunday with the
burial at Farmington, Mo.
Born at Wales in Giles County, he was the son of the late James T. Long and
Elnora Reynolds Long. For forty years, he was connected with the postal
department in St. Louis, the latter years of which he was supervisor of the
Parcel Post Division. He retired three years ago.
Mr. Long is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Brookmiller Long; two sisters,
Mrs. Roy Trippensee and Mrs. Kathleen Lavin, both of St. Louis; and one brother,
Gardner Long Reynolds, Atlanta, Ga.
LONG, Eula Jane Hendrix The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jan 1966
Mrs. Eula Jane Hendrix Long, 67, died Friday, January 14, in Lawrence County
Hospital. Services were held Sunday afternoon in Appleton Church of Christ with
burial in the church cemetery.
A native of Lawrence County, she had lived most of her life in Giles County. She
moved back to Lawrence County a few year ago.
Mrs. Long is survived by her husband, H. B. Long; three brothers, Roy Hendrix,
Bonnertown, and McKinley Hendrix and Huron Hendrix, both of Lawrenceburg; one
sister, Mrs. Fannie Oliver, Ethridge; and five step-grandchildren.
LONG, Ezra The Pulaski Citizen 24 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Ezra Long, 83, retired farmer, were held at one o'clock
Saturday afternoon in Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert Shaffer, Church
of Christ minister. Burial took place in Booth Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Long died at
10 o'clock Thursday night, March 18, in Giles County Hospital.
Born May 7, 1881 in Giles County, Tenn., he was the son of Dan Long and Sarah
Johnson Long. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Long is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie Simpson Long; one son, Jackie
Long, both of Pulaski and one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Rainey of Athens, Ala., and
one brother Wesley Long of Lester, Ala..
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LONG, Iva Skeets The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jun 1969
Mrs. Iva Skeets Long, 75, died Saturday night, June 7, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Long, wife of the late Henry Long, were held Monday
afternoon, June 9, at 2 o'clock in Minor Hill Baptist Church, with Rev. Wayland
Hartsfield officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
A native of Alabama, Mrs. Long was born August 15, 1893, the daughter of the
late Waid Skeets and Jenny Haney Skeets.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
LONG, Ladye Smith The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Ozro Long, 82, were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Long died at 9:30 Monday night,
November 18, at Giles County Hospital.
The former Miss Ladye Smith, she was a native of Rutherford County, the daughter
of the late Lucian A. Smith and Mary Butler Smith. She was a member of First
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Long is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Whitfield Edmundson, Pulaski; one
granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. A. S. Riggs,
Murfreesboro.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LONG, Mary Lou Randolph The Pulaski Citizen 26 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Randolph Long, 74, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Hester's Chapel Church of Christ with the burial in Booth's
Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Long died at 2 o'clock Saturday morning, April 22, at
Limestone County Hospital, after a long illness.
Born September 4, 1886, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Frank
Randolph and Babe Randolph.
Mrs. Long is survived by her husband, Wesley Long, Route 1, Lester, Ala.; four
daughters, Mrs. Lelia Favors, Salem, Ala., Mrs. Verlie Hill, Madison County,
Ala., Mrs. Retha Chambers, Belle Mina, Ala., and Mrs. Reba Graves, Goodsprings,
Tenn.; two sons, Rufus Long and Ashford Long, Athens, Ala.; twenty two
grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren; and two sisters, Miss Ida
Randolph, Limestone County, Ala., and Mrs. Emma Long, Winter Haven, Fla.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LONG, Myrtle Walls The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1968
Mrs. Myrtle Walls Long, 88, died Tuesday, August 20, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Long, wife of the late Tom Long, were held Wednesday
afternoon, August 21, at 3 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with
the Rev. Horace Bass officiating. Burial was at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Long was born April 15, 1880, the daughter of the
late Bud and Betty Chapman Walls. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Robert Hutton, Giles County, and Mrs.
Willdy Griffin, McLean, Tex.; three sons, Johnny Long, Winter Garden, Fla.,
Flournoy Long, Evansville, Ind., and Reese Long, Giles County; thirty-three
grandchildren; sixty-five great-grandchildren; and eighteen
great-great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LONG, Ruthie Geneva Appleton The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1968
Mrs. Ruthie Geneva Long, 78, died Sunday, December 15, at her home on South
Third Street.
Funeral services for Mrs. Long, wife of the late Hardie Joe Long, were held
Wednesday afternoon, December 18, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with
Mr. Carl Hollis, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Long was born May 27, 1890, the daughter of the
late Sam Appleton and Elmina Sutton Appleton.
Survivors include one son, John Thomas Long, Nashville; one daughter, Mrs.
Louise Appleton, Pulaski; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Weakley Appleton,
Finley, Ohio, and John Appleton, Pettusville, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Easter
Adams, Veto, Ala., and Mrs. Mickie Johnson, Bodenham.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LONG, Thomas Melvin The Pulaski Citizen 2 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Thomas Melvin Long, 76, retired farmer residing at Wales,
were held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Booth Chapel Church of Christ.
Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Long died at 6 o'clock Monday
morning, July 31, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born January 31, 1885, in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late Nay
Long and Rebecca Longshore Long. He was a member of Hester Chapel Church of
Christ. A resident of Giles County for 13 years, he had been making his home
with a grandson, Thomas Long at Wales.
His wife, Mrs. Lizzie Johnson Long died twenty-two years ago.
Mr. Long is survived by four daughters, Miss Rose Lee Long, Mrs. Kathleen
Swanner, Mrs. Maglean Foust and Mrs. Lucile Long, all of Lester, Ala.; three
sons, Tillman Long and Willard Long, both of Athens, Ala. and Thurman Long,
Anderson, Ala.; and nineteen grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LONG, Tillman Cole The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Tillman Cole Long, 60, farmer of the Aymett Town section,
were
held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon in Booth Chapel Church of Christ, conducted
by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mr. Long died Thursday, June 24, in Giles County Hospital after a four
day stay.
Born December 29, 1904, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas
Melvin Long and Lizzie Johnson Long. He was a member of Puncheon Church of
Christ.
Mr. Long is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ina Mae Pierce Long; two sons, Thomas
Long, Wales and Jerry Long, Athens, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. James Rainey,
Athens, Ala.; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Thurman Long, Minor Hill, and
Willard Long, Athens, Ala.; and two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Long and Mrs. Margaret
Foust, both of Lester, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
LONGSHORE, Clemmie Nannie Hidgon The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1960
Funeral services for Clemmie Nannie Higdon Longshore, 67, resident of the Minor
Hill section, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of
Christ, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of
Christ, conducted by Ed Harper. Burial took place in the Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Longshore died at 10:45 o'clock Monday night, April 25, at the residence.
Born March 16, 1893, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late
Charlie Higdon and Mary A. Lawrence Higdon.
Mrs. Longshore is survived by her husband, James Edward Longshore; two sons, J.
D. Longshore, Shelbyville, and Brownie Longshore, Huntsville, Ala.; two
daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Green, Minor Hill and Mrs. Susie Hill, Elkmont, Ala.;
and eighteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
LONGSHORE, Elmer Harris (Jack) The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1966
Funeral services for Elmer Harris (Jack) Longshore, 60, Eighteenth Civil
District farmer, were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in
Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Longshore died unexpectedly Thursday, April 28, while
walking down a Pulaski street.
Born January 21, 1906, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas Henry
Longshore and Binnie Lawrence Longshore.
Mr. Longshore is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ellen Lamar Longshore; one brother,
Albert Longshore, Giles County; and two sisters, Mrs. Emmett Reynolds,
Goodsprings, and Mrs. Velma Lamar, Florida.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LONGSHORE, Robert Eldridge The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Robert Eldridge Longshore, 59, farmer of the Minor Hill
section, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Shores Church of Christ,
conducted by Everett Prestridge, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in
Shores Cemetery. Mr. Longshore died at 12:15 o'clock (Noon) on Monday, January
14, at a Nashville hospital after a long illness.
Born December 4, 1904, in Alabama, he was the son of the late Henry Longshore
and Vinnie Lawrence Longshore. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Longshore is survived by his wife, Mrs. Avis Emogene Lamar Longshore; one
son, Doyce Longshore, Giles County; two daughters, Mrs. Esther Lee Walker,
Rockford, Ill. and Miss Laura Jean Longshore, Giles County; three grandchildren;
two brothers, Jack Longshore and Albert Longshore, both of Lawrence County; and
three sisters, Mrs. Rena Kelly, Alabama, Mrs. Emmett Reynolds, Goodsprings, and
Mrs. Velma Lamar, Florence, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LOVELL, James Thomas (Jimmy) The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1966
Funeral services for James Thomas (Jimmy) Lovell, 84, retired farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Taylors Chapel Methodist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Wendell Meggs, pastor. Burial took place in Gibsonville Ceemtery near
the Giles-Maury County line. Mr. Lovell died Friday, April 15, at his home at
Yokley.
Native of Giles County, he was the son of the late W. T. Lovell and Betty Trice
Lovell. He had served as a steward of Taylors Chapel Methodist Church for many
years.
Mr. Lovell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Lovell Lovell; one daughter, Mrs.
Porter Foster, Yokley; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and one
half-sister, Mrs. Floyd Pinkelton, Columbia.
LOVETT, Bobby The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jun 1969
Bobby Lovett, 22, of DeKalb, Ill., former Giles Countian and grandson of Mrs. D.
R. Newton of Pulaski, was killed Wednesday, June 18, in a one-car traffic
accident at DeKalb.
Funeral services and burial were at Sycamore, Ill., on Saturday.
Lovett, a factory worker, was the son of Johnny and Evelyn Johnson Lovett, who
moved from here to Illinois about six years ago. He, with his wife and young
son, Michael, lived with his parents. He was the grandson of the late Mr. and
Mrs Tom Lovett of Giles County and the late George Johnson of Alabama.
It was reported that Lovett was a passenger in a car which went out of control
when crossing a railroad track, climbed a high grade and hung on a cable.
In addition to his parents, wife and son, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Norma
Jean Debolt of Illinois.
LOWE, Inez Smith The Pulaski Citizen 31 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. W. A. Lowe, Sr., 89, Diana resident, were held at 3:30
o'clock on Friday afternoon at Bills and McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg,
conducted by Jack Dunn, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Lone Oak
Cemetery, Lewisburg. Mrs. Lowe died at 10:30 o'clock Thursday night, August 25,
at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. E. Garrett at Yell, following a long illness.
The former Miss Inez Smith, she was born December 7, 1870, in Marshall County,
the daughter of the late Lafayette Smith and Sarah Collins Smith. She was a
member of the Diana Church of Christ.
Her husband, W. A. Lowe, Sr., died November 20, 1953.
Mrs. Lowe is survived by four other daughters, Mrs. Sam Wheatley, Lewisburg,
Mrs. Will Shaw and Mrs. S. G. Fox, Cornersville, and Miss Lovelace Lowe,
Pulaski; three sons, C. C. Lowe, R. R. Lowe and W. A. Lowe, Jr., Lewisburg;
eighteen grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild; one brother, Earl Smith, Cornersville; and one
half-brother, Wilbur Smith, Cornersville.
LOWE, Pearl Butler The Pulaski Citizen 5 Sep 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Butler Lowe, 74, native Giles Countian and widow
of Judge W. T. Lowe of Decatur, Ala., will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the rites conducted y the Rev.
William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial will take place in the
family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Lowe who had been in declining health
several years, died at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning, September 5, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born January 26, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Thomas Butler and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lancaster Butler, members of prominent
pioneer families of this county. She was educated in Giles County schools and
Martin College and was an accomplished musician and artist. She was a member of
the Methodist Church.
After her marriage to Judge Lowe, she lived in Decatur for several years, and
following his death about 1945, she returned to Pulaski where she served as a
hostess at Martin College for a number of years.
The last member of her immediate family, she is survived by one niece, Mrs. J.
T. McIntyre of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LOWERY, Jessie Rosella Burchell The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Rosella Burchell Lowery, 57, who died Thursday,
June 27, at a Nashville hospital, were conducted Saturday morning at 10 o'clock
at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was
in Munford, Ala.
Mrs. Lowery was a native of Giles County, the daughter of the Sam and Ola Wilson
Burchell.
Survivors include her husband, Herman J. Lowery; a son, John D. Womack of
Knoxville; a daughter, Mrs. Homer Farler of Talladega, Ala.; and nine
grandchildren.
LOYD, Andrew Lacy The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jul 1968
Andrew Lacy Loyd, 76, died Thursday, July 18.
Funeral services for Mr. Loyd, a farmer in the Bunker Hill community, were held
Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with
Herbert McNeese, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Loyd was born October 14, 1891, the son of the
late Luther and Mardra Bass Loyd.
Survivors include his wife Claudia Martin Loyd; one daughter, Miss Rachel Loyd,
Nashville; one son, Winfield Loyd, Nashville; one sister, Mrs. Dena Erwin,
Pulaski and one grandchild.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LOYD, Charles Edward The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1967
Charles Edward Loyd, 53, well-known local businessman, died Thursday, April 27,
at Giles County Hospital where he had undergone surgery a week previously.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native Giles Countian, Mr. Loyd was born May 1, 1913. He was the son of the
late Charles Neal and Eunice Elizabeth Rackley Loyd.
He was a veteran of World War II and held the local distributorship for Humble
Oil for about twenty years. He was a member of the American Legion, the Loyal
Order of Moose and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Bobby May of Pulaski; three brothers, Eugene
of Pulaski, Robert of Centerville, and Rev. Harold Loyd of Springfield, Ill.;
four sisters, Mrs. Jim Surles Burton, Jr. of Nashville, Mrs. Edwyn Andrews and
Miss Margaret Loyd, both of Birmingham, Ala.; and two grandchildren.
LOYD, Jean The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1967
Miss Jean Loyd, 41, died Friday, March 3, in Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville,
following a short illness.
Services were conducted Monday, March 6, at 2:00 p. m. in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Sammy Cramer officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Miss Loyd, a native of Giles County, was born November 10, 1925, the daughter of
the Loyd and the late Kate Lee McMurray Loyd. She was a member of the Bethany
Presbyterian Church at Bryson. She was employed as a Computer, Programmer, and
Librarian for Computer Science Corp. in Huntsville, Ala.
In addition to her father, she is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Frances L.
Engle, Sacramento, Calif., Mrs. Jeanette Suhr, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Eleanor
Hendrick, St. Petersburg, Fla.; one brother, Wilbur Loyd, Sacramento, Calif.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LOYD, Katie Lee McMurray The Pulaski Citizen 5 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie Lee McMurray, 66, native of Giles County, were
held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mr. Crumley of Louisville, Ky. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Loyd was visiting in home county, became ill and died unexpectedly on
Friday, November 30, at Giles County Hospital.
Born August 19, 1896, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
McMurray and Mrs. Willie Kennedy Murray. She and Mr. Loyd lived in the Bunker
Hill section until about seven years ago when they moved to Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. Loyd is survived by her husband, Luther Edwin Loyd; four daughters, Mrs.
Frances Ingle, Bryson, in Giles County, Mrs. Eleanor Headrick, St. Petersburg,
Fla., Miss Jean Loyd, and Mrs. Jennette Suhr, both of Louisville, Ky.; one son,
Wilburn Loyd, Sacremento, Calif.; thirteen grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Earl Taylor, Little Rock, Ark.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LOYD, Leonard The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1966
Graveside services for Leonard Loyd, 70 odd years of age, were held at 2:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bee Spring Cemetery, Giles County, conducted by Dr.
William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister. Mr. Loyd died of an apparent heart
attack on Friday, March 11, at his home in Louisville, Ky.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late J. Knox Loyd and Ella Elder
Loyd.
Mr. Loyd is survived by his brother, Elmer Loyd, Decatur, Ala., druggist.
LOYD, Luther Edwin The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Luther Edwin Loyd, 73, were held at 2:00 o'clock Sunday,
January 21, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Samuel N.
Cramer officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Loyd died Thursday, January 18, in Veterans Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Loyd was born November 16, 1894, the son of the
late Martin Luther and Madra Bass Loyd. His wife was the late Kate Lee McMurray
Loyd.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Frances L. Ingle, Sacramento, Calif.,
Mrs. Eleanor L. Frederick, St. Petersburg, Fla. and Mrs. Jeanette Suhr,
Louisville, Ky.; one son, Monte Wilburn, Sacramento, Calif.; fifteen
grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren; one brother, Lacy Loyd, Pulaski; and one
sister, Mrs. Dena Loyd Erwin, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LOYD, Luther Murray The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Luther Murray Loyd, 40, former Giles Countian, was found dead at his home in
Louisville, Ky., Sunday morning, Dec. 25, when fireman broke into the house in
answer to an alarm given by neighbors that smoke was seen coming from the
building. The Jefferson County Coroner said death was caused by suffocation.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday, at Bennett-May Funeral
Home in Pulaski by the Rev. J. W. McCullough and burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
The son of Luther Edwin and Katie Lee McMurray Loyd of Louisville, Loyd was born
in Giles County and had lived here until ten years ago, when he moved to
Louisville. He was a truck driver and was formerly associated with Middle
Tennessee Memorial Service in Pulaski.
Members of the family said indications were that the fire had started in an
overstuffed chair and had smouldered without breaking into flames until a door
was opened by the firefighters. Damage to the home was confined to that
resulting from smoke and water.
Besides his parents, Mr. Loyd is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nelle Hanna Loyd;
one daughter, Mrs. Sandra Faye Mattingly of Louisville; one brother, Wilburn
Loyd of Sacramento, Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Ingle of Pulaski, Mrs.
Eleanor Headrick of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. Jannette Suhr and Miss Jean
Loyd, both of Louisville.
LOYD, Martin W. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Aug 1966
Martin W. Loyd, 65, retired merchant, died Sunday, August 28, at his home in
Columbia, after suffering a heart attack.
Funeral services were held Monday, August 29, at 3:30 p. m. at Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home, with burial in Polk Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Loyd, a native of Giles County, was born September 3, 1900. He was the son
of the late Martin Luther Loyd and Mardra Bass Loyd. Mr. Loyd was a trustee of
Kraft Memorial Methodist Church, a Mason, a veteran of World War I and a member
of the American Legion.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie Florence Alexander Loyd; two daughters,
Mrs. Lessie Clark, Wilwaukee, Wis., and Mrs. James L. Wade, Nashvile; one
sister, Mrs. E. O. Erwin, Pulaski; two brothers, Edwin and Lacy Loyd, Pulaski,
and five grandchildren.
LUCURS, Robert Neal The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Robert Neal Lucurs, 74, retired Giles County farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Shores Church of Christ, with the burial
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Lucas died Thursday afternoon, July 20, at his home in Pulaski, after a
brief illness.
Born January 10, 1887, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late William E.
Lucurs and Nancy Doggett Lucas.
Mr. Lucas is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Tipper Lucurs; one son, Erskine
Miles Lucurs, Shores; three daughters, Mrs. Velma Parnell, Oak Grove, Mrs.
Clemmy Raymond, Cornersville, and Mrs. Stella Defoe, Pulaski; twenty
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Ada Cates,
Choate Creek, Mrs. Lillie Fox, Goodspring, and Mrs. Martha Lee, Huntsville,
Ala.; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Lila Campbell, and Mrs. Bertha Harwell, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LUMPKINS, Kathleen Lucy The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1966
Mrs. Kathleen Lucy Lumpkins, 71, widow of former Lawrenceburg Mayor, Dr. M. L.
Lumpkins, died Wednesday, August 17, in Parkview Hospital, after suffering a
heart attack.
Mrs. Lumpkins had been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Victor P. McKee,
of Nashville, for the past several months.
Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon, August 20, at 3:00 o'clock at
the Pulaski Street Church of Christ, with Mr. E. O. Coffman, minister of the
church, officiating. Burial was in Mimosa Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Lucy.
Mrs. Lumpkins attended Middle Tennessee State College at Murfreesboro, and
taught school in Giles and Lawrence Counties, before becoming associated with
the State Welfare Department, a position she held for twenty years, before
retiring in 1959. Her husband died in April of this year.
Mrs. Lumpkins was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to her daughter, she is survived by one son, Robert L. Lumpkins, San
Francisco, Calif.; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Malcolm H. Lucy, Nashville,
and Jesse Lucy, San Jose, Calif.
LUMPKINS, Lelia P. Huckaba The Pulaski Citizen 19 Apr 1967
Mrs. Lelia P. Lumpkins, 76, of Lawrenceburg, and the mother of Mrs. Robert (Bob)
Stone, died Wednesday night, April 12, following a heart attack.
Services were conducted Friday afternoon, April 14, at 4:00 o'clock at the
Immanuel Baptist Church, with the Rev. James Harney officiating. Burial was in
Mimosa Cemetery.
Mrs. Lumpkins was a native of Wayne County, but had lived in Lawrence County for
sixty years. Her husband the late Earl Lumpkins. She was the daughter of the
late John F. and Mary Ann Morrison Huckaba. She had been associated with
Lumpkins Insurance Agency since 1925.
Survivors, in addition to Mrs. Stone, are one son Frank Lumpkins, Los Angeles,
Calif.; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Ella Lynn, Lawrenceburg; one
brother, Dr. Ed Huckaba, Chattanooga; several nieces and nephews.
LUMPKINS, M. L. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Dr. M. L. Lumpkins, 74, Lawrenceburg retired dentist and
former mayor, were held Sunday at Pulaski Street Church of Christ with the
burial in Mimosa Cemetery in that city. He died Friday, April 15, in Brentwood
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Victor P. McKee.
Dr. Lumpkins was graduated from Louisville, Ky., School of Dentistry, and after
many years of practice, retired about five years ago. He was a former state
representative and had served as Lawrence County tax assessor and county
register. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to his daughter, Mrs. McKee, Dr. Lumpkins is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Kathleen Lucy Lumpkins, native of Giles County; a son, Robert L. Lumpkins,
Birmingham, Ala.; nine grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Andrew Dugger,
Lawrenceburg.
LUNA, Charles Newton The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Charles Newton Luna, Jr., 33, of the Frankewing community, was found dead
Sunday, December 11, hanging from a rope in the loft of a barn on his farm.
Coroner William Bennett, Jr., called the death a suicide and said Luna hanged
himself with a plow line.
An employee of Heil-Quaker Corporation at Lewisburg, he had been in ill health
and had recently undergone psychiatric treatment. He was a native of Giles
County, the son of Mrs. Ada Sutton Luna of Frankewing and the late Charles N.
Luna, Sr. and a member of Mt. Zion Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home with the Rev. Robert Whitsett and the Rev. Lloyd Hickman officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Earline McClure Luna; a
daughter,
Cathy; three sons, Danny, Billy, and Charles Newton III; and two sisters, Mrs.
C. H. Sparks of Giles County and Mrs. Horace Payne of Lincoln County.
LUNA, Herbert Jackson The Pulaski Ci tizen 14 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Herbert Jackson Luna, 62, Ardmore caf� operator, were held
at 11 o'clock Friday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Luna died on Wednesday night, August 7, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born June , 1901, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late John Thomas
Luna and Caroline Price Luna. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Luna is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Harwell Luna; three sons, Thomas
Edgar Luna, Pensacola, Fla., Fred Gray Luna and Howard Dean Luna, both of
Pulaski; four grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. James T. Chaffin, Rochester,
N. Y.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LUNA, Monte Hardy The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Monte Hardy Luna, 75, retired Lynnville farmer, were held
at 11 o'clock Monday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
John B. Lindenberger, Presbyterian minister, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
Baptist minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Luna died on
Saturday night, April 20, at Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg.
Born September 23, 1887, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late David
Luna and Alice Glenn Luna.
Mr. Luna is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lessie Griffin Luna; two sons, Mark Luna,
Lynnville, and Talmadge Luna, Columbia; four daughters, Mrs. J. C. Carpenter,
Pulaski, Mrs. Harold Parker, Bodenham, Miss Frances Luna, Nashville, and Mrs.
John Ward, Goodlettsville; ten grandchildren; and one brother, Leon Luna,
Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LUNA, Tommy Lee The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1967
A Boonshill truck driver, son of a former Giles Countian, was killed Monday,
Dec. 11, when his tractor-trailer left Highway 431 four miles north of
Fayetteville and went down an embankment.
Tommy Lee Luna, 24 son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Carlee Luna of Boonshill, was dead on
arrival at a Fayetteville hospital following the accident.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock at Ralston
Funeral Home in Fayetteville with burial in Wright Cemetery in Lincoln County.
Luna was an employee of B&E Corporation of Fayetteville, and company officials
said he was en route to Chicago with a load of frozen chickens when the accident
occurred.
Sgt. John Edwards of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said the victim was pinned in
the wreckage for about thirty minutes before two wreckers could free him.
Investigators were unable to determine the cause of the accident. No other
vehicle was involved.
A native of the McBurg community in Lincoln County, Luna was born April 9, 1942.
His mother is the former Georgia Harwell of Frankewing, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Harwell, and his father is a member of the board of directors of
the Bank of Frankewing.
He was graduated from Boonshill High School and was a member of the Boonshill
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include his wife, Mrs. Linda Stevenson
Luna; a daughter, Donna, and a son, David; a sister, Miss Sara Jo Luna, all of
Boonshill; and two brothers, Samuel Robert Luna of Hopkinsville, Ky., and John
Alvis Luna of Boonshill.
LUNN, Joe Pleasant Marshall County Gazette 14 Sep 1965
Joe Pleasant Lunn, 71, retired Lewisburg livestock dealer, died Monday morning
in a local hospital after a long illness.
Services are being held at 2:00 p.m. today (Tuesday) at the Bills and McGaugh
Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Mabry officiating. Burial will be in the
Bethlehem Cemetery.
A native of Marshall County, Mr. Lunn was a son of the late John Riley and Sarah
Elizabeth Scott Lunn. He is a member of the Berlin Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lila Harwell Lunn; one daughter, Mrs. James
Holly, Jr., of Lewisburg; two sons, Joe H. Lunn of Phoenix, Ariz., and John W.
Lunn of Lewisburg; three sisters, Mrs. Jimmie Ownby of South Berlin; Mrs. O. C.
White of Greenville, N. C., and Miss Ruth Lunn of Chattanooga; two brothers, M.
N. Lunn of Chattanooga, and E. H. Lunn of Atlanta, Ga., and seven grandchildren.
LUNSFORD, Ada Lou Ray The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Lou Ray Lunsford, 72, resident of the Diana
Community, were held Thursday, March 10, at Diana Methodist Church with the
burial in Diana Cemetery. Mrs. Lunsford died Wednesday at Hamlin Hospital in
Lewisburg after a long illness.
Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Bud Ray and Annie
Haridman Ray, and was the widow of Ephriam Lunsford. She was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Lunsford is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Hollis and Mrs. Roy
Burch; and one brother, Arney Ray, all of Diana.
LUNSFORD, Asa The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Asa Lunsford, 75, retired farmer of Diana, were held at 10
o'clock Friday morning, October 14, at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville,
conducted by the Rev. E. G. Godwin of Clarksville. Burial took place in
Beechwood Cemetery at Cornersville. Mr. Lunsford died on October 12 at a
Nashville hospital following a long illness.
Mr. Lunsford is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Ray Lunsford.
LUNSFORD, Curry G. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jul 1969
Curry G. Lunsford, 60, died Monday night, July 28, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, July 30, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial was in Kedron Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Lunsford was born April 30, 1909, the son of the
late Grant S. Lunsford and Amy Curry Lunsford.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth H. Lunsford; one daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Adams, Athens, Ala.; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ira Warren, Elkmont,
Ala., Mrs. Fred Ingram, Pulaski; one brother, Rip Lunsford, Athens, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
LUNSFORD, Mary Ruth Ray The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ruth Ray Lunsford, 76, native Giles Countian,
were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville
with the burial in Beechwood Cemetery in Cornersville. Mrs. Lunsford died
Saturday, February 24, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
The widow of Asa Lunsford, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Frank Barnes,
Madison, and Mrs. Annie Laura Cole, Louisville, Ky.
LUNSFORD, Rebecca Jane Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Marvin Lunsford, 73, mother of Mrs. Robert Robinson of
Brick Church, were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Methodist Church in
Cornersville, conducted by the Rev. John Pearcy, with the burial in Beechwood
Cemetery in Cornersville. Mrs. Lunsford, the former Miss Rebecca Jane Jackson,
and resident of Cornersville for more than two decades, died Saturday night,
December 9, at Mid-State Baptist Hospital in Nashville after a period of
declining health.
She was a member of Cornersville Methodist Church, and had been a resident of
Nashville the past four years.
Mrs. Lunsford is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Buford
Shoemake, Mrs. Elmer C. Allen and Mrs. Jesse May, all of Nashville; one son,
Glen Clark, Nashville; a step-son, J. E. Lunsford, Lewisburg; two
step-daughters, Mrs. Doris Russell, Pulaski, and Mrs. Marjorie Buckley,
Cornersville; four grandchildren; and one brother, Eury Jackson, Madison.
LUNSFORD, Velva Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 13 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Velva Taylor Lunsford, 49, native of Athens, Ala.,
were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Market Street Church of Christ in
Athens with the burial in Athens Cemetery. Mrs. Lunsford, dental hygienist for
Dr. Wilson, Athens, died at 3:40 o'clock Friday afternoon, February 8, at her
home after a three months illness.
Mrs. Lunsford is survived by her husband, R. M. (Rip) Lunsford, native Giles
Countian; and three sisters and one brother.
LUTTS, Homer C. The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Homer C. Lutts, 66, retired Gulf Oil Corporation terminal
employee, Nashville, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home with the burial in Spring Hill Cemetery. Mr.
Lutts died Saturday afternoon, October 12, at Mid-State Baptist Hospital in
Nashville.
A native of Lawrence County, he was the son of the late Jacob Calvin Lutts and
Mary Maude Anthony Lutts. He had lived in Nashvile since 1923.
Mr. Lutts is survived by his wife, the former Miss Daisy Ross of Campbellsville,
Giles County; one daughter, Miss Jane R. Lutts, Nashville; a son, William B.
Lutts, Fort Myers, Fla.; one granddaughter, Linda Karen Lutts, Fort Myers, Fla.;
a sister, Mrs. Ovie North, Lawrenceburg; and three brothers, S. L. Lutts, Oak
Ridge, Comer C. Lutts, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Harlie L. Lutts, Central City, Ky.
LYNCH, George Henry The Pulaski Citizen 15 Sep 1965
Funeral services for George Henry Lynch, 69, Murfreesboro, father of a Pulaski
resident, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Woodfin Funeral Home.
Burial took place in Evergreen Cemetery in that city. Mr. Lynch died
unexpectedly on Friday, September 3, of a heart attack.
He was associated with the Veterans Administration Hospital, Murfreesboro, for a
number of years.
Mr. Lynch is survived by his mother, Mrs. Howell Lynch, Gainesboro; his wife,
Mrs. Ruby Overall Lynch, Murfreesboro; one son, Dr. Howell J. Lynch, Pulaski
dentist; and four grandchildren.
MABRY, Ernest The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1967
Funeral services for Ernest Mabry, 65, of Columbia, who died Saturday, December
31, in Maury County Hospital, were conducted at 2:00 o'clock Sunday, January 1,
at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home, with burial in Polk Memorial Gardens.
He was a native of Lawrence County and a resident of the Campbellsville
community for a number of years before moving to Columbia in 1951.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Cordie Lanning Mabry; four sons, Kenneth,
Dennis and Glenn Mabry, all of Columbia and Paul Mabry of Decatur, Ala.; eight
grandchildren; and one brother, J. R. Mabry, of Columbia.
MABRY, William Ellis The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1966
Funeral services for William Ellis Mabry, 70, retired farmer, Veteran of WWI and
Nashville resident, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel
of Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia with the burial in Polk Memorial
Gardens in Columbia. Mr. Mabry died at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, May 4, at
Veterans Administration Hospital, Nashville, after a long illness.
Born March 20, 1896, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Gideon Mabry
and Emma Fleeman Mabry. He was a member of the Methodist Church. He had lived in
Lawrence County, Columbia, and seven years ago had moved to Nashville.
Mr. Mabry is survived by his wife, Mrs. Othel Kraft Mabry; one son, W. E. Mabry,
Jr., Columbia; two daughters, Mrs. Glenn Felker and Mrs. Wendell Garrett, both
of Nashville; six grandchildren; and two brothers, Johnny Mabry and Ernest
Mabry, both of Columbia.
MACKEY, Margaret Oliver The Pulaski Citizen 22 Apr 1964
Mrs. Margaret Oliver Mackey, widow of L. K. Mackey, and Birmingham, Ala.,
resident, died Thursday, April 16, at her home. Funeral rites took place at one
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Independent Presbyterian Church with the burial in
Elmwood Cemetery in that city.
A native of Pulaski, she was the daughter of the late Capt. and Mrs. Lemuel
Oliver, representatives of pioneer families in Giles County.
Mrs. Mackey is survived by one son, C. Elwood Mackey, Birmingham; two brothers,
Earl Oliver, St. Louis, and Ewing Oliver, Dallas, Texas; four sisters, Mrs.
Bowyer Bell, Birmingham, Mrs. C. H. Neely, Houston, Texas, Mrs. W. F. Harwell,
Marshall, Mo., and Mrs. Sam Bostick, Los Angeles, Calif.; and two grandchildren.
MADDOX, Shirley Davis The Pulaski Citizen 6 May 1964
Chapel Hill-A former waitress at the Log Cabin Caf� in Pulaski, Mrs. Shirley
Davis Maddox, 21, was killed early Wednesday morning, April 29, in a one-car
accident eight miles north of here on U. S. Highway 31-A.
Three men in the car, Harvey Sanders, 23, Jerry Cagle, 20, and William Bernice
Darnell, Jr., 20, all of Lewisburg, were injured and admitted to Gordon Hospital
in Lewisburg, according to investigating officers. It was not learned who was
driving the car.
The car reportedly turned over several times after it went out of control about
1:30 a. m.
A native of Maury County, Mrs. Maddox lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Davis, in Columbia. She was the mother of two children.
Mrs. Maddox had worked at the Log Cabin Caf� until about six weeks ago.
Funeral services were held Friday at Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with
burial in Knob Creek Cemetery.
Other survivors include her husband, Thomas W. Maddox, St. Louis, Mo.; a sister,
Mrs. Donald Davis, St. Louis; and a brother, Estes K. Davis, Columbia.
MADRAY, Lillian E. The Pulaski Citizen 3Jul 1968
Miss Lillian Madray, 87, died Sunday, June 30, at the Medi-center in Lewisburg.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, July 1, at 3:30 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Neal Dean officiating. Burial
was in Pisgah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Miss Madray was born May 9, 1881, daughter of the late
Thomas J. and Sara Louise Smith Madray.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Robert Puryear, Mrs. F. R. Edmundson of
Pulaski and Mrs. Porter Anderson, Lewisburg; three brothers, Roy and Homer
Madray, both of Frankewing, and Talmadge Madray of Nashville; several nieces and
nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MADRAY, Pearl Woodward The Pulaski Citizen 1 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Roy F. Madray, 74, Houston, Texas resident were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Dr.
William H. Mansfield and the Rev. Robert Neal Dean. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. She died at 11:30 on Wednesday morning, October 24, at a
Houston hospital, after a long illness.
The former Miss Pearl Woodward, she was a native of Elizabethtown, Ky. She was a
member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Madray formerly lived at Frankewing where he was in the drug
business.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Madray is survived by a brother, Hayes Woodward,
Louisville, Ky.; and several nieces and nephews.
MADRAY, Virgil E. The Pulaski Citizen 12 May 1965
Virgil E. Madray, 81, native of Giles County, and resident of Parris, Tenn., for
twenty years, died on Wednesday, May 5, at a Paris hospital where he had been a
patient only a few days.
Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock on Friday morning at Ledon Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Bynum, pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial took
place the following Monday in Detroit, Mich., where the family had formerly
resided.
Son of the late Thomas J. Madray and Sarah Smith Madray he was born and reared
near Frankewing. Since his young manhood, he had resided in Michigan, Montana,
Pennsylvania and other places. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Madray is survived by his wife, Mrs. Verna Jones Madray; one son, Homer A.
Madray, Detroit, Mich.; four sisters, Miss Lillian Madray, Mrs. Robert Puryear,
and Mrs. F. R. Edmundson, Pulaski, and Mrs. Porter Anderson, Lewisburg; and
three brothers, Talmadge Madray, Lynnville and Ray Madray and Homer Madray, both
of Frankewing.
MAGNUSSON, Baugh The Pulaski Citizen 13 Apr 1966
Baugh Magnusson, 56, resident of the Cash Point community near Ardmore, was
killed in a tractor accident on his farm last Friday, April 8. His wife, Mrs.
Zela Smith Magnusson was formerly a nurse at Fairhaven Nursing Home in Pulaski.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Cash Point Baptist
Church and burial was in Gatlin Cemetery in Alabama.
It was reported that Mr. Magnusson had been riding a tractor in the process of
plowing a field, and when he did not return home late in the evening his wife
and a neighbor went looking for him. His body was found in the field where it
had been run over by the machine. He had apparently been dead for about three
hours.
He was the son of the late E. J. and Cordelia Magnusson.
Survivors, besides the widow, include a son, Azzie Lee Magnusson, and a
daughter, Mrs. T. L. Bryant, both of Cash Point; four brothers, Cliff of
Macedonia, Levy of Ardmore, Frezell of Decatur, Ala. and Bernard Magnusson of
Pine Dale, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs. Coy Robinson, Mrs. Percy Mitchell and
Mrs. Milburn Franklin, all of Pine Dale, Ala.
MAGNUSSON, George W. The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1966
Funeral services for George W. Magnusson, 67, retired farmer of Ardmore, were
held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Ardmore First Baptist Church.
Officiants were the Rev. L. W. Hart and the Rev. W. K. Stephenson, with the
burial in the Gatlin Cemetery. Mr. Magnusson died at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, May10, in Fairhaven Nursing Home at Pulaski.
Born June 18, 1898, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe Magnusson, a
native of Sweden, and Sallie Holt Magnusson. He was a member of Ardmore First
Baptist Church.
Mr. Magnusson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Wallace Magnusson; one
daughter, Mrs. Wayne Wales, Decatur, Ala.; one grandson; and four brothers, Cleo
Magnusson, Flournoy Magnusson, Julius Magnusson and Orville Magnusson, all of
Ardmore, Tenn.
Rainey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MAHONEY, Willis Lawrence The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1968
Funeral services for Willis Lawrence (Jack) Mahoney, 63, were held Tuesday
afternoon, August 20, at 3 o'clock in Munday Funeral Home Chapel in Jamestown.
Burial was in Taylor Cemetery.
Mr. Mahoney, an employee of Interstate Paving Company, died Sunday, August 18,
at Maury County Hospital.
A native of Louisiana, Mr. Mahoney was born July 2, 1905.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alma Reed Mahoney; one brother, Ewell Mahoney,
Louisiana, and one niece.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MALONE, Annie Ball The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Ball Malone, 87, Prospect resident, were held at
2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Kedron Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev.
W. C. Folks and the Rev. John M. Bradford, with the burial in the church
cemetery. Mrs. Malone died at 7 o'clock on Wednesday night, July 12, at her home
after a long illness.
Born December 11, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Ball and Mary Tucker Ball, and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Earl H. Malone, Sr., died in February of 1960.
Mrs. Malone is survived by two sons, Vivian Malone and Earl H. Malone, Jr.; two
daughters, Mrs. R. W. Gilbert and Mrs. B. J. Kirkland; nine grandchildren and
seventeen great-grandchildren; all of Prospect section.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MALONE, Donald The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jul 1968
A 17-year-old Toney, Ala. youth, Donald Malone, was killed in a one-car accident
at Ardmore last Wednesday night, July 17, at Ardmore, and six other young people
were hospitalized with very serious injuries. He was Giles County's seventh
traffic fatality of 1968.
The driver of the car was identified by Ardmore, Ala., Police Chief as Jesse Roy
Clark, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Clark of the Elkwood Community in
Alabama.....
Donald Richard Malone was the son of Mrs. Marjorie Neely Malone of Toney, Ala.,
and the late Morris Malone. He was born at Toney on January 28, 1951, and would
have been a senior at Sparkman High School next fall.
Funeral services were conducted Friday at Rainey Funeral Home, Ardmore, with
burial in Madison Crossroads (Ala.) Cemetery.
MALONE, Earlie H. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Earlie H. Malone, 88, retired farmer of the Prospect
section, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Kedron Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. W. C. Folks and the Rev. John Bradford, Methodist
ministers.
MALONE, Ella Booth The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Booth Malone, 79, widow of Robert M. Malone, were
held at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at First Methodist Church, with the rites
conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of the church. Burial took
place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Malone who recently
sustained a paralytic stroke, died at 11 o'clock, Wednesday night, April 22, at
Giles County Hospital.
Born September 19, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Brown
A. Booth and Mary Katherine Reeder Booth. Mr. Malone, a retired Pulaski
merchant, died several years ago. She was a member of First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Malone is survived by three daughters, Mrs. John B. Paulk, Methodist Church
secretary, and Mrs. Carlton Smithson, Pulaski, and Mrs. Charles F. Clements,
Atlanta, Ga.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. J. Petty Black, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MALONE, Lutie Mae The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1967
Mrs. Lutie Mae Malone, 71, died Saturday, March 18, at her home in Lynnville.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, March 19, at 3:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jacob Smith officiating.
Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Malone, a native of Marshall County, was born January 1, 1896, the daughter
of the late Luther Allen and Mollie Rice Head Wilkes.
She is survived by her husband, Paul Malone, Lynnville; three daughters, Mrs.
William Gibson, Lynnville, Mrs. Billy Thurman, Columbia, and Mrs. James Hickman,
Culleoka; two sons, Harold Malone, Lynnville and Edward Malone, Tacoma, Wash.;
twelve grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and one brother, Shirley Lee
Wilkes, Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MALONE, Rabie Stapp The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Rabie Stapp Malone, 80, widow of the late M. L. Malone
of Kedron, were conducted at Kedron Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon, May
18, at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. J. C. Elkins and the Rev. John M. Bradford
officiated and burial was in Kedron Cemetery. Carter Funeral Home of Prospect
was in charge.
Mrs. Malone died at 8:30 a. m. Tuesday at her home following a long period of
declining health.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Carroll and Sarah
Florence Campbell Stapp. With her son, David Malone, she had been actively
engaged in the mercantile business at Kedron for many years.
Survivors, besides her son, are a granddaughter, Louella Malone; a brother, W.
Andrew Stapp of Kedron; and a sister, Mrs. R. E. Curry, Sr. of Pulaski.
MALONE, Sarah Elizabeth Harris The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Malone, 88, native of Giles County, and resident
of Marshall County for the past several years, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville, conducted by the Rev.
William H. Moss of Pulaski, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Bryan of Culleoka. Burial
took place in Mars Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Malone died Monday, January 2, at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Fred Sharp, near Culleoka, after a brief illness.
The former Miss Sarah Elizabeth Harris, she was the daughter of the late Robert
Harris and Sarah Jane Harris. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Henry Malone, died several years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Sharp, Mrs. Malone is survived by two other daughters, Mrs.
David Bingham, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Raymond Merriman, Elizabethtown; four sons,
Paul Malone, Lynnville, Will Malone, Lewisburg, H. F. Malone, Old Hickory, and
E. K. Malone, Nashville; nineteen grandchildren, twenty-seven
great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.
Claude Ball, Pulaski.
MALONE, William Earl "Rip" The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1960
William Earl Malone, 71, well known merchant of Pulaski, died at Giles County
Hospital at 8:15 o'clock, Friday morning, July 22, after an illness of two
months. Funeral services were conducted at Bennett-May Funeral Home Sunday
afternoon with Gilbert E. Shaffer, pastor of East Hill Church of Christ,
officiating and burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
The son of John William and Hattie McMillion Malone, he was born in Giles County
on October 9, 1888. As a young man he was associated with his father in the
grocery business on North First Street and bought his own store in 1907. For the
past fifteen years he has dealt in merchandise of broken stocks. He owned and
managed Rip's Trading Post for a number of years, later Malone's Service Store
on West College Street which he sold to his sons, and then was in business at
The Bargain Store on N. First Street until the time of his death.
Mr. Malone is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ira Curtis Malone; two sons, Earl Clark
and William Robert, both of Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Donald Hodges of
Glasgow, Ky.; three brothers, J. Malone of Lawrenceburg, and Dave L. Malone of
Pulaski, Jack Malone of Gainesville, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Irene Waldrop of
Nashville; ten grandchildren, Mrs. Collie Wilson of Glasgow, Ky., Mrs. Denny
White of Pulaski, and James Michael, Kay, Janice, Bobby, Dennis, Connie,
Earline, and Donnie Ray Malone, all of Pulaski and three great-grandchildren.
MANGRUM, Jessie William The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1968
Funeral Services for Jessie William Mangrum, 62, were held Monday afternoon,
September 23, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett May Funeral Home with G. C.
Fox, Church of Christ minister officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Mangrum died Saturday, September 21, at his home at Route 1, Cornersville.
A native of Bedford County, Mr. Mangrum was born February 3, 1906, the son of
the late William Jessie and Minnie Frances Butler Mangrum.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. A. Z. Thomas Mangrum; two daughters, Mrs.
Robert Holley, Beech Hill and Debbie Kay Mangrum, Route 1, Cornersville; three
brothers, Melvin Mangrum, Prospect, Frank Mangrum, Elkton and Lester Mangrum,
Pulaski; three sisters, Myrtle Daniel, Mrs. Johnny Barnette, Lester, Ala., and
Mrs. Bertha Rogers, Sarasota, Fla.
MANKINS, John David The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jun 1965
Funeral Services for John David Mankins, 57, retired grocer and farmer of Minor
Hill,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Minor Hill Church of Christ,
conducted by Ed Harper, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Minor
Hill Cemetery. Mr. Mankins died Tuesday morning, June 8, at his home.
Born November 4, 1907, in Giles County, the son of the late David Rone and
Willie Jackson Mankins. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Mankins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cleo White Mankins, one daughter, Mrs.
James Coleman, Minor Hill; two grandchildren; five brothers, Jack, Herbert,
Raymond, and Jim Mankins, Minor Hill, and Tom Mankins, Elkmont, Ala.; and four
sisters, Mrs. Joe Tom Bragg, Mrs. Vaudie Shelton, Mrs. Nannie Lee Townsend,
Minor Hill, and Mrs. John J. Risser, South Bend, Ind.
Bennett May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MANKINS, Susan Leona The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1967
Mrs. Susan Leona Mankins, 71, died Monday, December 4, at St. Thomas Hospital
after an extended illness.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 6, at 2 p. m., in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ed Harper and Tom Holland officiating.
Burial followed in Salem Cemetery, Salem, Ala.
Mrs. Mankins, wife of Raymond Mankins and a native of Alabama, was born February
21, 1896, the daughter of the late T. B. and Mary N. Davis Shelton.
Other than her husband, survivors include two sons, Joe Mankins, Alaska, and
Clifford Mankins, Salem, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Esther Beasley, Salem,
Ala., Mrs. Eva Hodges, Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Julia Cherry, Nashville; eight
grandchildren; one brother, Daudy Shelton; four sisters, Mrs. Jack Mankins,
Minor Hill, Mrs. Earl Cole, Nashville, Mrs. Grady Belew and Mrs. Brown Belew,
Tarpley Shop.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MANN, Sam L. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Nov 1964
Sam L. Mann, 56, husband of the former Miss Elizabeth Herbert Butler of Pulaski,
died on Wednesday, October 28, in a hospital in Watsonville, Calif., their
hometown.
Funeral rites took place in Watsonville, with the burial in that city.
Mr. Mann, a native of Watsonville, he is survived by, in addition to his wife;
his mother, Mrs. Fred Mann; one son, Sam L. Mann, Jr.; two grandchildren; one
brother, Elwin Mann; and one sister, Mrs. Roy Peterson; all of Watsonville,
Calif.
MANSFIELD, Ethel Miles The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
Prayer services for Mrs. Ethel Miles Mansfield, 84, formerly of Elkton, wil be
held Friday morning, May 2, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
graveside services at 11 o'clock at Elkton Cemetery.
Mrs. Mansfield died Tuesday, April 29, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Her husband, Matt
Mansfield, died three weeks ago in Pensacola.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Mansfield was born October 2, 1884, the daughter
of the late John W. Miles and Mary Frances McCormack Miles.
Survivors include a son, John Miles Mansfield, Decatur, Ga.; two grandchildren;
and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MANSFIELD, Matt The Pulaski Citizen 16 Apr 1969
Matt Mansfield, 87, died Sunday, April 13, in St. Petersburg, Florida after a
period of declining health.
Prayer services for Mr. Mansfield, brother of the late Dr. W. H. Mansfield, will
be held Friday morning, April 18, at 11:00 in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home. Burial will be in Elkton Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ethel Mansfield; one son, John Miles Mansfield,
Decatur, Ga.; one brother, Charles Mansfield, Stockton, Calif.; three sisters,
Mrs. John Dunnavant, Nashville, Miss Martha Mansfield and Mrs. Herbert Hill,
both of Lewisburg; one nephew, Jim Mansfield, Giles County; two grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MANSFIELD, Taylor Jones The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Taylor Jones Mansfield, 65, retired employee of the
Caterpillar Company, Peoria, Ill., were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Gallant Funeral Home in Fayetteville, with the burial in Blanche Cemetery. Mr.
Mansfield died Saturday, July 21 at his home at Dellrose after sustaining a
heart attack.
He was a native of Lincoln County, the son of the lat John L. Mansfield and
Emily Mayberry Mansfield. He was a Methodist.
Mr. Mansfield is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Frank Barnes, La Marque, Texas;
three sons, John Mansfield, Taft, Tenn., Ralph Mansfield, US Air Force, Japan,
and William J. Mansfield, Pulaski; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Hill and Miss
Martha Mansfield, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Mamie Dunnavant, Nashville; and four
brothers, Dr. William H. Mansfield, Pulaski, Matt H. Mansfield, St. Petersburg,
Fla., and Jim Mansfield and Charles Mansfield, Stockton, Calif.
MANSFIELD, William A. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
William A. Mansfield, 61, former salesman for the M. Cohen and Sons Wholesale
Grocery, Pulaski for a number of years, died of a heart attack on Monday,
February 15, in Lincoln County Hospital. Funeral services were held the
following Tuesday afternoon in Fayetteville Church of Christ with the burial in
that city.
Twelve to fifteen years ago, the family moved to Fayetteville. Recently, Mr.
Mansfield had held an accounting position in Huntsville, Ala. He was a member of
the Church of Christ.
Mr. Mansfield is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Hiney Ramesy Mansfield; one
son, Billy Mansfield, Nashville; one daughter, Miss Roberta Mansfield, Burbank,
Calif.; one brother, Norman Mansfield, Chattanooga; and two sisters who reside
in California.
MANSFIELD, William Henry The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
Dr. William Henry Mansfield, 83, retired Methodist minister died Saturday, March
30, in a Nashville hospital after burns received March 8 in a grass fire near
his home on Old Pisgah Pike.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Marshall Moss, pastor of St. Andrew Memorial Methodist
Church, and Dr. Bruce Strother of Nashville officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Born July 29, 1884, in Giles County, Dr. Mansfield was the son of the late John
Longstreet and Ellen Bratcher Mansfield. He attended Morgan School at
Fayetteville and, in 1939, received the Doctor of Divinity degree from McMurry
College in Abilene, Texas. His first wife, the former Miss Maude Isbell of
Gadsden, Ala., died Sept. 29, 1959.
During his 60 years in the Methodist ministry, he had served pastorates in
Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri and was formerly associate
pastor of First Methodist Church here. At the time of his death he was a member
of the Tennessee Conference and chaplain of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
He was a Scottish Rite Mason, having been a member of that fraternal order for
more than 50 years, and a member of the King's Daughters and Sons.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lillian Austin Evans Mansfield; a daughter,
Mrs. George Stanton, of Essex Fells, N. J.; a brother, Matterson Mansfield of
St. Petersburg, Fla.; a half-brother, Charlie Mansfield, California; three
half-sisters, Mrs. Herbert Hill and Miss Martha Mansfield, both of Lewisburg,
and Mrs. John Dunnavant of Nashville; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Smitty Gatlin of
Florence, Ala.; one grandchild and one step-grandchild.
MARBUT, Aubrey Clay The Pulaski Citizen 20 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Aubrey Clay Marbut, 42, employee of the W. S. Stephens
Manufacturing Company, Pulaski, for approximately twelve years, were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at Minor Hill Methodist Church, with the burial taking
place in Minor Hill Cemetery. He died at 9 o'clock Saturday night, February 16,
at Jackson Clinic, Lester, Ala., following surgery a few days earlier.
Born January 15, 1921, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Marbut
and Minnie Long Marbut.
Mr. Marbut is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Scott Marbut; and one sister,
Mrs. Shelby Norwood, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKELL, Bessie Harris The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1964
Mrs. Bessie Harris Markell, native Pulaskian, died unexpectedly of a heart
attack, Tuesday night, January 28, at a hospital in Grosse Point, Mich. Funeral
services took place at Wilkinson Funeral Home in DeQueen, Ark., on Saturday with
the burial in DeQueen. Mr. Markell died several years ago.
The daughter of the late Richard S. (Dick) Harris, former County Court Clerk of
Giles County, and Mrs. Eddie Eubank Harris, she was born and reared in Pulaski
and was graduated from Martin College.
Mrs. Marshall is survived by one son, Lee Markell, DeQueen, Ark.; one daughter,
Miss Betty Jo Markell, New York City; and two sisters, Mrs. W. J. Bryan and Mrs.
Alberta Weaver, Nashville; and one brother, Richard E. Harris, Johnson City.
MARKHAM, Claude M. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Claude M. Markham, 79, retired painter, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Markham, who had been in declining health for a year or more, was
found dead in bed on Tuesday morning, December 6, at his home in Pulaski.
Born in Allen County, Ky., he was the son of the late John Markham and Jennie
Martin Markham. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Mr. Markham is survived by two sons, Kentucky; a twin brother, Clyde Markham,
Chattanooga; and one sisters, Mrs. Lola Creekmore, Portland.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKS, Bell Baker The Pulaski Citizen 29 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Bell Baker Marks, 91, widow of Babe Marks, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church.
Burial took place in the Marks Cemetery between Tarpley and Aspen Hill.
Mrs. Marks, a resident of the Austin Hewitt Home, died there Saturday, September
25.
Born February 24, 1875, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jim
Baker and Anthony Brown Baker. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her
husband died many years ago.
The only survivors are nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKS, Betty Estella Stovall The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1969
Mrs. Betty Estella Marks, 55, died Saturday night, January 18, in St. Thomas
Hospital, Nashville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Marks, wife of the late Julius Marks, were held Monday
afternoon, January 20, at 1:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the Rev. Marshall Moss and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Marks was born January 26, 1913, the daughter of
W. C. Stovall and the late Ethel Fudge Stovall.
In addition to her father, survivors include one son, Billy Marks; three
sisters, Mrs. Joe Taylor, Mrs. Boyd Thompson and Mrs. Grady Scott, all of
Pulaski; two brothers, Thomas A. Stovall, Dallas, Texas and William Stovall,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKS, Dan Barber The Pulaski Citizen 05 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Dan Barber Marks, 56, Twelfth District farmer, were held at
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Frank Parham, pastor of the Olivet Charge of the Methodist Church. Burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Marks died at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
April 4, at his home after an extended illness.
Born September 15, 1902, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George W.
Marks and Sallie Reed Marks.
Mr. Marks is survived by his wife, Mrs. Johnnie Sue Chapman Marks; two
daughters, Mrs. Jesse McNeese and Mrs. Grady Bass; two brothers, Julius Marks
and George William Marks; and one sister, Mrs. Lee Gordon; all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKS, Elden P. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1968
Elden P. Marks, 68, a mechanic in Pulaski, died Monday, November 11, at Giles
County Hospital.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, November 12, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Craighead and the Rev. Bill Moss
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Marks was born August 3, 1902, the son of the late
J. B. Marks and Mattie Hughey Marks.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Christine Marks, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs.
Edward Pulley, Nashville; four brothers, Luther Marks, Corpus Christi, Tex., J.
B. Marks, Nashville, Lenis Marks, Houston, Tex., and Joe Marks, Marshall, Tex.;
two sisters, Mrs Minor Guinn, Nashville, and Mrs. Bill Lacey, Columbus, Ga.; and
two grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKS, Ella Fogg The Pulaski Citizen 8 Oct 1969
Mrs. Ella Fogg Marks, 89, died Friday, October 3, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Marks, wife of the late Charles Clayburn Marks, were
conducted Sunday afternoon, October 5, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Marshall Moss and the Rev. Clarence
Stewart officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was born September 24, 1880, the daughter of
William Horace Fogg and Ozella Ross Fogg.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Annie Ruth Lewter, Savannah, Mrs. Ella Mae
Dyer, Pulaski; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one step-sister,
Mrs. Maude Callahan, Pulaski.
MARKS, Julius E. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
Julius E. Marks, 52, Pulaski automobile salesman and Aspen Hill merchant, died
unexpectedly Monday, Sept. 26, of a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Wilkerson and Rev. Billy Craighead officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Marks suffered the attack while working at Bowers-
MARKS, Kai Anthony The Pulaski Citizen 15 Sep 1965
The infant son of a former Giles Countian died Friday night, September 10, in
Madison County Hospital at Huntsville, Ala., an hour after being injured in an
automobile accident on a city street there.
Graveside services for Kai Anthony Marks, two-and-a-half months old son of Mr.
and Mrs. John M. Marks of Huntsville, were conducted at the family lot in
Frankewing Methodist Church cemetery at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon with the
Rev. G. C. Self officiating.
The baby's father, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Marks of Frankewing, was born
and reared in Giles County and is now associated with Willowbrook Real Estate
Company in Huntsville. He was married in October, 1963, to Miss Petra Hamburg of
Berlin, Germany, where he served with the U. S. Air Force. Kai, born June 22,
1965, was their only child.
Mrs. Marks said she was enroute to pick up her husband at his office about 6
o'clock Friday evening and had the baby with her in a car seat. The seat had
slipped toward the opposite side of the car, and as the mother reached to pull
it back toward her, she lost control of the automobile and struck a utility
pole. Kai suffered a fractured skull. Mrs. Marks was severely bruised but her
condition was not considered serious.
Besides the parents and paternal grandparents, the infant is survived by his
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hamburg of Berlin, Germany. Mrs.
Hamburg has been a visitor in the Marks home for the past month.
MARKS, Lewis Brown The Pulaski Citizen 2 Apr 1969
Lewis Brown Marks, 63, native Giles Countian and former cashier of the Bank of
Frankewing died Friday morning, March 28, in Lincoln County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Ralston
Chapel, Fayetteville, with the Rev. Ray Panter and Rev. Howard Haynes
officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Born Jan. 21, 1906, at Antoinette in the Beech Hill Area, Mr. Marks was the son
of Lewis Myron and Bertha Brown Marks.
He began his business career in the grocery business at Petersburg, then owned
and operated a grocery in Fayetteville from 1932 until entering the U. S. Navy
in 1943. On his return to Fayetteville, he served as Trustee of Lincoln County
for eight years and later was employed by the Lincoln County Bank.
He was cashier of the First National Bank of McMinnville for a time and then
operated a Western Auto Store at Fayetteville until being named cashier of the
Bank of Frankewing in May 1963, a position he held until his retirement in 1968.
He was a member of the Official Board of First Methodist Church, Fayetteville.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mabel Bass Marks of Fayetteville; a daughter,
Mrs. Dan D. Scott of Murfreesboro; a son, Lewis B. Marks, Jr., of Fayetteville;
a sister, Mrs. Morris Harwell of Pulaski; a brother, J. Harold Marks of
Frankewing; and six grandchildren.
MARKS, Lewis Myron The Pulaski Citizen 06 Dec 1961
Lewis Myron Marks, 88, prominent retired merchant and banker of Frankewing, died
Friday, Dec. 1, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. Morris Harwell, in Pulaski
following a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Mt. Zion
Methodist Church at Frankewing with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. M.
K. Harwell and Rev. Robert Whitsett officiated.
The son of Lewis Harwell Marks and Leona Clark Marks, he was born in Giles
County on August 22, 1873.
Mr. Marks had served as president of the Bank of Frankewing for many years
before his retirement and had owned and operated a general merchandise store at
Frankewing. His wife, the former Miss Bertha Brown, died in 1953.
He was a member of the Methodist Church and a longtime lay leader in the Mt.
Zion congregation.
Besides Mrs. Harwell, he is survived by two sons, James Harold Marks of
Frankewing and Lewis B. Marks of Fayetteville; a half-sister, Mrs. John J.
Godfrey of Beech Hill; two half-brothers, Adlay and Kelly Marks, both of Beech
Hill; nine grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
MARKS, Maggie Pearl Mitchell The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Pearl Mitchell Marks, 65, 10th Civil District
resident, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman, pastor of Bradshaw Baptist Church.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Marks died at one o'clock Friday,
September 27, at Giles County Hospital, after a long period of declining health.
A native of Lincoln County, she was born September 9, 1898, the daughter of the
late John Wesley Mitchell and Zilphy Anna Milton Mitchell. She lived most of her
life in Giles County and was a member of the Bradshaw Baptist Church.
Mrs. Marks is survived by her husband, Adlay Stevenson Marks; a foster daughter,
Mrs. Carl Holley, Pulaski; five sisters, Mrs. Oscar Hall and Mrs. Avie Holley,
Frankewing, Mrs. Floyd Holley, Chattanooga, Mrs. Myron Hewgley , Russellville,
Ky., and Miss Gracey May Mitchell, Pulaski; two brothers, Sam Mitchell,
Friendship, and Robert Mitchell, North Augusta, S. C.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKS, Musie Belle The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Miss Musie Belle Marks, 70, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at the Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Billy Cole, Church of Christ
minister of Fayetteville. Burial took place in Beech Hill Cemetery. Miss Marks
died suddenly at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night, September 10, at the home of her
sister, Mrs. J. J. Godfrey, in the Beech Hill Community.
Born August 2, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Lewis H.
Marks and Lizzie Belle Bass Marks. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to the sister, Miss Marks is survived by two brothers, Adlay Marks
and Kelly Marks, Giles County; and one half-brother, Myron Marks, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKS, Robert Lee (Robin) The Pulaski Citizen 5 May 1965
Funeral services for Robert Lee (Robin) Marks, 69, retired farmer of the Tarpley
section, were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Cullen T. Carter and the Rev. Gerald Hattle, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. He died on Thursday, April
29, in Giles County Hospital.
Born November 24, 1899, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Ella Fogg Marks
and the late Charlie Marks. He was a member of Rehoboth Methodist Church.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Marks is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby G.
Daugherty Marks; one daughter, Mrs. Roy Elder, Pulaski; three grandchildren; and
two sisters, Mrs. Marvin Dyer, Pulaski, and Mrs. Marion Lewter, Savannah, Tenn.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKS, Sallie Reed The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Mrs. Sallie Marks, 87, died Saturday, October 7, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, October 8, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Marshall Moss officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Marks was born February 2, 1880, in Giles County. She was the daughter of
the late Tom and Alice Anderson Reed. Her husband was the late George W. Marks.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Lee Gordon, Tarpley Shop; one son, George
William Marks, Jr., Tarpley Shop; ten grandchildren; and twenty-one
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKS, Susie Wheeler The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Jones Marks, 73, lifelong resident of Giles County,
were held at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning at Rehoboth Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Marcus Nickell, pastor of the church. Burial took place in
the Marks Cemetery. Mrs. Marks died Friday, September 8, at Giles County
Hospital, after a period of declining health.
Born January 23, 1888, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Susie Wheeler,
the daughter of the late J. I. Wheeler and Josephine Dugger Wheeler. Her
husband, Jones Marks, died several years ago.
Mrs. Marks is survived by one sister, Mrs. Earl Tarpley; and four brothers, C.
L. Wheeler, Dan Wheeler, John Wheeler, and Bob Wheeler, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARKS, William Henry The Pulaski Citizen 30 Aug 1967
William Henry Marks, 67, retired farmer of the Bunker Hill Community, died
Monday, August 28, at Giles County Hospital, following a short illness.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, August 30, at 2 o'clock, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Norman Coke, officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Marks, a native of Giles County, was born June 21, 1900, the son of the late
John W. and Annie McCormack Marks. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sara Louise Adcock Marks; two daughters, Mrs.
Joe Minatra and Mrs. Bill Walke, Pulaski; one son, Frank Marks, Coventoning,
La.; nine grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Lacy Gunter, and Mrs. Bryan Gunter,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Davis Hightower, Lewisburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARSAILLES, Mendoza Griffis The Giles Free Press 8 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mendoza Griffis Marsailles, 77, native of Giles
County, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in Shreveport, La., with the
burial in that city. She died on Sunday night, August 5, in a hospital, about
two hours after sustaining a stroke while attending evening church services.
Born and reared at Lynnville, she was the daughter of the late Monroe Griffis
and Mrs. Frances Farmer Griffis. Attended the Lynnville school, and attended
four years college in Nashville. Upon her marriage, she went to Shreveport to
make her home where she has since resided. Her husband died about seventeen
years ago.
Mrs. Marsailles is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Janice Merrett, Shreveport;
three sons, Audie Marsailles, Shreveport and Abb Marsailles, Jr., and Letcher
Marsailles, Houston, Texas; several grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Monte Luna,
Lynnville, and one brother, Ed Griffis, Murfreesboro.
MARSH, Myra Carden The Pulaski Citizen 12 Dec 1962
Mrs. Myra Carden Marsh, 69, native Giles Countian, and resident of New York
City,
N. Y., died on Tuesday, December 4, at a hospital in New York, following a long
illness. Funeral services and burial took place Friday in that city.
Born November 15, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
L. Carden, Jr. and Mrs. Lula Golightly Carden.
Mrs. Marsh is survived by her husband, Harold Marsh; one daughter, two brothers,
Maurice H. Carden, Pulaski, and Wilson Carden, Richmond, Va.; and three sisters,
Mrs. Grady J. Prentice, Richmond, Va., Mrs. Robert F. Wilson and Mrs. Edd M.
Ingram, both of Pulaski.
MARSHALL, Robert Douglas Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1969
Robert Douglas Marshall, Jr., 26, a native of Watertown, Tenn., died Wednesday,
December 25, at Medical College of Virginia Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Marshall, whose father was at one time principal of
Giles County High School, were held Thursday morning, December 26, at 10 o'clock
at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Williamsburg Memorial Park.
Mr. Marshall was a 1964 graduate of Princeton University and received his law
degree from the College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe Law School in 1967.
He began his practice in 1967 and had lived in Williamsburg since that time.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Marshall, Sr., and his
maternal grandmother, Mrs. David Burkhalter, all of Williamsburg.
MARTIN, Dan F. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Apr 1967
Dan F. Martin, Sr., 50, owner of Evelyn's Flowers, died unexpectedly at 1:30 p.
m. Tuesday, April 18, following a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Dickson County, Mr. Martin was born Dec. 12, 1916, was born Dec. 12,
1916, the son of the late Daniel F. Martin and Mrs. Mamie Nix Martin of
Nashville, who survives.
He was a veteran of World War II and had been engaged in the florist business in
Pulaski for about fifteen years. He was a member of the American Legion and the
Masonic Lodge.
Survivors, besides his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Elmorie Green Martin; one
son, Dan F. Martin, Jr. of Pulaski; two brothers, T. H. Martin of Nashville and
Raymond Martin of Cincinnati, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. James Jones of Old Hickory;
and one grandchild.
MARTIN, David Edward The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
David Edward Martin, 77, prominent Pulaski insurance man, died Sunday night,
March 6, at Giles County Hospital following a period of declining health.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at First
Presbyterian Church with the Rev. R. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Martin was the son of the late Edward Nathaniel
and Willie McNairy Martin. He was born Oct. 1, 1888.
He was a deacon of First Presbyterian Church and a veteran of World War I. He
founded the local agency of Traveler's Insurance Company.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Martha Abernathy Martin; and two brothers, Dr.
W. Wyatt Martin and Frank W. Martin, all of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, Dezzie Beatrice Pillow The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. William Martin, 68, Pulaski resident, were held at
2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. H. G. Coston, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Moriah Cemetery. Mrs.
Martin died at 3:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon, March 14, at her home on
Childers Street, after a two months illness.
The former Miss Dezzie Beatrice Pillow, she was born November 14, 1891, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late Tom Pillow and Sam Ella Cashion Pillow. She was
a member of the Methodist Church at Cedar Grove.
Mrs. Martin is survived by her husband, William Martin; five sons, Chester
Martin, Fayetteville, Mahlon Martin and Melvin Martin, Giles County, and Billy
Martin, Chicago, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Freeman, and Mrs. Sam Ella
Story, both of Giles County, and Mrs. Katherine Tarpley, Wisconsin; ten
grandchildren; two brothers, Roy Pillow, Giles County, and Sam Pillow, Memphis;
and four sisters, Mrs. Ira Englett, Mrs. George Dodson, and Mrs. Joe Tidwell,
Pulaski and Mrs. J. D. Brown.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, Elizabeth Duncan The Pulaski Citizen 4 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Elizabeth Duncan Martin, 46, resident of the Aspen Hill
section, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial will take place in the Aspen Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Martin died Wednesday morning, November 4, at the home.
Born August 24, 1917, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Bertha Pratt
Duncan and the late Claude Duncan.
Mrs. Martin is survived by her husband, John Martin; two sons, J. W. Martin and
Gerald Martin; four daughters, Mrs. Marvin Johns, Mrs. Roger Fox, and Misses
Brenda and Sheila Martin; four grandchildren; two brothers, Jack Duncan and
Ernest Duncan; and one sister, Mrs. Hoover Hughes, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, Emma Jane Newman The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Jane Martin, 89, widow of John James Martin, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bethany Presbyterian Church in the
Bryson Community, conducted by the Rev. Donald White, pastor of the church.
Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Martin died Thursday, November 7, at
Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born February 16, 1874, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph
Reese Newman and Martha Bradshaw Newman.
Mrs. Martin is survived by four sons, John Baugh Martin, Pulaski, James Hoyt
Martin, Northport, Ala., Henry Ezell Martin, Jackson, and Jospeh R. Martin,
Columbia; eight grandchildren; and one brother, M. T. Newman, Bryson.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, Emmett The Pulaski Citizen 22 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Emmett Martin, 75, retired employee of a local oil company
are incomplete at press time but the rites will be held in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, to be conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor
of First Presbyterian Church. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born June 17, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late W. J. Martin and
Martha Johnston Martin. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and had been
a member of the Masonic Lodge for a number of years.
Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Parsons Martin; three daughters,
Mrs. Raymond Fry and Mrs. Charles Gordon, both of Pulaski, and Capt. Lois
Martin, R. N., presently stationed in France; one granddaughter; and one
half-sister, Mrs. Robert Price, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, Ezell The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1968
Funeral services for Ezell Martin, 75, of 407 Elgin Street, retired engineer for
the L&N Railroad, were held Thursday, April 11, at Woodbine Funeral Home, with
L. L. Weathers, retired Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Martin died Monday, April 8, at Baptist Hospital following a stroke suffered
Friday, April 5.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late W. J. and Hortense English
Martin.
He made his home in Nashville about thirty years and was with the L&N Railroad
fifty years before retiring seven years ago.
He was married to the former Daisy Vaughn of Giles County, March 19, 1916, who
survives.
Mr. Martin was a member of Radnor Church of Christ and the Retired Men's
Railroad Club.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Evans Morrow,
Lynnville and Mrs. A. W. Kleinau, Akron, Ohio; one son, Bill Martin, Boston,
Mass.; four sisters, Mrs. Ann Sadler, Mrs. Charles Kyer, Mrs. O. T. Beymer, and
Mrs. George Swartzman, all of Akron, Ohio; and six grandchildren.
MARTIN, Frank Wilkerson The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Frank Wilkerson Martin, 80, retired Pulaski merchant and former state employee,
died Wednesday, July 12, at Fairhaven Nursing Home following a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, born July 30, 1886, Mr. Martin was the son of the late
Ed Nathaniel and Willie McNairy Martin.
He was a member of First Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pattie Abernathy Martin; a daughter, Mrs. Richard
Lester of Pulaski; a brother, Dr. W. W. Martin of Pulaski; two grandsons and
five great-grandchildren.
MARTIN, Inez Lavinia Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
Mrs. Inez Lavinia Martin, 94, died Friday, May 5, at the Plantation Manor
Nursing Home in Birmingham, Ala.
Graveside services were conducted Saturday, May 6, at Maplewood Cemetery, with
the Rev. Eurel R. Fields officiating.
Mrs. Martin, a native of Giles County, was born August 20, 1882, the daughter of
the late James D. and Elizabeth Kimbrough Phillips.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. L. P. Hannah, Tanner, Ala.; one son, R. E.
Martin, Birmingham; one sister, Mrs. Allie Appleton, Pulaski; one brother, S. J.
Phillips, Athens, Ala.; three grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, James E. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1960
Funeral services for James E. Martin, brother of two Pulaski residents, will be
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, April 21, at Johnson Funeral Home in
Bowling Green, Ky., with the burial in that city. Mr. Martin died at 1:45
o'clock Monday afternoon, April 18, at his home on Small House Road, Bowling
Green, after several weeks illness.
Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Martin; one daughter, Miss Shelia
Fay Martin; four sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Reynolds and Mrs. Eugene Loyd, Pulaski,
Mrs. Tim Harris, Bowling Green, Ky., and a married sister in Oklahoma City,
Okla.; and two brothers, Sam Martin, Texas City, Texas, and Horace Martin,
Louisville, Ky.
MARTIN, Jeff D. The Pulaski Citizen 9 May 1962
Jeff D. Martin, 72, native Giles Countian, died Saturday night, May 5, in a
Lincoln, Neb.,
hospital following a heart attack. He had been ill for about two weeks.
Funeral services were conducted at 11 a. m. Tuesday at Lincoln with burial in
that city.
The son of the late Ed N. Martin and Willie McNairy Martin, he was a graduate of
Vanderbilt University and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He operated a
drug store in Pulaski for a number of years and later was in the insurance
business at Chattanooga before moving to Lincoln thirty-two years ago.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Moore Martin; one daughter, Mrs. Martin
Aitken of Lincoln and two grandchildren; four brothers, Frank, Dave, and Dr. W.
Wyatt Martin of Pulaski, and Dr. Robert Martin of Jacksonville, Fla.
MARTIN, Jesse William The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Jesse William Martin, 73, retired Lynnville farmer, were
held at one o'clock Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Martin died late Saturday night, March 4, at Jenkins Nursing Home in
Davidson County.
Born January 8, 1888, in the Lynnville section, he was the son of the late James
D. Martin and Myra Franks Martin.
Mr. Martin, a batchelor, is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Marvin Reaves,
Lynnville, and Mrs. Charlie Collins and Mrs. W. E. Rittenberry, both of
Nashville; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, John William Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Dec 1965
John William Martin, Jr., 25 was killed near Pulaski on Thursday, December 23,
when the car he was driving went out of control on Industrial Park bypass and
overturned. His death brought to eighteen the number of traffic fatalities in
Giles County during 1965, to date, which topped the previous record of seventeen
set in 1960.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, officiating. Burial was in Aspen Hill
Cemetery.
Born January 27, 1940, in Giles County, Martin was the son of John W. Martin and
the late Elizabeth Duncan Martin. He was a resident of the Aspen Hill community
and was employed as a mechanic for the Giles County Highway Department.
Relatives said the accident was witnessed by Martin's wife, Mrs. Dorothy
Sullivan Martin, who was traveling behind her husband in a second car. She was
quoted as saying Martin's car went out of control in loose gravel at a curve.
The vehicle went off an embankment and overturned on the porch of the Robert E.
Lee residence. The accident happened about 4 p. m. on the Industrial Park Road
just west of Pulaski.
Survivors, beside his wife and father, include two sons, John Michael and
Jeffrey Lane Martin of Aspen Hill; a brother, Gerald Wayne Martin, of Aspen
Hill; and four sisters, Mrs. Mary Ann Johns and Mrs. Roger Fox, both of
Prospect, and Misses Brenda Fay and Sheila Diane Martin of Aspen Hill.
MARTIN, Laura Hazelwood The Pulaski Citizen 4 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Laura Hazelwood Martin, 61, Giles County resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Malcolm White. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mrs. Martin died at 6:45 o'clock Sunday night, November 1, in Maury County
Hospital, Columbia.
Born April 16, 1903, in Painter, Ala., she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Hazelwood and Nancy Windsor Hazelwood. She was a member of the County-Line
Primitive Baptist Church, on the Lawrence County line.
Her husband, Jim Martin, died September 10, 1957.
Mrs. Martin is survived by two sons, Hoyt Martin, Pulaski, and Troy Martin,
Nashville; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. Billy Gaines, Lawrenceburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, Lillie P. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie P. Martin, 81, former resident of Pulaski, were
held at 10 o'clock on Monday morning at Bracey-Welsh Funeral Home in Nashville
with the burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. Mrs. Martin died of
pneumonia on Friday evening, October 7, at an infirmary in that city.
Mrs. Martin, who moved to Nashville many years ago, is survived by two sons, Roy
M. Martin, Nashville, and Fred B. Martin, Midland, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. N.
H. Christenson, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Gus Griffin, Nashville; six
grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MARTIN, Lois McClure The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1961
Mrs. Tom Martin, 85, former Lynnville resident, died Tuesday, April 25, in
Birmingham, Ala., where she had been residing in recent years. Funeral rites and
burial took place in that city. The former Miss Lois McClure of Lewisburg, she
was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William McClure. She was a member of
the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Martin is survived by her husband; one son, Eben Martin; one daughter, Mrs.
Mary Haynes, four grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
MARTIN, Luther Lee The Pulaski Citizen 2 May 1962
Funeral services for Luther Lee Martin, 82, retired farmer, will be held at one
o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial will take place in Mt.
Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Martin died Tuesday night, May 1, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Jake Prince in Harwell Heights, after a long illness.
Born January 17, 1880, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William James
Martin and Martha Johnson Martin. His wife, Mrs. Roberta Ray Martin, died in
1945. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Martin, in addition to Mrs. Prince, is survived by another daughter, Mrs.
Tom Bolden, Pulaski; one son, William Ben Martin, U. S. Army, stationed in
Fuchu, Japan; eleven grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren; one
brother, Emmett Martin, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. Emma Buchanan, Lawrenceburg
and one half-sister, Mrs. Robert ___ice, Pulaski.
A brother, William James Martin, Jr., died on Tuesday morning, April 3, this
year.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, Martha Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 10 Sep 1969
Mrs. Martha Abernathy Martin, 72, died Friday, September 5, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Martin, wife of the late David E. Martin, were
conducted Saturday morning, September 6, at 11:00 o'clock at the First
Presbyterian Church with the Rev.
R. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Martin was born November 22, 1896, the daughter
of the late E. H. Abernathy and Nancy Elizabeth White Abernathy.
Survivors include one niece, Mrs. Willis Barczi, Brick Church; and one nephew,
Woodrow Burgess, Brick Church.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, Nina Hill The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
Mrs. Nina Hill Martin, 93, sister of two Pulaski residents, died on Sunday,
February 27, in Athens, Ala. Graveside services were held at 10:30 o'clock the
following Tuesday morning in City Cemetery, Athens.
Born March 29, 1872, in Limestone County, Ala., she was the daughter of John W.
Hill and Emma Reedus Hill. She was a Methodist. Her husband, Tom Martin, died a
number of years ago.
Mrs. Martin is survived by two children, L. H. Martin, Sun City, Ariz.; one
daughter, Miss Nancy Martin, Athens, Ala.; a nephew she reared, Dr. J. P. Hill,
Athens; and three half-sisters, Mrs. Bertha Sims and Mrs. K. H. Van Sickle, both
of Pulaski, and Mrs. W. D. Lyle, Athens, Ala.
MARTIN, Pearl Johnson The Pulaski Citizen 19 Nov 1969
Services for Mrs. Pearl Johnson Martin, 84, of the Wales Community were
conducted Tuesday afternoon, November 18, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister, officiating.
Burial was in Moriah Cemetery.
Mrs. Martin, wife of the late J. Tom Martin, died Sunday, November 16, in Giles
County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Martin was born September 3, 1885, the daughter
of the late John and Martha Elizabeth Sneed Johnson.
Survivors include three sons, Everett Martin and James T. Martin, Columbia, and
Lester Martin, Pulaski; four brothers, Whitt Johnson, Mesa, Colo., Robert
Johnson, Arizona, Tommy Johnson and Johnny Johnson, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs.
Mattie Durham, Pulaski; three half-sisters, Miss Carrie Johnson, Illinois, Mrs.
Lela R. Wray, Memphis, and Mrs. Ethel Myers, Pulaski; four half-brothers, Oscar
Johnson, Arkansas, and Floyd Johnson, Lacey Johnson, and Buford Johnson, all of
Illinois; six grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and seven
great-great-grandchildren.
MARTIN, Robert W. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Aug 1965
Dr. Robert W. Martin, 63 year old dentist of Jacksonville, Fla. died in St.
Vincent's Hospital there at 9:30 p. m. Saturday, August 14, after a long
illness. Funeral services and burial were held in Jacksonville on Tuesday. Dr.
Martin was a native of Pulaski, son of the late Ed N. and Willie McNairy Martin.
He had practiced dentistry in Jacksonville for the past thirty-five years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Martin; three sons, R. W., Jr., David
Rian, Wyatt Towie, and a step-son, Harry Powell, Jr.; three brothers, Frank W. ,
David E. and Dr. W. Wyatt
Martin.
MARTIN, William James Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Apr 1962
Funeral services for William James Martin, Jr., 77, retired Giles County farmer,
will be held at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home with
burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Martin died on Tuesday, April 3, at Giles
County Hospital, after a long illness.
Born April 24, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William James
Martin and Martha Johnson Martin. His wife, Mrs. Beatrice Pillow Martin, died
two years ago.
Mr. Martin is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Freeman, Pulaski, Mrs. Jack
Tarpley, Wisconsin, and Mrs. David Storey, Dellrose; five sons, Chester Martin,
Fayetteville, Mahlon Martin and Melvin Martin, Giles County, Eugene Martin,
Lewisburg, and Billy Martin, Chicago, Ill.; one sister, Mrs. Emma Buchanan,
Lawrenceburg; and two brothers, Luther Martin, and Emmett Martin, Pulaski.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
MARTIN, William Wyatt The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969
Dr. William Wyatt Martin, 73, retired dentist, died at Baptist Hospital Saturday
night, Jan. 25, after a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May Funeral Home, the Rev. Neal Dean, pastor
of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Dr. Martin was born March 10, 1895, the son of the
late Edward N. and Willie McNairy Martin.
He attended Massey Preparatory School prior to entering Vanderbilt University
from which he received his degree in dentistry in 1915. During World War I, he
served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in 1917-19, and was
discharged with the rank of First Lt. He was past president of Tennessee St.
Dental Association, and a life member of that organization and the American
Dental Association.
He was past president and past secretary of the Sixth District Dental Society
and held membership in the Federation Dentaire International, an International
College of Dentists. He was past secretary of the Tennessee Board of Dental
Examiners.
He served on Tennessee Medical Advisory Board to Selective Service; was chairman
of the first post-graduate seminar of the State Dental Association.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church where he had served as an elder and
deacon.
His civic activities included presidency of Pulaski Exchange Club, 1926-27;
Chairman of Board of Education, 1932-38; Past President of Pulaski Rotary Club;
Past Commander of Post No. 60, American Legion; membership in Pulaski Board of
Mayor and Alderman, 1926 to 1932; Pulaski Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; a
member Pulaski Chamber of Commerce; VFW Post, 4577; Hillcrest Country Club and
of the Board of Directors of First National Bank, Pulaski.
He was married in 1919 to the former Miss Maurine Murray who survives. In
addition he is suvived by two sons, Dr. Edward H. Martin, Nashville, W. Wyatt
Martin, Jr., American Embassy, Japan, and eight grandchildren.
MASON, Eunice Simpson The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Eunice Simpson Mason, 88, resident of the Crescent
View Community, were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Mason died at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night, August 3, at her residence
after a prolonged illness.
Born April 20, 1872, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Fletcher Simpson and Mary Scruggs Simpson, and was a lifelong member of the
Methodist Church.
Her husband, Carson T. Mason, died many years ago.
Mrs. Mason is survived by one daughter, Miss Miriam Mason; two sons, John E.
Mason, both of Crescent View, and Mahlon E. Mason, Pulaski; and one
gradndaughter, Miss Alice Mason, Crescent View.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MASON, Martha Barrick The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Mahlon E. Mason, 70, Pulaski resident, were held at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning at the home on West Shoal Street. Burial took place in
the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Mason, who had a heart ailment, died
unexpectedly at her home on Monday afternoon, June 14.
Born November 13, 1894, in Williamson County, Tenn., she was the former Miss
Martha Barrick, the daughter of the late Thomas R. Barrick, L and N Railroad
ticket agent, and Mattie Brown Barrick. Mrs. Mason for a number of years was
office clerk at the depot, later serving as deputy trustee under the tenure of
several trustees. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Mason is survived by her husband, Mahlon E. Mason; and two sisters, Mrs. J.
T. Bayer, Nashville, and Mrs. Cason Walker, Milton, Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MASON, Mary Cain The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Ben Mason, 88, were held Sunday at her home at
Prospect with the burial in Prospect Cemetery. She died Friday, July 13, at
Giles County Hospital, after a long illness.
The former Miss Mary Cain, she was a native of Limestone County, Ala., the
daughter of the late William Cain and Sue Malone Cain. She was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Her husband, Ben Mason, died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Mason is survived by one daughter, Mrs. A. D. Carter, Prospect; two sons,
Ben B. Mason, Jr., Nashville and W. C. Mason, Sr., Columbia; four grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
MASSEY, Willie Glen Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Dec 1969
Willie Glen Massey, Jr., 33, died Saturday, Nov. 29, in Winter Haven, Fla., as
the result of a head injury.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday at Bennett-May Chapel with the
Rev. Clarence Stewart and Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Giles
Memory Gardens.
Massey was a native Giles Countian, born Aug. 6, 1936. He was the son of Willie
G. and Annie Mae Moffitt Massey of Pulaski, the latter of whom is well-known to
Pulaski Citizen readers as the author of the popular "All the Way Around"
column.
He had been working in the citrus groves in Florida for sometime before his
death.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a son, Willie Glen Massey, III,
and a daughter, Patricia Massey, both of Leoma; a brother, Edward Massey of
Giles County; a half-brother, James E. Hargrove of Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs.
Ethel Green and Mrs. Betty Timmons, both of Chicago, Ill.; five nieces and eight
nephews.
MATTESON, Mary Jo Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1960
Mrs. Leonard J. Matteson, 65, member of a widely known Tennessee family, and
wife of a prominent New York Marine lawyer, died on Wednesday, April 13, at her
home in Mt. Vernon, New York, after an extended illness. Private funeral
services were held Friday morning at the residence. Memorial services were held
at the Baptist Church on Monday night.
The former Miss Mary Jo Harwell, she was born September 3, 1894, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late John Samuel Harwell and Angie Turner Harwell.
She was graduated from Martin College in Pulaski and Vanderbilt University in
Nashville. She was an active member of the Baptist Church until ill health
caused her to limit her activities.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Matteson is survived by two sons, Leonard J.
Matteson, Jr., Lodi, N. J. and William B. Matteson, New York City; one daughter,
Mrs. Frank Sisson, Dayton, Ohio; ten grandchildren; one brother, Dr. Allen B.
Harwell, San Francisco, Calif.; and one sister, Mrs. Carl Simpson, Tulsa, Okla.
MATHEWS, Dr. E. J. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jun 1964
Dr. E. J. Mathews, 85, died unexpectedly Sunday night, June 7, at a hospital in
Austin, Texas, having suffered a paralytic stroke that afternoon. Funeral rites
took place at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with the burial in Austin Memorial
Park.
Dr. Mathews was the husband of the former Miss Ravenna Wakefield, sister of the
late Mrs. John B. Wilkes and Mrs. J. Clay Walker of Pulaski.
He was a member of the faculty of the University of Texas for many years and was
prominent in civic affairs. He taught an adult Mens Sunday School class at First
Baptist Church for a number of years.
Dr. Mathews is survived by his wife; and three children and three grandchildren
and two sisters.
MATTHEWS, Bedford Leroy The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Bedford Leroy Matthews, 96, lifelong resident of the
Hopewell Community of Maury County, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia, with the burial in Hopewell
Cemetery, south of Columbia. Mr. Matthews died at 2 o'clock Monday morning, June
11, at Maury County Hospital after several years of declining health.
A member of the Methodist Church and a Master Mason, Mr. Matthews was the son of
the late W. R. H. Matthews and Fannie Garrett Matthews, members of pioneer Maury
County families.
His first wife, Mrs. Emma Pollman Matthews, died November 10, 1922.
Mr. Matthews is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Maggie Cheatham Matthews; and
three sons, Bedford Ivan Matthews, Madison, Duncan Matthews, Hopewell Community,
Maury County and Major Joe Matthews, Officer of National Guard Battalion,
Columbia; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and two sisters, Mrs. F.
W. Dever, Stiversville, and Mrs. Morgan Elliott, Columbia.
MATTHEWS, Lillie Mae Butler The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Mae Butler Matthews, 76, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in Cool Spring
Cemetery, near Goodspring. Mrs. Matthews died Friday afternoon, February 2, at
the home in Nashville after four weeks illness.
Twice married, her first husband was Dick Butler. Her second husband, L. H.
Matthews, survives.
In addition to Mr. Matthews, she is survived by two sons, Mahlon Butler and
Brown Butler, Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Katie Armour and Mrs. Frances Wilson,
Louisville, Ky.; three step-daughters, Mrs. Margaret Beadle, Mrs. Mary Barrett
and Mrs. Frances Winters, Nashville; two step-sons, John Matthews, Springfield,
and J. W. Matthews, Chattanooga; and eight grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MATTHEWS, Maggie Cheatham The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1968
Mrs. Maggie Cheatham Matthews, 80, widow of Bedford L. "Buck" Matthews and a
resident of 1614 South Main St., Columbia, died Saturday, February 10, at Maury
County Hospital following an illness of several days.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, February 11, at Oakes and
Nichols Funeral Home with the Rev. Eugene Barratt and Rev. Burns P. Drake
officiating. Burial was in the Hope Well Cemetery.
A former resident of the Campbellsville community and a native of Maury County,
she was the daughter of the late Benjamin F. and Josie Kerr Cheatham. She was a
member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include three sons, Lt. Col. Joe B. Matthews, Duncan B. Matthews, both
of Columbia, and Ivan Matthews of Madison; a sister, Mrs. Herbert Evans of
Pulaski; and five grandchildren.
MATTHEWS, Mary C. Ellis The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary C. Ellis Matthews, wife of Dr. O. K. Matthews,
retired Columbia dentist, were held at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning at Oakes
and Nichols Funeral Home with the burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia. Mrs.
Matthews died unexpectedly Thursday, October 20, at her home in that city.
A native of Fayettevill, she was a graduate of Middle Tennessee State College in
Murfreesboro and had taught in Louisiana, Birmingham, Ala., and at McDowell
School in Columbia.
In addition to her husband, a native of Giles County, Mrs. Matthews is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. Richard Gaulding of Memphis; one grandchild; and two
sisters, Mrs. Fannie Lee Coleman and Mrs. Mattie Webb, Nashville.
MATTHEWS, Mary Myrtle Barr The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Myrtle Barr Matthews, 80, were held at 3:30
o'clock Friday afternoon at Williams Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Matthews
died on Wednesday morning, May 30, at the home near Mt. Pleasant.
Born May 28, 1882, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Reuben Barr
and Elizabeth A. Barr. She was a member of Main Street Church of Christ. Her
husband, Walter Matthews died in 1943.
Mrs. Matthews is survived by two sons, Rogers Matthews, Mt. Pleasant, and Clyde
Matthews, Hollywood, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Eugene Brown and Mrs. Lewis
Petty, both of Akron, Ohio; thirteen grandchildren and eighteen
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Flournoy Jones, Lynnville.
MATTHEWS, Myrtle Cheatham The Pulaski Citizen 1 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Cheatham Matthews, 72, Glendale resident and
widow of Ben Matthews, were held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at Oakes and
Nichols Funeral Home, Columbia, with the burial in the Friendship Cemetery at
Culleoka. Mrs. Matthews died early Wednesday morning, July 25, at Maury County
Hospital after a few days illness.
A native of Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin
Cheatham and Josie Kerr Cheatham. She had lived in Giles County for many years,
but moved back to Maury County in 1952 to make her home with her sisters. (One
sister, Miss Lena Cheatham of Glendale, died July 18.)
She was a member of the Pleasant Mount Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Matthews is survived by three sisters, Miss Neely Cheatham, Glendale, Mrs.
Maggie Matthews, Hopewell Community, and Mrs. Herbert Evans, Pulaski.
MATTHEWS, Newton H. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Newton H. Matthews, 75, former resident of the Lynnville
section, were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at Madison Funeral Home in
Madison, Tenn., with the burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville. Mr. Matthews
died Monday morning, January 22, of a cerebral hemorrhage, at his home in Old
Hickory, after several months declining health.
Born in Maury County, he was the son of the late Lafayette Matthews and Fannie
Yokley Matthews, but lived for many years in the Lynnville section. A resident
of Old Hickory for thirty-seven years, he was a charter member of Old Hickory
Methodist Church. He was a Mason.
Mr. Matthews is survived by his wife, Mrs. Blanche Cannon Matthews, a native of
Lynnville; three brothers, Dr. O. K. Matthews, Columbia, Earl Matthews,
Springfield, and Jake Y. Matthews, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and three sisters, Mrs.
Alma Key, Miss Beth Matthews, and Mrs. Comer Smith, all of Pulaski.
MAULTSBY, Ida Tyler The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. T. B. Maultsby, 86, the former Miss Ida Tyler of Giles
County, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Louisville, Ky., home of
the family for a number of years. Burial will take place in that city. Mrs.
Maultsby died at one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, January 3, at her home in
Louisville.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Seaborn Tyler
and Harriet Sessom Tyler.
Mrs. Maultsby, last member of her immediate family, is survived by her husband,
T. B. Maultsby; one daughter, Mrs. Henry Durgeon, Louisville; three sons,
Seaborn T. Maultsby, and James Maultsby, Louisville and George Maultsby, Dallas,
Texas, and five grandchildren.
MAY, Carrie Ellen Yant The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1964
Mrs. Carrie Ellen Yant May, 85, widow of Frank Y. May, died on Tuesday, December
31, at her home in the Wales section, after a long illness. Funeral arrangements
are incomplete at press time, but they will be held at Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the burial in Bethesda Cemetery.
Born January 7, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Reese P.
Yant and Sara Toomey Yant. Mr. May died many years ago.
Mrs. May is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. B. Hazelwood, Pulaski; two sons,
John F. May, Route 7, Pulaski, and Willie May, Cincinnati, Ohio; eleven
grandchildren; three sisters, Misses Maggie Yant and Ina Yant, and Mrs. O. E.
Watson, all of Pulaski; and two brothers, Mark Yant and Richard Yant, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MAY, Clarence Luther The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Clarence Luther May, 83, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place at the Hughes Cemetery near the
Giles-Lawrence County line. Mr. May died Sunday, October 23, at the home of his
son, Lee May, on Route 5, Pulaski.
A native of Lawrence County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George H.
May. His wife, Mrs. Tassie Sparkman May, is deceased.
Mr. May is survived by two sons, Lee May, Pulaski, and Clarence May, Jr.,
California; one daughter, Mrs. B. A. Davis, Washington, D. C.; thirteen
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Monnie May, Giles
County, and Eugene May, Oregon; and one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Johnson, Wisconsin.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MAY, Emily Amelia Clark The Pulaski Citizen 12 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Emily Amelia Clark May, 51, Frankewing housewife, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the Hughes Cemetery
in Lawrence County. Mrs. May died early Tuesday morning, December 11, at the
home at Frankewing after several months illness.
Born November 11, in Colvis, Calif., she was the daughter of Frederick Clark and
Mrs. Alice Jackson Clark who survive.
She was a member of the Southern Baptist Church at Fresno, Calif.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. May is survived by her husband, Lee May; two
sons, George May, Fresno, Calif., and John May, Frankewing; one daughter, Mrs.
Howard Haislip, Huntsville, Ala.; three grandchildren; and three brothers,
Frederick Clark, Jr., Jackson Clark, and Hugh Clark.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MAY, Ernest Marvin The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1961
Ernest Marvin May, 81, Pulaski native and descendant of pioneer Giles County
families, died Saturday, December 9, at Miami Beach, Florida.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at Roesch-Patton
Funeral Home in Nashville and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski.
Mr. May was born June 23, 1880, the son of Julius Pinkney May and Marietta
Westmoreland May.
As a young man, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky, and later to Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he operated the Excel Bakery for 15 years. He and Mrs. May, the former
Miss Isabel Giddens of Giles County, have made their home in Miami Beach since
his retirement ten years ago.
About three years ago, Mr. May offered funds to Pulaski Methodist Church for the
purchase and installation of an automatic elevator as a tribute to the memory of
his parents. The facility was subsequently installed, and on June 21, 1959, it
was officially accepted and dedicated.
Among the survivors, besides his wife, are three nieces who live in Giles
County, Miss Sue May of Pulaski, Mrs. Aubrey O'Neal and Mrs. Charlie Abernathy.
MAY, Etta Garrett The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Garrett May, 77, were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon at New Hope Baptist Church with the burial in Rose Hill Cemetery in
the Nineteenth Civil District. Mrs. May died Saturday, July 7, at the home of a
son, C. F. May on Route 2, Lawrenceburg.
She was a native of Giles County and was the widow of Alfred Cleveland May who
died in 1933. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
Mrs. May is also survived by three other sons, C. D. May, Campbellsville, Robert
C. May and Richard May, both of Columbia; and one daughter, Mrs. Robert E.
Hamlett, Columbia; and six grandchildren.
MAY, Florence Braly The Pulaski Citizen 25 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Braly May, 81, widow of Monnie May, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
conducted by the pastor of the church, the Rev. Robert Hall. Burial took place
in the church cemetery. Mrs. May died at 11 o'clock Monday night, April 23, at
her home in Bodenham, after a period of declining health.
Born March 26, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late R. C.
Braly and Virginia Neal Braly. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Her husband, Monnie May, died March 10, this year.
Mrs. May is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Geneva Miles; one sister, Mrs.
Charlie Zeigler; and one brother, Finis Braly, all of the Bodenham community.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
MAY, Ida Dunnavant The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1968
Mrs. Henry May, 93, died Tuesday morning at Giles County Hospital after a long
illness. Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Bennett-May Chapel, the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. May, the former Miss Ida Dunnavant, was born November 22, 1874, the
daughter of the late Samuel Burton and Rebecca Hill Dunnavant. She was educated
in Giles County Schools and Martin College.
She was a charter member of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the
First United Methodist Church, organized the first Wesleyan Guild, and has been
it co-ordinator since its organization.
During the annual Tennessee Conference held at Pulaski this year, Mrs. May
honored by the Conference when it held its unification program of women's work,
as the oldest charter member of the Women's Society.
She was a charter member of the Twentieth Century Literary Club, a member of the
King's Daughters, and of the Gay Nineties Club.
Mrs. May was married in 1894 to Julius Henry May, one of the early organizers of
Bennett-May Furniture and Undertaking Company, a member of the firm. He died in
1935.
Mrs. May is survived by one daughter, Miss Rebecca May and one sister, Mrs.
Pearl Rainey, both of Pulaski.
MAY, John Howard The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1968
Funeral services for John Howard May, 68, were held Tuesday, February 6, at 2:00
p. m. in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Revs. Leo Bunt and Mack
Pinkelton, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. May, a farmer in the Conway community, was born May 11, 1899, the son of the
late Fred and Frances Vandiver May.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Christine Nelson May; one daughter, Mrs. Wade
Brown; one grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Cycle Ward and several nieces and
nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MAY, Monie The Pulaski Citizen 14 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Monie May, 82, retired farmer of the Bodenham Community,
were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church
with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. May died Sunday at his home.
A native of Lawrence County, he was the son of the late George H. May and Martha
Hughes May.
Mr. May is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Braly May; one daughter, Mrs. Roy
Miles, Giles County; one grandson; one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Johnson, Wisconsin;
and one brother, Eugene May, Medford, Ore.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MAY, Rex The Pulaski Citizen 13 May 1960
Funeral services for Rex May, 76, retired Railroad man, were held at 10 o'clock
Saturday mroning, January 9, in Louisville, Ky., with the burial in that city.
Mr. May died at 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon in a Louisville hospital a few
hours after being stricken with a heart attack.
Born and reared three miles South of Pulaski, he was the son of the late Charles
W. May and Amusedora Butler May and was a member of the Methodist Church. His
wife, Mrs. Lillie Fogg May, also a native Giles Countian, died several years
ago.
An employee of the railroad the greater part of his life, he retired a few years
ago.
Mr. May is survived by three sons, two daughters, and eight grandchildren; and
two sisters, Mrs. John Nelson and Mrs. Eldon Birdsong, both of Pulaski.
MAY, Robert Herbert The Pulaski Citizen 16 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Robert Herbert May, 76, retired baker, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the Aspen Hill
Cemetery. Mr. May who had lived in the Milky Way section for the past four
years, died Friday night, December 11, at his home.
Born October, 26, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James F. May
and Frances Vandiver May. He was a bachelor and a member of the Baptist Church.
He had served as a baker with the Chattanooga Bakery for a period of forty
years, retiring to his home county a few years ago.
Mr. May is survived by one brother, Howard May, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs.
C. W. Woodard and Mrs. Cycle Ward, both of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MAY, Tassie Sparkman The Pulaski Citizen 27 Aug 1969
Mrs. Tassie Sparkman May, mother of Leland E. May of Giles County, died
Wednesday, August 20, in Clovis, California. Burial was in Red Bank Cemetery,
Sanger, Calif.
She was the widow of C. L. May, Sr., of Giles County and a native of Warren
County, Tennessee.
Survivors in addition to her son, include one other son, C. L. May, Jr., Clovis,
Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. B. A. Davis, Port Angeles, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs.
David Coleman, Eaton, and Mrs. Nan Cooper of Florence, Ala.; a number of
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
MAY, Vincent Frederick The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Vincent Frederick "Vince" May, 88, retired farmer, and
former magistrate were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman and the Rev. Samue Creamer.
Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Mr. May died Monday morning, June 7,
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Conrad Sawyers, Fayetteville, where he had
resided for several years.
A native of Giles County, he was born April 17, 1877, the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. May.
Mr. May had served as magistrate of the Fifth Civil District in Giles County for
a period of 18 years.
In addition to the daughter, Mr. May is survived by one son, Harvey May, Elkton;
four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one brother, Jeff May, Tioga,
Texas; and one sister, Mrs. John Hazelwood, Chattanooga.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McAFEE, Claud Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1967
Claud Jackson McAfee, 61, TBI Agent, and the father of Mrs. Bobby Clark White of
Pulaski, died Monday, October 30, at his home in Lawrenceburg.
Services were conducted Wednesday, November 1, at 2:00 p.m. in Lawrenceburg,
with burial in Mimosa Cemetery.
Mr. McAfee was born April 15, 1906, and was a native of Cullman County, Alabama,
but moved to Lawrenceburg in 1927. He was a former Sheriff and Chief of Police
of Lawrenceburg. He had been the resident TBI Agent of Lawrenceburg since 1957.
In addition to his daughter, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Audrey Brown
McAfee, Lawrenceburg; one grandchild; and several brothers and sisters.
McAFEE, Eunice McCanless The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Eunice McAfee, 75, who died Monday, January 9, in
Giles County Hospital, were conducted on Wednesday afternoon, January 11, at
1:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. James
Martin and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. McAfee, a native of Giles County, was born September 16, 1891, the daughter
of the late William O. and Martha Samuel McCanless.
She is survived by her husband, Miller McAfee; one daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Samuel McCanless.
She is survived by her husband, Miller McAfee; one daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Harmond, Chattanooga; four sons, T. M. and R. E. McAfee, both of Pulaski, Thomas
Wilburn McAfee, Baltimore, Md., and Paul McAfee, Carlisic, Ind.; twelve
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McAFEE, Mildred The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jun 1965
Word has been received here by Mr. and Mrs. T. M. McAfee of Pisgah of the death
in Camden, New Jersey, on June 11th of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mildred
McAfee. Burial took place in Camden on June 16th.
She is survived by two sons, Tom McAfee of California, and Bob McAfee of Camden,
New Jersey.
McAFEE, Thomas Miller The Pulaski Citizen 2 Aug 1967
Thomas Miller McAfee, 82, merchant of the Pisgah and Frankewing Communities,
died Saturday, July 29, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and Rev. Howard Haynes
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. McAfee, was born September 3, 1884, the son of the late Tom and Caldonia
Gunter McAfee. His wife, Mrs. Eunice McCanless McAfee, died in January of this
year.
Survivors include on daughter, Mrs. Margaret Harmon, Chattanooga. Three sons
Robert E., Frankewing; Paul, South Bend, IN and Wilburn McAfee, Baltimore, MD;
eleven grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Willie
Smith, Dallas, TX.
McALESTER, Mary Young The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1967
Mrs. Mary Young McAlester, 77, died Thursday, February 2, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home following extended illness.
Services were conducted Saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. Billy Craighead
oficiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. McAlester, a native of Giles County, was born December 2, 1889, the
daughter of the late Thomas Edgar and Vina Montgomery Young. She was a former
music teacher and a member of the First Methodist Church here. She served as
organist for forty years.
She is survived by her husband, Grover, and several nieces.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McALESTER, Robert Grover The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1968
Robert Grover McAlester, prominent resident and businessman of Pulaski, died
after a long illness Saturday, Sept. 14 at Fairhaven Nursing Home where he had
been a patient.
Rites were conducted Monday, September 16 in the Chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home by the Rev. Billy Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church. Interment
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native Giles Countian, Mr. McAlester was born October 13, 1886. He was the son
of the late Mary Catherine Petty McAlester and Lafayette McAlester.
In 1913 he was married to Mary Rivers Young who died in 1967. For twenty-six
years he was an employee of Sol Cohn's Department Store and in 1939 became a
partner of the late Amos Young in the T. E. Young and Son Plumbing Co. He
retired in 1965.
A life long Methodist, he was a member of the choir of First Methodist Church
for 35 years.
He is survived by a sister, Miss Grace McAlester, and a number of nieces and
nephews.
McALISTER, Bedford Forrest The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1966
Bedford Forrest McAlister, 74, native of Giles County and veteran of World War
I, died on Sunday, May 15, in Wichita, Kans. Funeral rites and burial took place
in that city.
Born March 2, 1892, he was the son of the late Frank L.McAlister and Mary Petty
McAlister. He had made his home in Kansas for many years.
Mr. McAlister, an airplane factory inspector before his retirement, was a member
of First Methodist Church in Wichita.
Mr. McAlister is survived by his wife, Mrs. Imogene McAlister; one brother, R.
Grover McMcAlister, Pulaski; and one sister, Miss Grace McAlister, Pulaski.
McALISTER, Clara Buchanan The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Buchanan McAlister, 86, native of Giles County,
were held at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home in
Pulaski, following prayer services at 9:30 o'clock on Sunday morning at Finley,
Dorris and Charleton Funeral Home in Nashville. Burial took place in the family
lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. McAlister died unexpectedly at 7:20 o'clock
Friday night, September 22, at her home in Nashville, after a period of
declining health.
Born in December of 1874 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Polk
Buchanan and Almeda Black Buchanan. For a number of years the family has been
residing in Nashville. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, William B. McAlister, died in 1946.
Mrs. McAlister is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Harold Kopp, Mrs. H. T.
Williams, Misses Sallie Will, Lillian Black and Hallie McAlister, Nashville and
Mrs. R. T. Nichols, Franklin; two sons, Frank J. McAlister and Herbert B.
McAlister, Detroit, Mich.; ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and
two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Ussery, Culleoka, and Mrs. A. M. Brown, Florence, Ala.
McALISTER, Grace The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1969
Miss Grace McAlister, 88, died Wednesday, January 1, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Miss McAlister were held Friday morning, January 3, at 11
o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Miss McAlister was born July 9, 1880, the daughter of
the late Franklin McAlister and Mary Petty McAlister.
Survivors include eight nieces and two nephews.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McALISTER, J. Frank The Pulaski Citizen 1 Sep 1965
Funeral services for J. Frank McAlister, 60, employee of the Ford Motor Company
in Detroit, Mich., for approximately thirty years, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in the
family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. McAlister died Friday, August 27, in a
Detroit hospital after an extended illness.
Born August 13, 1905, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William B.
McAlister and Clara Buchanan McAlister.
Mr. McAlister, a bachelor, is survived by one brother, Herbert McAlister,
Detroit; and five sisters, Mrs. Erma Kopp, Mr. Lorraine Williams, Mrs. Helen
Nichols, and Misses Sallie Will, Hallie and Lillian Black McAlister, all of
Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCANLESS, Carrie Beard The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Beard McCanless, 67, resident of the Eleventh
Civil District, will be held at one o'clock Thursday afternoon at New Zion
Church, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman. Burial will take place in the
church cemetery. Mrs.McCanless died Wednesday morning, December 21, at Giles
County Hospital.
Born November 18, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Morgan Beard and Rhoda Lanier Beard.
Mrs. McCanless is survived by one brother, Jack Beard; one half-brother, Wilton
Beard; one sister, Mrs. J. C. Russell; and one half-sister, Mrs. J. W. Cox, all
of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCARTNEY, Robert Gilbert The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Robert Gilbert McCartney, 66, retired plumber and mechanic,
were held at one o'clock Friday afternoon in Minor Hill Church of Christ with
the burial in Mitchell Cemetery. Mr. McCartney died on Wednesday, December 29,
15 his Minor Hill home.
Born June 14, 1899, in Alabama, he was the son of the late James Franklin
McCartney and Mary Jones McCartney. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. McCartney is survived by his wife, Mrs. Euna Cole McCartney; two daughters,
Mrs. J. W. Alsup, Wales, and Mrs. Wilford Dollins, Minor Hill; four
grandchildren; two brothers, Ellis McCartney, Athens, Ala., and Fred McCartney,
Atlanta, Ga.; and three sisters, Mrs. Alice Blakeney, and Mrs. Oliver Romine,
both of Rogersville, Ala., and Mrs. E. M. Blue, Florence, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCASKILL, William Edward The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1963
Funeral services for William Edward McCaskill, 53, Pulaski dry cleaning plant
employee, were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. R. Neal Dean. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
McCaskill died unexpectedly at 6:30 o'clock on Thursday morning, May 16, at his
home in Richland Homes.
Born October 29, 1909, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William
Johnson McCaskill and Gertrude Wisdom McCaskill. He had been employed by
Sunshine Cleaners for approximately fifteen years. He was a member of First
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. McCaskill is survivedby his wife, Mrs. Sadie Hargrove McCaskill; and four
sisters, Mrs. Curtis Smith and Mrs. Brown Foster, Pulaski, Mrs. Willie Wall, Mt.
Pleasant, and Mrs. Henry A. Morrison, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCAULEY, H. B. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Dec 1969
H. B. McCauley, 87, died Saturday, December 27, in Crump Hospital, Memphis.
Graveside services were held Sunday afternoon, December 28, at Maplewood
Cemetery, with the Rev. Neal Dean officiating.
He was the son of the late Matthew and Margaret Mills McCauley.
Survivors include one nephew, John Rayburn, Pulaski.
McCLINTOCK, Lois Clark The Pulaski Citizen 18 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Clyde McClintock, 63, native of Giles County, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville
with the burial in Beechwood Cemetery at Cornersville. She died Tuesday,
November 17, in a Jeffersonville, Ind., Hospital.
The former Miss Lois Clark, she was the daughter of the late Walter Clark and
Fannie Hall Clark. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her husband, Clyde McClintock, died several years ago.
Mrs. McClintock is survived by two sons, Carl McClintock, Chapel Hill, Tenn.,
and William McClintock, Jeffersonville, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Sherman Myers
and Mrs. Kenneth Dorman, both of Jeffersonville, Ind.; fourteen grandchildren
and one brother, Robert Lee Clark, Pulaski.
McCLINTOCK, Maggie Bahaw The Pulaski Citizen 17 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Bawhaw McClintock, 76, were held at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at Robertson Fork Church of Christ, conducted by B. C.
Goodpasture, Church of Christ minister of Nashville. Burial took place in Mars
Hill Cemetery. Mrs. McClintock died at 11 o'clock on Monday night, May 15, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harvey Madison in Lynnville.
She was born March 6, 1885 in Lawrence County, and was a member of the Church of
Christ. Her husband, Ed McClintock, died twenty-six years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Madison, Mrs. McClintock is survived by two other daughters,
Mrs. Joe Tom James, Old Hickory, and Miss Lula McClintock, Columbia; three sons,
Oscar McClintock, Old Hickory, Virgil McClintock, Cornersville, and Harold
McClintock, Lynnville; and five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
McCLURE, Annie Lou Green The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lou Green McClure, 68, native of Giles County,
and resident of Nashville for many years, were held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning, September 1, in West End Methodist Church, conducted by Dr. Ben St.
Clair, pastor, and Dr. James F. Swinney. Burial took place in Woodlawn Memorial
Park, Nashville.
Mrs. McClure who made her home in Woodmont Apartments, died on Monday, August
30, at University Convalescent Hospital after an extended illness.
Born August 12, 1897, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Joe
Sidney Green and Lizzie Long Green. She attended Martin College and in 1915 was
married to Addison Brown McClure, who died in 1950. At the time of his death, he
was superintendent of the NC St. L Railroad.
A member of the Rock City Order of Eastern Star, Mrs. McClure had served as Past
Grand Matron of Tennessee. A member of the West End Methodist Church, she had
served as superintendent of the Primary Department of the Sunday School for
twenty-six years.
Mrs. McClure is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Wayne Grout, Memphis; two
sisters, Mrs. Wesley Long, Prospect, and Mrs. Fred Waddell, Nashville; and two
brothers, Cletis Green and John M. Green, Nashville.
McCLURE, James Rufus The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jul 1962
Funeral services for James Rufus McClure, 74, retired farmer, were held at 1:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church with burial in
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Franklin County. He died Friday, June 29, at his home
at Beech Hill.
A native of Giles County, he was born March 19, 1888, the son of the late Jess
McClure and Oney Langsten McClure. He was a member of the Luthern Church.
Mr. McClure is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Mayes McClure; four sons, Carl
McClure, Petersburg, Guy McClure, Rogersville, Ala., Tip McClure, Beech Hill and
Whitt McClure, Huntsville, Ala.; two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Watson, Giles
County, and Mrs. Florence Mattox, Dellrose; and twenty-three grandchildren and
sixteen great-grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCLUSKEY, James W. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Dec 1969
James W. McCluskey, 71, died Saturday, December 13, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. McCluskey, retired carpenter, were conducted Sunday
afternoon, December 14, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home with Mr. Andy Brown, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in
Booths Chapel Cemetery.
A native of Alabama, Mr. McCluskey was born October 13, 1898, the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCluskey.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Dizza Scruggs; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Mae
Jolly, Huntsville, Ala.; Mrs. Mary Lee Rogers, Athens, Ala.; two brothers, Alvin
McCluskey, Alabama, and David McCluskey, Columbia.
McCLUSKEY, Thomas Paul The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Thomas Paul McCluskey, 72, were held at 1 o'clock Friday,
January 12, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Rev. W. C. Folks
officiating. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery.
Mr. McCluskey died in Athens, Ala., Wednesday, January 10.
A native of Giles County, he was born May 30, 1895, the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McCluskey.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lillie Kimbrough McCluskey, Goodsprings; six
daughters, Mrs. Pearl Cook, Troy, Mrs. amie Teeples, Mrs. Lucy Bledsoe, St.
Louis, Mo., Mrs. Irene Poole, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Alice Harlow, Miami, Fla., and
Mrs. HazelWard, Pulaski; three sons, Leo McCluskey, Nashville, William
McCluskey, Prospect, and Guy McCluskey, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lee
Rogers, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Lizzie Mae Jolly, Huntsville, Ala.; three brothers,
J. W. McCluskey, Pulaski, David McCluskey, Nashville and Alvin McCluskey,
Lester, Ala.; and twenty-nine grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCONNELL, Alfred Boyd The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jul 1964
A 23-year-old man of Route 2, Lynnville, Alfred Boyd McConnell, was killed
instantly about sundown Saturday when his car sped out of control for 450 feet
down Yokley Road and crashed into a jagged wreck. It was Giles County's fourth
traffic death of 1964.
State Trooper Robert Barnes said it the "worst torn up car I've ever seen." He's
been with the Tennessee Highway Patrol for seven years.
McConnell, an employee of the Gabriel Company plant in Pulaski, was heading
toward Campbellsville from Yokley in his 1955 Ford when the one-car accident
happened about 6:45 p. m.
Barnes said it appeared the victim lost control of the car as he was coming out
of a curve, and the vehicle swerved back and forth across the road for 450 feet
before jumping a ditch and coming to rest on the edge of Big Creek.
McConnell was thrown from the car, according to Barnes, and his body found lying
in the edge of the creek. He was alone in the car.
The owner of Flower's Community Store in Yokley, Joe Flowers, said young
McConnell stopped by his store and bought a dollar's worth of gasoline just
minutes before he wrecked three-quarters of a mile on down the road.
McConnell and Miss Elaine Tarpley of Lynnville were planning to be married
Thursday of this week-five days after he was recorded as the county's fourth
traffic death of 1964.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Monday at Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial was
in Lynnwood Cemetery in Lynnville.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McConnell; four sisters, Misses
Linda Sue, Gearlaline, Carolyn, and Joan McConnell, all of Route 2, Lynnville;
four brothers, Danny Wayne, Waco, O'Neal, Leoma, and Freddie and Lannie, Route
2, Lynnville; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nora Taylor, Goodlettsville; and
paternal step-grandmother, Mrs. Susie McConnell, Minor Hill.
McCONNELL, Mrs. Jimmy The Pulaski Citizen 25 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Jimmy McConnell, 35, resident of the Minor Hill
section, were held Friday at Bethel Baptist Church in Lauderdale County, Ala.,
with the burial in the Mitchell Cemetery in that county. Mrs. McConnell died
Wednesday, March 18, at Athens Hospital in Athens, Ala.
Mrs. McConnell is survived by her husband, Jimmy McConnell; an infant daughter;
her mother and several sisters and brothers.
McCONNELL, John Arch The Pulaski Citizen 25 Aug 1965
Funeral services for John Arch McConnell, 59, were held Friday afternoon at
McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman,
Baptist minister. Burial was in Spring Place Cemetery. Mr. McConnell died at
4:30 o'clock Thursday morning, August 19, in Giles County Hospital.
Born November 16, 1906, in Marshall County, he lived in Giles County several
years. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. McConnell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Lee Beard McConnell; one
grandson; one brother, Jim McConnell, Nashville; and several nieces and nephews.
McCONNELL, Oliver Lee The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Oliver Lee McConnell, 66, retired farmer of the Blue Creek
section, were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at McDaniel Funeral Home in
Cornersville, with the burial in the Mitchell Cemetery at Anderson, Ala. Mr.
McConnell died Wednesday, January 19, in Gordon Hospital in Lewisburg.
Mr. McConnell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy Henson McConnell; one son,
Willard McConnell, Columbia; two daughters, Mrs. James Farris, Nashville, and
Mrs. William Phillips, Fayetteville; two step-sons, Roy Wright, Jr., Lynnville
and Clyde Beadle, Los Angeles, Calif.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Walter Fralix,
Lynnville; five grandchildren; three brothers, Edgar McConnell, Decatur, Ala.,
William McConnell, Jasper, Ala., and Leland McConnell, Chicago, Ill.; and one
sister, Mrs. Marvin Siniard, Owens Cross Roads, Ala.
McCORD, Richard Alexander The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1966
Richard Alexander McCord, 60, retired Monsanta electrician, died suddenly at his
home on Saturday morning, September 17, in Columbia.
Funeral services were conducted on Sunday afternoon, September 18, at 3:30 in
the chapel of Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home, with graveside services at 5:00
p.m. in Maplewood Cemetery with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating.
He was the son of T. A. McCord and the late Amanda Wilson McCord of Montgomery,
Ala.
In addition to his father, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bina Young McCord,
formerly of Giles County.
McCORMACK, Arthur Cowden The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Arthur Cowden McCormack, 72, retired farmer of the Minor
Hill Community, were held on Friday, February 1, at Minor Hill Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Bob Brothers. Burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mr. McCormick died at 7:45 o'clock Tuesday night, January 30, at his home.
Born October 17, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William
Wilkerson McCormick and Sallie Murray McCormick. He was a member of Minor Hill
Baptist Church. Mr. McCormick is survived by his wife, Mrs. Reba Christopher
McCormick; two sons, Ernest McCormick, Dallas, Texas, and Roy McCormick,
Birmingham, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Irene Jett, Florida; four grandchildren;
four brothers, Ed McCormick, Eden, Ala., Floyd McCormick, Ardmore, Tenn., James
McCormick and John McCormick, Grand Rapids, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha
Wilson, Pulaski, and Mrs. Orlean Sisk, Athens, Ala.; and his step mother, Mrs.
Anna Claxton, Athens, Ala.
McCORMACK, Crota Judia The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Crota Judia McCormack, 83, Pulaski resident, were held
at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home chapel, conducted
by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. McCormack died at 9:30 Wednesday morning,
February 5, at the home of a sister, Mrs. Lon Cosby, Pulaski, after several
months failing health.
Born June 15, 1880, at Diana in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
Thomas Henry Judia and Mary Monroe Reagin Judia. She was a member of the
Methodist Church.
In addition to Mrs. Cosby, Mrs. McCormack is survived by two other sisters, Mrs.
Zaida Clift, Pulaski, and Mrs. John Poole, Nashville; several nieces and
nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCORMACK, Ernest Columbus The Pulaski Citizen 11 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Ernest Columbus McCormack, 76, former resident of Giles
County, were held at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Warner Funeral Home in
Osceola, Ind., with the burial in that city. Mr. McCormack died Friday,
September 6, following a two months illness in South Bend, Ind., where he was
making his home.
Born Feb. 26, 1887 in Decatur, Ala., he was the son of late James Monroe
McCormack and Ada Bet Bates McCormack, but resided at Elkmont, Ala., during his
youth. Most of his life, Mr. McCormack, was a farmer in Giles County, but lived
for a time in Arkansas and Indiana. His wife, Mrs. Lena Knasel McCormack died
March 17, 1934 in Arkansas.
Mr. McCormack is survived by three sons, George McCormack, Giles County, David
McCormack, South Bend, Ind., and Charles McCormack, Osceola, Ind.; and four
daughters, Mrs. Albert Griggs, and Mrs. Benton Griggs, South Bend; and Mrs.
Charles Robinson and Mrs. Emmett Campbell, Oscella, Ind.; twenty-four
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Walter F. McCormack,
Sheffield, Ala.; and two sisters, Mrs. E. B. Powers, Decatur, Ala., and Mrs. C.
C. Belote, Birmingham, Ala.
McCORMACK, Neila Katherine Rogers The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Neila Katherine Rogers McCormack, 78, resident of the
Blooming Grove section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. J. T. Parsons and the Rev. James Martin,
Methodist ministers. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. McCormack died Friday morning, March 18, at the home.
Born June 1, 1887, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of the late John W.
Rogers and Mary Tarpley Rogers. She was the widow of Don McCormack, and was a
member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. McCormack is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Pearl (Frank) Parsons, and
Miss Almeda Rogers, both of Pulaski, and Miss Tommy Rogers, Nashville; and one
brother, Rex Rogers, Pulaski; and two nephews, Edwin Rogers, Pulaski, and Harold
Rogers, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCORMACK, Richard Donald The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Richard Donald McCormack, 81, former salesman and clerk,
were held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Dr. William H. Mansfield and the Rev. Marcus Nickell, pastor of
Blooming Grove Methodist Church. Burial took place in Methodist Church. Mr.
McCormack died at 5:05 Saturday morning, December 16, at his home in the
Blooming Grove Community, after a long illness.
Born October 5, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert Frank
McCormack and Mary Woodward McCormack. He was a member of Blooming Grove
Methodist Church.
For a number of years, he was a clerk in the Johnston and Edmundson Store in
Pulaski and later was a clerk for the Sherrell Store at Dellrose. At one time he
was an insurance salesman.
Mr. McCormack is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katie Roges McCormack; one sister,
Mrs. Robert West, Lawrenceburg; and two brothers, Virgil McCormack and J. F.
McCormack, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCORMACK, Tommy Lee The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Tommy Lee McCormack, 61, retired farmer of Chapel Hill,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Lawrence Funeral Home at Chapel
Hill. Rites were conducted by Dr. W. H. Mansfield of Pulaski with the burial in
Smyrna Cemetery in Marshall County. Mr. McCormack died of a cerebral hemorrhage
on Tuesday, January 31, at Brown Hospital in Lewisburg, after a ten day illness.
Born May 17, 1899, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert Frank
McCormack and Mary Virginia Woodward McCormack. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant
Methodist Church in Marshall County.
Mr. McCormack is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elise Arrowsmith McCormack; two
daughters, Mrs. Buddy Johns, Chapel Hill and Mrs. Norman Henson, Lewisburg;
seven sons, Tommy and Marvin McCormack, Lewisburg, David McCormack, Nashville,
and Jimmy, Richard, Merritt and Bobby McCormack, Columbia; ten grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. J. R. West, Lawrenceburg; and three brothers, Don McCormack,
Virgil McCormack and J. F. McCormack, all of Pulaski.
McCORMACK, William Virgil The Pulaski Citizen 27 Mar 1963
Funeral services for William Virgil McCormack, 73, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister. Burial took place in
Pisgah Cemetery. Mr. McCormack died Sunday, March 24, at Umble Nursing Home at
Lewisburg after a lengthy illness.
Born March 30, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Frank McCormack
and Mary Virginia Woodward McCormack. He was a Methodist.
Mr. McCormack, a batchelor, is survived by one brother, J. F. McCormack; and one
sister, Mrs. Bob West, both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCORMICK, Julian Lee The Pulaski Citizen 10 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Julian Lee McCormick, 29, native of Giles County, were held
at 2:30 o'clock, Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Lloyd Hickman, the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Pulaski, and the Rev. Giles Hughes,
Evansville, Ind. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. McCormick died
Saturday, October 6, at the home of his father-in-law, Ernest Prosser, after
several months illness.
Born June 29, 1933, in Giles County, he was the son of D. Bell McCormick and
Mrs. Ada Smith McCormick of Pulaski. He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church
in Evansville, Ind., where he was employed previous to his extended illness.
In addition to his parents, Mr. McCormick is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty
Jean Prosser McCormick; two daughters, Sherean and Shelia McCormick; and two
sisters, Mrs. Hoyt Haislip, Decatur, Ala., and Mrs. John W. Turner, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCOWAN, Coleman Lee The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
Funeral services for Coleman Lee McCown, 61, native of Giles County, will be
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Wallace Carr. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. McCowan
who made his home in Cochocton, Ohio, died of a heart attack at 9 o'clock Monday
morning, May 16, at his home.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Matt McCowan and
Ellis Gatlin McCowan.
Mr. McCowan is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Mae Mitchell McCowan; one
daughter, Mrs. Bil Bera, Cochocton, Ohio; three grandchildren; six brothers,
Calvin McCowan and Douglas McCowan, Giles County, George McCowan and John
McCowan, Chicago, Ill., Leslie McCowan, Miami, Fla., and Gene McCowan,
Shelbyville; and four sisters, Mrs. Brown Watson, Giles County, Mrs. Clyde
Chambliss, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Allen Kellum, Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Bill Snell,
Old Hickory.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCRACKEN, Bernadine Thesing The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Requiem high mass for Mrs. Bernadine Thesing McCracken, 75, resident of the
Indian Creek section, was sung at 11:30 o'clock Saturday morning at the Roman
Catholic Church in Pulaski. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
McCracken died Thursday, January 18, at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, after
several months illness.
Born February 13, 1886, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of the late
Herman Thesing and Elizabeth Thesing. Her husband, Harris McCracken, died in
1953.
She was a graduate nurse of St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, where she had
resided for seven years.
Mrs. McCracken is survived by two sons, Harris Whitfield McCracken, Nashville,
Harold Thesing McCracken, Whites Creek; four daughters, Mrs. W. Roy Freeman,
Nashville, Mrs. John M. Aymett, Pulaski, Mrs. John H. Morris, III, Florence,
Ala., and Mrs. Edwin Denson, Murfreesboro; fifteen grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. Mamie Gallagher, Nashville; one brother, Joe Thesing, Barberton, Ohio; and
one half-brother, Clarence Geldrich, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCRACKEN, Joseph Winfield The Pulaski Citizen 20 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Joseph Winfield McCracken, 86, retired Lincoln County
livestock dealer and farmer, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon(Feb. 13)
at Ralston Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Burial took place in Wright Cemetery
near his home at McBurg. He died of a heart attack on Tuesday, February 12, at
Lincoln County Hospital.
He was a native of Lincoln County and a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. McCracken is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kathleen Harwell McCracken, a native
of Giles County; one son, Cecil McCracken and one grandson, Parker McCracken,
Lincoln County.
McCRACKEN, Nina Estelle The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Nina Estelle McCracken, 85, will be held at 2 o'clock
Thursday, January 18, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev.
J. T. Parsons and Norman Coke officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. McCracken, the wife of the late J. L. McCracken, died Tuesday January 16,
at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
A native of Alabama, Mrs. McCracken was born July 27, 1882, the daughter of the
late J. D. and Katherine Ring Poston.
Survivors include three daughters, Miss Ruth McCracken and Mrs. Robert Barnes,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Harold Marks, Frankewing; one son, John C. McCracken,
Sacramento, Calif.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Edwin Poston, Georgia; seven
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Iva Wilkinson,
Pulaski; and one brother, J.K. Poston, Fayetteville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCRACKEN, Rebecca Parker The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Mrs. Rebecca Parker McCracken, 66, died Sunday, July 16, in Giles County
Hospital. Services were conducted Tuesday, July 18, at 10:30 a. m., at Ralston
Chapel in Fayetteville, with the Rev. Howard Haynes officiating. Burial was in
Wright Cemetery.
Mrs. McCracken, a native of Giles County, was the daughter of the late Allison
and Edna Peden Parker.
Survivors include her husband, Cecil McCracken, McBurg; one son, Parker
McCracken, Boonshill; two grandsons, Joel McCracken, Nashville and Tony
McCracken, Fox Lake, Wis.; and one brother, Gil Parker, McBurg.
McCREE, Donald Forrest The Pulaski Citizen 28 Aug 1968
Donald Forrest McCree, 70, died in a Huntsville, Ala. hospital Saturday, August
24.
Funeral services for Mr. McCree, a farmer and retired care-taker of West Hill
Elementary School, were held Sunday afternoon, were held Sunday afternoon,
August 25, at 3 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. McCree was born the son of the late George and
Effie Ashford McCree.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rena Tucker McCree; one son, Loyd McCree; one
grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Mamie Ashford, Mrs. Ed Walls and Mrs. Audie
Simpson, Giles County; and one brother, Guy McCree, of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCREE, Elmer The Pulaski Citizen 1 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Elmer McCree, 58, retired farmer of the Stella Community,
will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. McCree died early Wednesday morning, August 1,
at Giles County Hospital.
Born February 2, 1904, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George McCree
and Mrs. Eddie Ashford McCree. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. McCree is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Board McCree; one daughter, Mrs.
Audrey Boaz, Nashville; one step-daughter, Mrs. Helen Wallace, Pleasure Ridge
Park, Ky.; five grandchildren and three step-grandchildren; four brothers,
William McCree, Donald McCree, John McCree and Guy McCree, Giles County; and
three sisters, Mrs. Mamie Ashford, Mrs. Ed Walls and Mrs. Audie Simpson, Giles
County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCREE, John L. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Sep 1967
John L. McCree, 78, a retired farmer of the Goodsprings Community, died
Saturday, September 16, at his home in Goodsprings, following an extended
illness.
Services were conducted Monday afternoon, September 18, at 2:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jacob Gardner and Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mr. McCree was born on June 9, 1899, the son of the late George and Ettie
Ashford McCree. He was a member of the Minor Hill Baptist Church. Survivors
include his wife Mrs. Mary Ethel Bass McCree; two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Mitchell
and Mrs. Harold Johnson, Goodsprings; four sons, James, Tommy, Goodsprings,
Royce, Texas, and Howard McCree, Cleveland, Ohio; ten grandchildren and one
great grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Dempsey Ashford, Mrs. John Edd Walls and
Mrs. Audie Simpson, Prospect; two brothers, Guy, Prospect and Donald McCree,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McCREE, Will W. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Will W. McCree, 79, retired farmer and resident of Pulaski,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the
Hanna Cemetery. Mr. McCree died Sunday afternoon, April 24, in Giles County
Hospital after a long period of declining health.
Born February 4, 1887, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George McCree
and Eddie Ashford McCree. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
His first wife, Mrs. Pearl Wakefield McCree, died seven years ago.
Mr. McCree is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Powers McCree; three brothers,
Guy McCree, John McCree and Donald McCree; and three sisters, Mrs. Mamie
Ashford, Mrs. Laura Wall and Mrs. Lucile Simpson, all of Giles County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McDONALD, John Dudley The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Funeral services for John Dudley McDonald, Route 1, Athens, Ala., were held
Tuesday, January 9, at Oakdale Baptist Church, with Rev. Paul McCluskey and Rev.
Martin Chenault officiating. Burial was in Bottoms Cemetery.
Mr. McDonald, a native of Giles County, died Sunday, January 7, at the Athens
Nursing Home.
Mr. McDonald, a member of the Oakdale Baptist Church, was born July 4, 1885, the
son of the late Wesley and Liza Brewer McDonald.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mae McDonald, Athens; three daughters, Mrs.
Edna Higginbothem, Athens, Mrs. Willie Higginbothem, Ardmore, Ala., and Mrs. Joe
Pullen, Muscle Shoals City, Ala.; three sons, Clarence, George, and Allen
McDonald, all of Athens; twenty-four grandchildren; thirty-three
great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie
Woner, Athens and Mrs. Betty Taylor, Pulaski.
Spry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
McDOUGAL, Cora Bell Rutherford The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Bell Rutherford McDougal, 60, resident of the
Scotts Hill Community, were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in Scotts Hill
Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial
took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. McDougal died Saturday, February 6, at
her home after a long illness.
Born July 2, 1904, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas N.
Rutherford and Mary Edna Morris Rutherford.
Mrs. McDougal is survived by her husband, Andrew J. McDougal; five sons, Aubrey
McDougal, Giles County, Billy McDougal, Columbia, Rosco McDougal, Rhode Island,
Leonard McDougal, USN, Japan, and James Edward McDougal, USA, Germany; nine
grandchildren; two brothers, Allen Rutherford, Pulaski, and Leonard Rutherford,
Huntsville, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs. B. B. Norwood, Pisgah, Mrs. Milas
Rochelle, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Fred Edmundson, Bethel.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McDOUGAL, Minnie Maude Cameron The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1968
Mrs. Minnie Maude McDougal, 84, died Tuesday, November 12, Giles County Hospital
after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. McDougal, wife of the late Robert McDougal, were held
Wednesday afternoon, November 13, at Scott's Hill Baptist Church with the Rev.
Troy Bunch officiating. Burial was in Scott's Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. McDougal was born March 3, 1884, the daughter of
the late George Cameron and Virginia Gilmore Cameron.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Howell, Goodsprings, and Mrs. Viola
Warren, Pulaski; two sons, Delmer and Elmer McDougal, Goodsprings; fourteen
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McDOUGAL, Wanda Kay The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Wanda Kay McDougal, 6, were held at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon at Scotts Hill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
Baptist minister, with the burial in the church cemetery. The child died at 2:15
o'clock Thursday morning, July 16, at the home of her parents in the Scotts Hill
Community after an extended illness.
She was born June 8, 1958, in Giles County, the daughter of Aubrey McDougal and
Irene Shelton McDougal.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by two brothers, Tommy and Dale
McDougal; one sister, Anita McDougal; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
McDougal, Scotts Hill, and Mrs. Cora B. Shelton, Lewisburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McDOUGAL, William Robert The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1960
Funeral services for William Robert McDougal, 79, retired farmer of the Scotts
Hill section, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Scotts Hill Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Virgil Felker, pastor of the church. Burial took
place in the church cemetery. Mr. McDougal died Thursday, August 4, at Giles
County Hospital after a brief illness.
Born August 4, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William
McDougal and Elizabeth Hardiman McDougal.
Mr. McDougal is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Maude McDougal; two sons,
Delmas McDougal and Elmer McDougal; three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Harwell, Mrs.
Ruth Jones and Mrs. Vada Warren; fourteen grandchildren; one brother, Andrew
McDougal; and three sisters, Mrs. Maude Stafford, Mrs. Mandy Williams and Mrs.
Lizzie Hanna, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McELHINEY, John Oscar The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1966
McFARLAND, Elizabeth Crowe The Pulaski Citizen 1 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Crowe McFarland, Sr., 85, native of Pulaski,
and resident of Lebanon for many years, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon in Ligon and Bobo Funeral Home, Lebanon, with graveside services and
burial rites in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville that afternoon. Mrs. McFarland
died in a Lebanon hospital after an illness of one year.
Mrs. McFarland was the daughter of the late Major James R Crowe and Belle
Townson Crowe.
Her husband was the late Lon P. McFarland, Sr.
Mrs. McFarland is survived by three sons, James C. McFarland, Lebanon, Lon P.
McFarland, Jr., Columbia, and Alfred R. McFarland, Castalian Springs.
McFARLAND, Henry Robert The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Henry Robert McFarland, 76, retired Elkton merchant, were
held Friday, July 15, at Elkton Baptist Church with burial in Elkton Cemetery.
Mr. McFarland died Wednesday, July 13, in the Ardmore Nursing Home.
A native of Giles County, he was born August 27, 1889, the son of Mrs. Sally
Faulkner and the late John W. McFarland.
Besides his mother, Mr. McFarland is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Ruby
Lanier of Elkton, Mrs. Bessie Whitt of Ardmore, Mrs. Lucille Jones of Florida,
Mrs. Mamie Sue Richards of Pulaski, and Mrs. Betty Jordan of Prospect; four
sons, Robert M. McFarland of Elkton, John W. McFarland of Green Castle, Ind.,
George H. McFarland, of Nashville and Harold McFarland, Pulaski; twenty
grandchildren; two brothers, Andrew McFarland of Illinois, and ____________
McFarland of Columbia; five sisters, Mrs. Mamie Harwell, Frankewing, Mrs. Minnie
Bell Hardiman, Elkton, Mrs. Bertha Lewter, Nashville, Mrs. Nell Tyford,
Illinois, and Mrs. Marvin Moore, Frankewing; and four step-children.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McFARLAND, Sarah Rebecca (Sally) The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1968
Mrs. Sarah Rebecca (Sally) McFarland, 95, died at her home in Elkton Wednesday,
January 10.
Funeral services for Mrs. McFarland, the wife of the late John William
McFarland, were held at 1:30 Friday afternoon, January 12, in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Revs. James Shutt and William Suddarth
officiating. Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
Mrs. McFarland, a native of Giles County, was born January 17, 1872, the
daughter of the late Jake and Sarah Smith Faulkner. She was a member of the
Elkton Methodist Church.
Survivors include five daughters, Miss Minnie Bell McFarland, Elkton, Mrs.
Malcolm Harwell, Frankewing, Mrs. Marvin Moore, Prospect, Mrs. Elbert Twyford,
Jacksonville, Ill., and Mrs. J. C. Lewter, Nashville; two sons, Andrew
McFarland, Jacksonville, Fla., and Edward McFarland, Columbia; thirty-six
grandchildren; seventy-three great-grandchildren; ans six
great-great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McGAW, George Washington The Pulaski Citizen 24 Nov 1965
Funeral services for George Washington McGaw, 57, farmer of the Yokley section,
were held at one o'clock Monday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by Andrew Brown, with the burial in Gibsonville Cemetery in the Fourteenth Civil
District. Mr. McGaw died Sunday, November 21, in Giles County Hospital.
Born May 7, 1908, in Maury County, he was the son of the late George C. McGaw
and Mary Burns McGaw.
Mr. McGaw is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lydia Adams McGaw; one son, Johnny D.
McGaw, Yokley; and six sisters, Mrs. George Lollice, Waynesville, Mo., Mrs. Bob
Brandle and Mrs. Grace Neal, Nashville, Mrs. Marshall Irby, Mrs. Ed Gifford and
Mrs. William J. McGaw, Glendale, Calif.; and four brothers, Melvin McGaw,
Nashville, John W. McGaw, Sewickley, Pa.; and Dozier McGaw and Ernest McGaw,
Spring Hill, Tenn.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McGEE, Ruby Irene Tarpley The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert McGee, 49, native Giles Countian, were held at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Roebuck Chapel, Birmingham, Ala., with the
burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. Mrs. McGee died Wednesday, June 20, at Highland
Baptist Hospital, after a long illness.
Born in April of 1913, in Giles County, she was the former Ruby Irene Tarpley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome R. Tarpley of the Campbellsville section.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. McGee is survived by her husband, Robert McGee;
two sisters, Mrs. John Seavers, Jackson, Tenn., and Mrs. Mary Jo Staten,
Birmingham; and three brothers, Robert Tarpley and Ernest Tarpley, both of
Pulaski, and Bill Tarpley, Birmingham, Ala.
McGILL, Docia Jones The Pulaski Citizen 21 Oct 1964
Funeral Services for Mrs. Docia Jones McGill, 87, Giles County native, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Minor Hill Baptist Church with the rites
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs. McGill died at 7:15 o'clock Friday morning, October
16, in Lawrenceburg Sanitarium.
Born March 30, 1877, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Jones and Margaret Hanna Jones. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Her
Husband, Joseph P. McGill, died many years ago.
Mrs. McGill is survived by one son, Floyd McGill, Oklahoma City, Okla.; One
daughter, Mrs. Lacy McGill Newton, Lawrenceburg; two grandchildren and three
great grandchildren; and one half sister, Mrs. Velia Boyd, Stella.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McGILL, Elizabeth Ann The Pulaski Citizen 28 Aug 1968
Elizabeth Ann McGill, 7, died Sunday, August 25, in Nashville.
Funeral services for Miss McGill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry McGill, were
held Tuesday afternoon, August 27, at Appleton Church of Christ. Burial was in
Appleton Cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to her parents, include three brothers, Justin, Ronnie
and Johnnie McGill, all of Loretta; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. V.
Bailey, Minor Hill; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Coleman McGill of
Lawrenceburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McGILL, Maurice The Pulaski Citizen 2 Aug 1967
Maurice McGill, 17, was fatally injured in a one-car accident on the Minor Hill
Highway near Bevel Springs at 4:30 p. m. Sunday, July 30, and Billy Wayne
Gatlin, 19, driver of the vehicle, was admitted to Giles County Hospital with
back injuries.
Funeral Services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Minor Hill Church
of Christ with Sewell Hall, minister, officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill
Cemetery. Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
McGill was born in Limestone County, Ala., June 8, 1950, the son of Homer and
Flora Thorne McGill. He would have been a junior at Minor Hill High School this
fall. It was reported that the victim and Gatlin had played in a baseball game
at Anthony Hill Sunday afternoon and were returning home when the accident
occurred. The driver apparently lost control on a curve and the car left the
road on the left (east) side, crossed a ditch and fence and struck several small
trees, according to Sgt. Homer Smith of the Highway Patrol who investigated.
Gatlin was charged with driving without a license.
Surviving young McGill, in addition to his parents, are three sisters, Mrs. Lois
Briggs,
Mrs. Myra Siniard and Mrs. Sandra Teeples, all of Giles County; and seven
brothers, Milford and Daniel K. McGill of Birmingham, Ala., Don McGill of
Chicago, Illinois, Charles D. McGill of Nashville and Billy Ray, Waddell and
Terry McGill, all of Giles County.
McGILL, William Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jun 1965
Word has been received here or the death in Oklahoma City of William Floyd
McGill.
A native Giles Countian, he was born May 28, 1895, son of the late Joe and Docia
Jones McGill.
He is survived by his wife, one sister, Mrs. Lacy Newton, Lawrenceburg, a
nephew, Robert McGill, Pulaski, and a niece, Mrs. Helen Copen, Falmouth, Mass.
McGREGOR, Estelle Fergus The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Mrs. Estelle Fergus McGregor, 51, widow of W. A. McGregor of Lynnville, died on
Tuesday morning, February 11, at Giles County Hospital, following a period of
failing health
Funeral rites will be held at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. John B. Lindenberger, pastor of Lynnville
Presbyterian Church. Burial will take place in the family lot in Lynnwood
Cemetery.
Born August 26, 1882, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late R. A.
Fergus and Frances Ewing Fergus. Mr. McGregor died November 8, 1962.
Mrs. McGregor is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Louise Cooley, Henderson,
Mrs. L. E. Moore, Lynnville, and Mrs. Frances Frodahl, Hawaii; one son, Joe C.
McGregor, Lynnville; seven grandchildren; and one sister, Miss Mary Ewing
Fergus, Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McGREGOR, Joe Carthel The Pulaski Citizen 5 May 1965
Funeral services for Joe Carthel McGregor, 53, veteran of WWII, and resident of
Lynnville, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. John B. Lindenberger, Presbyterian minister. Burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. McGregor died on Thursday, April 29, in Veterans
Hospital in Nashville.
Born June 24, 1911, in Giles County, he was the son of William Abner McGregor
and Estella Fergus McGregor. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and had
been associated with the L. E. Moore Drug Store in Lynnville for twelve years.
He was Commander of the Lynnville American Legion Post.
Mr. McGregor, a bachelor, is survived by three sisters, Mrs. L. E. Moore,
Lynnville, Mrs. Gray Cooley, Henderson, and Mrs. R. P. Frodahl, Kailna, Hawaii.
McGREGOR, Will A. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Will A. McGregor, 83, retired Lynnville farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
John B. Lindenberger, Presbyterian minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery. He died at his home at Lynnville on Thursday, November 8.
Born July 26, 1879, and reared at Lynnville, he was the son of the late William
A. McGregor and Ida Andrews McGregor.
Mr. McGregor is survived by his wife, Mrs. Estelle Fergus McGregor; three
daughters, Mrs. L. E. Moore, Lynnville, Mrs. G. C. Coaley, Hendersonville, and
Mrs. R. P. Frodahl, Hawaii; a son, Joe C. McGregor, Lynnville; and six
grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McGREW, Arthur Noble The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Arthur Noble McGrew, 35, native Giles Countian and an employee of The
Caterpillar Company in Peoria, Ill., for the past seven years, died in the
flames that completely destroyed his home in Morton, a suburb of Peoria, early
Sunday morning, February 14. The fire department was called by a neighbor who
had spotted the before-dawn fire, the cause of which is not known.
Mr. McGrew was the only occupant of the house at the time since his wife was a
patient in a hospital and their young son was with his grandmother.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, February 17, at a
funeral home in Morton with the burial in Parkview Cemetery in Peoria.
Born November 22, 1924, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Ethel McNeese
McGrew McLean of Winnepeg, Canada, and the late Thomas McGrew.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife; a small son; four
brothers, Albert McGrew, Route 6, Pulaski, Edward McGrew, Nashville, William
McGrew, Peoria, Ill., and Clifford McGrew, Painesville, Ohio; and one sister,
Mrs. Playford Lilly, Chillicothe, Ill.
McGREW, Estelle The Pulaski Citizen 27 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Miss Estelle McGrew, 88, native Giles Countian and a
practical nurse, will be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pulaski
Funeral Home. The burial will take place in the family lot in Bethesda Cemetery.
She died on Wednesday morning, February 27, at Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa,
Ala. She had lived in the Alabama city the past four years.
Born January 6, 1875, and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the
late Winn McGrew and Martha Brown McGrew. She was a member of the Bethesday
Methodist Church.
The last members of her immediate family, she is survived by serveral nephews
and nieces.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McINTYRE, George D. The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1963
George D. McIntyre, 43, Bristol, Tenn., lawyer, died Thursday night, September
26, in Bristol, after a long illness. Funeral rites were held Saturday morning
in the Episcopal Church, with burial in that city.
He was the son of the Mrs. J. T. McIntyre, Bristol, and the late Dr. J. T.
McIntyre, Sr.
In addition to his mother, Mr. McIntyre is survived by his wife and three
children; one brother, Dr. J. T. McIntyre, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. W. C.
Mitchell, Christianburg, Va.
McKAY, Edgar Alan Jr. (Mack) The Pulaski Citizen 22 Dec 1965
Edgar Alan (Mack) McKay, Jr., 22, was killed Friday evening, Dec. 17, in a
two-car collision on Alabama Highway 53 about ten miles north of Huntsville,
where he was employed by Brown Engineering Company.
Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock at First
Methodist Church with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
The son of Edgar Alan, Sr., and Dolly Tuell McKay, he was born in Nashville on
Feb. 19, 1943. He was graduated from Giles County High School and attended
Martin College and Centre College of Danville, Ky. He was a member of First
Methodist Church.
In the accident, which occurred about 6:30 p. m., another youth, Jerry Lynn
Berry, of Stevenson, Ala., driver of the second vehicle involved, also lost his
life. Berry's brother, Ronald Gene Berry, 18, was reportedly in critical
condition at a Huntsville hospital from injuries suffered in the wreck.
There were no witnesses to the accident but officers said indications were that
Berry drove onto the highway from a side road in to the path of McKay, who was
en route to Pulaski for the weekend.
Survivors besides his parents, include two sisters, Mrs. William H. Moss, Jr.,
of Chattanooga, and Miss Mary Ann McKay; a brother, Jim McKay; and his maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Willodean Tuell, all of Pulaski.
McKINNEY, Harry Stacy Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Harry Stacy McKinney, Sr., 79, retired Minor Hill farmer,
will be held at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer,
minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial will take place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. McKinney died on Tuesday night, June 5, at Jackson Clinic at
Lester, Ala.
Born April 13, 1883, in Alabama, he was the son of the late James McKinney and
Lovina Browning McKinney. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. McKinney is survived by his wife, Mrs. Shirley Johnson McKinney; four
daughters, Mrs. Ned Odeneal, Pulaski, Mrs. Lester Jackson, Lester, Ala., Mrs.
Elizabeth Norwood, Minor Hill, and Mrs. James Davis, Levittown, N. J.; one son,
Henry S. McKinney, Jr., Pulaski; eleven grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Hardiman, Florence, Ala., and
Mrs. Cora Jackson, Huntsville, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McKISSICK, Charles Everett The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Charles Everett McKissick, 42, were held Saturday, March
16, at Williams Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.
Mr. McKissick, a brother of Paul McKissick of Pulaski, was killed Friday when
his car was struck by a freight train at a crossing in the Sandy Hook Community
near Mt. Pleasant.
According to reports, Mr. McKissick was returning home after taking his children
to school less than a mile away when the accident occurred.
He apparently failed to see the approaching train. The engineer said the whistle
and bells were sounding but the train was an "extra" and, ordinarily, would not
have been traveling along that track in a northbound direction. A regularly
scheduled southbound train was due along the same track a short time later and
investigating officers, State Trooper Jere Starnes and Marion Sellers, indicate
that Mr. McKissick probably heard the sound of the approaching train and looked
only toward the north, expecting only the regular-run train.
According to reports, the car was dragged about 132 feet along the track before
being thrown clear of the train.
Mr. McKissick was the son of Mrs. Bertha Prentice McKissick of Mt. Pleasant and
the late Frank McKissick. His wife, Imogene Cooper McKissick, survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Miss Joy McKissick, and a son, Monty
McKissick, both of Sandy Hook; four sisters, Mrs. Janie Vernon, Columbia; Mrs.
George Lentz and Mrs. Leslie Stewart, both of Mt. Pleasant; and Mrs. Wilson
Chaffin, Culleoka; and two other brothers, Edward McKissick, Southport; and
Harlan McKissick, Lewisburg.
McKNIGHT, Annie Lee Houston The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1966
Mrs. Charlie McKnight, 77, native of Giles County, died on Sunday, April 24, in
a hospital in Los Alamos, Calif. Funeral rites took place at 3 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon in Hayes Funeral Home with the burial in Alta Mesa Cemetery in Mt.
View, Calif.
The former Miss Annie Lee Houston, she was born December 28, 1888, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late Frederick N. Houston and Sarah Eliza Abernathy
Houston.
Mrs. McKnight is survived by one son, Frank McKnight, Los Altos, Calif.; and two
sisters, Mrs. Henry Tallent, Frankewing, Tenn., and Mrs. Louie Griffin,
Belleville, Ill.
Mrs. McKnight was an aunt of Mrs. Iris West and Erskine Houston, both of
Pulaski.
Her husband, Charlie McKnight, died Feb. 12, this year.
McKNIGHT, Charlie The Pulaski Citizen 16 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Charlie McKnight, 90, native of Giles County, were held
Monday in his home town of Palo Alto, Calif., with the burial in Alta Mesa
Cemetery. Mr. McKnight died on Saturday, February 12, in Palo Alto Convalescent
Hospital.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late Frank McKnight and Lizzie Young
McKnight. The family has lived in California a number of years.
Mr. McKnight is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Houston McKnight; and one son,
Frank R. McKnight, Palo Alto, Calif.; Giles County relatives are C. B. McKnight,
Mrs. Ed Seagrove, Mrs. L. R. Weldon, Mrs. Buford West, Mrs. Emmett Stanford, and
Mrs. Henry Tallent.
McKNIGHT, Kittie Gaines The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Kittie Gaines McKnight, 83, Pulaski resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Frankewing Methodist Church, conducted
by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman. Burial took place in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Mrs. McKnight
died at 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon, June 17, at Giles County Hospital after a
brief illness.
Born September 29, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Will
Gaines and Margaret Parker Gaines. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Bob McKnight, died May 3, 1918.
Mrs. McKnight is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Emmett Stanford, Mrs. Ed
Hargroves and Mrs. Louis R. Weldon, Pulaski; two sons, C. B. McKnight, Pulaski,
and Jack McKnight, Nashville; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren;
and one sister, Mrs. Bob Young, Pulaski.
McLAURIN, Robert Sylvester The Pulaski Citizen 24 May 1961
Robert Sylvester McLaurin, 60, former mayor of Brandon, Miss., and husband of
the former Miss Mildred Hannah of Campbellsville, died unexpectedly at 1:10
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, May 17, at his home following a paralytic stroke.
He suffered his first stroke in March while on a business trip to Greenville,
Miss.
Funeral rites took place in Brandon Methodist Church on Thursday afternoon with
the burial in that city.
A lifelong resident of Brandon, he was a steward in the Methodist Church, a
member of the Masonic Lodge and the Lions Club, and was the district sales
manager of the American Oil Company.
In addition to his wife, Mr. McLaurin is survived by two sons, Sen. John C.
McLaurin and R. S. McLaurin, Jr.; and six grandchildren, all of Brandon.
McLAURINE, Anna Virginia Goodwin The Pulaski Citizen 30 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Virginia Goodwin McLaurine, 88, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Lynnville Methodist Church, with the rites
conducted by the Rev. C. B. Cook, assisted by the Rev. Ollie Binkley. Burial
took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. McLaurine died at 12:45 o'clock Friday
afternoon, May 25, at her home in Lynnville after a long illness.
Born at Fayetteville, on September 15, 1873, she was the daughter of the late
James W. Goodwin and Mary Sumner Goodwin. She was a member of the Lynnville
Methodist Church.
Her husband, Haywood Franklin McLaurine, died December 24, 1938.
Mrs. McLaurine is survived by one daughter, Miss Mary Sumner McLaurine,
Lynnville.
McLAURINE, Emily Arrowsmith The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Mrs John H. McLaurine, Pulaski native, were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon in Comopolitan Funeral Home Chapel with the rites
conducted by Dr. Wayne H. Bell. Interment took place in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. McLaurine died Saturday night, June 18, in a Nashville convalescent home
following an extended illness.
Born and reared in Pulaski, she was the former Miss Emily Arrowsmith, daughter
of the late Mark Arrowsmith and Estelle Anderson Arrowsmith.
Mrs. McLaurine is survived by her husband, John H. McLaurine; one sister, Mrs.
William T. Gaither, Nashville; and one brother, Henry B. Arrowsmith, Birmingham,
Ala.
McLAURINE, Henry Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
Henry Franklin McLaurine, 76, a resident of 206 Eugene Road, Columbia, died late
Saturday afternoon, December 7, at Maury County Hospital, following several
months illness.
Funeral services for Mr. McLaurine were conducted Monday afternoon, December 9,
at 1 o'clock at Oaks and Nichols Funeral Home with the Revs. Glenn Mayfield and
J. E. Bennett officiating.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Dr. Henry Martin McLaurine
and Andrea Scott McLaurine.
He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Geneva Kinzer McLaurine, Columbia; and several
cousins.
McLAURINE, John H. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Sep 1965
Word has been received here of the death of John H. McLaurine, Sr., former
resident of Lynnville, and resident of Nashville for many years, which occurred
in mid-September, in a Nashville hospital. Funeral rites and burial took place
in Nashville.
His wife, Mrs. Bess Hurley McLaurine, died several years ago.
Mr. McLaurine is survived by two sons, John H. McLaurine, Jr., and Paul
McLaurine, Nashville; a married daughter in Memphis; and one sister, Mrs. Beulah
M. Gordon, Nashville.
McLEAN, Cliffie Prindle The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Cliffie Prindle McLean, 75, former Giles County
resident, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, west of Pulaski. Mrs. McLean died Friday
at her home in Lawrenceburg where she had lived for the past six years.
Born February 26, 1885 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Fred
Prindle and Azzie Green Prindle. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Mrs. McLean is survived by her husband, M. E. McLean; one daughter, Mrs. Elmer
White, Lawrenceburg; one son, James A. McLean, Washington, D.C.; and one
grandson. Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
McLEAN, Manuel Erwin The Pulaski Citizen 12 May 1965
Funeral services for Manuel Erwin McLean, 81, resident of Lawrenceburg, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery. Mr. McLean died on Sunday, May 9, in Lawrence County Hospital after a
long illness.
Born October 23, 1883, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late John T.
McLean and Sara Tidwell McLean. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. His wife, Mrs. Cliffie L. Prindle McLean, is deceased.
Mr. McLean is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Elmer White, Lawrenceburg; one
grandson and one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Mize, Pulaski, and
Mrs. Tessie Johnson, Gadsden, Ala.; and one brother, Joe McLean, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McLIN, Elaine Elder The Pulaski Citizen 15 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Elaine Elder McLin, 43, Huntsville, Ala., were held at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Mrs. McLin
died Saturday in a Huntsville hospital.
A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Vallie Jackson Elder,
Fayetteville, and the late A. Clair Elder, native Giles Countian. She was a
member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. McLin is survived by her husband, H. L. McLin,
native of Giles County; one daughter, Mrs. Bill Roland, Fayetteville; three
grandchildren; and two brothers, A. C. Elder, Jr., Fayetteville, and Capt. Joe
D. Elder, San Antonio, Texas.
McLIN, William Emmett The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1962
Funeral services for William Emmett Mclin, 63, retired Postal Clerk in Memphis,
were held at 10:00 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial
took place in Wright Cemetery.
Mr. McLin died on Monday morning at a Memphis hospital of a heart ailment after
a short illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born December 17, 1898, the son of the late
John W. McLin, the son of the late John W. McLin and Hattie Sutton McLin. He
served as a rural mail carrier at Frankewing for a number of years before going
to Memphis.
Mr. McLin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Carpenter McLin; two daughters,
Mrs. David Willoughby, Columbia, and Mrs. Thomas Wood, Memphis; two sons,
Kenneth McLin, Rapid City, S. D., and William McLin, Camden; three sisters, Mrs.
Gid Wakefield, and Miss Marie McLin, Frankewing, and Mrs. Nancy Reed, Clinton,
Ohio; and two brothers, H. Lee McLin, Huntsville, Ala.; and Dave McLin, Texas
City, Texas; and one aunt, Mrs. Charles N. Luna, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McMASTERS, Marcella Bertha Rogers The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Marcella Bertha Rogers McMasters, 70, mother of Tommy
Harrison, Pulaski merchant, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Minor
Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Andrew Brown. Burial took place in the
Powell Cemetery. Mrs. McMasters died at 4:45 o'clock Tuesday morning, March 15,
at Giles County Hospital after a two weeks illness.
Born October 13, 1889, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of the late
William Rogers and Fannie Malone Rogers. Twice married: her first husband,
Walter Harrison, died in 1914. Her second husband, G. B. McMasters, died in
1959.
In addition to the son in Pulaski, Mrs. McMasters is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Celina Roberts, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Aubry Brown, Ardmore and
Mrs. Oda Price, Leoma; seventeen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren;
three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Wilburn, Leoma, Mrs. Maude Garner, Lawrenceburg, and
Mrs. Bell Shelton, Minor Hill; and one brother, John Rogers, Franklin.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McMASTERS, Mary Lou Beard The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Beard McMasters, 66, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in Cool Spring Church of Christ, conducted by Andrew Brown.
Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. McMasters died Sunday night,
January 23, at her home at Goodsprings.
Born July 4, 1899, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel
Beard and Mary Coble Beard.
Mrs. McMasters is survived by her husband, V. Eston McMasters; four sons, V. E.
McMasters, Jr., Lawrenceburg, Paul McMasters, Louisville, Ky., and Wayne
McMasters and Blaine McMasters, both of Pulaski; five daughters, Mrs. Lawrence
Holt and Mrs. Carol Walls, Pulaski, Mrs. E. B. Hardiman, Paris, Ky., Mrs. Eugene
Hope, Chattanooga, and Mrs. Jack Frost, Glenwood, Ga.; twenty-eight
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Ike Beard, Nashville;
and two sisters, Mrs. Logan Surles, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Rupert Surles,
Goodsprings.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McNEELY, Luther The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Luther McNeely, 76, retired farmer of Ardmore, were held at
one o'clock Monday afternoon at Tony Rainey Funeral Home at Ardmore, conducted
by the Rev. E. M. Tramel, pastor of Ardmore Methodist Church. Mr. McNeely died
early Sunday morning, February 21, at Lincoln County Hospital after a long
period of declining health.
Born and reared at Elkton, he was the son of the late William Jobez McNeely, and
Emily Elliott McNeely, but in recent years had lived at Ardmore. Mr. McNeely, a
bachelor, was a member of Ardmore Methodist Church.
Mr. McNeely is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ida McNeely Harwell, Ardmore, now a
patient in Lincoln County Hospital. A sister, Mrs. Charles I. Puckett, of
Elkton, died January 24, this year.
Toney Rainey and Son in charge of arrangements.
McNEESE, Carl Wynn The Pulaski Citizen 2 Apr 1969
Carl Wynn McNeese, 78, died Tuesday, April 1, at his home in the Elkton
community after an extended illness.
Services were held Wednesday afternoon, April 2, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel
of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. William Suddarth officiating.
Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. McNeese was born August 3, 1890, the son of the
late Allen McNeese and Willie Hood McNeese.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Tera Austin McNeese, Elkton; one son, Floyd
McNeese, Elkton; five daughters, Mrs. Robert C. Wilburn and Mrs. F. A. Crabtree,
both of Pulaski; Mrs. Bill Smith, Tuscumbia, Ala., Mrs. Dewvaul Massey, Elkton,
and Mrs. George Ray, Beech Hill; three brothers, Floyd C. McNeese and Joe
McNeese, both of Elkton, and John Allen McNeese, Tullahoma; two sisters, Mrs.
Young Walker, Pulaski, and Mrs. Carlton Lewter, Fayetteville; fourteen
grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren.
McNEESE, Frances Birdsong The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Floyd McNeese, 50, resident of the Elkton section,
were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Talmadge Clayton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. McNeese died on Sunday night, September 4, in Giles County
Hospital after a three weeks illness.
The former Miss Frances Birdsong, she was born March 19, 1910, in Giles County,
the daughter of Jesse Birdsong and the late Nettie Hastings Birdsong. She was a
member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to her father, Mrs. McNeese is survived by her husband, Floyd
McNeese; three sons, Douglas McNeese, Rex McNeese and Troy McNeese; two
brothers, Billy Birdsong and Gilbert Birdsong, Elkton; four sisters, Mrs. Roy
Cunningham, Prospect, Mrs. Will Boatright, Lynnville, Mrs. Ollie Hastings,
Dallas, Texas and Mrs. Joe Roberts, Cedar City, Utah.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McNEESE, Frank Baugh The Pulaski Citizen 28 May 1969
Frank Baugh McNeese, 63, died Monday, May 26, at his home in the Anthony Hill
community.
Funeral services for Mr. McNeese, a retired body shop owner, will be held
Thursday, May 29, in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home. Burial will be
in Gatlin Cemetery in Ardmore.
A native of Giles County, Mr. McNeese was born July 24, 1905, the son of the
late Andrew and Jennie Faulkner McNeese.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maggie Pope McNeese; one son, David McNeese;
one daughter, Mrs. Darwood Garrett; three brothers, Mahlon McNeese and Ernie
McNeese, Huntsville, Ala., and Kelly McNeese, Ardmore; four sisters, Mrs.
Gilbert Pope, Elkton, Mrs. Arch Bailey, Ardmore, Mrs. James Hall, Huntsville,
Ala., and Mrs. Cecil White, Texas; and four grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McNEESE, James Ward The Pulaski Citizen 25 Apr 1962
Funeral services for James Ward McNeese, 85, farmer of the Sumac section were
held at 1:30 o'clock on Sunday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by G. C.
Fox, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in New Zion Cemetery. Mr.
McNeese died on Saturday, April 21, at Giles County Hospital after a long
illness.
Born October 9, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Henry McNeese
and Martha Craig McNeese, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
His first wife, Mrs. Bessie Ann Burrow McNeese, died in 1930. His second wife,
the former Mrs. Lela Dale Reeves died in 1943.
Mr. McNeese is survived by two sons, Burrow McNeese, Sumac and Dean McNeese,
Frankewing; two daughters, Mrs. Willie Brumit and Miss Edith McNeese, Sumac;
five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Dudley J.
McNeese, Odd Fellows Hall, and Wiley McNeese, Louisville, Ky.; and four
step-children, Mrs. Clyde Hatfield, and Claude, Clyde and Frank Dale.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McNEESE, Robert Johnny The Pulaski Citizen 8 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Robert Johnny McNeese, 63, Pulaski construction worker,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. McNeese died early Monday morning, December 6
at Giles County Hospital.
Born May 30, 1902, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William McNeese. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. McNeese is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Johnson McNeese; seven
daughters, Mrs. Estelle Malone and Miss Shirley McNeese, McMinnville, Mrs. Eula
Norwood, Mrs. Ruby West, Mrs. Alice Ann Wisdom, Mrs. Jeannette West and Mrs.
Pearl Bishop, all of Pulaski; twelve grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Nora
Davis, Mrs. Gerty McKinney, Mrs. Rosie Olive, and Mrs. Jerry Grisham, all of
Florence, Ala., and Mrs. Ethel Hayes, Oklahoma; and one brother, Willie McNeese,
Mississippi.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McNEESE, Wiley B. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Aug 1969
Wiley B. McNeese, 84, died Saturday, August 9, in a Louisville, Ky. hospital
after a short illness.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning, August 12, at 10:30 o'clock in
Louisville, with burial in that city.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Hall McNeese; one daughter, Mrs. Louise
Adams, Murfreesboro; one brother, D. J. McNeese of Lynnville; and several
grandchildren.
McNEIL, Lawrence P. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Mar 1964
Lawrence P. McNeil, 60, co-owner and operator of Shady Lawn Truck Stop, Highway
31 South, at Elkton, died Wednesday, February 26, at his home after a three
months illness.
Funeral rites took place in Berwyn, Ill., in a Masonic service, with burial in
Oak Ridge Cemetery in Hinsdale, Ill., with an Episcopal minister officiating.
Mr. McNeil, who had been a resident of Giles County for approximately two and a
half years, was a native of Illinois.
Mr. McNeil is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ernestine Gasser McNeil; two daughters,
Mrs. Thomas Smith and Mrs. Jim Rector; four grandchildren; all of Elkton; and
two sisters, Mrs. Burns Watling, Hot Springs, Ark., and Mrs. John Shuttle,
Chicago, Ill.
McREE, Mary Ethel The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1968
Funeral Services for Mrs. Mary Ethel McRee, 72, were held Saturday afternoon,
November 2, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett May Funeral Home with the Rev.
Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery. [The paper had
Maplewood Cemetery, but Minor Hill Cemetery is where burial took place.]
Mrs. McRee, wife of the late John Leonard McRee, died Thursday at her home in
the Goodsprings community.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. McRee was born October 23, 1896, the daughter of
the late John H. Bass and Virginia Prince Bass.
Survivors include four sons, James and Tommy McRee, Goodsprings, Royce McRee, La
Marque, Tex., and Howard McRee, Cleveland, Oh.; two daughters, Mrs. John David
Mitchell, Goodsprings, and Mrs. Harold L. Johnson, Pulaski; three sisters, Mrs.
Loyd Harwell, Mrs. Abe Holley and Mrs. Matthew Williams, all of Pulaski; three
brothers, Will Bass and Herbert Bass, both of Pulaski, and Erwin Bass,
Goodsprings; ten grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Bennett May
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
McREE, Roy Coleman The Pulaski Citizen 12 Apr 1967
Funeral services for Roy Coleman McRee, 82, retired farmer and livestock dealer,
were conducted Friday, April 7, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Bob Brothers, Rev. Tommy Curtis, and Rev. R. E.
Wilsford officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. McRee, a native of Giles County, died Wednesday, April 5 at his home at
Goodsprings. He was the son of the late W. C. and Margaret Gatlin McRee, born
August 9, 1884. He was a deacon at the Minor Hill Baptist Church, and taught a
Sunday School class for many years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Davis McRee; one daughter, Mrs.
Jones Boyd, Stella; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Bass, Minor Hill
and Mrs. J. W. Lanier, Shawnee, Okla.; and one brother, J. N. McRee, Shawnee,
Okla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MEADOWS, Clifford Lee and Bertie May Cavnar Meadows Pulaski Citizen 12 Jan 1966
A Giles County native and her husband died Tuesday night, Jan. 4, in a fire
which destroyed their home at Cornersville, where they had lived for the past
six months.
The victims are Clifford Lee Meadows, 65, a retired roofer, and Mrs. Bertie May
Cavnar Meadows, 66, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Cavnar of Lynnville. They had
moved to Cornersville from Nashville, where he had been employed by T. I.
Herbert and Sons.
Joint funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m. Thursday at McDaniel Funeral
Home with burial in Beechwood Cemetery at Cornersville.
The fird at the five-room frame house six miles south of Cornersville was
discovered at 5:30 p. m. by a neighbor, Ollie Webster, who had visited the
Meadows earlier in the day.
A native of Marshall County and the son of the alte Ruth and Bettie Meadows, Mr.
Meadows is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Sara Martha Nelms, Nashville, and Mrs.
Ollie Head, Cornersville.
Mrs. Meadows is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Homer Pace and Mrs. Judy Wagman,
Nashville, and a brother, John F. Cavnar, Birmingham, Ala.
MEADOWS, David Preston The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jul 1964
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Shackelford
Funeral Home, Savannah, for David Preston Meadows, 50, native Giles Countian,
and resident of Savannah. Burial took place in Olive Hill Cemetery. Mr. Meadows
died at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning, July 14, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis,
following surgery.
Mr. Meadows was born January 8, 1914, and reared in Giles County, the son of the
late Earl Meadows and Mamie Paisley Meadows. He was a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Meadows is survived by his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Hardin Meadows; two sons, Dr.
Lee Meadows and Joe Meadows, both of Huntsville, Ala.; one brother, Dr. Tommy R.
Meadows, Memphis; and two sisters, Mrs. J. W. McMillen, Nashville, and Mrs. Wade
Gaither, Murfreesboro.
MEADOWS, George S. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jun 1961
Funeral services for George S. Meadows, 79, retired farmer of Bethel, will be
held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bethel Methodist Church, conducted by
Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. W. C. Folks, Methodist ministers. Burial will
take place in the Legg Cemetery at Leggtown, Ala. Mr. Meadows died at 4 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, June 13, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville after a six
weeks illness.
Born October 5, 1880, he was a lifelong resident of Bethel, the son of the late
Dr. John A. Meadows and Virginia Easter Meadows. He was a member of the Bethel
Methodist Church.
Mr. Meadows is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Legg Meadows; two daughters,
Mrs. R. C. Capley, Florence, Ala., and Mrs. J. B. Braden, Bethel; four
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Roy Meadows, Bethel;
and one sister, Mrs. J. M. Davis, Lawrenceburg.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
MEADOWS, Mamie Paisley The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Erle S. Meadows, 74, Giles County resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Dorris
Billingsley and Tom Holland. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Meadows died early Sunday morning at the home of a son in
Memphis.
Born in Lawrence County, she was the former Miss Mamie Paisley, the daughter of
the late J. A. Paisley and Margaret White Paisley. She had resided most of her
life in Giles County, having moved to Nashville five years ago, but recently had
been staying with her children. Her husband, a retired mail carrier, died in
1943.
Mrs. Meadows is survived by two sons, Dr. Thomas R. Meadows, Memphis, and David
P. Meadows, Savannah; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy McMillan, Nashville, and Mrs.
Mamie Gaither, Murfreesboro; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and
two sisters, Mrs. Betty Harwell, Nashville, and Mrs. R. E. Shackelford,
Savannah.
MEDLAR, Elizabeth D. Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jul 1969
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Medlar, 75, died Thursday, July 24, in Walters, Oklahoma.
Funeral services for Mrs. Medlar, wife of the late F. F. Medlar, were conducted
Monday afternoon, July 28, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home with the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Allen
Abernathy and Pink Elizabeth Aymett Abernathy.
Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Lee Harris, Mrs. A. I. Ruggles, both of
Oklahoma, Mrs. Garland Nichol and Mrs. Luther Woodward of Texas; three nieces,
Mrs. Jimmy Darwin, Pulaski, Mrs. Sam T. Collins, Jr. and Mrs. Lucille Davis,
both of Fayetteville.
MEEK, Robert Edgar The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Robert Edgar Meek, 82, retired farmer of the Marcella Falls
section, were held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at East Hill Church of
Christ, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of the church. Burial took
place in Marcella Falls Cemetery near the Giles-Maury County line. Mr. Meek died
at 7 o'clock Wednesday night, February 7, at Elm Rest Nursing Home at
Lawrenceburg, following a period of declining health.
Born May 13, 1879 in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Hope Meek
and Anna Reese Meek. His wife, Mrs. Josie Ayers Meek, died in 1957.
Mr. Meek is survived by one brother, Marion Meek, Mt. Pleasant; and several
nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MEEKS, Ola Sanders The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1966
Mrs. Robert Howard Meeks, 74, resident of the Dellrose Community, died Tuesday,
May 3, in Lincoln County Hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday in
Dellrose Methodist Church with the burial in Shiloh Cemetery in Lincoln County.
She was the former Miss Ola Sanders of Lincoln County.
Mrs. Meeks is survived by her husband; five daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Mitchell,
Mrs. Brownie Thornton, Mrs. James Glenn and Mrs. Jimmy Turner, all of Dellrose,
and Mrs. Lorene Smith, Fayetteville; one son, John Delmer Meeks, Albuequerque,
N. Mex.; fifteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
Flossie Wynne, Pulaski; and one brother, George Sanders, Albuequerque, N. Mex.
MELTON, Mattie Lovett The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Billy F. Melton, 88, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in the Wright Cemetery in
Lincoln County. Mrs Melton died Sunday, November 5, at the home of her son,
Robert K. Melton, in the Frankewing Community.
Born January 15, 1873, in Lincoln County, she was the former Miss Mattie Lovett,
the daughter of the late Enoch Lovett and Mary King Lovett. Her husband, Billy
F. Melton, died in 1949.
Mrs. Melton is survived by the one son and two grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MERRITT, Mattie Lou Parker The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1968
Mrs. Mattie Lou Merritt, 63, died Thursday, October 31, in Wheeling, Ill.
Funeral services for Mrs. Merritt were held Sunday afternoon, November 3, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Merritt was born January 4, 1905, the daughter of
the late Quarles and Marietta Hogan Parker.
Survivors include one son, Edward P. Jennings, Jr., Wheeling, Ill.; one sister,
Mrs. H. W. White, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MILES, John W. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1960
Word was received here Tuesday, March 1, from Dallas, Texas, of the death of
John W. Miles, age 93.
Funeral services and burial were held in Dallas on Wednesday.
A former Giles Countian, he was the son of the late P. P. Miles and Ann Rebecca
Abernathy Miles who lived near Lynnville before moving to Texas in the late
1800's. He married Miss Ethel Edwards, also a former Giles Countian, whose
parents lived in the Blooming Grove Community.
Mr. Miles is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Shirley Hodges and Mrs.
Dallas Biggers, both of Dallas; five grandchildren; and a brother, Lee Miles of
Texas.
Mr. Miles was a first cousin of Mrs. John A. Gilbert, Will R. Abernathy, and the
late J. Cayce Abernathy.
MILLER, Clyde Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 13 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Clyde Wilson Miller, 48, native of Giles County, and a
mechanic for Stephens Manufacturing Company at Watertown for a number of years,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites
will be conducted by the Rev. Ewing Weakley of Nashville, assisted by the Rev.
W. H. Moss, the Rev. Floyd Cates, Pulaski, and the Rev. Mr. Erwin of Watertown.
Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Miller died at 6 o'clock
Tuesday morning, February 12, at McFarland Hospital in Lebanon, after a brief
illness.
Born December 7, 1914, in Giles County, he was the son of Lee Miller, now
residing in Lewisburg, and the late Mrs. Matt Chadwell Miller.
In addition to his father, Mr. Miller is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Gordon Miller; one daughter, Mrs. Carol Boone Lanier, Pulaski; one son, Clyde
Wayne Miller, Pulaski; two grandchildren; two brothers, Edward Miller,
Mulberrry, Fla., and Luther Miller, Pulaski; and four sisters, Mrs. L. G.
Nichols, Lewisburg, Mrs. Minnie Gooch and Miss Mattie Lee Miller, Nashville, and
Mrs. Jerome Barlar, Pulaski.
MILLER, Ensley Wiley The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
Ensley Wiley Miller, 71, died Sunday, January 12, at his home.
Funeral services for Mr. Miller were held Tuesday afternoon, January 14, at 1
o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Chestnut Grove Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Miller was born September 17, 1897, the son of the
late Green Miller and Nancy Grant Miller.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rosie Helton Miller; five sons, David E.
Miller, Birmingham, Ala., Leroy Miller, Waycross, Ga., Ray Miller and James
Miller, both of Giles County, and Wayne Miller, Memphis; two daughters, Mrs.
William Moore, Fayetteville, and Mrs. Jack Sloan, Huntsville, Ala.; one brother,
Roy Miller, Giles County; three sisters, Mrs. Vera James and Mrs. Nina Roberts,
Giles County, and Mrs. Ada Crabtree, Pulaski; nineteen grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MILLER, Frieda Camilla Sandusky The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Frieda Camilla Sandusky Miller, 51, wife of Luther
Miller, were held at one o'clock Friday afternoon at Choates Creek Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Roy Bunch and the Rev. J. E. Eddings, Methodist
ministers. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Miller died on
Thursday morning in the Weakley Creek Community.
Mrs. Miller was born May 8, 1912, in Giles County, the daughter of the late
Jacob Sandusky and Josephine Shaw Sandusky. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Miller is survived by two sons, William Henry
Miller and James Calvin Miller, both of Giles County; one daughter, Mrs. Martha
Josephine Mitchell, Chicago, Ill.; one grandchild; and two brothers, Tommy
Sandusky, Savannah, Tenn., and Rev. Cornelius Sandusky, Petersburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MILLER, Gertrude Bowen The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Bowen Miller, 36, resident of Cincinnati,
Ohio, were held at one o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Miller died on Tuesday, July 7, in her home town of
Cincinnati.
Born August 10, 1927, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Elsie Bowen,
Pulaski and the late Erwin Bowen.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Miller is survived by her husband, Floyd Miller;
one daughter, Mrs. Wilma Irene Burton, Champaign, Ill.; one grandchild; three
sisters, Mrs. Louise Gleason, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Nell Riley and Mrs. Joan Wells
both of Cincinnati; and three brothers, William Bowen and Frank Bowen, both of
Cincinnati, and Robert Bowen, Chicago, Ill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MILLER, Mrs. Graydon The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1967
Mrs. Graydon Miller, 76, of Lewisburg, died Tuesday, January 31, at Gordon
Hospital.
Services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Thursday, February 2, at the First
Methodist Church in Lewisburg, with burial in the Lone Oak Cemetery.
Mrs. Miller was a veteran of the World War I Nurses Corps.
Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Mrs. James H. Henry, Tullahoma; one
son, Virgil Miller, Cape Kennedy, Fla.; five brothers, Paul, Frank, Lloyd and
John Rees, Pennsylvania, and Ralph Rees, Oklahoma; and five grandchildren.
MILLER, Hubert Jerry The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Hubert Jerry Miller, 59, Columbia, retired truck driver,
were held at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning at Williams Funeral Home with the
burial at Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mr. Miller died unexpectedly Monday
afternoon, March 4, after an apparent heart attack in Columbia.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Sam Miller and Rena Oliver
Miller. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Miller is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Moore Miller; one son, William
Allen Miller, Livonia, Mich.; and two grandchildren.
MILLER, Joe The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1966
Joe Miller, 74, died Sunday, August 21, in Lincoln County Hospital, after an
extended illness.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, August 23, at 2 o'clock , in the chapel
of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, officiating. Burial was
in Pisgah Cemetery.
Mr. Miller, a native of Austria, was born February 14, 192. He was a member of
Bradshaw Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Josie Griffis Miller; two daughters, Mrs.
Thurman George, Nashville, and Mrs. John Rettinger of Salem, Va.; one son, Roy
Miller of Lynnville; a step-son, John Wallace of Kelso; seven grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MILLER, Laura Voorhies The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1964
Mrs. Frank Miller, native Pulaskian and resident of Birmingham, Ala., died
Monday, February 3, at a Montgomery hospital, Montgomery, Ala., following
surgery. Funeral services took place at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at
Independent Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, with burial in that city.
The former Miss Laura Voorhies, she was the daughter of the late Milton Voorhies
and Amilda Kennedy Voorhies. Her husband, Frank Miller, died several years ago.
Mrs. Miller is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Joseph W. Perry, Montgomery; two
sons, Frank Miller, Jr., and W. M. Miller, Birmingham, Ala.; and one sister,
Mrs. Amos R. Richardson, Birmingham, Ala.
MILLER, Mattie Chadwell The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Lee Miller, 75, Giles County resident, were held at
2:30 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Jack
Dunn and Turner Persure, Church of Christ ministers. Burial took place in Kedron
Cemetery. Mrs. Miller died Monday morning, August 15, at a Nashville hospital
after a long illness.
The former Miss Mattie Chadwell, she was born August 25, 1884, in Giles County,
the daughter of the late John Chadwell and Susie Ervin Chadwell. She was a
member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Miller is survived by her husband, Lee Miller; four daughters, Mrs. R. G.
Nichols, Lewisburg, Mrs. Jerome Barlar, Pulaski, Mrs. Minnie Gooch and Miss
Mattie Lee Miller, both of Nashville; three sons, Clyde Miller, Watertown,
Edward Miller, Mulberry, Fla., and Luther Miller, Pulaski; fourteen
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Kate Wright,
Columbia, Mrs. Maude Howell, Texas, and Mrs. Georgia Jennette, Detroit, Mich.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MILLER, Robert Allen The Pulaski Citizen 12 Nov 1969
Robert Allen Miller, Sr., 46, an automotive equipment plant worker of Pulaski,
died Sunday, November 9, at his home after an apparent heart attack.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, November 11, at 2:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarence Stewart and Frank
Young, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory
Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Miller was born November 12, 1922, the son of the
late Robet Collie and Ida Davis Miller.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lillian Hosay Miller; three daughters, Miss
Elaine Miller, Murfreesboro, Miss Nancy Miller, Pulaski, and Mrs. David
Dunavant, Campbellsville; four sons, Dan L. Miller, McMinnville, Robert A.
Miller, Jr., Chattanooga, Charles Randall Miller and Douglas Miller, both of
Pulaski; five sisters, Mrs. Dan Gordon, Mrs. Allen Morrell, Jr., and Mrs. Asa
Branch, all of Pulaski Mrs. Sam Jones, Sacramento, Calif., Mrs. Charles M.
Lawter, Oklahoma City, Okla.; one brother, Ernest Miller, Pulaski; and three
grandchildren.
MILLER, William Lee The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jul 1963
Funeral services for William Lee Miller, 87, Giles County carpenter, were held
at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in
Kedron Cemetery. Mr. Miller who had been in failing health, died Monday night,
July 15, at Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg.
Born December 17, 1875, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Green Miller
and Nancy Grant Miller. His wife, Mrs. Mattie Chadwell Miller, died several
years ago.
He was employed at Pulaski Gin and Grain Company a number of years.
Mr. Miller is survived by four daughters, Mrs. R. G. Nichols, Lewisburg, Mrs.
Minnie Gooch, Nashville, Mrs. Jerome Barlar, Pulaski, and Miss Mattie Lee
Miller, Donelson; two sons, Edward Miller, Greeneville; and Luther Miller,
Pulaski; fourteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; two brothers, Roy
Miller and Ednsley Miller, Giles County; and five sisters, Mrs. Nina Roberts,
Mrs. Ada Crabtree, Mrs. Eva Tate, Mrs. Lynn Tate and Mrs. Vera James, all of
Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MILLS, Martha Davis The Pulaski Citizen 4 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Davis Mills, 90, Petersburg resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Petersburg Church of Christ, conducted by Allen
King, minister. Burial took place in Old Orchard Cemetery in Lincoln County.
Mrs. Mills died at noon, Friday, August 6, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. R. O.
Brown at Petersburg.
Mrs. Mills, who resided at one time in Giles County, is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Everett Williams, Shelbyville, and Mrs. A. J. Brown,
Giles County; two sons, W. L. Mills and Charles Mills, Petersburg; 19
grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren; and
one brother, Dock Davis, Fayetteville.
Clarence Brown of Diana is a grandson and Mrs. Herschel Doggett, Jr., is a
great-granddaughter.
MIMS, Addie O. Brown The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Addie O. Brown Mims, 72, widow of Dr. W. S. Mims of
Ardmore, were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, June 25, at Ardmore
Methodist Church with the Rev. Horace Bass officiating. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski. Rainey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Mims, a native Giles Countian, died Monday of a heart attack at a
Huntsville, Ala., hospital following a brief illness.
The daughter of the late J. Talley and Nancy Cannon Brown, she was born and
reared in the Bryson community and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Brown Mims and Morgan Mims of Ardmore; two
daughters, Mrs. Lee Pate of Murfreesboro and Mrs. Grove Shannon of Omaha, Neb.;
a sister, Mrs. Hattie Brown of Ardmore; and seven grandchildren.
MINATRA, Clara Bell The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1964
Miss Clara Bell Minatra, 51, retired employee of the Dupont Corporation, died on
Wednesday, January 1, at Giles County Hospital. Funeral arrangements are
incomplete at press time, but they will be held at Bennett-May Funeral Home with
the burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born December 17, 1912, in Giles County, she was the daughter of John H. Minatra
and the late Maude Alice Holt Minatra. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to her father, Miss Minatra is survived by one brother, Herbert
Minatra, Pulaski; and nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MINATRA, Guy The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Guy Minatra, 81, retired Bunker Hill farmer, were held at
10 o'clock Saturday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. J. W.
McCullough, with the burial in family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Minatra
died at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, June 6, at his home.
Born September 22, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late David W.
Minatra and Frances Bennett Minatra. His wife, Mrs. Mary Cardin Minatra, died in
1952.
Mr. Minatra is survived by six sons, Oliver Minatra, Nashville, Claude Minatra
and Joe Minatra, Pulaski, William Minatra, Columbia, David Minatra,
Fayetteville, Ga., and Bob Minatra, Memphis; four daughters, Mrs. James
Mansfield, Pulaski, Mrs. A. J. Burke and Mrs. Edward Cobb, Nashville, and Mrs.
Thomas Newman, Athens, Ala.; twenty-eight grandchildren and twenty-one
great-grandchildren; three brothers, Earl Minatra, Clay Minatra and Tullo
Minatra, all of the Bunker Hill Community; and six sisters, Mrs. Morgan Sumners,
Mrs. Lacey Loyd, Mrs. Mahlon McCracken and Mrs. Raymond Harwell, all of Giles
County, Mrs. Foster Osborne, Nashville, and Mrs. Jim Poston, Fayetteville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MINATRA, John Houston The Pulaski Citizen 03 Jun 1964
Funeral services for John Houston Minatra, 69, retired farmer of the Bunker Hill
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Minatra died on Thursday, May
28, at Giles County Hospital.
Born July 17, 1874, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George W.
Minatra and Sarah Elizabeth Hayes Minatra. His wife, Mrs. Maude Alice Holt
Minatra, died approximately thirteen years ago.
Mr. Minatra is survived by one son, Herbert Minatra, Giles County; three
grandchildren; one half-brother, Hoyt Minatra, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs.
Albert Holt, Pulaski. A daughter, Miss Clara Bell Minatra, died January 1, this
year.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MINATRA, Lorene The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Miss Lorene Minatra, 68, resident of the Delrose section,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Ralph R. Langston, Methodist minister. Burial took place
in the family lot in Bunker Hill Cemetery. Miss Minatra died on Tuesday, June 8,
in Giles County Hospital.
Born October 1, 1896, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late T. W.
Minatra and Annie H. Minatra Minatra. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
The survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Zola Watson, Bunker Hill, and Mrs. Shellie
Watson, Dellrose. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MINATRA, Nettie Owen The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Owen Minatra, 81, Pulaski resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. James Martin and the Rev. James T. Parsons. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Minatra died Wednesday night, March 9, in Giles County
Hospital after a long illness.
Born April 28, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jim Owen
and Lucy Evans Owen. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Minatra is survived by her husband, T. Hoyt Minatra; one son, Brown W.
Minatra, Nashville; three daughters, Mrs. J. H. Turner, Mrs. C. N. Wise and Mrs.
J. H. Johnson, all of Giles County; nineteen grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MINATRA, Thomas Hoyt The Pulaski Citizen 06 Dec 1967
Funeral services for Thomas Hoyt Minatra, 80, a retired farmer, were held
Friday, December 1, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett May Funeral Home,
with the Revs. Jim Parsons and Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Minatra, a native of Giles County, was born March 9, 1887, son of the late
George W. and Betty Tarpley Minatra. His wife was the late Nettie Lou Owen
Minatra.
Survivors include one son, B. W. Minatra, Nashville; three daughters, Mrs. J. H.
Turner, Mrs. J. Hugh Johnson, and Mrs. C. M. Wise, Pulaski; eighteen
grandchildren; four great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Albert Holt, Pulaski.
Bennett May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MINATRA, Thomas Hoyt The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1967
Funeral services for Thomas Hoyt Minatra, 80, a retired farmer, were held
Friday, December 1, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Revs. Jim Parsons and Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Minatra, a native of Giles County, was born March 9, 1887, son of the late
George W. and Betty Tarpley Minatra. His wife was the late Nettie Lou Owen
Minatra.
Survivors include one son, B. W. Minatra, Nashville; three daughters, Mrs. J. H
. Turner, Mrs. J. Hugh Johnson, and Mrs. C. M. Wise, Pulaski; eighteen
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Albert Holt, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MINATRA, Vallie Storey The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Earl Minatra, 74, resident of the Bunker Hill section,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Gerald Hattle. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Minatra, after an extended illness, died Friday,
December 13, at her home.
Born February 11, 1889, in Giles County, she was the former Vallie Storey,
daughter of the late John Braxton Storey and Lela Smith Storey Brownlow.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Minatra is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Allison Worsham, Pulaski, and Mrs. William C. Davis, Decatur, Ala.; three sons,
Fred Minatra, Gadsden, Ala., James Minatra, Columbia and Edwin Minatra,
Nashville; fifteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and two sisters,
Mrs. Elam Lackey and Mrs. Jess Young, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Alma The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1967
Funeral services for Miss Alma Mitchell, 48, of Dellrose, were conducted on
Monday, January 30, at 11 a. m. at Shiloh Methodist Church, in Lincoln County.
Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Miss Mitchell died Saturday, January 28, in a Nashville hospital.
Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Annie Jones, Sturgis, Miss., Miss Beulah
Ann Mitchell, Mrs. Ruby Jean Lewter and Mrs. Martha Barnes, all of Dellrose;
three brothers, Cecil Mitchell, Elkton, F. J. and Buford Mitchell, both of
Dellrose.
MITCHELL, Anna Belle Hardiman The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Belle Hardiman Mitchell, 70, Pulaski resident,
were held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell died on Thursday morning, November
28, at the home.
Born March 13, 1893, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Ed
Hardiman and Betty Ann Sanders Hardiman.
Mrs. Mitchell is survived by her husband, Floyd L. Mitchell; three daughters,
Mrs. Thomas R. Brown, and Mrs. Guy McCluskey, Pulaski, and Mrs. John Edward
Massey, Bodenham; two brothers, Hubert Hardiman, Prospect, and Raymond Hardiman,
Ardmore; thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and three sisters,
Mrs. Adrian Darnell, Pulaski, Mrs. Oakley Brooks, Prospect, and Mrs. Tom
Williams, Shelbyville.
A sister, Mrs. Luther Biles, died fifteen days earlier, on November 13.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Atha Stone The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jun 1968
Atha Stone Mitchell, 81, died at his home in the Frankewing Community, Tuesday
night, June 18.
Funeral services for Mr. Mitchell, a retired farmer, will be held Thursday
morning, June 20, at 11 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with Billy
Cole, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial will be in Giles Memory
Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Mitchell was born June 21, 1886, the son of the
late Thomas E. and Margaret Mitchell. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Odie Beard Mitchell; two daughters, Mrs. Wilma
White, Giles County, Mrs. Mary Jewel Chalker, Augusta, Ga.; two sons, Thomas and
Atha Mitchell, Jr., both of Giles County; four half-sisters, Mrs. Oda Bland,
Mrs. Nina Bevels, and Mrs. Blanch Crabtree, all of Lincoln County, Mrs. Tully
Bolton, Giles County; four half-brothers, Ed, Holley and Kenneth Mitchell, all
of Lincoln County, Dean Mitchell, Indiana; nine grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Basil Donald The Pulaski Citizen 30 Dec 1964
Basil Donald Mitchell, Goodsprings trucker, was shot to death shortly after he
had rammed the barrel of a .20 guage shotgun through the front door glass pane
at the home of his wife's grandfather, O. H. Tucker, according to Chief Deputy
Sheriff James Newton, who investigated the shooting.
It was reported that Mitchell went to the Tucker home shortly after 7:30 p. m.
armed with a shotgun, which he thrust through the glass door. Tucker grasped the
barrel of the weapon as it discharged, ripping a hole in the floor, and then
fired four shots from his pistol through the door, hitting Mitchell in the
stomach and right arm, Deputy Newton said.
Mitchell staggered about 12 feet from the house and fell dead.
According to Newton, there was no known ill-feeling between the two men and the
reason for the fracas was not apparent. Tucker about 65, is free on $2500 bond
set by General Sessions Judge David Rhea.
Mitchell, 31, was a native of Rutherford County. Born June 2, 1933, he was the
son of Mrs. Mary Brown Mitchell Forsyth of New Prospect and the late Henry Boyd
Mitchell. He was a Baptist.
Funeral services were conducted at 1 o'clock Saturday at Bennett-May Funeral
Home with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Other survivors include his wife, Mrs. Faye Griggs Mitchell; four daughters,
Darlene 6, Dawn 5, Donna 4, and Diane 2; of Goodsprings; two sisters, Mrs. Kay
Callahan of Lewisburg and Mrs. Emma Juanita Barnett of New Prospect; a brother,
Albert K. Mitchell of Franklin; and a grandmother, Mrs. Gertrude Mitchell of
Shelbyville.
MITCHELL, Charles Dan The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
An 18 year-old youth, Charles Dan Mitchell, was killed in a one car accident
Saturday morning, December 7, at 3:30 o'clock near Minor Hill bringing to 13 the
number of Giles County car fatalities since the first of the year.
Injured in the same accident was Glenn McCree, 19-year-old passenger who
reportedly sustained multiple fractures when the driver lost control of the car
in which they were traveling south on Tennessee 11. The vehicle burst into
flames after slamming into a tree in the William Binkley yard, approximately 16
miles south of Pulaski.
McCree who was thrown clear of the car was admitted to Giles County Hospital and
later in the morning transferred to a Nashville hospital. Officers said that
Mitchell's body was burned by flames which were extinguished by the Pulaski Fire
Department.
Authorities were notified of the wreck by an early morning sportsman who
discovered it while on his way to hunt deer.
Tennessee State Trooper James Dyer was the investigating officer.
Young Mitchell's funeral services were held in Bennett-May Funeral Chapel Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with the Minor Hill Church of Christ minister, John
Fulree officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Mitchell and a sister, Carol Ann
Mitchell.
MITCHELL, Cora E. Ashford The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jul 1969
Mrs. Cora Elizabeth Mitchell, 84, died Friday, June 27, 1969, in Louisville,
Kentucky. Funeral services were conducted Monday morning, June 30, at 10 o'clock
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Jacob Gardner
officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Stella.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Eva Hopper, Canada; two sons, Loyd Mitchell
and Grady Mitchell, both of Louisville, Ky.; seven grandchildren and eleven
great grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, E. Leamon The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for E. Leamon Mitchell, 56, farmer of the Friendship Community,
were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at Ralston Funeral Chapel in
Fayetteville, with the burial in New Grove Cemetery at Blanche. Mr. Mitchell,
who had suffered a paralytic stroke the first of the year, died Saturday
afternoon, January 20, at the home.
A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of W. Callie Mitchell and Elizabeth
Ellis Mitchell.
Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ada Freeman Mitchell; five sons, L.
C. and Jerry Mitchell, Hazel Green, Ala., David Mitchell, Howell, Douglas and
Michael Mitchell, Friendship; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Mitchell Mitchell,
McBurg, and Misses Brenda and Sandra Mitchell, Friendship; two brothers, Clyde
Mitchell, McBurg, and Erby Mitchell, Coldwater; and two sisters, Mrs. J. D.
Madison, Pulaski, and Mrs. Roy Freeman, Lawrenceburg.
MITCHELL, Ethel Charity Tucker The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Charity Tucker Mitchell, 75, Pulaski resident,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer and Mr. Harper, Church of Christ ministers.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell died early Friday
morning, April 29, at the home on East Madison Street after a long illness.
Born March 11, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Dave
Tucker and Amanda Thigpen Tucker.
Mrs. Mitchell is survived by her husband, William E. Mitchell, Pulaski; one
daughter, Mrs. Carson West, Pulaski; one son, J. D. Mitchell, Goodspring; two
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. R. W. Hazelwood, Pulaski; and four brothers, A.
K. Tucker, Decatur, Ala., O. H. Tucker and Ozro Tucker, both of Goodspring, and
J. D. Tucker, Elkmont, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Flora Sisk The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Sisk Mitchell, 80, widow of Will Mitchell, were
held Saturday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia with the burial in
Lasting Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell died at 11 o'clock on Friday morning,
September 9, at Kozi Rest Home, Columbia, after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John H. Sisk and Sara
Elizabeth Mitchell Sisk. She was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church.
Mrs. Mitchell is survived by one son, Jim Mitchell, Lewisburg; one daughter,
Mrs. Frank Riley, Birmingham, Ala.; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild;
and one sister, Miss Annabell Sisk, Columbia.
MITCHELL, Flossie K. Henderson The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Flossie K. Henderson Mitchell, 82, resident of Lincoln
County were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Rainey Funeral Home at
Ardmore, with the burial in Rose Hill Cemetery in Fayetteville. Mrs. Mitchell
died on Wednesday, January 6, in Lincoln County Hospital, Fayetteville,
following a long illness.
The last member of her immediate family, she was born in Lincoln County, August
30, 1882, the daughter of the late Bass Henderson and Susan Brooks Henderson.
Her husband, Erskine Mitchell, died October 12, 1954.
Mrs. Mitchell is survived by several nieces and nephews including Earl Henderson
of Prospect.
Rainey and Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Henry Arthur The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
Henry Arthur Mitchell, 72, owner of Log Cabin Court here since 1926 and a widely
known cattle and real estate dealer, died unexpectedly Tuesday night, April 29,
at his home on North First Street.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at
Bennett-May Chapel with the Rev. Clarence Stewart and Rev. Billy Craighead
officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, Mr. Mitchell was the son of the late John W. and
Ella Mullins Mitchell. He was married Dec. 1, 1926 to the former Flossie Smith
who survives. A veteran of World War I, he was a member of the American Legion.
Survivors in addition to his wife, are a sister, Mrs. Lizzie May Freeman of
Ridgecrest, Calif.; three brothers, Reedie and Eugene Mitchell of Elkton and
John W. Jr., of Huntsville, Ala., and a number of nieces and nephews.
MITCHELL, Howard The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1968
Howard Mitchell, 90, died Wednesday, April 10, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mr. Mitchell were held Saturday afternoon April 13, in the
chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Madeline Castelle, and Mrs. Margaret
Dottarar, both of Cuyohoga Falls, Ohio; and six grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Icie Watson The Pulaski Citizen 20 May 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Icie Watson Mitchell, 81, resident of the Bryson
Community, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 12:05 Saturday morning,
May 16, at Giles County Hospital, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Bryson Presbyterian Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Balch of
Columbia, with burial in Bee Spring Cemetery.
Born September 1, 1882, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
William E. Watson and Mary Emily Rowe Watson. Her husband, Cull Mitchell, died
many years ago.
Mrs. Mitchell is survived by one brother, W. B. (Boss) Watson, Bunker Hill; one
sister, Mrs. Ella Miller, Ardmore, Ala.
Toney Rainey and Son, Ardmore in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Jennie Lee Bullion The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1967
Mrs. Jennie Lee Bullion Mitchell, 85, died Tuesday, October 17, at her home in
Lynnville.
Services were conducted Friday, October 20, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral
Home, with the Rev. J. Dallas Bass officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Mitchell, a native of Lawrence County, was born June 11, 1882, the daughter
of the late Arstuard and Mary Jane Flippo Harrold. She was a retired employee of
the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
Survivors include her husband, Howard Mitchell; one daughter, Mrs. Tulma Bethel,
Akron, Ohio; one son, Homer Bullion, Flagstaff, Ariz.; one grandchild; two
sisters, Mrs. Lena Jones, Giles County, and Mrs. Gather Staggs, Mississippi; and
one brother, Gus Harrold, Columbia.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Jimmy The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1964
A 26-year-old insurance salesman from Ardmore, Jimmy Mitchell, was electrocuted
Saturday morning as he was installing a 220-volt electrical line for an air
conditioner at his home on the Tennessee side of the town.
A next door neighbor of the victim, the Rev. Horace Bass, said Mitchell was
underneath the floor of the house about 10 o'clock when he cut into a 110-volt
line with pliers. At the time he cut the wire, according to Bass, the back of
his head was touching a water line.
Attempts to revive the young civic and church leader failed. Wendell Sandridge,
who was inside the house helping with the wiring, gave him artificial
respiration. Also, Dr. John Maddox, Ardmore physician, was called.
Bass, minister of the Ardmore Methodist Church, said Mitchell thought he had
pulled the main electrical switch before starting the work, but had only pulled
the switch to the hot water heater and range.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Ardmore Methodist Church, where
Mitchell was choir director and a Sunday School teacher. The Rev. Bass and the
Rev. Norman Westbrook, of Harvest, Ala., officiated. Burial was in Gatlin
Cemetery, with Toney Rainey Funeral Home of Ardmore in charge of arrangements.
He was a native of Toney, Ala., where his father, Jesse Clyde Mitchell, is
postmaster. He moved to Ardmore about three or four years ago. Before being
employed as an agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company three weeks ago, he
worked with the Chrysler Corporation in Huntsville, Ala.
Mitchell was a member of the Ardmore Lions Club and a Mason. He had served in
the U. S. Air Force.
Surviving besides his parents are the widow, Mrs. Ruby Faye Mitchell; a
step-daughter, Connie, 9; a brother, Jerry Mitchell, Lawrenceburg; and a sister,
Mrs. Peggy Mathison, Huntsville.
MITCHELL, John Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
Funeral services for John Wesley Mitchell, 92, retired farmer of the Friendship
Community, were held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Frankewing Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. J. W. McCullough and the Rev. Lloyd Hickman.
Burial took place at the Wright Cemetery at McBurg. Mr. Mitchell died Saturday,
May 14, at his home after a long illness.
Born October 4, 1867, in Bedford County, he was the son of the late Frank
Mitchell and Lizzie Brown Mitchell. He had been a member of the Church of God
for forty years.
Twice married, his first wife was the former Josie Banningfield, who died many
years ago. His second wife, Mrs. Zilphy Melton Mitchell, died in 1957.
Mr. Mitchell is survived by six, daughters, Miss Grace Mitchell, Mrs. Bonnie
Holley, Mrs. Avie Holley and Mrs. Adlay Marks, all of Giles County, Mrs. Myron
Hewgley, Russellville, Ky., and Mrs. Oscar Hall, Lincoln County; two sons, Sam
Mitchell, Giles County, and Robert Mitchell, South Carolina; twenty-six
grandchildren and thirty-five great-grandchildren; and one half-brother, Jim
Mitchell, Lincoln County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Julie Ann The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1964
Julie Ann Mitchell, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Mitchell, of
Hinsdale, Ill., died on Wednesday, January 8. The child was born the day before,
January 7.
Services were held at 2 o'clock Friday at the Toone Funeral Home at Downers
Grove, Ill., with burial in that area. In addition to the parents, the infant is
survived by one sister, Cynthia; and the grandparents, Mrs. and Mrs. Sam
Mitchell of Beech Hill.
MITCHELL, Louise Holland The Pulaski Citizen 20 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Holland Mitchell, 55, resident of the Brick
Church community, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Tony Rainey and Son
Funeral Home at Ardmore. Burial took place in the New Grove Cemetery at Blanche
in Lincoln County. Mrs. Mitchell died Friday, October 15, at her home after a
long illness.
Born July 23, 1910, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Calvin
J. Holland and Lillie Jesters Holland. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Mitchell is survived by her husband, Robert Mitchell; five sisters, Mrs.
Jess Mitchell, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Howard Slayton, Lincoln County, Mrs. Lizzie
Mae Twitty, Nashville, Mrs. Arthur Garrison, Elkton, and Mrs. Leonard
Cunningham, Brick Church; and three brothers, Jim Newman Holland, Cecil Holland
and Lofton Holland, all of Lincoln County.
Toney Rainey and Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Maude Curry The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Maude Curry Mitchell, 72, Giles County resident, were held
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell died of a heart attack at 9 o'clock Thursday
morning, January 28, at the home of her son, J. P. Mitchell, Jr., in Pensacola,
Fla., following a period of declining health.
Born July 23, 1887, and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
James Curry and Rebecca Campbell Curry. Her husband, J. P. Mitchell died in
February of 1949. She was a member of Kedron Methodist Church.
In addition to her son, Mrs. Mitchell is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lester
Williams, Pulaski, and Mrs. E. C. Sherrell, Decatur, Ala.; four grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Clyde Edmundson, Bethel; and one brother, Turner Curry,
Prospect.
MITCHELL, Ross Anderson The Pulaski Citizen 18 Nov 1964
Ross Anderson Mitchell, 69, owner of Mitchell and Son Auction Company and
well-known livestock dealer, died at 9:30 o'clock Sunday night, November 15, in
Giles County Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services took place at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. J. W. McCullough of McMinnville and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born January 25, 1895, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late William
Mitchell and Reta Hogan Mitchell. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Icie Bevels Mitchell; three sons,
Fred A. Mitchell, Pulaski, Morris Mitchell, Bunker Hill, and Lawson D. Mitchell,
Knoxville; four daughters, Mrs. Thurman Coggin, Bunker Hill, Mrs. Louise
Hargrove and Mrs. Thomas Turner, both of Nashville, and Mrs. Joe Ranck, Cedar
Grove; eight grandchildren; two brothers, Lawrence Mitchell, Petersburg, Tenn.,
and Robert Mitchell, Tampa, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. C. L. McCowan,
Murfreesboro, Ill., Mrs. Virgil Gatlin, Lubbock, Texas, and Mrs. Charlie
McCowan, Petersburg, Tenn.; and one half-sister, Miss Tommie Mitchell,
Petersburg, Tenn.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MITCHELL, Roy M. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Oct 1964
Roy M. Mitchell, 59, native Giles Countian and resident of Louisville, Ky., for
forty years, died of a heart attack at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, September
30, in a Louisville hospital. He had retired two years ago due to a heart
ailment.
Funeral services took place in Louisville on October 3 with the Masons
conducting the burial rites in Evergreen Cemetery in that city.
Born at Goodsprings in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Cora Ashford
Mitchell, now residing in Louisville, and the late Richard D. Mitchell. In 1924
he moved to Louisville, working for the L. & N. Railroad for twenty years. In
1946, he started working for the Ford Motor Company, a position he resigned in
1962, due to his health.
He was a member of the Kenwood Methodist Church and was a member of Suburban
Masonic Lodge No. 740.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie
Potter Mitchell; one daughter, Mrs. Donald Weihe, and two grandchildren,
Louisville; one sister, Mrs. Eva Mitchell Hopper, Montreal, Canada; and two
brothers, Loyd Mitchell and Grady Mitchell, both of Louisville.
MITCHELL, William Herschel The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1963
Funeral services for William Herschel Mitchell, 88, retired Giles County farmer,
were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by Gilbert E. Shaffer, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Mitchell died Saturday afternoon, August 10, at Giles County
Hospital following a weeks illness.
Born September 8, 1874, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John
Mitchell and Mattie Surles Mitchell. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
His wife, Mrs. Ethel Charity Tucker Mitchell, died April 29, 1960.
Mr. Mitchell is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Carson West, Pulaski, and Mrs.
Roland Tucker, Minor Hill; one son, John David Mitchell, Minor Hill; and four
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MONTAGUE, John Frank The Pulaski Citizen 3 Oct 1962
Funeral services for John Frank Montague, 81, retired Waynesboro attorney, were
held at 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Ben Shawhan,
rector of the Episcopal Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Montague died early Tuesday afternoon, October 2, at Giles County Hospital
following several months illness.
Born August 21, 1881, in Wayne County, he was the son of the late John F.
Montague and Joanna Hassell Montague. He was graduated from Cumberland
University at Lebanon and following his graduation practiced law in Waynesboro,
retiring three decades ago when he moved to Giles County, residing on the farm
purchased many years before by his parents.
He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church.
Mr. Montague is survived by three nieces, Mrs. William B. Holt, Pulaski, Mrs.
Harry Brown, Memphis, and Mrs. Joe Elder, Wichita Falls, Texas; and two nephews,
Jim T. Oakes, Pulaski, and John Harrison, Montgomery, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MONTGOMERY, Robert Edwin The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1963
Robert Edwin Montgomery, infant son of Airmen second class and Mrs. Larry H.
Montgomery, Jr. died on September 11, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. The
child was born September 10.
The survivors include the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Larry H. Montgomery, Sr.,
Pulaski, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stanfield, Nashville.
MONTGOMERY, Ross E. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Ross E. Montgomery, 87, retired farmer of Iowa, were held
at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Robert Earl Wilsford, Baptist missionary. Burial will take
place in Monroe Cemetery, Monroe, Iowa. Mr. Montgomery who had been residing
with a son at Minor Hill, died early Tuesday morning, January 11, at Jackson
Clinic, Lester, Ala.
Born February 27, 1878, in Illinois, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley Montgomery. His wife was the late Elsie Seany Montgomery. He was a
Baptist.
Mr. Montgomery is survived by two sons, Kenneth E. Montgomery, Minor Hill and
Forrest Montgomery, Lime Springs, Ia.; four grandchildren; one brother, Loyd
Montgomery, Robertson, Ill.; and one sister, Mrs. Irene Smith, Robertson, Ill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MOORE, Ada McCord The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada McCord Moore, 85, former resident of Bryant
Station, were held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at London Funeral Home,
Lewisburg, with the burial taking place in the Haynes Cemetery at Bryant
Station. Mrs. Moore died Saturday morning, September 3, in Hillview Haven
Nursing Home in Columbia.
Her husband, Newt Moore, died June 8.
Mrs. Moore is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Edward Lee, Pulaski, Mrs. Lex
Martin, Park Station, and Mrs. R. E. Matthews, Lewisburg; two sons, Vestal
Moore, Columbia; and Jesse Moore, Lewisburg; thirteen grandchildren and ten
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Janie Watson, Nashville, and Mrs. Annie
Richards, Mt. Joy; and two brothers, Merrell McCord, Sr., and Sam McCord, both
of Lewisburg.
MOORE, Carter T. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Sep 1965
Carter T. Moore, 72, resident of the Culleoka Community of Maury County, died
Friday morning, September 10, in a Nashville hospital following a two weeks
illness.
Funeral rites took place at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in McCains Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Hall. Burial took place in
McCains Cemetery.
A native of Maury County, he was the son of the late J. T. Moore and Ida
Blackburn Moore. A lifelong resident of Maury County, he was a veteran of World
War I, and a member of McCains Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Moore is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Stacey Moore; three sons,
Loftin Moore, Lynnville, Noel Moore, Tuscumbia, Ala., and O'Neill Moore,
Columbia; one daughter, Mrs. Pauline Holcomb, Columbia; fifteen grandchildren;
eight brothers, Lindsay Moore, Lynnville, W. B. Moore, B. D. Moore, Hubert
Moore, Herbert Moore, J. T. Moore, all of Culleoka, Riley Moore, Hohenwald, and
J. E. Moore, Nashville; and one sister, Miss Effie Moore, Culleoka.
MOORE, Elizabeth The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, 69, native of Arkansas, were held at
3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
William H. Moss. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Moore died Sunday, June 9, at a Nashville hospital following a long
illness.
The only survivor is one son, John M. Clark, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MOORE, Emma Fisher The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Fisher Moore, 88, formerly of Lawrenceburg, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at New Prospect Methodist Church in Lawrence
County, conducted by the Rev. Troy Bunch. Burial took place in Pleasant Grove
Cemetery in Lawrence County. Mrs. Moore died Saturday at the home of a son,
Robert Moore, at Pulaski, after a long illness.
She was a native of Ohio and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Moore is also survived by three other sons, Fred Moore, Pulaski, George
Moore, San Bernardino, Calif., Charlie Moore, Bossier City, La.; eleven
grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Blanche
Warner, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Anna Kitchen, Florence, Ala.; and two brothers,
Fred Fisher, Ohio, and Grant Fisher, San Bernardino, Calif.
MOORE, Emma Morgan The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Morgan Moore, 90, Petersburg resident, were held
Wednesday afternoon at Beasley Funeral Home with burial in the family lot in Old
Orchard Cemetery. Mrs. Moore, who had been in declining health for some time,
died Monday night, September 19, at Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg.
A native of Bedford County, she was a sister of the late Dr. George A. Morgan,
former president of Martin College, and one time pastor of the local Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Moore is survived by one son, Morgan Cunningham, Providence, R. I.; and one
sister, Mrs. R. A. Conger, Fayetteville. A niece, Mrs. Joe Gilbreath lives in
Pulaski.
MOORE, Frank A. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Nov 1964
Dr. Frank A. Moore, 60, medical director of the Jackson Clinic at Jackson,
Tenn., and widely known authority on preventive medicine, died Thursday, Nov. 5,
at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Funeral services were held at Griffin Funeral Home, Jackson, Saturday morning
with prayer services at 3:30 p. m. at Maplewood Cemetery here conducted by the
Rev. Billy Craighead.
A native of Giles County, the son of the late Andrew and Tera Legg Moore, he was
born in February, 1904, in the Bethel Community. He was graduated from Webb
Preparatory School at Bell Buckle, received his medical degree from Vanderbilt
University and served during World War II with the U. S. Air Corps, retiring as
a Colonel.
He served as Gibson County health officer and regional director of the State
Health Department from 1935 to 1937. In 1940, he worked in the public health
department of Johns Hopkins Hospital and had served as director of the Jackson
Clinic since its founding in 1950.
Dr. Moore has served as president of the Tennessee Academy of Preventive
Medicine, as a member of the judicial council of the American Medical
Association, was a past president of the Tennessee Public Health Association,
and wa a fellow in the American Public Health Association.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Grace Wendy Moore of Jackson; a son, Lt.
William H. Moore, U. S. Air Force; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Lou Williams of
Tullahoma; a sister, Mrs. Emma Lou Hargrove of Nashville; three grandchildren;
and a number of cousins in Giles County.
MOORE, Gertrude The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1967
Miss Gertrude Moore, 87, died Friday, October 20, at Baptist Hospital in
Nashville.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, October 22, at 3:00 o'clock, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. J. C. Elkins officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Miss Moore, a native of Giles County, was born April 3, 1880, the daughter of
the late James C. and Martha Euginia Arrowsmith Moore.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Newt Biles and Miss Sue Moore of Nashville;
and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MOORE, Grace The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1967
Graveside services for Mrs. Grace Moore, 54, were conducted Wednesday afternoon,
October 25, at 2 o'clock at Maplewood Cemetery, with the Rev. D. W. Jackson
officiating.
Mrs. Moore died Monday, October 23, at Jackson General Hospital in Jackson,
Tenn. Her husband was the late Dr. Frank A. Moore.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Nancy Lou Williams, Kenton, Mo.; and one
son, William H. Moore, Lexington, Ky.
MOORE, Hubert The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969
Hubert Moore, 68, died at his home at Stiversville Saturday morning, January 25
of a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10:30 at Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home, Columbia. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville. J. A. Biggs,
preacher for the Nazarene Church in Lewisburg, conducted the funeral.
Mr. Moore was a farmer and a native of Maury County, the son of the late John
Thomas and Ida Blackburn Moore.
Survivors include seven brothers, Lindsey Moore, a druggist at Lynnville; a twin
brother, Herbert, Will, Buford and J. T. Moore, all of Stiversville, Riley Moore
of Hohenwald, and Jay Moore of Nashville; and one sister, Miss Effie Moore of
Stiversville.
MOORE, Joan Long The Pulaski Citizen 7 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Joan Long Moore, native Giles Countian, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Roesch-Patton Funeral Home in Nashville with the
burial in Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville. Mrs. Moore died Monday morning,
March 5, at the home of her son, Virgil C. Moore in Miami, Fla., after a long
period of declining health.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late W. B. Long and
Eliza McGoldrick Long. Her husband, Robert Cletis Moore, died many years ago.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In addition to her son, Mrs. Moore, former resident of New York City, is
survived by one sister, Mrs. Rose Long Gilmore, Nashville; and a number of
nieces and nephews.
MOORE, John Morris The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1965
Funeral services for John Morris Moore, 28, who was killed in a one-car accident
Saturday night, July 17, near Campbellsville were held at 2 o'clock Monday,
conducted by Rev. Lloyd Hickman, and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Moore, son of the late Will and Mattie Benerman Moore of Giles County, was a
sawmill worker. He was born December 30, 1935. He had recently returned from
Labrador where he had served four years with the U. S. Air Force. Survivors
include a brother, Ben Moore of Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. E. R Bright of
Batesville, Miss., Mrs. B. G Duke, Stinnett, Tex., and Mrs. Grady L. Potter of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Sgt. Homer Smith of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said that Aubrey Dean Walls,
John Morris Moore, and Leslie Rogers Whitworth were returning from a softball
game at Mt. Pleasant when Walls, the driver, lost control of the car and ran off
the road on the right, traveling some 200 yards from the point where it first
left the road before crashing sidewise into a tree.
MOORE, Lucian The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Lucian Moore, 60, farmer of the Eighteenth Civil District,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
Malcolm White and Elder Goodman, both of Lawrenceburg. Burial took place in
Scotts Hill Cemetery. Mr. Moore died at 6:30 o'clock Monday night, January 14,
at Giles County Hospital after a period of declining health.
Born January 28, 1902, in Texas, he was the son of Mrs. Minnie Dodd Moore
English of Columbia and the late Will Moore.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Moore is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Dale
Morgan Moore; two sons, Lucian Moore, Jr., and Kenneth Moore, Nashville; two
daughters, Mrs. William Russell, Pulaski, and Mrs. George Cole, Nashville; eight
grandchildren; one brother, George Moore, Louisville, Ky.; and one sister, Mrs.
Walter Richardson, Columbia.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MOORE, Mamie Garrett The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Guy Moore, resident of the Olivet Community, will be
held at one o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Gus Self, pastor of Olivet Methodist Church, and the Rev. J. C. Elkins,
a former pastor. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Moore died
Tuesday, February 6, at Giles County Hospital after a period of declining
health.
The former Miss Mamie Garrett, she was born February 27, 1883, the daughter of
John W. Garrett and Tennie Wisdom Garrett. She was a member of the Methodist
Church. Her husband, Guy Moore, died in 1958, and a daughter, Mrs. Flora Moore
Young, died in November 1961.
Mrs. Moore is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mitchell Davidson, Lynnville,
Mrs. Rebecca Newton, Pulaski, and Mrs. Ozell Fox, East St. Louis, Ill.; four
sons, J. E. Moore, Lynnville, Russell Moore and Earl Moore, Pulaski, and Floyd
Moore, Prospect; seventeen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and one
brother, John Garrett, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MOORE, Samuel Buckner The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1967
Samuel Buckner Moore, 81, died Sunday, January 15. Funeral services were
conducted Monday afternoon, January 16, at Rainey Funeral Home in Ardmore, with
burial in Elkton Cemetery. Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. Kramer, of the
Bethany Presbyterian Church, officiated.
Mr. Moore was a native of Giles County and a member of the Pleasant Hill
Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Verna Bevels Moore; one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Birdsong; two sons, Morgan and Luther Moore; twelve grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Blanche Warren; and one brother, Marvin
Moore.
MOORE, Thelma Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Wilson Moore were held Wednesday, December 6,
at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mel Dugger
officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Moore died in her home in Columbia, Tuesday, December 5.
Mrs. Moore, a native of Giles County, was born August 25, 1904, the daughter of
the late Mark and Nellie Clark Wilson. Her husband was the late James Moore.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Yancey, Columbia; two
grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four brothers, Dorris Wilson, St. Joe,
Tenn., Paul Wilson, Giles County, Sam Wilson, Pulaski, and David Wilson,
Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Harvey Rutherford, Nashville, and Mrs. Bennie
Bledsoe, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MOORE, Virginia Amy Garner The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Amy Garner Harwell Moore, 73, native of Giles
County, and resident of McCloud, Okla., were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon,
June 3, at Dale Church of Christ in Dale, Okla., with the burial in Dale
Cemetery. Mrs. Moore died at her home in McLoud at 8 o'clock on Friday night,
May 31, after a long illness.
Born February 23, 1890, she was the daughter of the late Elisha Garner and Jane
Glover Garner. Her first husband, James Madison Harwell, died many years ago.
Her second marriage was to Tom Moore who died recently.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Moore is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Minnie Owen and Mrs. Sam Ray,
McLoud, Mrs. Ernest Williamson, Pulaski, and Mrs. Herman Carroll, Paris, Texas;
twelve grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren; and two step-sons.
MOORE, William Fred The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Funeral services for William Fred Moore, 65, were held in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home at 2:30 o'clock on Friday afternoon, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial took place in the Pisgah Cemetery.
Mr. Moore, a retired farmer of Giles County, died at his home in the Bunker Hill
Community on Wednesday, July 13.
Born in Lawrence County on December 20, 1901, he was the son of the late William
Fred Moore, Sr., and Emma Fisher Moore.
Mr. Moore is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gurthie Lanier Moore; two sons, Kenneth
H. Moore and Charles E. Moore of Toledo, Ohio; one step-son, Luther Lanier of
Pulaski; eight grandchildren; and three brothers, George Moore of California,
Charlie Moore of Bosier, La., and Bob Moore of Lawrenceburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MOORE, William Russell The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1967
William Russell Moore, 61, died Tuesday, September 26, at Giles County Hospital,
following an extended illness.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, September 27, at 2:00 o'clock, in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Clarence Stewart
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Moore, a native of Texas, was born April 4, 1906, the son of the late Robert
T. and Alice Terry Moore. He was a retired auto mechanic.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Will Carr Moore, Pulaski; two daughters,
Mrs. Clarence Holley, Pulaski, and Mrs. Eugene Morris, Greenwood, Miss.; and one
son, Robert Moore, Pulaski, and nine grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MORGAN, Laura Elizabeth Virgil The Pulaski Citizen 3 Dec 1969
Mrs. Laura Elizabeth Morgan, 70, died Saturday, November 29, at her home on
South First Street.
Funeral services for Mrs. Morgan, wife of the late Will Morgan, were conducted
Sunday afternoon, November 30, at 3:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Marshall Moss and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Morgan was born August 15, 1889, the daughter of
the late Sam and Ola Fralix Virgil.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Wilson White, Mrs. H. A. Russell, Mrs.
George Wilburn, Mrs.Thomas Garner, all of Pulaski; Mrs. James Fralix, Ardmore,
Ala.; Mrs. Hugh L. Dickey, Columbia; three sons, George Morgan, and Thomas Wayne
Morgan, Pulaski, Leon Morgan, Pulaski, Leon Morgan, Lynnville, twenty-seven
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. John Carpenter, Mrs. Robert White, Pulaski; one
half-sister, Mrs. Jim Jones, Illinois; one half-brother, Roy Wilson, Lynnville.
MORGAN, William The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1967
Funeral services for William Morgan, 70, were conducted on Sunday afternoon,
October 1, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Marshall
Moss and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Morgan died Friday, September 29, at the hospital, following a heart attack.
He was a native of Giles County and a retired farmer, born September 6, 1897,
the son of the late George and Lizzie Gilliam Morgan.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Elizabeth Birchhill Morgan; six
daughters, Mrs. Wilson White, Mrs. A. J. Russell, Mrs. George Wilburn, Mrs. Jean
Garner, Pulaski, Mrs. James Fralix, Ardmore, and Mrs. Hugh L. Dickey, Columbia;
three sons, George and Tom, Pulaski, and Leon Morgan, Lynnville; twenty-three
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one brother, Pat Morgan, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MORRELL, Elbert "Jake" The Pulaski Citizen 08 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Elbert (Jake) Morrell, 72, native Giles Countian, and
resident
of Decatur, Ala., were held at 10:30 Thursday morning in Decatur. Burial took
place at one o'clock in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Morrell, following a long period of
declining health, died at one o'clock Tuesday morning, June 30, at Baugh-Wiley
Hospital in Decatur.
Born June 19, 1892, at Morrell's Mill in the Elkton section, he was the son of
the late Pressley Lee Morrell and Nancy Sherbert Morrell. He was a member of
Elkton Methodist Church. For many years he was employed by the Union Cotton
Compress and Storage Company in Decatur.
Mr. Morrell is survived by his wife and one step-daughter, Decatur; one brother,
Allen Morrell, Sr., Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. John Hughey, Elkton.
MORRELL, William Allen Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1969
William Allen Morrell, Jr., 51, died Saturday, January 18, at Maury County
Hospital, Columbia.
Funeral services for Mr. Morrell were held Sunday afternoon, January19, at 3
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Craighead
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Morrell was born September 3, 1917, the son of
William Allen and Ellen Usselton Morrell.
In addition to his parents, survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sarah Miller
Morrell; one daughter, Miss Ida Ann Morrell; and one brother, Logan Morrell.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MORROW, Charles H. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Oct 1969
Services for Charles H. Morrow, 80, were conducted Friday at Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home with burial in Gibsonville Cemetery, Yokley.
Mr. Morrow died Wednesday, October1, in Maury County Hospital following an
illness of several months.
A native of Giles County, he was a son of the late W. H. and Sarah Lovell
Morrow.
Mr. Morrow was a retired farmer of the Yokley community and as a young man was
employed by the automobile industry in Detroit form many years.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Lou English Boatright Morrow; one son,
Cole H. Morrow, Washington, D. C.; one step-son, Glenn Boatright, Nashville; one
sister, Mrs. Ersie Farris, Columbia; and one granddaughter.
MORROW, Etta Clifton The Pulaski Citizen 30 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Clifton Morrow, 79, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Greenwood Church of Christ, with the burial in the church
cemetery. Mrs. Morrow died Monday morning, May 28, at her home in the Weakley
Creek section.
She was a native of Giles County, the daughter of the late Lafayette Clifton and
Lucinda Richardson Clifton.
She was a member of the Church of Christ. Her husband, Vasco D. Morrow, died in
1928.
Mrs. Morrow is survived by one daughter, Miss Catherine Morrow; two sons,
Graydon Morrow and Kennard Morrow; and four grandchildren and one great
grandchild; all of the Weakley Community.
MORTON, Walter Pickney The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1968
Word has been received here of the recent death in Raleigh, N. C., of Walter
Pickney Morton, 86, a former principal of Giles County High School from 1938 to
1942.
Funeral services were conducted in Raleigh, where he had made his home since his
retirement in 1951. Burial was in Laurinburg, N. C.
A native of Columbia, Mr. Morton had taught at Columbia Military Academy and had
been principal of high schools in Columbia, Gallatin and Springfield, as well as
Pulaski. He was superintendent of Franklinston (N. C.) Schools at the time of
his retirement.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eunice Gibson Morton; one daughter, Mrs. Carl
L. Dixon of Phoenix, Ariz.; one son, Col. Walter P. Morton, Jr., Washington, D.
C.; one sister, Mrs. J. W. Journey of Columbia, and two grandchildren.
MOSLEY, Thomas J. F. (Pap) The Pulaski Citizen 29 Oct 1969
Thomas J. F. (Pap) Mosley, 90, died Saturday morning, October 25, at 2:00
o'clock in Lawrence County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, October 26, at 2:00 o'clock in
Five Points Baptist Church with the Rev. Hoyt Wilson officiating. Burial was in
Union Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born February 26, 1879.
Survivors include five sons, William G. Mosley, Harry Mosley, and Miles Mosley,
of Five Points, Wallace Mosley, Cullman, Ala., Otis Mosley, Logan, Ala.; three
daughters, Mrs. Lewis Webster and Mrs. Reed Ray, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Ashford
Glass, Florence, Ala.; forty-seven grandchildren; ninety-nine
great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
MULFORD, Andrew L. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1960
Andrew L. Mulford, 82, resident of Morristown, N. J. and the father of Mrs.
Robert Craig of Pulaski, died Monday morning at a Morristown hospital after a
long illness.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Methodist Church on the Green in
Morristown and burial was in that city.
Mr. Mulford is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Harold Noonan of
Morristown and Mrs. Craig of Pulaski.
MURDOCK, Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. W. M. Brewer The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jul 1960
An automobile wreck involving a car and two trucks claimed two lives this
morning on Highway 65 about 8 miles east of Pulaski, bringing the county's
traffic fatalities to 5 for this year.
Mrs. Morgan Murdock of Route 3, Lewisburg, and her aunt, Mrs. W. M. Brewer,
Route 1, Frankewing, were killed instantly when the automobile driven by Mrs.
Murdock attempted to pass a large trailer truck and collided headon with another
truck, according to Trooper Joe Fite, who investigated.
Friends of the family stated that the two women were traveling east, following
an ambulance which was carrying Mrs. Brewer's father, Frank Hobbs, to his home
in the Frankewing community following his release from Giles County Hospital
earlier this morning. He had been hospitalized for a week on account of a heart
attack.
William Byors of Memphis, driver of the trailer truck which Mrs. Murdock
attempted to pass, said the car had followed his vehicle for several miles and
then pulled out to pass. He could see the oncoming truck and signaled the women
to wait. In attempting to fall back into the right traffic lane her automobile
struck the left rear wheel of Byors' truck, throwing it into the path of the
oncoming truck.
Ralph C. Cordray of Oklahoma City, driver of the westbound truck, and Byors were
not injured, although the cab of Cordray's truck received considerable damage.
The Murdock car was completely demolished.
Mrs. Brewer, 56, was the former Miss Florence Hobbs and lived on Chicken Creek
Road near McBurg in Lincoln County. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ralph
Gilliam of Pulaski and Mrs. Charles Torrence of Texas; two sons, Larry and
Dalton, McBurg; and one brother, Loyd Hobbs of Lewisburg; one sister, Mrs. Frank
Street and granddaughter of Frank Hobbs, is also survived by her husband and
three children.
MURPHY, Anna Elizabeth Carpenter The Pulaski Citizen 29 Oct 1969 and 12 Nov 1969
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Murphy, 83, died Wednesday morning, October 29, at her home
at Route 6, Pulaski.
Funeral services for Mrs. Murphy, wife of the late Richard Murphy, were
conducted Friday afternoon, October 31, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in
Lynnwood Cemetery.
She was a native of Giles County, born March 29, 1886, the daughter of the late
Henry and Emma Hendrix Carpenter.
Survivors include four daughters, Miss Marie Murphy, Mrs. Vetris Kimbrough, Mrs.
Louis Buchanan, Mrs. Lennin Lorance; two sons, Howard Murphy, Virgil Murphy;
sixteen grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Miss Gracie
Carpenter, Athens, Ala.; and Mrs. Etta Bitticks, Tanner, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MURPHY, Elbert Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Elbert Jackson Murphy, 70, retired farmer, of Maury County,
were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Williams Funeral Home in Mt.
Pleasant, with the burial in Arlington Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Murphy died
Saturday afternoon, March 25, at his home in the Enterprise Community.
A native of Maury County, he was the son of the late Charles Murphy and Susan
McKissick Murphy. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Murphy is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nola Hardy Murphy; one daughter, Mrs.
Harlan Spencer, Mt. Pleasant; one son, Dr. Paul H. Murphy, Clarksville; six
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Logue,
Nashville, and Mrs. C. A. Held, of the Rich Community of Giles County; and three
brothers, Dr. Ben Murphy, Nashville, John Murphy, Iowa Park, Texas, and Dr.
Eugene Murphy, Asheville, N. C.
MURPHY, Margaret Dolan The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1969
Mrs. Margaret Dolan Murphy died Tuesday evening, January 21, in a Nashville
hospital.
Requiem High Mass for Mrs. Murphy, wife of P. K. Murphy, will be held Thursday
morning, January 23, in Ann's Catholic Church at 10 o'clock.
Survivors, in addition to her husband, includes one son, Michael Murphy; her
mother, Mrs. Sophie Garrett; one brother, Rt. Rev. Edward Dolan of Knoxville;
and one sister, Mrs. Edna Mulloy, Jr.
Mr. Murphy, is the son of the late J. Clifford Murphy and Sue Nelson Murphy.
MURPHY, Sue Nelson The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Sue Nelson Murphy, 85, widow of J. Clifford Murphy,
Church of Christ minister, were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill
Church of Christ. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Murphy who had
been residing recently in Nashville, died Sunday morning, July 14, at Vanderbilt
Hospital following a paralytic stroke sustained a week previously.
Born August 13, 1877, in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Webb
Nelson and Lorna Crook Nelson.
Mrs. Murphy is survived by two sons, Clyde B. Murphy and Percy Murphy,
Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Harvey Reynolds, Nashville; seven grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Naomi Moonman, Lakeland,
Fla., and Mrs. Betty English, Mt. Pleasant.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MURPHY, Valies The Pulaski Citizen 4 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Miss Valies Murphy, 56, Giles County resident, were held at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery. She died Friday morning, August 6, in Giles County Hospital after a
long illness.
Born March 10, 1909, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Anna
Carpenter Murphy and the late Richard Lee Murphy. She was a member of the Odd
Fellows Church of Christ.
In addition to her mother, Miss Murphy is survived by four sisters, Miss Marie
Murphy, Mrs. Lois Buchanan and Mrs. Lennie Lorance, all of Pulaski, and Mrs.
Betris Kimbrough, Painesville, Ohio; and two brothers, Virgil Murphy and Howard
Murphy, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MURRAY, Mattie Rainey The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1967
Mrs. Mattie Murray, 90, died Wednesday, March 22, at her home in the Lynnville
community.
Services were conducted Friday morning, March 24, at 11 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Loyd Hickman
officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Murray, a native of Marshall County, was born April 3, 1876, the daughter
of the late Robert Lee and Emily Freeman Rainey. Her husband was the late
William Ryleigh Murray.
She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Douglas Petty, Lynnville, Mrs. Adolph
Fairbetter, Pulaski, Mrs. G. D. Walls, Nashville, Mrs. James M. Strange,
Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Ida M. Smith, Miami, Fla.; four sons, W. W. Murray,
Pulaski, Allen Murray, Giles County, Robert H. Murray, Columbia, and Thomas L.
Murray, Memphis; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MURREY, Natalie Ogilvie The Pulaski Citizen 20 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. W. P. Murrey, Sr., mother of Pulaski businessman, W.
P. Murrey, Jr., will be held at 2:30 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at First
Methodist Church in Lewisburg. Burial will take place in Lone Oak Cemetery in
Lewisburg. Mrs. Murrey died at 8:30 o'clock on Tuesday night, September 19, at
her home on the Lewisburg-Pulaski Highway, following an extended illness.
Prominent in the church, civic and social affairs of Lewisburg, she was the
former Miss Nancy Ogilvie, the daughter of the late Waverly W. Ogilvie and Mrs.
Zana McClelland Ogilvie.
Mrs. Murrey, in addition to the son in Pulaski, is survived by her husband, W.
P. Murrey; another son, Ogilvie Murrey, Lewisburg; one daughter, Mrs. Ted P.
Duning, Lewisburg; eight grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Sam Rogers, Neosho,
Mo.
MUSGROVE, Clyde Woodrow The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Clyde Woodrow Musgrove, 42, resident of Route 1, Wales,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Oak Grove
Cemetery. Mr. Musgrove died on Friday, July 10, at Giles County Hospital.
Born June 3, 1922, in Alabama, he was the son of Columbus Musgrove and Mary E.
Rogers Musgrove.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Musgrove is survived by four sons, Bobby,
Mabron, Glen, and Tim Wayne Musgrove; four daughters, Misses Betty, Carolyn,
Linda and Connie Musgrove; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Thompson, Pulaski, Mrs.
Theo Patterson, Mt. Pleasant, and Mrs. Calvin Patterson, Lockport, Ill.; and two
brothers, Orvil Musgrove, Columbia and Logan Musgrove, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MYERS, Della F. DeFoe The Pulaski Citizen 19 Nov 1969
Mrs. Della F. Myers, 67, died Tuesday morning, November 18, in Waukegan, Ill.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday in that city. The body will arrive in
Pulaski Thursday, November 20, where services will be held Saturday, November 22
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with burial in Giles Memory Gardens.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Robert Woodard, Mrs. James Lewis, both of
Waukegan, Ill.; one son, Hugh Myers, Wildwood, Ill.; two brothers, Roy DeFoe,
Pulaski, Noah DeFoe, Apopka, Fla.; ten grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
MYERS, Ida Mae Alexander The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1961
Mrs. Ida Mae Alexander Myers, 93, widow of Dr. Andrew Myers of Scottsville, Ky.,
died unexpectedly at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, November 21, at her home in
Pulaski after a long period of declining health. Funeral services were held at 9
o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
Rev. Angelo Nobile of Columbia officiating. Burial took place in the family lot
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Myers, a resident of Pulaski for the past sixteen years, was born May 2,
1868, at Scottsville, Ky., the daughter of the lat Dr. and Mrs. Andrew
Alexander. She was a communicant of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in
Pulaski.
Mrs. Myers is survived by two grandsons, Dr. Andrew Myers Ballentine, Pulaski
dentist, and Rev. Edgar S. Ballentine, III, Courtland, Ala.; and two
grandchildren, Thomas Andrew Ballentine and Mary Ballentine, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MYERS, Mahlon C. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Funeral services for Mahlon C. Myers, 55, were conducted Wednesday afternoon,
July 19, at 2 o'clock at the Scott's Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton and the Rev. Frank Durham officiating. Burial was in Scott's Hill
Cemetery.
Mr. Myers died Monday, July 17, at Giles County Hospital. He was a native of
Giles County, born October 24, 1911, the son of the late John Perry and Ida Cook
Myers.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Velma Pope Myers; and one sister, Mrs. Bertha
Powell, Lawrence County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NANCE, Collette The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1960
Graveside services for Collette Nance, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Nance of Huntsville, Ala., were held at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning, December
17, at Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski. The child is the granddaughter of Mrs. Elmer
Reese of Pulaski.
NANCE, Elwood Martin The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Elwood Martin Nance, 74, retired saw mill operator and
carpenter, were held at 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, February 24, at Cool
Springs Church of Christ, conducted by Charles Cheatham of Lewisburg. Burial
took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Nance died of a heart ailment early
Tuesday morning, February 23, at Gordon Hospital in Lewisburg, after a long
illness.
Born July 12, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Edward Lee Nance
and Adelle Waldron Nance. He had made his home in Lewisburg for fifteen years,
and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Nance is survived by his wife, the former Miss Maymie Shelton to whom he was
married on October 23, 1910; three sons, Buford Nance, Lewisburg, R. E. Nance,
Huntsville, Ala., and Elwood M. Nance, Jr., in the Armed Services, stationed in
Paris, France; three daughters, Mrs. Adelle Henson and Mrs. Ruby Burroughs,
Lewisburg, and Mrs. Christine Gowan, Pulaski; and a number of grandchildren; and
one sister, Mrs. Lena Phillips, Pulaski.
NANCE, Nora Collins The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Nora Collins Nance, 74, were held at 2 p. m. Sunday at
Smyrna Methodist Church with burial in Mapleview Cemetery there.
Mrs. Nance died Friday, November 18, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. John M.
Sharp, after a long illness.
She was a native of Alabama and a daughter of the late Robert and Betty Swain
Collins.
Her husband was the late Edward E. Nance, a Smyrna lumber man.
Survivors also include two other daughters, Mrs. Max Foster of Gladeville, and
Miss Stella Nance of Smyrna; a brother, Eddie Collins of Moundsville, W. Va.;
five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was a sister-in-law of Mrs. Lena Phillips of Pulaski.
NAPPIER, Molly Louise Holman The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Molly Louise Nappier, 93, were conducted on Friday,
October 21, at 10:00 a. m., at the Fairview Church of Christ, with Andrew Brown
and G. C. Fox, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery.
Mrs. Nappier died Wednesday afternoon, October 19, at Giles County Hospital,
following a lengthy illness. She was born May 22, 1873, in Lincoln County, the
daughter of the late Thomas Holman and Sally Gray Holman.
She is survived by five daugthers, Mrs. Jessie Jones, Mrs. Almeta Greenwell,
Mrs. James Englett, Pulaski, Mrs. Isrel Brock, Evansville, Ind., and Mrs.
Herbert Flaherty, Louisville, Ky.; two sons, Tommy Nappier, Pulaski, and Holman
Boshears, Lewisburg; thirty-nien grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NAVE, Beulah May Glover The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Beulah May Nave, 75, were conducted Friday, May 5, at
the Scott's Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Elmer Howell officiating. Burial
was in the Scott's Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Nave died Thursday, May 4, at Giles County Hospital. She was a native of
Giles County, born November 12, 1891, the daughter of the late Walter and Sallie
Hughes Glover.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Nave; three sons, Harvey, Cebran and J. D.
Nave, all of Giles County; one daughter, Mrs. Sam Hood, Giles County; twenty
grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lura Hughes and
Mrs. Lizzie Smith, Killen, Ala.; five brothers, Vallie, Jim, Earl, Arthur, and
Dewey Glover, Killen, Ala.; one half-sister, Mrs. Alice Bassham, Lawrenceburg;
two half-brothers, E. G. and Howard Glover, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NAVE, Harvey May The Pulaski Citizen 1 Oct 1969
Harvey May Nave, 54, died Tuesday morning, September 30.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday morning, October 2, at 10:30 o'clock
in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with Mr. Elmer Howell, Church of
Christ Minister, officiating. Burial will be in the Scott Hill Cemetery.
A resident of the Shores Community, Mr. Nave was born January 21, 1915, the son
of James A. Nave and the late Mrs. Beulah May Nave.
Survivors in addition to his father, include his wife, Mrs. Vera Hood Nave; two
sons, James Nave, Shores and Jerry Nave, Scotts Hill; one sister, Mrs. Sam Hood,
Goodspring; two brothers, Cebran Nave, Goodspring, and J. D. Nave, Shores; five
grandchildren.
NAVE, Mattie Ashworth The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Ashworth Nave, 90, widow of Harvey Nave, were
held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at Hayes Mill Church of Christ, conducted
by Bobby Turner, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place at Scotts Hill
Cemetery in Giles County. Mrs. Nave died Friday, March 18, in Athens-Limestone
County Hospital at Athens, Ala.
Born February 13, 1875, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
E. Ashworth and Molly Brown Ashworth. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Nave is survived by three sons, Jim Nave, Giles County, Ernest Nave and B.
B. Nave, both of Limestone County, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Hattie Glover,
Lawrence County, Mrs. Cora B. Shelton, Giles County, and Mrs. Joe Mitchell,
Limestone County, Ala.; twenty-five grandchildren; sixty-four
great-grandchildren, and thirteen great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEAL, Andrew Lewis The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Andrew Lewis Neal, 81, retired farmer of the Bodenham
section, were held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Andy Brown. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery. Mr. Neal died on Thursday, July 9, at Giles County Hospital.
Born May 11, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James P. Neal and
Betty Neely Neal.
Mr. Neal is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dora May Neal; and one brother, R. K.
Neal, Giles County.
NEAL, Bessie Maud Felker The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Maud Neal, 67, were held Wednesday afternoon,
December 25 at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev.
W. C. Westenberger, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Neal, wife of R. K. Neal, died Tuesday, December 24 in Lawrence County
Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Neal was born July 28, 1901, the daughter of the
late James S. Felker and Martha Ann Crowder Felker.
Survivors in addition to her husband, include one son, J. W. Neal, Houston,
Tex.; two daughters, Mrs. H. J. Trommell, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. R. F. Crowder,
Lawrenceburg; nine grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Frank Johnston, Pulaski,
Mrs. Neely Williams, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Johnnie Thurman, Ethridge, and Mrs.
Jessie Hatfield, Wisconsin; and one brother, James Felker, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEAL, Florence Green The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Mrs. Florence Green Neal, 85, died Thursday, January 18, in Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Neal, wife of the late R. Floyd Neal, were held at
1:00 o'clock, Saturday, January 20, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. Robert Hall officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Neal was born August 21, 1882, the daughter of
the late J. W. and Annie Puryear Green.
Survivors include nieces and nephews. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
NEAL, Herbert H. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jun 1965
Herbert H. Neal, Aspen Hill merchant and magistrate of the 21st District, died
at Giles County Hospital on Thursday, June 17th, at 7:40 p. m. after several
months illness.
Funeral services were held at Bennett-May Funeral Home Saturday at 2 p. m. with
burial taking place in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Neal was a native of Giles County, son of the late George William and Jennie
Lee Marks Neal. He had operated a general merchandise store in the Aspen Hill
Community for the past 25 years, and was serving his first term as County
Magistrate.
Mr. Neal is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Kimbrough Neal of Aspen Hill, and
a sister, Mrs. Walter Hannah, Lynnville.
NEAL, Joe Denison The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1966
Joe Denison Neal, 75, native of Giles County and resident of Los Angeles,
Calif., for approximately 47 years, died in a Los Angeles infirmary on Tuesday,
March 22, after a long illness.
Funeral services and burial will take place in that city.
Born September 15, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sam Neal
and Minnie Braly Neal.
Mr. Neal is survived by his wife, Mrs. Varena Wheeler English Neal; one son, Bob
Neal, Los Angeles; two daughters, Mrs. Katie Ramsey, Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs.
Martha Shirey, Midland, Texas; several grandchildren; three step-daughters; one
sister, Mrs. Elmo (Ruby) Green, Pulaski; and one half-brother, Thomas Neal, Los
Angeles.
NEAL, Minnie McClain The Pulaski Citizen 6 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie McLean Neal, 73, widow of Ed Neal, were held at
11 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Tommy
Vernon, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mrs. Neal died Monday, February 4, at Giles County Hospital after a short
illness.
Born July 22, 1889, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late J. T.
McLean and Sara Tidwell McLean. Her husband, Ed Neal, died about five years ago.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Neal is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Reed, Columbia, and Mrs.
Ewell Reed, Pulaski; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Mize, Pulaski,
and Mrs. H. M. Johnson, Gadsden, Ala.; and two brothers, Joe McLean, Nashville,
and Erwin McLean, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEELY, Robert E. (Bobby) The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1960
Robert E. (Bobby) Neely, 33, of 206 Turner Street, Pulaski, was found dead in
his car in the backyard of his home about 9 p. m. Thursday night, May 5, and
County Coroner Bill Bennett said death was caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.
City police officers said Neely had attached a hose to the exhaust pipe of the
car and pulled it through the car window. When he was discovered by his wife, he
was in the car with the windows closed and motor running. The death was termed a
suicide by the coroner.
Funeral services were conducted at Bennett-May Funeral Home Friday afternoon,
May 6, at 4 o'clock by David East, pastor of Second Street Church of Christ and
burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Josephine Newton Neely; a daughter, Barbara Jo
Neely; his parents, Jasper and Dorothy Malone Neely; a half-sister, Miss Patsy
Wilson; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mollie Neely; maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Malone.
NELSON, Alice Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Taylor Nelson, 87, widow of Henry Nelson, were
held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. William H. Moss. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Nelson died
at 2:30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, November 2, at the home of her son, Paul
Nelson, in Huntsville, Ala., after several years of declining health.
Born December 23, 1872, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Wesley Taylor and Martha Whitfield Taylor. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mr. Nelson died approximately twenty-three years ago.
In addition to Paul Nelson, Mrs. Nelson is survived by two other sons, C. H.
Nelson, Huntsville, Ala., and Bob Taylor Nelson, Meridianville, S. C.; four
daughters, Mrs. C. W. Griggs, St. Joseph, Mo., Mrs. John Yokley, Lynnville, Mrs.
John D. Butler, Pulaski, and Mrs. Oscar Harding, Belvedere, S. C.; seventeen
grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Ollie
Birdsong, of Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NELSON, Charles The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1960
Word has been received here of the death Tuesday night of Charles Nelson, 42, in
an automobile accident near Ellington, Fla., where he was principal of a high
school. He was a nephew of Mrs. C. G. Beckham of Pulaski and the grandson of
Mrs. Lena Alexander of Donelson, formerly of Pulaski, and the late L. Alexander
of Giles County. His paternal grandparents were the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Nelson of Campbellsville.
Mr. Nelson, the son of Rev. and Mrs. Will L. Nelson of Tampa, was born in Giles
County but moved to Florida with his family at an early age.
Other survivors include his wife and two sons; two sisters, Mrs. Harold
Stevenson of Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Wade McArthur of Jacksonville, Fla.; and
one brother, Lambeth Nelson of Virginia.
An Arcadia, Fla. funeral director is in charge of arrangements, which were
incomplete at the time the communication was received here.
NELSON, Daisy Alexander The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1969
Mrs. Daisy Alexander Nelson, 79, the widow of Will Nelson, a former Methodist
preacher of Giles County, died Sunday night, December 29, while attending church
in Tampa, Fla. She had been living in Tampa for a number of years.
A native of the Campbellsville Community, Mrs. Nelson was born June 5, 1889, the
daughter of the late Alexander and Lena Tidwell.
The funeral was held in Tampa.
NELSON, Georgie Adams The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1960
Mrs. Georgie Adams Nelson, 98, Pulaski church and civic leader, died at 12:30 a.
m., Friday, March 11, at the Harris Convalescent Home at Franklin following an
extended illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Church of the Messiah,
Episcopal. The Reverend George Regas, pastor, officiated and burial took place
in the family lot at Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Nelson, daughter of the late Nathan and Susan Louisa Pankey Adams and widow
of Williams Chapel Nelson, was born in Giles County on Octorber 9, 1862. She was
a communicant of the Church of the Messiah, for which her mother laid the first
brick in 1874, and was for many years president of the Giles County Chapter,
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Suzanne Woodward, Pulaski; a brother, Nathan
Adams, retired banker of Dallas, Texas; a granddaughter, Miss Marguerite
Woodward, Pulaski; and a grandson, Joe Woodward, Dallas.
NELSON, Isaac Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jun 1968
Funeral services for Isaac Floyd Nelson, 89, were held Sunday afternoon, June 2,
at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Revs.
Marshall Moss and Marcus Nickells officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Nelson, a retired farmer died Friday, May 31, at Grayhill Nursing Home in
Lewisburg.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Nelson was born December 12, 1878, the son of the
late J. Lafayette and Mary Mason Nelson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Seay Nelson; three sons, George L. Nelson,
Point Clear, Ala., Earl M. Nelson, Pulaski, Floyd S. Nelson, Fayetteville; four
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Maggie N. Hill of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NELSON, Ozie Baker The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. John L. Nelson, mother of Lindsey Nelson, well-known
sportscaster, were held Tuesday afternoon, January 14, at 2 o'clock in Oakes and
Nichols Funeral Home with the Rev. W. D. Comperry and Dr. W. M. Ford
officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Nelson died Saturday January 11, at her home in Columbia. She had been ill
since December.
The former Miss Ozie Baker, she was a native of Giles County but had lived in
Maury County since 1923.
Her son is a broadcaster for the New York Mets, and free lances for all three
television networks. He lives in Long Island, N. Y.
Other survivors include her husband, John L. Nelson; another son, James L.
Nelson, Norfolk, Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Edward G. Pennington, Columbia; a sister,
Mrs. John W. Hayes, Columbia; and six grandchildren.
NESBIT, Pauline Stevens The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1967
Mrs. Pauline Stevens Nesbit, 54, a former resident of Pulaski, died Thursday,
June 22, at Laughlin Hospital in Greenville, Tenn.
Services were conducted Saturday, June 24, at 3:30 p. m., in the chapel of Kiser
Funeral Home. Burial was in Greenlawn Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Nesbit, a native of Mississippi, was born October 5, 1912. Her husband,
Richard G. Nesbit, was a fieldman for Kraft Foods here in Pulaski for about
eight years. They were members of the First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Eugene Laughlin, Bulls Gap,
Tenn., and Miss Patricia Nesbit, Greenville; one granddaughter, Elizabeth
Laughlin; one brother, Charles Stevens, Boulder, Colo.
NEWMAN, Melville Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Melville Thomas Newman, Sr., 91, retired teacher and former Giles County
Superintendent of Schools, died Wednesday, Oct. 11 at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bethany
Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member, with Dr. William H. Mansfield and
the Rev. Samuel Cramer officiating. Burial was in Bethany Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Newman was the son of the late Joseph Russell and
Martha Bradshaw Newman. He was born April 26, 1876, in the Bryson Community.
A well-known educator, especially in the fields of mathematics and science, he
taught in Giles County for some fifty years before his retirement about twenty
years ago and served as principal of several schools, including those at
Prospect and Elkton. For six years, 1930-1936, he was Superintendent of Schools.
His first wife, the former Nellie Deacon, died December 27, 1957.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Minnie White Newman; five sons, George Lee Newman
and Bert Gaultney Newman, both of Bryson, Joseph Deacon Newman of Atlanta, Ga.,
M. T. Newman, Jr., of Athens, Ala., and Andrew Fred Newman of Chattanooga;
twelve grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
NEWMAN, Melville Thomas Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1968
Melville Thomas Newman, Jr., 58, Giles County educator and former superintendent
of schools, died at his summer home in the Beech Hill community, Sunday, August
4.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. James B. Wilson, Tuesday, August 6
at 2:00 p. m. at Bryson Presbyterian Church with interment in Bethany Cemetery.
Memorial services were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, August 6 at Clements
High School, Athens, Ala., where Mr. Newman had been principal since 1954. The
body lay in state at the school from Monday afternoon and was removed to Bryson
Presbyterian Church after the service there Tuesday.
A son of the late M. T. and Nellie Deacon Newman, he was a native of this
county, having been born here Nov. 18, 1909.
He was a 1933 graduate of Middle Tennessee State College at Murfreesboro and
taught for a number of years in his native county, becoming school
superintendent in 1944 until 1952.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Martha Minatra Newman; two daughters, Mrs. Fay
White and Mrs. Nanette McBay, both of Athens, Ala.; one son, Jim Newman of Los
Angeles, Calif.; four brothers, Joe of Atlanta, Ga., Fred of Chattanooga, and
George and Bill Newman of Giles County and eight grandchildren.
NEWTON, Daisy Roberts The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Roberts Newton, 79, Giles County resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. J. C. Elkins, former pastor, and the Rev. Raymond Crawford, Baptist
minister. Burial took place in New Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Newton died about 4
o'clock Monday afternoon, May 9, at Giles County Hospital after an extended
illness.
Born November 28, 1881, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late
Noah Roberts and Amanda Pettus Roberts. She had lived most of her life in Giles
County and was a member of the Friendship Methodist Church.
Mrs. Newton, widow of Walter L. Newton who died a few years ago, is survived by
one sister, Mrs. Belle Barber, Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEWTON, Forrest G. The Pulaski Citizen __ Feb 1964
Forrest G. Newton, 80, native Giles Countian, died on February 14, at a hospital
in San Angelo, Texas. Burial rites took place n his home town of Waterville,
Texas.
Mr. Newton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Allen Newton, left Giles County
43 years ago, settling in Texas.
Mr. Newton is survived by his wife; one son, Rayburn Newton, Big Spring, Texas;
three daughters, Colorado; five grandchildren; one half-sister, Mrs. Kelly
Marks, Beech Hill; and one niece, Mrs. Renzo Shackelford, Pulaski.
NEWTON, Grady The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1968
Grady Newton, 78, died Sunday, September 22, at his home in the Berea community.
Funeral services for Mr. Newton, retired farmer and veteran of WWI, were held
Tuesday afternoon, September 24, at 2 o'clock in New Zion Baptist Church with
the Rev. Herb Helton and Rev. Raymond Johns officiating. Burial was in New Zion
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Newton was born October 15, 1889, the son of the
late Bob and Jennie McNeese Newton.
Survivors include one son, Claude Newton, Giles County; two brothers, Robert and
Herman Newton, Giles County; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Parks, Lewisburg, and Mrs.
Henry Medley, Lincoln County; and two grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEWTON, James Lewis The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Funeral services for James Lewis Newton, 86, were conducted on Wednesday
morning, October 18, at 10:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with Dr. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Newton, a native of Giles County, died Monday, October 16, in Giles County
Hospital. He was born January 2, 1881, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Reece Porter
Newton. His wife was the late Mrs. Esther Roden Newton.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Elise Tarpley, Pulaski; two grandsons,
Jimmy and Wayne Tarpley, Pulaski; one step-daughter, Mrs. Minnie Hobbs; and one
step-son, Ben Rambo, both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEWTON, James Logan The Pulaski Citizen 3 Nov 1965
Funeral services for James Logan Newton, 68, farmer of Minor Hill section, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Jim Pollard, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the Noblit Cemetery.
Mr. Newton died at his home Saturday night, October 30.
Born June 20, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late W. F. Newton and
Orleana Noblett Newton.
Mr. Newton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie Bass Newton; one son, Fred
Newton, Clarksville, three grandchildren; one brother, Maynard Newton,
Lawrenceburg; and three sisters, Mrs. Elmer Hester, Minor Hill, Mrs. Luther
Davis, Sumac, Giles County, and Mrs. Evie Griffith, Guntersville, Ala.
Bennett May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEWTON, Janie Graves The Pulaski Citizen 29 May 1968
Mrs. Janie Graves Newton, 86, of Tullahoma, died in Crestwood Nursing Home,
Manchester, Sunday, May 26, 1968.
Graveside services were held Tuesday morning, May 28, at 11:00 o'clock at Pisgah
Cemetery.
Survivors include one son, Herman Newton, Tullahoma; one brother, Bunyan Graves,
Pulaski; one grandchild; and a great-grandchild.
NEWTON, Lillie Mae Thompson The Pulaski Citizen 1 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Mae Thompson Newton, 44, who recently moved
into the Beech Hill section, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took
place in the Mitchell Cemetery, near Anderson, Ala. Mrs. Newton died Wednesday,
November 24, at the home.
Born August 16, 1921, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Ones Thompson,
Lawrenceburg, and the late Elsie Adams Thompson. She was a member of the Church
of Christ. In addition to her father, Mrs. Newton is survived by her husband,
Grady Newton; one son, Andrew Newton, and one daughter, Donna Kay Newton, both
of the home address; five brothers, Edgar Thompson, and John Andrew Thompson,
Goodsprings, Van Thompson, Pulaski, and Junior Thompson and Elmer Lee Thompson,
both of Lawrenceburg; and three sisters, Mrs. Velma Marie Harvell, Goodsprings,
Mrs. Mattie Rosson, Anderson, Ala. and Mrs. Jesse Cox, Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEWTON, Lonnie Martin The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1968
Lonnie Martin Newton, 68, died Tuesday, December 3, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Newton will be held Thursday afternoon, December 5, in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Burial will be in New Zion Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Newton was born September 22, 1900, the son of the
late William Newton and Nancy Reasonover Newton.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ida Mae Lanier Newton; four daughters, Mrs.
Joyce Parker, Nashville, Mrs. Wanda Hill, Mrs. Annie Storey, and Mrs. Mary
Pryor, all of Giles County; two sons, Robert Newton and James Newton, both of
Giles County; eight grandchildren; one sister, Miss Ross Newton, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEWTON, Ora Bessie The Pulaski Citizen 13 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Miss Ora Bessie Newton, 79, retired school teacher and
Sunday School teacher, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, Baptist minister. Burial took
place in New Zion Cemetery. Miss Newton died on Saturday, February 9, at
Fairhaven Nursing Home, after a period of declining health.
Born October 30, 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Dock Newton. For many years, she was a correspondent for The Pulaski
Citizen. She was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church.
Miss Newton is survived by one sister, Mrs. Sam Baxter, Pulaski; and one
half-brother, Vernon Newton, Ector, Texas; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEWTON, Roy G. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Roy G. Newton, 61, native of Giles County, and resident of
Yorktown, Va., were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Grafton Christian
Church with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Newton died Tuesday, March
13, at Kecoughtan Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was a veteran of World War I, and was a
member of the Grafton Christian Church. He was a crane operator for Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.
Mr. Newton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Janie Bell Newton; two daughters, Mrs.
W. L. McIntosh, Yorktown, Va., and Mrs. B. J. Ederer, Glendora, Calif.; two
sons, Ray E. Newton, Hampton, Va., and Robert L. Newton, Dare, Va.; twelve
grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. F. G. Gardner, Columbia, Tenn. and Mrs. J.
L. Rose, Spartanburg, S. C.
NEWTON, Sam Henry The Pulaski Citizen 17 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Sam Henry Newton, 55, retired automobile salesman, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Jerry Daughtry, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Scotts Hill
Cemetery. Mr. Newton died unexpectedly in his sleep on Sunday, November 14, at
his home at New Prospect in Lawrence County.
For a number of years he was a salesman for Sharp Motor Company in Pulaski.
Born April 18, 1910, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late John Newton
and Amanda Curtis Newton. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Newton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alene Campbell Newton; two brothers,
Charles Newton, Fall River, Lawrence County, and Robert Newton, Hennerville,
also Lawrence County; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Annie Daughtry, Pulaski, and
Mrs. Bertha Smith, Mississippi.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEWTON, Thomas Howard The Pulaski Citizen 27 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Thomas Howard Newton, 48, Giles County resident, will be
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial will take place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Newton died Tuesday night, March 26, at a Nashville hospital after
a prolonged illness.
Born September 10, 1914, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late John
Newton and Mandy Curtis Newton.
Mr. Newton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Tavie Green Newton; two daughters, Mrs.
Leonard Rogers and Miss Shirley Newton, Pulaski; three grandchildren; three
brothers, Robert Newton, Sam Newton and Charles Newton, all of Lawrence County;
and two half-sisters, Mrs. Annie Daughtry, Pulaski, and Mrs. Bertha Smith,
Corinth, Miss.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEWTON, Tully Henderson The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Tully Henderson Newton, 57, retired farmer of the Sumac
section, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at East Hill Church of Christ.
Rites were conducted by Virgil Bradford of Murfreesboro and James E. Holt of
Pulaski, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Newton died of a heart
ailment Thursday morning, January 21, at Giles County Hospital, after two years
declining health.
Born April 2, 1902, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas Jefferson
Newton and Bertie McNeese Newton, and was a member of the New Providence Church
of Christ.
Mr. Newton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Walls Newton; three sons, Brown
Newton and Woodrow Newton, Giles County, and Jerome Newton, U. S. Navy,
stationed in San Diego, Calif.; four grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Esther
Watts, Mrs. Herman Newton, and Mrs. Emma Sands; and two brothers, L. L. Newton
and Wallace Newton, all of Giles County.
NEWTON, William Miles The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1961
William Miles Newton, three-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar William Newton
of Leoma, formerly of Giles County, died at 4:45 o'clock Sunday morning,
February 12, at Lawrence County Hospital after a two hour illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon at Cash Point
Baptist Church in Lawrence County with the burial in the church cemetery.
In addition to the parents, the infant is survived by one sister, Mary Eloise
Newton; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Newton and Mrs. G. W. Honeycut,
all of Lawrence County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NEWTON, William Wyatt The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1966
Funeral services for William Wyatt Newton, 82, were conducted on Sunday
afternoon, December 18, at 1:30 in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Newton died Saturday morning, December 17, in Giles County Hospital. He was
a native of Giles County, born March 4, 1884, the son of the late R. P. and
Frances Hamlett Newton.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Roden Newton; and one brother, James L.
Newton of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NICHOLLS, Bona Anderson The Pulaski Citizen 12 Oct 1966
Mrs. Bona Nicholls, 94, died Monday night, October 10, at the home of her niece,
Mrs. W. T. Gaither, in Nashville.
Graveside services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in
Maplewood Cemetery, with Dr. William T. Steele officiating.
Mrs. Nicholls, a native Giles Countian, was born August 4, 1872. Her parents
were the late Jerome H. and Emily Anderson. Her husband, James A. Nicholls, died
in 1924.
In addition to Mrs. Gaither, she is survived by another niece, Mrs. Fred
Overton, Nashville; and one nephew, Herny D. Smith of Birmingham, Ala.
NICKS, Marjorie Guschke The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Marjorie Guschke Nicks, 45, who died in Chicago, Ill.,
on Friday, December 9, were conducted on Tuesday afternoon, December 13, at 2:00
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead
officiating. Burial was in Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Ala.
Mrs. Nicks, a native of Lincoln County, was born June 5, 1921, the daughter of
Henry Guschke of Pulaski and the late Mrs. Lillie Solomon Guschke.
In addition to her father, she is survived by her husband, Tom Nicks, Chicago;
two daughters, Mrs. Jack Terrell, Nashville, and Miss Betty Dyer, St. Michaels,
Md.; one son, Joseph Edward Dyer, Nashville; two grandchildren; two brothers,
Thomas E. Guschke, Columbia and Joseph E. Guschke, Joppe, Md.; two
half-brothers, Michael and Marlin Guschke, of Pulaski
.
NIX, Mary Ann Abner The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Andrew Jackson Nix, Sr., 78, will take place at 10
o'clock Thursday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites will be conducted by
the Rev. Bob Brothers, of Minor Hill and burial will take place in New Hope
Cemetery at Double Springs, Ala.
Mrs. Nix died Tuesday morning, March 29, at a Nashville hospital, after several
years declining health.
Born September 30, 1881, in Alabama, she was the former Miss Mary Ann Abner, the
daughter of the late William Abner and Susan Overton Abner.
She was twice married; her first husband, Charlie Henderson, died many years
ago. Her second husband, Andrew Jackson Nix, Sr., died November 4, 1945.
Mrs. Nix is survived by two sons, R. C. Henderson, Gorgas, Ala., and A. J. Nix,
Jr., Pierre, S. D.; two daughters, Mrs. Mahlon White, Nashville, and Mrs. David
Ashford White, Minor Hill; 20 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren; nine
brothers, Charlie Abner, Monroe Abner, Orvill Abner, Richard Abner, Dave Abner,
all of Alabama; Leonard Abner, Washington, D. C., Stacy Abner, Crossville,
Thomas Abner, Savannah and Roosevelt Abner, Terre Haute, Ind.; four sisters,
Mrs. Louisa Waldrop, Mrs. Beulah Graben, Mrs. Carl Mitchell and Mrs. Carl East,
all of Alabama.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NIX, Ona Smith The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Ona Smith Nix, 69, were conducted Tuesday afternoon,
February 18, at North Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, with Rev. Walker and Rev.
James officiating. Burial was in Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Nix, wife of Clarence Nix, died Sunday, February 16, at Lawrence County
Hospital, after an extended illness.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John A. Smith and
Lizzie Kerr Smith. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Nix was a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and taught school
for twenty-two years until her health forced her to retire.
Survivors in addition to her husband, include five sons, Frank Nix and John Nix,
both of Lawrenceburg, Odell Nix, Akron, Ohio, Robert Nix, Detroit, Mich., and
Grimes Nix, Pulaski; five daughters, Mrs. Avadean Crews, Mrs. Marie Clayton,
Mrs. Elaine Powell, all of Lawrenceburg, Miss Nell Nix, Nashville, and Miss
Peggy Nix, Huntsville, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Florrie Appleton, Pulaski, and
Mrs. Mamie Mooney, Gary, Ind.; and eight grandchildren.
NOA, William Pinner The Pulaski Citizen 16 Nov 1966
William Pinner Noa, 79, retired jewelry store owner, died Tuesday afternoon,
Nov. 15, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville after several months of declining
health.
Funeral rites will be conducted from the Temple Sanctuary in Nashville at 11
o'clock Thursday morning by Rabbi Randal Falk with interment in Temple Cemetery.
A native of Montgomery, Ala., Mr. Noa was born Oct. 29, 1887, the son of the
late Hugo and Sarah Pinner Noa. He was married in 1922 to Marien Belle Well, who
died Dec. 3, 1961. They had one son, William P. Noa, Jr., who was killed in
service during World War II.
He came to Pulaski about twenty years ago and operated a jewelry store on the
south side of the Square until his retirement in 1960. He was a member of the
Temple and was a knight commander of the Court of Honor, Scottish Rite Bodies of
Tennessee.
Mr. Noa was a member of the Pulaski Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks and Pulaski Exchange Club. He was active in almost every civic and
charitable project launched in Pulaski in recent years and took a leading role
in activities of the Giles County Scottish Rite Club.
Survivors include two nephews, Arthur S. Wasserman of Memphis and Noa Wasserman
of Dallas, Texas.
NOAH, Calvin Harding (Bill) The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jun 1960
Calvin Harding (Bill) Noah, 39, salesman for Byrom's Western Auto Store for
approximately three years, died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage at 10
o'clock Tuesday night, May 31, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, having been
stricken Monday morning at his home in Pulaski.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the rites conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss,
First Methodist Church minister, and David East, minister of Second Street
Church of Christ. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born September 10, 1920, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Nina Myers Noah
and the late Pleas Holbert Noah.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Noah is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Mae
Gaines Noah; one daughter, Patricia Ann Noah, and one son, John Calvin Noah,
both at home; two brothers, Edison Noah, Pulaski, and Horace Noah, Chapel Hill;
and five sisters, Mrs. Florence Bledsoe, McBurg, Mrs. Anna B. Bragan,
Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Edna Dean Brashears and Mrs. Hazel McCain, both of Mt.
Pleasant, and Miss Jeffie Noah, Pulaski. Bennett-May and Company in charge of
arrangements.
NOA, Marian Belle Weil The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. William P. Noa, 62, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at The Temple on Harding Road in Nashville. Burial took place in The
Temple Cemetery.
Mrs. Noa died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 12:15 Sunday afternoon, December
3, at the home on Lincoln Street.
The former Miss Marian Belle Weil, she was born March 2, 1899, in Nashville, the
daughter of the late Harry A. Weil and Marian Jacobs Weil. She was a member of
The Temple congregation.
Mrs. Noa is survived by her husband, William P. Noah, Pulaski jeweler; and one
brother, Simon Weil, Nashville.
NOAH, Nina Bell Myers The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Nina Bell Myers Noah, 75, widow of Pleasant Holbert
Noah, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Dorris Rader of Chapel Hill. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Noah died at 10:15 o'clock Monday night, July 11, at the home of
a daughter in Mt. Pleasant after a period of declining health.
Born in Lincoln County, September 10, 1884, she was the daughter of the late
John Myers and Dosie Wright Myers. Her husband died six years ago.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Noah is survived by two sons, Horace Noah, Chapel Hill, and Edison Noah,
Pulaski; five daughters, Mrs. Florence Bledsoe, McBurg, Mrs. Anna B. Bragan,
Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Edna Dean Brashears and Mrs. Hazel McCain, both of Mt.
Pleasant, and Miss Jeffie Noah, Pulaski; seventeen grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NOAH, Robert A. The Giles Free Press 8 Aug 1961
Robert A. Noah, 81, former resident of Giles County, died on Friday, July 27, in
Denver, Colo., after a six months illness. Funeral services and burial took
place in Fort Collins, Colo., on Monday.
A native of Lincoln County, he was born January 31, 1881, but lived many years
in Giles County, moving to Fort Collins approximately 45 years ago.
Mr. Noah is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary L. Hardiman, a native of Pulaski;
two sons, a sister, and three grandchildren, all of Fort Collins.
NOBLE, Wesley Roland The Pulaski Citizen 3 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Wesley Roland Noble, 84, retired Missouri Pacific Railroad
employee, and father of a Pulaski resident, were held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning, October 26, in Presbyterian Church, Hamburg, Ark. Burial took place in
Hamburg Cemetery. Mr. Noble died Sunday, October 24, in Helena, Ark.
Born in Otterville, Ill., he had lived in Helena forty-one years.
Mr. Noble is survived by his wife, Mrs. Julia Bookhart Noble; three daughters,
Mrs. Auston Hood, Pulaski, Mrs. George C. White and Mrs. William E. Glover, both
of Memphis; seven grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren; and three
brothers and five sisters.
NOLAN, Leonard E. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1961
Leonard E. Nolan, 89, died Monday, July 10, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were held at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Bethel
Community Center with the burial in the Cates Cemetery.
There were no immediate survivors.
NOLES, Dewart Belmont The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Deward Belmont Noles, 69, Church of Christ minister of
Minor Hill, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Hester Chapel at
Lester, Ala., conducted by E. F. Bullington and J. T. Word, Church of Christ
ministers. Burial will take place in the church cemetery. Mr. Noles died
Tuesday, April 23, at a Nashville hospital after an extended illness. Born
September 3, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Matt Noles and
Mattie White Noles.
Mr. Noles is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Belle Pickett Noles; three
daughters, Mrs. James Beeler and Mrs. Clay Shelton, both of Minor Hill,
and Mrs. Richard Coffman, Corrine, Utah; eight sons, Dennis Noles, Florence,
Ala., Sam Noles, Anderson, Ala., Billy Noles, Tempe, Ariz., D. B. Noles, Jr.,
Winter Haven, Fla., Paul Noles, Donelson, Dean Noles, Brigham, Utah, Larry
Noles, Columbia, S. C., and Randall Noles, USAF, stationed in Germany;
twenty-four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
Forrest Pickett, Lewisburg; and one brother, Granville Noles, Atlanta, Ga.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NOLES, Leslie Whitten The Pulaski Citizen 19 Sep 1962
A former Giles Countian died Friday, September 7, in Winter Haven, Florida, as a
result of shots fired from a gun he had been cleaning. Leslie Whitten Noles, 66,
succumbed to two gunshot wounds while enroute to the Winter Haven Hospital.
Polk County Coroner W. A. Bell ruled Noles' death to be the result of an
accident by self-inflicted gunshot. It was reported that Noles had apparently
been cleaning several guns. He sent his young nephew, Johnny Noles, into the
house to get another gun for cleaning, and while the boy was in the house, he
heard a shot. Running back outside, the boy found his uncle shot in the jaw. The
youth returned to the house to call an ambulance and while doing this he heard a
second shot. He ran back outside and found a second wound in his uncle's head,
in the right temple.
Noles, a retired carpenter, was born in Minor Hill, but had lived in Florida for
about 30 years. His brother, D. B. Noles, Sr., still lives in Minor Hill. He is
also survived by a sister here, Mrs. Esther Pickett of Pulaski.
Other survivors are his wife, Mrs. Lou Rieve Noles, Winter Haven, Fla.; three
sons, S/Sgt. Julian W. Noles, Huntsville, Ala., Hoffman T. Noles, Atlanta, Ga.,
and Jimmy D. Noles, Bartow, Fla.; three daughters, Mrs. Linda Louise Onhauser,
Tallahassee, Fla., Mrs. Betty Frances Hoover, Winter Haven, Fla., and Mrs. Peggy
Jean Shurtleff, Detroit, Mich.; another brother, Granville Noles, Atlanta, Ga.;
and 13 grandchildren.
Burial was in Glen Abbey Memorial Gardens, Winter Haven, Fla.
NORMAN, Lois Cummins The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Lois Cummins Norman, 57, wife of Albert "Jack" Norman,
Columbia, will be held at one o'clock Thursday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home
with the burial in Polk Memorial Gardens in that city. Mrs. Norman died
unexpectedly Monday morning, January 28, at her home in Charlotte Harbor, Fla.,
where the family had been making their home for the past three months.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jim F. Cummins and
Sallie Peden Cummins, but had lived most of her life in Maury County. She was a
member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Norman is survived by three sons, Myron Norman,
Billy Norman, and Bobby Norman, all of Columbia; five grandchildren; and one
brother, Elmer T. Cummins, Southport.
NORMAN, Thomas Edgar The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Thomas Edgar Norman, 57, retired employee of the Dixie
Manufacturing Company and later Wilkes Upholstery Company in Columbia, were held
at one o'clock Friday afternoon at Williams Funeral Home, with the rites
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, cousin of the deceased. Burial took place
in Rose Hill Cemetery, near Campbellsville. Mr. Norman died of a heart attack
Tuesday, June 5, at Maury County Hospital, Columbia, following six months
illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of Perry Estes and Delia Cooper Estes
Norman. He was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church. He served during World
War II with the Army in the South Pacific.
Mr. Norman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile Page Norman; three
step-daughters, Mrs. Helen Jean Adams and Miss Alfreda Crumley, both of
Columbia, and Mrs. William Hughes, Fort Estes, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. W. B.
Rich, Pulaski, and Mrs. Luther Beard; a step-sister, Mrs. Janie Wade, St. Louis,
Mo.; three brothers, Tuck Estes, Leonard Estes and Bascom Estes, all of Pulaski;
and two step-grandsons.
NORTON, Lynn Carroll The Pulaski Citizen 24 Nov 1965
Tragedy struck a Giles Countian Saturday evening when he fell from a cliff at
Cummins Falls near Cookeville while on a picnic outing with college friends.
Lynn Carroll Norton, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Norton of Route 1,
Goodsprings, was killed when he plunged 30 feet into a creek bed while exploring
the lower section of a 200-foot waterfall with a group of friends from Tennessee
Tech, Cookeville. The accident happened ten miles north of Cookeville, about 6
o'clock .
According to reports, young Norton had gone with seven other college students on
the picnic, when he and Dennis Dockum, a Tech sophomore exploring beneath the
falls, separated from each other at the foot of the cascade to try to find
different routes to the top. When Norton failed to return to the top. Dockum
said he went back down and found the body of Norton. Police were called and it
took rescue units four hours to recover the body, which was lodged between two
boulders in three inches of water.
He was a former student at Martin College, attending in 1963-64 and a student at
Tennessee Tech until recently. He had plans to enter the U. S. Air Force in
January.
He was born on April 6, 1942, in Fort Smith, Ark., and moved here with his
parents from Akron, Ohio, in October 1961 when his father took over the duties
of general manager of Pulaski Rubber Company.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at First Baptist
Church, Pulaski, of which he was a member. Burial took place in Giles Memory
Gardens.
In addition to his parents, John and Prudence Benegar Norton, he is survived by
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Benegar of Deer, Ark., and paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram C. Norton, Akron, Ohio.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NORWOOD, Charles Levan "Vann" The Pulaski Citizen 23 Apr 1969
Charles Lavan Norwood, 84, retired farmer of the Goodsprings Community, died
Saturday night at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon with G. C. Fox,
Church of Christ minister officiating. Burial took place in Oak Grove Cemetery.
He was married to the late Myrtle O. Noah.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Clarence Turner,Pulaski, Mrs. Irene McNeely,
Salem,
Ohio, Mrs. Elsie Phillips,, Delina, Mrs. Joyce Bennett, Columbia, and Mrs. Jean
Mills, Petersburg; five sons, Earl, Chattanooga, Carl, Salem, Ohio, Van,
Crestline, Ohio, John and Larry Norwood of California; a sister, Mrs. Clara
Swindal, Birmingham, Ala.; one brother, Bruce Norwood, Winter Garden, Fla., 37
grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NORWOOD, Clifford M. The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Clifford M. Norwood, 46, Ethridge resident and native of
Giles County, were held at one o'clock Saturday at Lay Funeral Homeat Ethridge
with the burial in Ethridge Cemetery, Dr. W. H. Mansfield officiating.
Mr. Norwood, a batchelor, died on Wednesday night, October 19, at Veterans
Center Hospital in Dublin, Ga., after more than a year's illness following a
tragic automobile accident on October 6, 1959.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of Frank Norwood of Ethridge and the
late Mrs. Myrtle Roberts Norwood.
In addition to his father, Mr. Norwood is survived by his step-mother, Mrs.
Florence Norwood; one sister, Mrs. Eliza Collins, Ethridge; two half-sisters,
Mrs. Virgie Wares, Toledo, Ohio, and Miss Margaret McCafferty, Nashville; and
five half-brothers, Harvey Norwood, Ethridge, Stanley Norwood and Edward
Norwood, Toledo, Ohio, and Neal Norwood, Topeka, Kans., and Loyd Norwood,
Mississippi.
NORWOOD, Harry Shelby The Pulaski Citizen 28 Aug 1968
Harry Shelby Norwood, 72, died Thursday, August 29, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Norwood, a World War I and World War II veteran, were
held Saturday afternoon, August 31, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in the Minor
Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late George Wesley and Minnie
Hughes Crabb Norwood.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edna Norwood of Minor Hill; three daughters,
Mrs. Truman Vernon and Mrs. Windell Storey of Pulaski and Mrs. Leon Williams of
Frankewing; four sons, Paul Norwood of Pulaski, Oliver Norwood of Morristown,
Mo., David Norwood of Trenton, N. J., and Odell Norwood of Peakin, Illinois; a
brother, Ottis Norwood of Evansville, Ind.; twenty five grandchildren; and five
great grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NORWOOD, James Garfield The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
James Garfield Norwood, 82, Giles County native, died at 5 o'clock Sunday
afternoon March 28, in Winter Garden, Fla., Hospital, several hours after
suffering a paralytic stroke that morning. Services were held on Wednesday
afternoon in Winter Garden Baptist Church, with the burial in that city.
Born January 5, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late J. H. Norwood
and Samantha Emmaline Davis Norwood. He attended Giles County schools and was a
member of Winter Garden Baptist Church. In Giles County, he was a timberman, and
since moving to Florida thirty-five years ago, had been a fruit grower.
His wife, Mrs. Zora Freeman Norwood, died eleven years ago.
Mr. Norwood is survived by two sons, George Norwood, Winter Garden, Fla., and
James Norwood, Orlando, Fla.; three daughters, Mrs. Roberta Ward and Misses
Thelma and Frances Norwood, all of Winter Garden; ten grandchildren; two
brothers, Van Norwood, Pulaski, Tenn., and Bruce Norwood, Winter Garden; and one
sister, Mrs. Clara Swindle, Birmingham, Ala.
NORWOOD, Joseph Mitchell The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Joseph Mitchell Norwood, 85, retired farmer of the Shores
section, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. W. C. Moorehead of Lynchburg, former pastor, and
the Rev. Elmer Howell, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mr. Norwood died at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, April 15, at Fairhaven
Nursing Home after a long illness.
Born February 21, 1878 in Giles County, he was the son of the late George and
Harriet Glover Norwood. His wife, Mrs. Edna Cates Norwood, died August 16, 1957.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church.
Mr. Norwood is survived by three sons, Joe Norwood, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
Miller E. Norwood, U. S. Army, stationed in Germany, and Lynn Norwood,
Goodspring; three daughters, Mrs. A. E. Chapman and Mrs. Cebron Nave,
Goodspring, and Mrs. Paul Gibson, Alcoa; twenty grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NORWOOD, Lillian Pearl The Pulaski Citizen 13 Aug 1969
Mrs. Lillian Pearl Norwood, 75, died Saturday, August 9, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Norwood, wife of the late Marion F. Norwood, were
conducted Monday afternoon, August 11, at 2 o'clock in the Minor Hill Church of
Christ with John Futrell and Edward Harper, Church of Christ ministers,
officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery. A native of Giles County, she
was born May 21, 1894, the daughter of the late Nathan A. and Betty Thomas
Warren. She was a member of the Minor Hill Church of Christ.
Survivors include eight sons, Warren Norwood, Nathan Norwood and Bill Norwood,
Minor Hill, Aubrey Norwood, Columbia, M. F. Norwood, Jr., West Virginia, Jim
Norwood, Pulaski, Donald Norwood, Cleveland, Ohio, and Thomas Norwood,
Murfreesboro; four daughters, Mrs. Hillard Kincaid and Mrs. L. D. Hendrix, both
of Minor Hill, Mrs. V. H. Burgess, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Harvey Harper, De
Ridder, La.; one brother, Porter Warren, Pulaski; thirty seven grandchildren;
and sixteen great grandchildren.
Bennett May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NORWOOD, Lois Lavonia Hughey The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Mrs. Lois Lavonia Norwood, 34, died Friday, October 13, in a Huntsville, Ala.,
hospital. Services were conducted on Saturday afternoon, October 14, at 2:00
o'clock, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
and Edwin Moore officiating.
Mrs. Norwood, a native of Lincoln County, was the daughter of Clarence B. and
Alene Curtis Hughey of Lincoln County.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Haskel Norwood,
Frankewing; five sisters, Mary Ellen Tipper, Mrs. Juell Adams, Mrs. Elaine
Moore, Fayetteville, Mrs. Joyce Norwood, Frankewing, and Mrs. Pattie Dorning,
Shelbyville; two brothers, Ernie Hughey, Delrose and Douglas Hughey,
Fayetteville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
NORWOOD, Myrtle Ophelia Noah The Pulaski Citizen 7 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Van Norwood, 70, Giles County native, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Oak
Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Norwood died Thursday, March 1, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Clarence Turner in Giles County after a long illness.
The former Miss Myrtle Ophelia Noah, she was born December 19, 1891, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late John Noah and Lula Noah. She was a member of
the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Norwood is survived by her husband, Van Norwood; five sons, Earl Norwood,
Chattanooga, Carl Norwood, Salem, Ohio, Van Allen Norwood, Crestline, Ohio, John
Norwood, California, and Larry Norwood, U. S. Navy; six daughters, Mrs. Turner,
Mrs. Irene Neely, Salem, Ohio, Mrs. Jean Mills, Lewisburg, Mrs. Joyce Bennett,
Ft. Collins, Colo., Mrs. Elsie Phillips, Delina, Tenn., and Mrs. Nellie Baker,
Cleveland, Ohio; thirty-four grandchildren; and twenty-four great-grandchildren;
three brothers, Howard Noah, Raymond Noah and Virgil Noah, all of Florida; and
two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Roland and Mrs. Ruby Richardson, both of Florida.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of the arrangements.
NORWOOD, Ollie Claude The Pulaski Citizen 28 Oct 1964
Funeral services for Ollie Claude Norwood, 72, resident of Hartselle, Ala., will
be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Oak Grove Baptist Church, conducted
by the Rev. Pat White. Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Born September 8, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Josiah
Norwood and Minta Davis Norwood.
Mr. Norwood is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dora Bell Norwood, Hammond, Ind.; four
sons, Paul Norwood, Hammond, Ind., O. L. Norwood, Los Angeles, Calif., and H. R.
Norwood and Ralph Norwood, Griffith, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Arlene Dunn,
Hammond, Ind., and Mrs. Marlene Hirtzer, Sarasota, Fla.; ten grandchildren;
three brothers, C. L. Norwood, Pulaski and J. G. Norwood and T. B. Norwood, both
of Winter Garden, Fla.; and one sister, Mrs. Clara Swindle, Birmingham, Ala.
NOAH, Robert A. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Aug 1962
Robert A. Noah, 81, former resident of Giles County, died on Friday, July 27, in
Denver, Colo., after a six months illness. Funeral services and burial took
place in Fort Collins, Colo., on Monday.
A native of Lincoln County, he was born January 31, 1881, but lived many years
in Giles County, moving to Fort Collins approximately 45 years ago.
Mr. Noah is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary L. Hardeman Noah, a native of
Pulaski; two sons, a sister, and three grandchildren, all of Fort Collins.
NOWLIN, Willie Hardin Pilkinton The Pulaski Citizen 23 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Hardin Pilkinton Nowlin, 72, mother of a Giles
County resident, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at North Funeral Home
in Lawrenceburg with the burial in the John Lay Cemetery at Ethridge. Mrs.
Nowlin died Saturday night at Lawrence County Hospital.
A native of Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Hardin and
Mollie Barnett Hardin. Her first husband, J. C. Pilkinton, died in 1955. She
married Floyd Nowlin in 1960. He survives.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Nowlin is survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Floyd May, Pulaski, Mrs. Kelly Collier and Mrs. Herman Benefield, both of
Ethridge, and Mrs. Everett Tarpley, Lawrenceburg; two sons, Calvin Pilkinton,
Auburndale, Fla., and Boyd Pilkinton, Lawrenceburg; twenty-two grandchildren and
twelve great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Lora Lee and Mrs. Sallie
Whitehead, both of Waynesboro, Mrs. Les Anderson, Hohenwald, and Mrs. Herschel
Nutt, Ethridge; and one brother, Jim Hardin, Detroit, Mich.
ODEN, Robert Lee The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Robert Lee Oden, 69, formerly of Brentwood, who died
Saturday night in Dade City, Fla., were held Monday in Dade City. Mr. Oden died
of a heart attack while attending a rodeo.
Born in Brentwood, he was the son of the late Dr. Solomon S. Oden and Molly
Oden. For several years he had made his home in Florida where he owned an orange
grove.
Mr. Oden is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethelyn Davis Oden; a foster-daughter,
Mrs. Glenn Noble, Brentwood; one sister, Mrs. Charles A. Howell, Pulaski; and
one brother, Marion F. Oden, Brentwood.
O'HORGAN, Leona Smith The Pulaski Citizen 27Jan 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Leona Smith O'Horgan, 67, Bethel resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Spry Funeral Home in Athens, Ala., with the
rites conducted by the Rev. R. R. Langston, pastor of Bethel Methodist Church.
Burial took place in the Legg Cemetery at Leggtown, Ala. Mrs. O'Horgan died
Friday, January 22, in Giles County Hospital following a four weeks illness.
Born September 15, 1897, at Leggtown, Ala., she was the daughter of the late
James Smith and Mattie Meals Smith. Her husband, Foster O'Horgan, died many
years ago.
She was a member of the Methodist Church. She had lived in Chicago, Ill., most
of her life, returning to Giles County about two years ago.
Mrs. O'Horgan is survived by one son, Tom O'Horgan, New York City; and three
sisters, Mrs. W. J. Randolph, Pulaski, Mrs. Otis Edmundson, Bethel in Giles
County, and Mrs. Ida Rogers, Akron, Ohio.
OLIVER, Collins The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Collins Oliver, about 75, funeral home director of Waco,
Texas, and a Giles County native, died Friday, August 9, in a nursing home in
that city, following a period of declining health. Rites took place in Waco.
Born and reared in the Pisgah community, he was the son of Mrs. Della McCormick
Oliver, now residing in Waco, and the late William M. Oliver. The Oliver family
moved to Waco several decades ago from this county. The family was associated
with the Compton Funeral Home in Waco for many years.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Oliver is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Oliver;
and one son, Bill Oliver, Waco.
OLIVER, Daniel Cliff The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1962
Daniel Cliff Oliver, 72, retired real estate dealer and native of Giles County,
died Monday morning, January 15, in Dallas, Texas, where he had lived for many
years. Funeral arrangements are pending but rites will take place in the Texas
city.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Capt. Lemuel Oliver
and Lizzie Shy Oliver. His second wife, Mrs. Bess Browning Bischoff Oliver, also
a native of Giles County, died in 1957.
Mr. Oliver is survived by three daughters; one son; and one step-son, Billy
Bischoff, all of Dallas; one brother, Ewing Oliver, Dallas, and five sisters,
Mrs. Fielding Harwell, Marshall, Mo., Mrs. L. K. Mackey and Mrs. J. Bowyer Bell,
both of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. C. B. Neely, Houston, Texas, and Mrs. S. P.
Bostick, Temple City, Calif.
OLIVER, Erle Wilkes The Pulaski Citizen 15 Sep 1965
Erle Wilkes Oliver, 89, native of Giles County, died in St. Louis, Mo., on
September 10. Services were held in that city.
Born November 25, 1875, in Pulaski, he was the son of the late Capt. and Mrs.
Lemuel Oliver.
Mr. Oliver is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Mills, St. Louis, Mo.;
four grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Charles B. Neely and Mrs. W. Fielding
Harwell, both of Houston, Texas, Mrs. John Bowyer Bell, Birmingham, Ala., and
Mrs. Samuel Bostick, Los Angeles, Calif; and one brother, H. Ewing Oliver,
Dallas, Texas.
OLIVER, George The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1961
George Oliver, 37, died Saturday, Jan. 7, from injuries received when a
heavy-duty tandem truck on which he was working slipped from supporting jacks
and fell on him. The accident occurred at a garage in Mt. Pleasant and Oliver
died en route to Maury County Hospital.
Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Monday at McDaniel Funeral Home in
Cornersville with the Rev. J. C. Eddings and G. C. Fox officiating, and burial
was in New Hope Cemetery at Cornersville.
Oliver was the son of Cy L. and Sarah Belle Liles Oliver of Lynnville.
Survivors, besides his parents, include his wife, Mrs. Mary Will Hargrove
Oliver; two sons, Eddie and Randy; two daughters, Judy and Marie, all of
Pulaski; four brothers, Dalton of Lynnville, John and Jimmy of Ohio, and Felix
of Montana; seven sisters, Mrs. Houston King of Frankewing, Mrs. James Ross of
Prospect, Mrs. Garland Stewart of Fayetteville, Mrs. Herbert Poole of Wyoming,
and Misses Sarah, Sue and Gay Lee of Lynnville.
OLIVER, W. Hugh The Pulaski Citizen 26 Mar 1969
W. Hugh Oliver, 76, died Sunday, March 23, in a hospital in Abilene, Texas.
Graveside services were held Wednesday morning, March 26, at 11 o'clock at
Pisgah Cemetery with the Rev. Norman Coke officiating.
Mr. Oliver was the son of the late John Harvey Oliver and Lizzie Osborne Oliver.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lila Owen Oliver; two brothers, Raymond Oliver
and Allen Oliver, both of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
OLIVER, Kathleen Hall The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1966
Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Kathleen Hall Oliver, wife of
Ewing Oliver, former Giles Countian, now of Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Oliver died Friday night, October 21 in a Dallas hospital, following an
extended illness.
Services were conducted on Monday, October 24 at 10:30 a. m. with burial in
Dallas.
She is survived by her husband.
OLIVER, Timmy Wayne The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1968
Timmy Wayne Oliver, infant son of Frank and Jane Watson Oliver died Monday,
December 2.
Graveside services were held Tuesday afternoon, December 3, at 1 o'clock in
Pisgah Cemetery.
Survivors in addition to his parents include two brothers, Daryl Ken and Mickey
Allen Oliver; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Watson; paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Frank F. Oliver, Marion, Ind.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
O'MALLY, Robert Gordon The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Robert Gordon O'Mally, 58, farmer of the Frankewing
section, were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. O'Mally died Friday morning,
September 9, at Giles County Hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born May 9, 1902, the son of the late C. N. B.
O'Mally and Roberta Woods O'Mally.
Mr. O'Malley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Lanier O'Mally; three
daughters, Miss Margie O'Mally, Mrs. Billy D. Hicks and Miss Nettie O'Mally,
Nashville; three sons, William Edward O'Mally, Frankewing, Howard Luther
O'Mally, Ethridge, and Robert Allen O'Mally, Nashville; four grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Schulman and Miss Mary O'Mally, Indiana; and one brother,
Willie O'Mally, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
O'MALLEY, Mary Louise The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1967
Miss Mary Louise O'Malley, 61, died Tuesday, April 25, in a Nashville Hospital.
Requim Mass will be conducted at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on
Thursday morning at 10:00 o'clock . Father Angelo Nobile will conduct the Mass.
Burial will be in Giles Memory Gardens.
Miss O'Malley, a native of Giles County, was born June 9, 1905, the daughter of
the late Cornelius and Roberta Wood O'Malley.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Kathleen Schlum of Seymore, Ind.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
O'MALLEY, William Emmett The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1966
William Emmett O'Malley, 72, retired farmer of the Friendship community died
Thursday, September 3, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted on Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with burial in Giles Memory Gardens. The
Rev. G. C. Self and Rev. Lloyd Hickman officiated.
Mr. O'Malley was born September 20, 1893, 1 native of Giles County and a
Methodist, was the son of the late Napoleon B. O'Malley and Roberta Woods
O'Malley.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bertie O'Malley; five daughters, Mrs. Edward
Allen, Mrs. Kenneth Beadle and Mrs. Fred Eslick, Giles County, Mrs. Joe Brown,
Franklin and Mrs. Van Harris, Nashville; two sons, Raymond and John O'Malley,
Giles County; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Schlum and Miss Mary O'Malley, Seymour,
Ind.; twenty-two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
O'NEAL, James Edwin The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
Funeral services for James Edwin O'Neal, 38, resident of Tullahoma for
approximately three months, having moved from Donelson, were held at 2:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. O'Neal died of infectious Hepatitis Friday
morning, December 6, in Queen City Infirmary at Tullahoma, following a period of
declining health.
Born March 9, 1925, at Aspen Hill, he was the so of Otis O'Neal and Mrs. Myrla
Grimes O'Neal of Aspen Hill.
In addition to his parents, Mr. O'Neal is survived by his wife, Mrs. Birdie Jane
Frazier O'Neal' one son, James Crawford O'Neal, Tullahoma; three brothers,
William O'Neal, Cookeville, Robert Morris O'Neal, Nashville, and Otis O'Neal,
Jr., Tampa, Fla.; and one sister, Mrs. William Mays Oakley, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
O'NEAL, Otis The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Otis O'Neal, 80, retired plumber of the Aspen Hill Community, died Wednesday,
October 4, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Friday, October 6, at 3:00 p. m., in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Chester Stevens officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. O'Neal, a native of Giles County, was born January 25, 1887, the son of the
late William and Mary Jackson Abernathy O'Neal.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Murler Grimes O'Neal; one daughter, Mrs.
William Oakley, Nashville; three sons, William C. O'Neal, Cookeville, Robert M.
O'Neal, Nashville, and Otis O'Neal, Jr., Tampa, Fla.; four grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Misses Lydia and Rebecca O'Neal, Pulaski, and
one brother, William O'Neal, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
O'NEAL, Robert Malone The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1963
Robert Malone O'Neal, 82, native Giles Countian, and well known educator, died
Friday, March 15, in a Clarksville hospital as the result of a heart ailment.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Clarksville and burial was in
Greenwood Cemetery there.
The son of the late William and Willie Malone Abernathy O'Neal, he was born in
Giles County on April 11, 1880.
He attended Vanderbilt University and in 1902 went to Montgomery County as a
teacher in the county school system. In 1907 he was named to the faculty of
Howell Elementary School, and soon after appointed principal of that school. He
served in the latter capacity, with the exception of a five year interval when
he was executive secretary of the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce, until his
retirement in 1948.
In 1961, Mr. O'Neal sold his home and lived a brief time with relatives in Giles
County, the returned to Clarksville to make his home with a nephew there.
He was a member of Madison Street Methodist Church, Clarksville, a charter
member and past president of the Clarksville Rotary Club, and a member of the
Chamber of Commerce and Philomatic Society.
His wife, Mrs. Bessie O'Neal, died in 1950.
ORR, Beulah and Effie Orr Hall The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jul 1962
Two former residents for the Giles-Marshall County line community of Bear Creek
were killed Friday, July 6, in an automobile collision in Newton, Georgia. Miss
Beulah Orr, 77, was reported to have been killed instantly, and her sister, Mrs.
Effie Orr Hall, 72, died enroute to a hospital in Albany, Ga.
According to reports, the two women were returning home from a church social
when they stopped at the gate in front of Mrs. Hall's driveway. An automobile
reportedly driven by the county sheriff, traveling at a high rate of speed,
struck the vehicle, knocking it about 90 feet. The sheriff's vehicle reportedly
traveled another 160 feet into Mrs. Hall's yard.
Both Miss Orr and Mrs. Hall lived in the Bear Creek Community on the county line
until a few years ago. Miss Orr, a teacher for about 20 years, also worked in
Washington, D. C., with the Bureau of the Census and the War Department (New
Department of Defense). She moved to Newton about two years ago. Mrs. Hall had
taught school in Georgia for about forty years.
Miss Orr was a member of the Bear Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
The two sisters were the daughters of the late, James Weir Orr and Nannie Gracey
Orr. Survivors include one brother, J. W. (Jamie) Orr of the Bear Creek
community; Mrs. Hall's son, C. O. Hall, Jr., Albany, Ga.; and her two
grandchildren.
Following joint services in Newton Sunday, Miss Orr's body was returned to
Lewisburg for further services Tuesday, July 10, and interment in Bryant
Cemetery, Mooresville. Mrs. Hall was buried by her husband, Curtiss O. Hall, who
died several years ago.
ORR, Zella Mae The Pulaski Citizen 3 May1961
Funeral services for Miss Zella Mae Orr, Nashville resident, were held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at First Baptist Church in Cornersville, conducted by
the Revs. Victor Brown, Frank Edwards and S. C. Wright. Burial took place in
Marshall County. Miss Orr died Saturday morning, April 29, at Vanderbilt
Hospital, Nashville, after a period of declining health.
Daughter of Lowry Orr of Lynnville, and the late Mrs. Ada Pickens Orr, she
formerly was employed by Genesco in Lewisburg and Nashville. A member of the
Cornersville Baptist Church, she also had served as a Sunday School teacher, and
was graduated from Columbia Business College.
In addition to her father; she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mack Ashton,
Lynnville; a half-sister, Miss Willie Grace Orr, Nashville; three brothers,
Edwin Orr, Nashville, Hugh Reed Orr, Columbia and Burney Orr, Lynnville.
OSBORNE, Albert L. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jun 1969
Albert L. Osborne, 86, died Saturday night, May 31, at the Ardmore Nursing Home.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, June 2, at 2 o'clock in the chapel
of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. William Suddarth officiating.
Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Osborne was born June 3, 1882. He was a retired
farmer.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Carter Hughes, Pulaski, Mrs. John Case,
Athens, Ala., and several nieces and nephews.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
OSBORNE, Floyd Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 8 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Floyd Campbell Osborne, 75, retired farmer and school bus
driver, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Lynnville Church of Christ.
Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Osborne died Thursday, December 2,
in Giles County Hospital.
Born October 10, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Wesley
Osborne and Louetta Coker Osborne. He was an elder in the Lynnville Church of
Christ.
Mr. Osborne had served as school bus driver for a period of twenty-three years.
Mr. Osborne is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Martin Osborne; four daughters,
Mrs. Mitchell Wright, Franklin, Mrs. John Hewitt, Lynnville, Mrs. Morton Tyree,
Nashville, and Mrs. Bobby Childers, Columbia; one son, Joe Osborne, Huntsville,
Ala.; fifteen grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Ott Cook, Lewisburg, Mrs. Henry
Hobbs, Mrs. John Hobbs and Mrs. Grady Head, Lynnville, and Mrs. Cameron Walker,
Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
OSBORNE, James Ollie The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
Funeral services for James Ollie Osborne, 63, retired Giles County merchant,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in McDaniel Funeral Home in
Cornersville, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Elmer James of Summertown
officiated. Mr. Osborne died Friday, February 26, in Gordon Hospital in
Lewisburg following a period of declining health.
Born September 30, 1901, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Wesley
Osborne and Lou Etta Coker Osborne. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He operated a grocery between Lynnville and Cornersville nineteen years.
Mr. Osborne is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile Sharp Osborne; one daughter,
Mrs. Raymond Adgent, Lynnville; one son, John Wendell Osborne, Lynnville; four
grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Johnny Hobbs, Mrs. Harry Hobbs and Mrs. Gray
Head, Lynnville; Mrs. O. F. Cook, Cornersville, and Mrs. Cameron Walker,
Columbia; and one brother, Floyd Osborne, Lynnville.
O'QUINN, Lura Moore The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Lura Moore O'Quinn, 91, native Giles Countian were
held Friday at Waycross, Ga., with burial in that city. Mrs. O'Quinn died on
Tuesday, June 21, at a private hospital in Atlanta, Ga. She had made her home
the past six years in Atlanta.
Born December 20, 1868, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
C. Moore and Martha Eugenia Arrowsmith Moore. She was the widow of John Henry
O'Quinn who died December 19, 1920.
Mrs. O'Quinn was a member of Westminister Presbyterian Church in Valdosta where
the family lived for a number of years.
Mrs. O'Quinn is survived by three sisters, Misses Gertrude and Susan Moore and
Mrs. Florence Biles, all of Nashville, and a number of nieces and nephews in
Giles County.
OVERTON, Harvey Reed Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1960
The Rev. Harvey Reed Overton, Jr., 38, died Thursday, August 18, at Gastonia, N.
C., hospital following an attack of phlebitis. Funeral services were conducted
at First Presbyterian Church in Gastonia on Saturday at 3:30 p. m. with Dr. H.
M. Moffett and the Rev. Ewell Nelson officiating. Burial was in Gaston Memorial
Park in that city.
A native of Pulaski, the Rev. Mr. Overton was the son of Mrs. Marye Wood Overton
of Pulaski and Harvey Reed Overton, Sr., of Prospect. He received his education
at Giles County High School, Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn., and Columbia
Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga., where he was awarded the Bachelor of
Divinity degree.
At the time of his death, he was serving his fifth year as pastor of First
Presbyterian Church in Hinesville, Georgia, and was Chaplin of the 48th Armored
Division, National Guard, holding the rank of Captain. He formerly had served as
pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Monticello, Ga. and First Presbyterian
Church of Douglas, Ga., also as assistant minister in Dothan, Ala., and as
supply pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski in 1949. He was a member
of the U. S. Army during World War II.
With his wife, the former Miss Annette McCarter of Gastonia, Mr. Overton was on
a vacation tour of eastern states when he became ill last week. The returned to
the North Carolina city, where he entered the hospital and lived for only a
short time.
Other survivors, besides his mother, father and wife, are three children, Mary
Anne, Robert Wood and Mark McCarter Overton, all of Hinesville.
OVERTON, Harvey Reed The Pulaski Citizen 11 Aug 1965
Harvey Reed Overton, 70, retired Prospect farmer, died Tuesday night, August 10,
in a Nashville hospital from a gunshot wound which was reportedly
self-inflicted. Mr. Overton had been in ill health for several years and left a
note to a sister stating his "pain had become unbearable."
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Prospect
Methodist Church, of which he was a member, by the Rev. William Arnold of
Elkmont, Ala., officiating, assisted by the Rev. Thomas Smith of Prospect.
Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery. Wilson Carter Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
A neighbor said that Mr. Overton called her to his home about noon Tuesday and
asked her to go to the nearby home of Wilson Carter, funeral director, and tell
him he was needed at the Overton home. When she had gone some 100 yards, she
heard the report of a .22 rifle as Mr. Overton fired a shot into his own head.
He was taken to Giles County Hospital for emergency treatment and then removed
to the Nashville hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Overton was born Nov. 25, 1894, the son of John
Thomas and Mattie Pettus Reed Overton.
Survivors include three brothers, Robert Overton of Akron, Ohio, Tom Overton of
Montgomery, Ala., and Andrew Overton of Paducah, Ky; four sisters, Mrs. Harris
Morris of Elkmont, Ala., Mrs. Walton Gray of Athens, Ala., Mrs. William Cook and
Mrs. Ben Mason, Jr., both of Nashville; and three grandchildren, Mary Anne, Bob
and Mark Overton of Gaston, N.C.
OVERTON, Mattie Reed The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. John Tom Overton, 91, Prospect resident were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Prospect Methodist Church. Rites were conducted by
the Rev. Jerald Champion of Elkmont, Ala. with the burial in Prospect Cemetery.
Mrs. Overton who was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ben Mason, Jr., in Nashville
died there Sunday afternoon, November 27, after an unexpected illness.
A native of Elkmont, Ala., she was the former Miss Mattie Reed, the daughter of
the late William M. Reed and Pamphelia Legg Reed, and was a member of the
Baptist Church.
She was the last member of her immediate family and was the widow of John Tom
Overton, who died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Overton is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Mason and Mrs. Bill Cook,
Nashville, Mrs. Harris Morris, Elkmont, Ala., Mrs. Walton Gray, Athens, Ala.;
four sons, Harvey Reed Overton, Prospect, Tom Overton, Montgomery, Ala., Bob
Overton, Akron, Ohio, and Andrew Overton, Paducah, Ky., and a number of
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
OVERTON, Robert Wood The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Robert Wood Overton, 12, grandson of Mrs. Marye Wood Overton, died at 8 o'clock
Monday morning, January 22, at his home in Gastonia, N. C., of a brain tumor
following a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted at Gastonia at 3 p. m. Wednesday, with burial in
that city.
Young Overton was the son of Mrs. Annette McCarter Overton and the late Rev.
Harvey Reed Overton, Jr., who died in 1960.
Survivors, in addition to his mother and grandmother, include a brother, Mark
McCarter Overton, and a sister, Mary Anne Overton, both of Gastonia.
OWEN, Frances Dyer The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Leslie Owen, 85, native Giles Countian, were held at 2
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Bethesda
Cemetery. Mrs. Owen died on Monday, December 4, in a Louisville, Ky., rest home
after a long illness.
Born August 20, 1876, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Frances Dyer, the
daughter of the late Zach Dyer and Sarah Carden Dyer. Her husband, Leslie Owen,
died fourteen years ago.
Mrs. Owen is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Milton Brown, Mrs. Ray Estep,
Pulaski, Mrs. R. C. Henderson, Lynnville, Mrs. H. C. Ambrosius, Louisville, Ky.,
Mrs Otha Russell, Cornersville and Mrs. Forrest Russell, Florida; two sons,
Robert Owen, Pulaski, and James Owen, Louisville, Ky.; a number of grandchildren
and great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs I. M. Rogers, Decatur, Ala.; and three
brothers, Rev Tom Dyer, Odessa, Mo., Will Dyer, Florida, and Taylor Dyer,
Dallas, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
OWEN, J. C. The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1968
J. C. Owen, owner of Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc., at Pulaski, died
unexpectedly at his home in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on Friday afternoon of a heart
attack. Funeral services were held on Monday at First Baptist Church, Poplar
Bluff, with burial in that city.
He was 72 years of age.
Mr. Owen established the Coca-Cola Bottling Works here about 1938, and for a
time following the construction of the new plant on Highway 64, maintained an
apartment here where he and his family lived on visits to Pulaski. He was last
in Pulaski about two weeks ago.
Mr. Owen is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lydia Owen; two sons, Dr. Robert F. Owen,
St. Louis, Mo., and John L. Owen, Lancaster, Pa.; a brother, Herman Owen, Poplar
Bluff; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Thompson, Mayfield, Ky., and Mrs. Rachel Beard,
Hardinsburg, Ky.; and three grandchildren.
OWEN, Laura Brewer The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1963
Mrs. Laura Brewer Owen, 80, of the McBurg community, died Sunday, June 30, in
Lincoln County Hospital following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held Monday at 3 o'clock at McBurg Church of Christ with
burial in Wright Cemetery.
Survivors include a son, Ples Owen of Lewisburg; a daughter, Mrs. Thurston
Robinson of Lincoln County; a brother, J. M. Brewer of Giles County; a sister,
Mrs. Annie Riner of Wartrace; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
OWENS, Delpha Jane Smith The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Delpha Jane Smith Owens, 83, mother of a local
resident, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at First Methodist Church in
Jamestown, Tenn., with the burial in Taylor Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Owens
died Friday morning, February 17, at Fentress County General Hospital after a
weeks illness.
Mrs. Owens is survived by four daughters, including Mrs. Chester A. Stephens,
Pulaski; two sons; a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and one
sister.
She was a member of the Methodist Church
OWENS, Mary Lou Angus The Pulaski Citizen 20 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Angus Owens, 77, resident of the Rich
Community, will be held at 10 o'clock on Friday morning at Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home in Columbia. Burial will take place in Lynnwood Cemetery at
Lynnville. Mrs. Owens died unexpectedly early Wednesday morning, February 20, at
her home after a period of declining health.
She was the daughter of the late J. F. Angus and Lou Carpenter Angus, and was a
member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Owens is survived by her husband, W. H. Owens; one son, Herman Owens, Rich;
one daughter, Mrs. Amon Thurman, Southport, Maury County; and several
grandchildren.
OWENS, Mary Octavia The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Octavia Owens, 89, former resident of the
Appleton Community, were held at 2 o'clcock Thursday afernoon at Appleton Church
of Christ, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with the burial in Appleton
Cemetery. Mrs. Owens died at 11:10 o'clock Tuesday night, August 6, at Giles
County Hospital where she was a patient for three weeks.
She was born Feb. 10, 1874, in Lauderdale County, Ala. She was the wifow of Sam
Owens who died several years ago.
Mrs. Owens, a member of the Puncheon Church of Christ, is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Martha Wade, Minor Hill, with whom she had made her home in
recent years, Mrs. Lillie Davis, Lester, Ala., and Mrs. Minnie Jones, Five
Points: three sons, Sam Owens, Athens, Ala; Russell Owens, Minor Hill, and
Johnny Owens, Leoma; thirty grandchildren; sixty great-grandchildren, and six
great-great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
OWENS, William Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1961
Funeral services for William Clarence Owens, 55, employee of the American Pencil
Company in Lewisburg, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Owens died at 10
o'clock Monday night, July 10, at a Nashville hospital after a brief illness.
Born March 17, 1906, in Alabama, he was the son of Mrs. Octavia Jones Owens of
Pulaski and the late Sam Owens. Mr. Owens had lived in Pulaski for a number of
years but had lived in Lewisburg for the past nine years. He was a member of the
Church of Christ.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Owens is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lelier Mae
Bailey Owens; three sons, Fred Owens, Pulaski, John Owens, Fayetteville, and
Charles Owens, Lewisburg; one daughter, Mrs. Alton Hazlett, Nashville; eight
grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Hollis Wade and Mrs. Mack Davis, Giles
County, and Mrs. Robert E. Jones, Lawrenceburg; and three brothers, Russell
Owens, Giles County, Sam Owens, Athens, Ala., and John Owens, Lawrence County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
OWINGS, Mary Elizabeth Flautt The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Flautt Owings, 84, retired teacher and
widow of Allison Owings, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at First
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Wallace Carr, pastor of the church.
Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Owings died unexpectedly at 7
o'clock on Wednesday night, January 4, after a period of declining health.
Born October 26, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jack D.
Flautt, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Her husband, Allison
Owings, died eleven years ago.
Mrs. Owings is survived by one sister, Mrs. Sam H. Woodward, Pulaski; two
brothers, Meredith Flautt, Nashville, and Joe H. Flautt, Mentone, Ala.; one
step-daughter, Mrs. Chesley Morris, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and one step-son, Joe
A. Owings, Berkeley, Ida.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PAGE, Dave The Pulaski Citizen 17 May 1961
Funeral services for Dave Page, 74, retired farmer of the Fourteenth Civil
District, were held at one o'clock Sunday afternoon at Liberty Hill Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Cleo Bunt of Lawrence
County. Burial took place in the John Lay Cemetery at Ethridge. Mr. Page died
Friday, May 12, at his home in the Liberty Hill Community after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late George Page and Jane Faught
Page.
Mr. Page is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Brown Page; two sons, Willie J.
Page, Ethridge, and David Ray Page, Nashville; two daughters, Mrs. Lelia
Hickman, Sidney, Ohio, and Mrs. Leonard Dickey, Ethridge; nine grandchildren;
three brothers, Charlie Page, Florida, Johnnie Page, Columbia, and Tom Page,
Ethridge; and three sisters, Mrs. Annie James, Ethridge, Mrs. Lucile Hammonds,
Marlin, Texas, and Mrs. Ella Mae Tidwell, Chicago, Ill.
PAGE, Samuel Houston The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Samuel Houston Page, 69, farmer of the Liberty Hill
section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Liberty Hill Baptist Church,
conducted by Rev. Malcolm White and Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in
Rose Hill Cemetery in the Nineteenth Civil District of Giles County. Mr. Page
died Thursday night, August 4, in Giles County Hospital after an extended
illness.
Mr. Page is survived by two sisters, Miss Katie Page, Ethridge, and Mrs. Lucy
Thompson, Little Rock, Ark.
PAISLEY, Effie Tidwell The Pulaski Citizen 18 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Effie Tidwell Paisley, 83, widow of J. Edd Paisley,
were held at 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon at First Presbyterian Church with the
rites conducted by the pastor of the church, the Rev. R. Neal Dean. Burial took
place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Paisley died on Saturday
morning, April 14, at the home of a cousin, Mrs. Roy W. Clarke, Sr., in
Nashville, after a period of declining health.
Born November 27, 1878, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
Polk Tidwell and Lucy Fry Tidwell. She had been a member of First Presbyterian
Church for fifty years, following membership in the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Her husband, J. Edd Paisley, died August 2, 1948.
Mrs. Paisley is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Edith Todd and Mrs. Emmett
Hendrickson, Pulaski, and Mrs. C. A. Moss, Williamsburg, Ky.; one son, J. Edd
Paisley, Chicago, Ill.; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and
one half-sister, Mrs. Lena T. Alexander, Donelson, Tenn.
PAISLEY, John Robert (Bob) The Pulaski Citizen 17 May 1961
Funeral services for John Robert (Bob) Paisley, 80, well-known Giles Countian,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in
Columbia with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia. Mr. Paisley died
unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage Friday afternoon, May 12, at his home in
Columbia where he had made his home for a number of years.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late John Paisley and Mary Horne
Paisley. He was a retired farmer and livestockman.
Mr. Paisley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maude Murphy Paisley; one son, John
Robert Paisley, Jr.; and one grandson, all of Columbia; one brother, Luther E.
Paisley, Campbellsville; and one sister, Mrs. Birdie P. Smithson, Pulaski.
PAISLEY, Luther E. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Luther E. Paisley, retired farmer and stockman of
Campbellsville, will be held at one o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Neal Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian
Church. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Paisley died at 2
o'clock Wednesday morning, August 28, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Birdie P.
Smithson, on South First Street in Pulaski, after a long illness.
Born December 14, 1880, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Milton
Paisley and Mary Elizabeth Horne Paisley. He was a member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Paisley, in addition to the one sister, Mrs. Smithson, is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Maggie Collins Paisley, Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARDON, Annie Belle Bevels The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Belle Bevels Pardon, 63, Bunker Hill resident,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home conducted by the
Rev. J. W. McCullough and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Pardon died at 6:45 on Thursday evening, July 6, at
Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born June 27, 1898, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Bevels and Mary Sue Bevels Bevels. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Pardon is survived by ten sons, Elbridge and John Pardon, Giles County,
Dean Pardon, Lewisburg, Thurman, Thomas, and Brown Pardon, Lincoln County, Carl
Pardon, Nashville, Howard and Horace Pardon, Chicago, Ill., and Speer Pardon, U.
S. Navy; six daughters, Miss Lois Pardon, Mrs. Noble Holley, Mrs. Billy C.
Jarrett, Mrs. William Oliver, Mrs. Marion Edwards and Mrs. Joe Sumners, all of
Giles County; twenty-two grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two brothers,
Erskine Bevels and William Bevels, both of Lincoln County; six sisters, Mrs.
Rosa Mitchell, Mrs. John Fly, Mrs. Sam Moore, Giles County, Mrs. Ike Foster, and
Mrs. Atha Mitchell, Lincoln County, and Mrs. Ira Hogan, Limestone County, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARDON, William Forrest The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1963
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for William Forrest Pardon, 75, retired
Bunker Hill farmer, who died at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, May 14, at Giles
County Hospital.
Born February 22, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Forrest
Pardon and Nancy Warren Pardon. His wife, Mrs. Annie Bell Bevels Pardon, died
two years ago.
Mr. Pardon is survived by ten sons, Howard, Elbridge and John Pardon, Giles
County, Horace Pardon, Chicago, Ill., Dean Pardon, Lewisburg, Thurman, Thomas
and Brown Pardon, Lincoln County, Carl Pardon, Nashville and Speer Pardon,
Alaska; six daughters, Miss Lois Pardon, Pulaski, Mrs. Noble Holley, Mrs. Billy
C. Jarrett, Mrs. William Oliver, Mrs. Marion Edwards, and Mrs. Joe Sumners, all
of Giles County; twenty-five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1963
Funeral services for William Forrest Pardon, 75, retired Bunker Hill farmer,
were held at one o'clock on Friday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home with the
rites conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery.
PARDUE, Robert E. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Nov 1965
Robert E. Pardue, 70 odd years of age, husband of a Giles County native, died on
Thursday, October 23, in a Nashville hospital after a long illness. Funeral
services were held in Roesch, Williams and Patton Funeral Home, with the burial
in Spring Hill Cemetery in that city.
Mr. Pardue is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sophia Ross Pardue; and several nieces
and nephews.
PARK, Gladys McElhiney The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys McElhiney Park, 47, native of Giles County, and
former resident of Nashville, were held Tuesday, April 26, in Pettus-Owen-Wood
Funeral Home in Nashville with the burial in the McElhiney private family
cemetery at Tennessee City in Dickson County. Mrs. Park died at 3:30 Monday
morning, April 25, in the Savannah Hospital, Savannah, Tenn., after a lengthy
illness.
Born in April of 1919, in Giles County, she was the daughter of John Oscar
McElhiney of Wales and the late Nina Zinn McElhiney.
In addition to her father, Mrs. Park is survived by one son, Harold Vaughn Park,
Savannah; two grandchildren; three brothers, Ray McElhiney, Wales, Clark Eugene
McElhiney, Fairview in Williamson County, and Edward Ashley McElhiney,
California; and three sisters, Mrs. Alma Robinson, Indian Springs, Nev., Mrs.
Nell West, Louisiana, and Mrs. Ida May Ledeux, Fairview, Williamson County.
McELHINEY, John Oscar The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1966
John Oscar McElhiney, 77, died Friday, Dec. 9 at Giles County Hospital. Funeral
services were held Sat., Dec. 10 at Jason's Chapel in Dickson County with burial
in McElhiney Cemetery in Dickson County.
A retired railroad man, he was a native of Dickson County, son of the late
Robert and Sophia Lee McElhiney.
Survivors include three sons: Raymond of Wales, Clark of Nashville, Everette of
California; three daughters, Mrs. Joe Robinson of Indian Springs, Nevada, Mrs.
Robert West of Leesville, La.; five sisters, Mrs. Rilla Barnes of Athens, Ohio,
Mrs. Ann Roberts, Dickson, Tenn., Mrs. Ella King, Dickson, Mrs. Margaret Brazell
of Ohio, Mrs. Martha Manley of Dickson, Tenn.; 16 grandchildren, 9
great-grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
PARK, Hazel Gregory The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Gregory Park, 55, wife of Claude R. Park, will
be held at one o'clock Thursday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church, Pulaski. Burial
will take place in the Park Cemetery at Elkton. Mrs. Park died at 11:45 o'clock
Tuesday morning, January 8, at her home in Donelson.
Mrs. Park, in addition to her husband, is survived by six sons,, Tom Park,
Harvey Park, Macon, Ga., Joe Park, San Diego, Calif., Terry Park, Lawton Park
and Kenneth Park, Donelson; four daughters, Mrs. Barbara McPierson, Danville,
Va., Mrs. Larry Reed, Jr., Macon, Ga., Mrs. Joseph E. Swift, Lake Worth, Fla.,
and Miss Jane Park, Donelson; her mother, Mrs. Della Gregory, Lexington, Ala.;
three brothers, Lawton Gregory, Oak Ridge, Roy Gregory, Jackson, and Ligon G.
(Buster) Gregory, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. S. C. Athey, Montgomery, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARK, Ladye Clark The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Ladye Clark Park, 60, native Giles Countian, were held
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at Cosmopolitan Funeral Home in Nashville. Burial
took place in Wilkes Cemetery in Culleoka. Mrs. Park died on Monday, December
24, at her Nashville home.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Arrow Clark
and Myrtle Harwell Clark. Her husband, Hazel Park, a Maury Countian, died a few
years ago.
There were no immediate survivors. Mrs. C. N. Stevenson, Columbia and Mrs.
Bensie Johnson, Nashville, were aunts.
PARKER, Arch Waters The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Arch Waters Parker, 61, farmer of the Eleventh Civil
District, wer e held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home
with Gilbert W. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ, officiating.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Parker died of a heart attack
Thursday, December 5, at his home.
Born December 24, 1901, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Q. T. Parker
and Mary Etta Hogan Parker. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Parker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lurene White Parker; one daughter, Mrs.
Myrl Keene, Lynnville; one grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. H. W. White and Mrs.
M. S. Merritt, Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARKER, Charlie Massey The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Charlie Massey Parker, 87, a bachelor and a native of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Mt. Zion Methodist Church
in Giles County's
Fourth Civil District (*This is Lawrence County's Third Civil District.), with
the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Parker, a retired farmer, died at one
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, July 14, at his home on Steadman Ridge, the county
line between Giles and Lawrence County.
Born March 18, 1877 at Campbellsville, he was the son of the late Zachariah
Parker and Jane McClusky Parker. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
There were no immediate survivors.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARKER, Elwood Stacy III The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1967
A 13-year-old Huntsville, Ala., boy, Elwood Stacy Parker, III, formerly of
Pulaski, was killed Thursday afternoon when he came in contact with high voltage
wires in a tree on the front line of his home.
Funeral services were conducted at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Laughlin
Funeral Home in Huntsville, with graveside services and burial at Mt. Moriah
Cemetery in Giles County later that day. The Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiated.
Young Parker, known to family and friends as "Woody" was the son of Mrs. Ruby
Kelly Parker and the late Elwood Stacey Parker, Jr. He was born in Giles County
on Aug. 2, 1954.
The accident reportedly occurred while Woody and a friend were climbing the
large tree in the family yard and the boy touched electric lines running through
the limbs.
Surviving in addition to his mother, are a brother, Michael Lee Parker of
Huntsville; three sisters, Mrs. Peggy Ann Dollins of New Orleans, LA.; Mrs.
Beverly Kay Hillis and Miss Evelyn Parker, both of Huntsville; the maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Leroy Kelly, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Laura Parker of the Bodenham Community.
PARKER, James Peden Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1960
Funeral services for James Peden Parker, Sr., 67, retired farmer of Pulaski,
were held at 3 o'clock at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Parker
died Sunday morning, September 11, at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, after an
extended illness.
Born December 8, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late J. Allison
Parker and Edna Peden Parker.
Mr. Parker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Shirley West Parker; three sons, James
P. Parker, Jr., Victor H. Parker and Edward A. Parker, Pulaski; one daughter,
Mrs. Everett Martin, Pulaski; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren;
one brother, Gilbert Parker, McBurg; and one sister, Mrs. Cecil McCracken,
McBurg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARKER, Katie Murphy The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
Mrs. Katie Parker, 76, died Tuesday, April 29, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday morning, May 1, at 10:30 o'clock in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Maury County, Mrs. Parker was born July 16, 1892, the daughter of
the late William and Ella Carter Murphy.
Survivors include her husband, Hershel Lee Parker, Route 5, Lawrenceburg; one
son, Wendell Parker, Lawrenceburg; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Marshall Parker, Wales; and one brother, Robert Murphy, Flint,
Mich.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARKER, Laura Emma Compton The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969
Mrs. Laura Emma Parker, 87, died Friday, January 24, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Parker, wife of the late Elwood S. Parker, were held
Sunday afternoon, January 26, at 1:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home with Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial
was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, Mrs. Parker was born April 22, 1881, the daughter of
the late A. J. Compton and Emma Alsup Compton.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. English Brashears; five grandchildren; and
three great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARKER, Louise Owens The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Mrs. Gil Parker, 56, of Route 1, Frankewing, was killed Monday night, Feb. 5, in
a three-car pileup on Highway 64 at western city limits of Fayetteville. She was
pronounced dead on arrival at Lincoln County Hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1 p. m. at Ralston Funeral Home
in Fayetteville, with the Rev. Robert Whitsett officiating. Burial will be in
Wright Cemetery in Lincoln County.
Mrs. Parker was a passenger in an automobile driven by her husband, Gil Parker,
65, who was admitted to Lincoln County Hospital with broken ribs and
lacerations. He is reportedly recovering satisfactorily.
Also injured were Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Solomon of Route 5, Pulaski, occupants of
one of the three cars involved in the accident, and five passengers in the third
vehicle.
Mrs. Josephine Cowan, 25, of near Fayetteville, was the driver of the automobile
which crashed into the rear of the Solomon car, which had stopped waiting to
make a left turn, and was then thrown into the path of the oncoming car driven
by Mr. Parker, according to Fayetteville Police Patrolman Clifford Counts.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Massey and son, Ricky and Mrs. Massey's mother, Mrs. Sarah
Berryhill, all passengers of the Cowan car, suffered multiple injuries.
Mrs. Parker, a resident of the McBurg community in Lincoln County, was born
Sept. 18, 1903 in Giles County. She was the former Miss Louise Owens, daughter
of W. H. and Mary Lou Angus Owens of the Rich community, who survives. She was a
member of the Methodist Church.
Other survivors include a son, Billy Parker; a daughter, Mrs. Everett Clark; and
three grandchildren; all of McBurg; one brother, Herman Owens of Lynnville, and
one sister, Mrs. Amon Thurman of Southport in Maury County.
PARKER, Mary Lou Holley The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
A young Pulaski mother of two was killed in an automobile accident on Herman
Nelson Highway between Huntsville and Ardmore as she was returning with her
family from Huntsville Friday night about 10 p. m.
Mrs. James C. Parker, 29, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brown Holley and driver of
the car, was dead on arrival at a Huntsville hospital where she was taken
following the accident, which occurred after she hit a stray cow wandering on
the highway. The impact caused the car lights to be extinguished and she
alighted from the automobile to investigate. As she stood on the highway,
another car headed in the same direction appeared and struck her as she stepped
from her own unlighted car. It was presumed that she was killed instantly.
Mrs. Parker who had driven to Huntsville earlier to pick up her husband from
work, was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Holley and her two daughters, but none
of the other occupants were hurt.
The name of the driver of the automobile which hit Mrs. Parker was not
available, since the accident was investigated by Alabama State Troopers, but it
is known that he stopped as soon as it occurred to talk with the family.
Funeral services were held at Bennett-May Funeral Chapel on Tuesday afternoon at
2 o'clock, the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart, pastor of First Baptist Church
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Parker was a native of Giles County, a graduate of Giles County High
School, and was an employee of Lee-Mar Shirt Factory at the time of her death.
She was a member of First Baptist Church.
Her parents are E. Brown and Irene Watson Holley of Pulaski, who survive. In
addition to her parents and her husband, she is survived by two daughters,
Sophia Lynn and Holly Lee, a brother, Sonny Holley, Pulaski, and a sister, Mrs.
Peggy Gernert, Trenton, New Jersey.
PARKER, Myrtle Arney The Pulaski Citizen 15 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Arney Parker, 83, resident of Meridian, Miss.,
for several years, were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Parker
died on Tuesday, December 7, in Meridian.
Born September 7, 182, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Dan
Arney and Zora McWhirter Arney. Her husband, Cleve Parker, died July 2, 1953.
Mrs. Parker is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Robbins, Meridian, Miss.;
three sons, Arney Parker, Giles County, and Samuel Parker and Eugene Parker,
both of Detroit, Mich.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; three
half-sisters, Mrs. Alene Lanier, Frankewing, Mrs. Sayre Slauson, Fort
Lauderdale, Ala., and Mrs. Lelia Reed, Fayetteville; and two half-brothers,
Horace Arney and Clifford Arney, both of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARKER, Porter Leroy The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Porter Leroy Parker, 74, retired farmer of the Lynnville
section, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pleasant Valley Methodist
Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Jesse C. Williams, pastor of the
church, and the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway, former pastor. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Parker died Sunday morning, July 10, at his home on the
Columbia Highway after a period of declining health.
Born October 8, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John H. Parker
and Sallie Carpenter Parker. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley Methodist
Church.
His wife, Mrs. Sallie Petty Parker, died several years ago.
Mr. Parker is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William Wells, Lynnville, and Mrs.
Charles W. Martin, Pulaski; four grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. M. A.
Smith, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARKER, Samuel Q. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
Samuel Q. Parker, 55, died Sunday, September 25, in Lincoln Park, Mich. Funeral
services were conducted on September 28, at 10 a. m. in the chapel of Peters
Funeral Home in Lincoln Park.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Cleveland and Myrtle Arney
Parker.
Mr. Parker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virgie Longvette Parker; one daughter,
Mrs. Arthur Boulch of Trenton, Mich.; two brothers, Eugene Parker of Detroit,
Mich., and Arney Parker of Giles County; one sister, Mrs. W. B. Robbin of
Meredian, Miss., and two grandchildren.
PARKER, Thomas Harold The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Thomas Harold Parker, 46, Bodenham farmer, were held at 11
o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. R.
E. Stevenson and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery.
He died Monday morning, March 7, of a heart attack at his home following a heart
ailment.
Born February 11, 1920, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Stella Rich
Parker Franklin of Pulaski and the late Thomas P. Parker. He was a member of the
Mt. Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Parker, in addition to his mother, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Willa Luna
Parker; one son, Thomas Harold Parker, Jr.; one grandchild, all of Bodenham; and
his step-father, O. A. Franklin.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARKES, Frances The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1960
Word has been received here of the death at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night,
November 30, of Frances Parkes, six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Long
Parkes of Albuquerque, N. M., following an operation on Monday of that week. The
child succumbed to a heart attack.
Funeral rites and burial took place there.
In addition to the parents, the child is also survived by two brothers, Steve
and David; two sisters, Cindy and Virginia; the grandmother, Mrs. Virginia Long
Parkes, Pulaski; and the great grandmother, Mrs. John T. Long, Pulaski.
PARKS, James Dee The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1966
James Dee Parks, 82, retired Marshall County farmer, died Tuesday, July 26, in
Leonard's Hospital in Lewisburg.
Services will be at 2:00 today, July 27, at Daniel's Funeral Home in
Cornersville with burial in the Wilson Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Parks was born in February, 1884, and is survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Louise Campbell and Mrs. Mary Hastings, Shelbyville, Mrs. Jennie Mai Averitt,
College Grove, and Mrs. Lucille McCord, Lewisburg; four sons, Robert Parks and
Cecil Parks, Mooresville community, Sidney Parks of Lynnville and Will Ed Parks,
U. S. Navy, Escondido, Calif.; seventeen grandchildren and one great-grandchild;
one sister, Mrs. Zana Brashears and one brother, Everett Parks, both of Pulaski.
PARKS, Laura Moore Dunnavint The Pulaski Citizen 5 Sep 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Moore Dunnavint Parks, 71, resident of the Aspen
Hill section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by Tommy Vernon and Gilbert Shaffer, Church of Christ ministers.
Burial took place in the Cash Point Cemetery in Lincoln County. Mrs. Parks died
Thursday, August 29, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. Ottie Reese at Aspen
Hill.
Born October 18, 1890, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
James Dunnavint and Mary Alice Smith Dunnavint. Twice married, her first
husband, a Mr. Luna, died many years ago; and her second husband, Walter Parks,
died in 1956.
Mrs. Parks is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. Beulah Goodman and Mrs.
Hallie Johns, Pulaski, and Mrs. Florence Ray, Round Rock, Texas; a son by her
previous marriage, James Hardin Luna, Lewisburg; a step-daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane
Newton, Pulaski; a step-son, Thomas Parks, Pulaski; seventeen grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren., and one brother, Marvin Dunnavint, Franklin.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARKS, W. Everette The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1966
Funeral services for W. Everette Parks, 67, who died November 4, in Giles County
Hospital after suffering a heart attack, were conducted on Sunday afternoon,
November 6, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Andrew
Brown and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Parks was a native of Giles County, the son of the late Billy and Mary
Moffit Parks. He was born June 20, 1899.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nannie Mae Porterfield Parks; one daughter,
Mrs. Thomas Hamlett, Wayne, Mich.; four grandchildren and eleven
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Lanna Boshers, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARR, Lester B. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1968
Lester B. Parr, 70, died Friday, December 13, at his home on Route 1, Ethridge.
Funeral services for Mr. Parr were held Saturday afternoon, December 14, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Burial was in New Hope Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Parr was born January 5, 1898, the son of the late
Walter Parr and Dora Weatherman Parr.
Survivors include one brother, W. M. Parr, of Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARR, Marvin Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 2 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Rev. Marvin Wesley Parr, 65, minister of the East Hill
Church of God, and a carpenter, were held at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at
McBurg Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. N. J. Jones of Winchester and the
Rev. J. W. McCullough of Bunker Hill, Church of God ministers. Burial took place
in the Wright Cemetery at McBurg. Mr. Parr who had been critically ill the past
month, died at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Giles County Hospital.
Born June 27, 1894, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Will Parr and
Eula Thornton Parr. He had lived at McBurg until twelve years ago when he moved
to Pulaski.
Mr. Parr is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Beddingfield Parr; one daughter,
Mrs. Charlie Bevels, Pulaski; one son, Will Aubrey Parr, Cedar Grove; four
grandchildren; and two brothers, Marlin (Bud) Parr, McBurg, and Olan Parr,
Columbus, Ga.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARSONS, Fannie Lee Flowers The Pulaski Citizen 6 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. J. T. Parsons, 76, resident of the Blooming Grove
Community, were held at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, the Rev.
Marshall D. Moss, a former pastor, and the Rev. James Martin, pastor. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Parsons died Monday afternoon, October 4,
at her home following a long illness.
Born August 22, 1889, in Hickman County, she was the former Miss Fannie Lee
Flowers, daughter of the late Dr. D. W. Flowers and Mollie Hunter Flowers. She
was a member of Blooming Grove Methodist Church.
Mrs. Parsons is survived by her husband, the Rev. James T. Parsons, retired
Methodist minister; and one sister, Mrs. Y. J. Harvill, Brandon, Miss.
PARSONS, Henry Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Henry Thomas Parsons, 44, Giles County Highway Employee,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Parsons died Sunday night, March 6, in Giles
County Hospital.
A single man, he was born September 11, 1921 in Giles County.
Mr. Parsons is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Cole Parsons; one brother,
Edward Parsons, Powell Chapel Road; and one sister, Mrs. Gerald McCarley, Berea.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARSONS, John Lee The Pulaski Citizen 20 May 1964
Funeral services for John Lee Parsons, 74, retired farmer of Buchanan Creek
section, were held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Rev.Gerald Hattle. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Parsons died Thursday, May 14, at Giles County Hospital following a heart
ailment.
Born November 2, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Sherrell
Parsons and Martha Mason Parsons. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Parsons is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mura Petty Parsons; one son, Robert
Lee Parsons; three grandchildren; one brother, Rev. J. T. Parsons; and one
sister, Miss Sadie Parsons, all of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARSONS, Lois Scales The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lois Parsons, 81, who died Monday night at the home of
her son, William S. Parsons, in the Tarpley Shop Community, were conducted today
(Wednesday) at Pulaski Funeral Home at 3 o'clock . Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Parsons was born March 23, 1883, the daughter of William Richard Scales and
Hatcher Brown Scales. She was married to William Earl Parsons who died in 1952.
She was a native Giles Countian and a member of Rehoboth Methodist Church.
Survivors include two other sons, Brown Parsons of Pulaski and James Parsons of
Okeechobee, Fla.; one brother, Robert Scales of Texas; one sister, Mrs. J. H.
Hopkins of Pulaski; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARSONS, Sarah Jane The Pulaski Citizen 24 Mar 1965
Mrs. Sarah Jane Parsons, 76, died Thursday in Maury County Hospital from burns
she received that morning at her home in Columbia. She was a native of Alabama
and had resided in the Beech Hill Community of Giles County for many years
before the death of her husband, Clarence Parsons, in 1959.
Funeral services were conducted at Bradshaw Baptist Church at 2 o'clock Saturday
with the Rev. Lloyd Hickman and the Rev. William S. Stone officiating. Burial
was in the Bradshaw Cemetery.
Members of the family said it was thought that a flannel jacket Mrs. Parsons was
wearing became ignited from a top-stove burner. She apparently attempted to
extinguish the blaze wit water and then rolled on a bed in her effort to smother
the flames. The mattress caught fire and smoke from it attracted the attention
of a passerby. In the meantime, Mrs. Parsons, who was alone in the house, ran to
the front porch and collapsed there. The house was not damaged.
Born April 1, 1888, she was the daughter of the late William and Nancy Kate
Kuntz Sweeney.
Survivors include a son, Clarence Parsons of Columbia; a daughter, Mrs. Pink
Griggs of Cornersville; fifteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PARSONS, William Cason The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jan 1963
Funeral services for William Cason Parsons, 83, Giles County native, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Coles and Walter Funeral Home in
Goodlettsville, with the burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Parsons died on
Tuesday morning, December 25, at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, after a short
illness.
Born July 15, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of Newton Parsons and
Victoria Ann Pamplin Parsons. He was a member of the Baptist Church. His wife,
Mrs. Elma Pamplin Parsons, died two years ago.
Mr. Parsons is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jessie Bowers, Nashville; four
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Ella Hardiman,
Pulaski.
PATE, Ernest The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Ernest Pate, 75, farmer of the Berea community, died Monday, January 22, in
Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Pate were held at 1 p. m. Wednesday, January 24, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Revs. Henry Cortner and Mack
Pinkelton, officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Pate was born January 16, 1893, the son of the
late Nathan R. and Ella Evans Pate.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Avy Davidson Pate; two daughters, Mrs. J. C.
Inman, Columbia, Mrs. Donald Lopp, Fairbanks, Alaska; one son, Lovell Evans
Pate, Nashville; one sister, Mrs. L. M. Portress, Pulaski; one brother, Jesse
Pate, Lynnville, and eight grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PATTERSON, Cornelia and Margie Idenia Ables The Pulaski Citizen 29 Dec 1965
A mother and daughter, both Giles County natives, were fatally injured early
Monday, Dec. 27, in a wreck on Highway 31 just north of the Stiversville
community in Maury County.
Mrs. Cornelia Patterson, 72, of Pulaski and her daughter, Mrs. Margie Idenia
Ables, 42, of Nashville, were dead on arrival at Maury County Hospital following
the 6 a. m. accident involving the car driven by Mr. Ables and another which was
being towed by a Boaz, Ala., man, Roger Dale Woods, 18.
Mr. Ables was admitted to Maury County Hospital with severe head lacerations and
a daughter, Pamela, age one, and Mrs. Ables' son by a previous marriage, David
Roscoe Clark of Pulaski, were treated and released. Woods was reportedly not
seriously injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Ables had been visiting relatives here during the Christmas
holidays and were returning to Nashville, accompanied by their children and Mrs.
Patterson, when the accident occurred.
Joint funeral services for the two women were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock at Bennett-May Chapel with the Rev. Dean Pardon and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Patterson, the widow of Flournoy Patterson, was born in Giles County on
July 21, 1893. She was a member of the Church of God.
Survivors include two sons, James and Joe Barnes of Nashville; eleven
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Ables, daughter of the late Bud Barnes and Cornelia Griggs Barnes
Patterson, was born Aug. 16, 1923, and had lived most of her life in Giles
County, she was a Baptist.
Besides her husband, Cletus Ables, daughter, Pamela Ables, son, David Clark, and
the two brothers, Joe and James Barnes, she is survived by another son, Charles
Barnes of Pulaski; two other sisters, Mrs. Mary Frances Newton and Miss Linda
Sue Clark of Giles County; and six grandchildren.
PATTERSON, Georgie Elder The Pulaski Citizen 25 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Joe M. Patterson, Jr., 89, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First
Methodist Church. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Patterson died at 1:50 o'clock Saturday afternoon, May 21, at Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
The former Miss Georgia Elder, she was born August 1, 1876, the daughter of the
late George Whitfield Elder and Nancy Elizabeth Abernathy Elder. She was a
member of the First Methodist Church. Her husband, Joe M. Patterson, Jr., owner
of the Pulaski Lumber Company died in 1945.
Mrs. Patterson is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Julian Smith, Pulaski, and
Mrs. Edward H. Deets, Silver Spring, Md.; three grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Raymond P. Braly, Pulaski. Bennett-May
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PATTERSON, Germaine Ketler The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1961
Mrs. James Vance Patterson, 34, wife of a Pulaski man, died on Tuesday, November
14, in the U. S. Army Hospital in Denver, Colo. Funeral and burial took place in
Webster, S. D., her home town.
Mrs. Patterson, the former Miss Germaine Ketler, is surivived by her husband,
stationed in Okinawa; two daughters, her mother, two brothers and three sisters.
Mr. Patterson is the son of Mrs. Harry Wheeler of Pulaski.
Mrs. Wheeler and Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Patterson, and children of New
Johnsonville, Tenn., attended the funeral.
PATTERSON, John Clinton The Pulaski Citizen 15 Aug 1962
Funeral services for John Clinton Patterson, 90, who died Friday, August 10, at
Giles County Hospital, were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. William H. Moss officiating. Burial was
in Bee Spring Cemetery.
Mr. Patterson was born February 10, 1872, near Elkton and had been engaged in
farming in that section of Giles County most of his life until retirement about
three years ago. He had lived in Pulaski in recent years and was a member of
First Maplewood Cemetery.
His parents were the late Foster and Sara Rowe Patterson.
There are no immediate survivors.
PATTERSON, Logan The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jul 1966
Logan Patterson, 73, Giles County businessman, farmer and former County Trustee,
died Thursday, June 30, in St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, after a short
illness.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. R. Neal Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian Church and
the Rev. W. D. Boyd, Jr., of Birmingham, Ala., officiating. Burial was in Elkton
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Patterson was born Oct. 15, 1892, in the Elkton
community. He was the son of the late Matt Logan and Maggie Myers Patterson. He
was married to the former, Miss Katherine Stone, who survives.
Mr. Patterson had operated Maplemont Farm at Baugh for a number of years and had
represented the Electrolux Company as a salesman for 32 years. He served with
the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War I, served two terms as Giles
County Trustee and was president of the Giles-Lincoln Tuberculosis Association
for several terms. He founded Lake Logan, a recreational resort near Baugh.
Mr. Patterson was a deacon and an elder of First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors, besides his wife, include a brother, Dr. Sam Patterson of
Murfreesboro, and a sister, Mrs. Lee Groth of Elkton.
PATTERSON, Lonnie Lee The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1968
Lonnie Lee Patterson, 84, died Sunday, June 9, at his home in the Beech Hill
community.
Funeral services for Mr. Patterson, a retired farmer, were held Tuesday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with Rev. Edward
Lee officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Patterson was born January 19, 1884, the son of
the late Loss and Lillian Hill Patterson.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Wiser Patterson; four daughters, Mrs.
Ben Tiller, Centerville, Mrs. Floyd Tiller, Linden, Mrs. Bill Brown, Giles
County, and Mrs. John Cathey, Lewisburg; three sons, Matt and Loss Patterson,
both of Washington, D. C., and Richard Patterson, Big Springs, Texas; one
sister, Mrs. G. C. Smith, Washington, D. C.; two brothers, R. C. Patterson,
Texas, and W. L. Patterson, Chattanooga; twelve grandchildren, and fourteen
great- grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PATTERSON, Nora Franks The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Clifford B. Patterson, 74, Pulaski resident, were held
at one o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Rev. Joe Bennett, Methodist minister. Burial took place in the
family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. She died Friday, February 12, in a Memphis
hospital after an illness of several weeks.
The former Miss Nora Franks, she was born February 8, 1891, in Little Rock,
Ark., the daughter of the late W. L. Franks and Sara Bennett Franks. She was a
member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Pulaski lumber company owner and theatre owner, died sixteen years
ago.
Mrs. Patterson is survived by four nieces, Miss Lois Turner, Mrs. J. R. Ivey,
Mrs. Fay Richardson and Miss Helen Bius, all of Memphis; and Mrs. W. C. Mueller,
Nashville, Ark.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PATTERSON, Raymond Milford The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1964
Raymond Milford Patterson, retired Pulaski lumber mill co-owner, died at 2 a. m.
today (Wednesday) in Nashville's Vanderbilt Hospital after an extended illness.
He was 64.
Funeral mass will be at 11 a. m. Friday at the Church of the Immaculate
Conception in Pulaski, conducted by Father Angelo Nohile. Burial will be in
Maplewood Cemetery, with Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Patterson was a native of Pulaski, son of the late Joel M. Patterson, Sr.,
and Mary Elizabeth McCormack.
He was a communicant of the Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Josephine Lewis Patterson; a daughter, Miss
Mary Theresa Patterson, Pulaski; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
PATTON, Robert G. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Robert G. Patton, Sr., 91, native of Giles County, were
held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at Brown-Service Norwood Chapel in
Birmingham, Ala., with the burial in Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham. Mr. Patton
died Tuesday, August 9, at his home at 307 Elyton Parkway, in that city.
As a young man, Mr. Patton operated the early busses to and from the trains and
the hotels and other parts of Pulaski. He moved to Jefferson County in 1900
where he became associated with the police department of Birmingham, holding a
valuable post as both policeman and detective for a period of thirty years,
retiring in 1939.
Mr. Patton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Daisy Patton; two sons, Robert G.
Patton, Jr., Mobile, and William Patton, Silver Hill; and seven grandchildren.
PATTON, Robert L. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Robert L. Patton, 81, Fayetteville resident and former
resident of Giles County, were held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Higgins
Funeral Home in Fayetteville with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton of Pulaski
officiating. Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Patton died Friday,
November 6, in Lincoln County Hospital.
Born November 22, 1882, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Jim Patton
and Sarah McAdams Patton. For many years he was an employee of Standard Oil
Company having traveled around the world twice. He retired in 1930. Since
retirement from the oil company, he had farmed in both Giles and Lincoln
Counties.
Mr Patton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Raby Patton; two sons, Joe R.
Patton and James E. Patton, both of Huntsville, Ala.; four grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Ezella Gibson and Mrs. Will Gibson, both of Fayetteville; and one
brother, Sidney Patton, Lincoln County.
PAYNE, Clarice Goats and Barbara PAYNE The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1966
A former Pulaski woman and her fifteen-year-old daughter, residents of Rome,
Ga., died late Saturday afternoon, April 23, from injuries received in a one-car
traffic accident on Highway 31, twelve miles south of Pulaski. Their deaths
brought to three the number of traffic fatalities in Giles County this year.
Mrs. Clarice Goats Payne, 41, was said to be the driver of the automobile in
which she and three daughters were traveling to Pulaski for a visit with her
mother, Mrs. Effie Beets Goats. Mrs. Payne was killed instantly and Barbara
Payne, 15, was dead on arrival at Giles County Hospital.
The other two daughters, Linda, 8, and George Ann, 5, were given emergency
treatment at Giles County Hospital, and George Ann was removed to Vanderbilt
Hospital, Nashville, for further treatment of head injuries and a fractured hip.
Joint funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Bennett-May Chapel with the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Payne, daughter of the late Leroy Goats, was born in Giles County May 29,
1924. Barbara Payne was born February 4, 1951. They were Baptists. The family
left Pulaski several years ago and Mrs. Payne had been employed at a textile
plant in Rome.
Other survivors of Mrs. Payne, besides her mother and two daughters, are another
daughter, Mrs. Brenda Smith of Rome, Ga.; two brothers, Leroy Goats of
Nashville, and Loyd Goats of Goodlettsville; five sisters, Mrs. Lorene Shultz of
Chattanooga, Mrs. Imogene Casteel and Mrs. Mary Estelle Thomason of Columbia,
Mrs. Ruth Sprouse of Campbellsville and Mrs. Joyce Ann Brooks of Akron, Ohio.
PAYNE, Jesse Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 4 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Jesse Thomas Payne, 84, retired farmer and harness maker,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial
will take place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Payne died on
Tuesday night, August 10, in Lincoln County Hospital after a long period of
declining health.
He was born in Mississippi, August 28, 1880, and was a member of the Baptist
Church. His wife, Mrs. Icie Lee Coggin Payne, died a few years ago.
For a number of years. Mr. Payne served as the caretaker at Clear Creek Lake,
Inc.
Mr. Payne is survived by seven sons, Herbert Payne, Pulaski, James and Horace
Payne, Lincoln County, William Payne, Weaverville, N. C., Thomas Payne and
George Payne, Rome, Ga., and Edward Payne, Donelson; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn
Harrold, Newark, N. J., and Mrs. Frances Shelton, Huntsville, Ala.; twenty-six
grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Ada Coggin and Mrs. Nora Burdine, both of Tupelo, Miss.; and
one brother, Daly Payne, Tupelo, Miss.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PAYNE, Joe M. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Joe M. Payne, 64, retired retail grocer and former resident
of Pulaski, were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, January 11, at a funeral
home in Gulfport, Miss. He died on Sunday morning, January 10, in a hospital in
Gulfport after a weeks illness. Burial took place in Toledo, Ohio, on the
following Friday.
Mr. Payne, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Payne, Pulaski meat market
proprietors, moved in the early 1920's to Toledo where he engaged in the grocery
business. Seven years ago, he retired, moving to Gulfport.
Mr. Payne is survived by his wife, Mrs. Janice Davis Payne, also a Pulaskian;
three daughters, Mrs. Geraldine Thompson, Mrs. Barbara Crowl, Toledo and Mrs.
Carolyn Chisholm, Squantum, Mass.; fourteen grandchildren; two brothers, Wilson
Payne, Toledo and Frank Payne, McClure, Ohio; and one sister, Mrs. Myrtle
Sherriff, Toledo.
PAYNE, Ronald Lynn The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jun 1965
Giles County came through the long Memorial Day week-end without a traffic
death, but a McBurg infant, whose home is only a few miles over the line in
Lincoln County, was fatally injured in a two-car collision on U. S. Highway 64
five miles west of Fayetteville about 8 p. m. Saturday, May 29.
The victim was Ronald Lynn Payne, 4-months-old son of Horace Carroll Payne and
Virginia Ann Mitchell Payne, both of whom were injured in the accident. The
parents and a 3-year-old sister are hospitalized at Lincoln County Hospital. A
brother, DeWayne, 2 escaped with minor scratches; and another brother, Wendell,
was riding with a family friend in another automobile following the Payne
family.
Graveside services for Ronald were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Wright Cemetery in Lincoln County with the Rev. Gus Self officiating.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
It was reported that a car driven by Bill Gentry of Boonshill, father of twelve
and a close friend of the baby's father, swerved across the highway and struck
the Payne automobile, but the cause had not been determined. Gentry was severly
injured, and remained in critical condition in Lincoln County Hospital Tuesday.
Horace Payne suffered fractures of the pelvis, collar bone and knee cap and a
head injury, while Mrs. Payne received facial and head injuries, according to a
relative. Melissa had a broken leg and nose.
The child's survivors, besides the parents, sister and brothers, include the
paternal grandparents, Horace Coggin Payne of McBurg and Hattie Ruth Luna Payne
of Route 4, Pulaski, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Mitchell of McBurg.
PAULK, Victor H. The Pulaski Citizen 26 Apr 1961
Victor H. Paulk, approximately 62 years old, died unexpectedly of a heart attack
at 10 o'clock Tuesday night, April 25, at his home in Nashville, 1421 Clifton
Lane. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at press time.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Buford Paulk
and Matthew Harper Sinclair Paulk.
Mr. Paulk is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sue Paulk; and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah
Lapham and Mrs. Herman Knox, both of Atlanta, Ga.
PAYNE, Ethel The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1962
Ethel Payne, 53-year-old Negro woman, was found dead near the railroad depot at
Wales about 5 o'clock Thursday morning and County Coroner Bill Bennett
attributed her death to exposure.
The body was discovered by Jim Tom Englett, Wales station agent, when he went to
open the depot, which is about one-quarter mile from the woman's home on the
farm of Mr. and Mrs. George S. White, where she had resided for the past nine
years.
Deputy Sheriff Bill Morris, who investigated, said it was reported that the
woman had visited friends about a mile away on Wednesday afternoon and it was
supposed that she had stopped beside the railway station to rest on her way
home.
Temperatures during Wednesday night dropped to below zero in this area and the
ground was blanketed with snow and ice.
Funeral services were conducted Monday and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. She
is survived by a son and three daughters.
PAYNE, Mattie Wilkinson The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Wilkinson Payne, 76, resident of Decherd, were
held Thursday in Decherd Methodist Church, with the burial there. Mrs. Payne
died unexpectedly Tuesday morning, January 3, at a Decherd hospital.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo Wilkinson and
Katherine Harwell Wilkinson, and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Payne is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. R. Phillips, Cowan; three sons,
Lonnie Payne, New York, Gilbert Payne, Winchester, and Billy Payne, Palatka,
Fla.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
PAYNE, Ronald Lynn The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jun 1965
Giles County came through the long Memorial Day week-end without a traffic
death, but a McBurg infant, whose home is only a few miles over the line in
Lincoln County, was fatally injured in a two-car collision on U. S. Highway 64
five miles west of Fayetteville about 8 p. m. Saturday, May 29. The victim was
Ronald Lynn Payne, 4-months-old son of Horace Carroll Payne and Virginia Ann
Mitchell Payne, both of whom were injured in the accident. The parents and a
3-year-old sister are hospitalized at Lincoln County Hospital. A brother,
DeWayne, 2 escaped with minor scratches; and another brother, Wendell, was
riding with a family friend in another automobile following the Payne family.
Graveside services for Ronald were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Wright Cemetery in Lincoln County with the Rev. Gus Self officiating.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. It was reported that a car
driven by Bill Gentry of Boonshill, father of twelve and a close friend of the
baby's father, swerved across the highway and struck the Payne automobile, but
the cause had not been determined. Gentry was severly injured, and remained in
critical condition in Lincoln County Hospital Tuesday. Horace Payne suffered
fractures of the pelvis, collar bone and knee cap and a head injury, while Mrs.
Payne received facial and head injuries, according to a relative. Melissa had a
broken leg and nose.
The child's survivors, besides the parents, sister and brothers, include the
paternal grandparents, Horace Coggin Payne of McBurg and Hattie Ruth Luna Payne
of Route 4, Pulaski, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Mitchell of McBurg.
PAYSINGER, Bernard Lee The Pulaski Citizen 16 May 1962
Funeral services for Bernard Lee Paysinger, 71, retired Elkton farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Toney Rainey and Son Funeral Home at Ardmore
with the burial in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Paysinger, resident of Giles County the
greater part of his life, died at his home in Nashville at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning, May 8, following a three weeks illness.
Born April 18, 1891, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Hugh Emmett and
Verena Henderson Paysinger. Six months ago, he moved to Nashville.
Mr. Paysinger is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ina Eagin Paysinger; three sons,
Robert L. Paysinger, Huntsville, AL, Lynn Paysinger and William E. Paysinger of
Ardmore; six daughters: Mrs. Horton L. Monroe, Old Hickory, Miss Mildred
Paysinger and Mrs. Eddie Jones, Nashville, Mrs. S. W. Johns, Washington, D.C.,
Mrs. W. H. Cheek, Jr., Ft. Myers, FL, and Mrs. Milton S. Mitchell, Tokyo, Japan;
twelve grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. C. L. Merrell, Ardmore, and Mrs. David
A. Birdsong, Huntsville, AL; and one brother, Clay Paysinger, Ardmore.
PEARSON, William Henderson The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jul 1964
Funeral services for William Henderson Pearson, 78, retired Giles County farmer,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Raymond Johns, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Old Baptist
Church Cemetery on Indian Creek. Mr. Pearson died on Friday, July 10, in a
Bedford County nursing home.
Born December 11, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James Harvey
Pearson and Eudora Pearson. His wife, Leah Weddington Pearson, died a number of
years ago.
Mr. Pearson, is survived by two sons, Stacy Pearson, Shelbyville, and Joe Merle
Pearson, Anchorage, Alaska; one daughter, Mrs. Billy Burch, Pulaski; fourteen
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; one brother, Ed Pearson, Ardmore;
and four sisters, Mrs. Mahlon Doss, Mrs. Emmitt Gaines, and Mrs. Bruce Worsham,
all of Giles County, and Mrs. Roy Davenport, Tampa, Fla. Bennett-May Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
PEDEN, Bryant Howard The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Bryant Howard Peden, 89, retired farmer of the Twelfth
Civil District, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Peden died Friday, February 24, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born August 4, 1871, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas J. Peden
and Sallie Williamson Peden.
Mr. Peden is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susan Wheeler Peden; two sons, William
B. Peden and J. A. Peden, Giles County; one daughter, Mrs. Sallie Thaxton,
Stewart, Fla.; and eighteen grandchildren and twenty-seven great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
PEDEN, Glenda Fay The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Glenda Fay Peden, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Peden of Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The child died Saturday,
December 31, at Giles County Hospital, after a period of declining health.
She was born in Giles County, February 21, 1952.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Ann
and Judy Pearl Peden.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PEDEN, Lema Walker The Pulaski Citizen 29 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lema Walker Peden, 79, widow of Charlie Peden, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs Peden died on Sunday, December 26, in Giles County Hospital.
Born June 2, 1887, in Moore County, she was the daughter of the late J. C.
Walker and Mary Copeland Walker.
Mr. Peden died several years ago.
Mrs. Peden is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Tommy Tarpley, Pulaski, and Mrs.
L. W. McKnight, Nashville; ten grandchildren, twenty-seven great-grandchildren,
and two great-great-grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Wilse Ashby, Mrs. Florence
Neal, Mrs. Charlie Arnold, all of Lynchburg, Mrs. George Warren, Franklin, and
Mrs. Houston Gault, Fayetteville; and six brothers, Jim Walker, Mulberry, and
Bob Walker, Charlie Walker, Floyd Walker, Frank Walker, and Dave Walker, all of
Flintville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PEDEN, Lesa and Tresa The Pulaski Citizen 3 Sep 1969
Lesa and Tresa Peden, infant twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Peden of
Pulaski, died Sunday evening, August 31, in Giles County Hospital.
Graveside services were held Tuesday morning, September 2, at Giles Memory
Gardens, with the Rev. Wayland Hartsfield officiating.
Survivors in addition to their parents include one brother, Mike of Pulaski;
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Onus White, Minor Hill; paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Peden of Pulaski.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PEDEN, Luke W. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Graveside services for Luke W. Peden, 65 were held Sunday, January 7, at 2
o'clock at Maplewood Cemetery, with Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Mr. Peden, a native of Giles County, died Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio.
Survivors include a brother, Bob Peden and a sister, Mrs. Gladys Eslick, both of
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PEDEN, Susan Wheeler The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Susan Wheeler Peden, 91, widow of Bryant Peden, were
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, February 2, in Bennett-May Funeral Home.
Rites were conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist
Church. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Peden
died on February 1, at Bell-Aire Nursing Home in Columbia following a lengthy
illness.
Born November 27, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Monroe
Wheeler and Mary Williamson Wheeler. Her husband, Bryant Peden, died four years
ago. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Peden is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ross Thaxton, Stuart, Fla.; two
sons, W. P. Peden and Alex Peden, both of Pulaski; eighteen grandchildren,
thirty-two great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Agnes Arnold, Oklahoma.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PEDEN, William Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 5 Nov 1969
William Thomas Peden, 53, died Saturday, November 1, at Maury County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, November 2, at 2:00 o'clock in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Mr. G. C. Fox, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Peden was born December 18, 1915, the son of the
late Thomas Jefferson and Mary Lena Click Peden.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Anna Sue Prentice Peden; two daughters, Mrs.
Dorothy Hester, Memphis, and Miss Judy Peden, Pulaski; seven sisters, Mrs. Laura
Barnes, Mrs. Mildred Langford, Old Hickory, Mrs. Jo Ann Cox, Oak Ridge, Mrs.
Martha Defoe, Fla., Mrs. Sally Yant, Mrs. Mary Hays, and Miss Susie Peden,
Pulaski; one brother, Alf Peden, Pulaski.
PENICK, R. W. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Oct 1963
R. W. Penick, 91, resident of Macon, Miss., died on Wednesday morning, October
23, at his home after a long illness. Services were held at 10 o'clock Friday
morning in Macon with burial in that city.
Mr. Penick is survived by his wife, Mrs. Erma Lou Hopper Penick, a native of
Louisville, Ky.; four sons, including E. B. Penick of Pulaski; one daughter and
a number of grandchildren.
PERRY, Edith Lyle Woodrum The Pulaski Citizen 21 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Lyle Woodrum Perry, 40, wife of Harold R. Perry,
office manager of Consolidated Paper Company, were held at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, The Rev. W. H. Moss, the Rev. Floyd
Cates, and the Rev. R. Neal Dean, local ministers, officiated, and the burial
took place in Glenwood Cemetery at Liberty, Ky. Mrs. Perry died on Thursday
morning, November 15, at Giles County Hospital following surgery the previous
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry and family moved to Pulaski three months ago and moved into
their new home three weeks ago.
Born July 1, 1922, in Cosey County, Ky., she was the daughter of Wiley W.
Woodrum and Gertrude Wilkerson Woodrum of Liberty, Ky.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Perry is survived by one son,
Donald Perry; and one daughter, Deborah Perry, who live at the home address.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PETERS, Ervin M. The Pulaski Citizen 29 May 1968
Word was received here of the death in Monterey Hospital of Ervin M. Peters,
father of Mrs. T. Jerome Abernathy and a Clarkrange merchant.
Funeral services for Mr. Peters will be at the Clarkrange Methodist Church, with
burial in the church cemetery.
In addition to his daughter, survivors include his wife, Mrs. Rosaline McCully
Peters; a son, Harvey Peters; two grandchildren; and two sisters.
PETTY, Anna Johnson The Pulaski Citizen 6 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Johnson Petty, 74, widow of O. B. Petty who died
in February, this year were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial
took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Petty died unexpectedly of a heart attack
Monday night, October 4, in Maury County Hospital, Columbia. She had been in
failing health for some time.
Born March 22, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Clint
Johnson and Lucy Tacker Johnson.
Mrs. Petty is survived by two sons, Douglas Petty, Campbellsville, and William
Petty, Columbia; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PETTY, Austin McCoy The Pulaski Citizen 23 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Austin McCoy Petty, 79, retired Lynnville farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia,
conducted by the Rev. Ollie Binkley, pastor of Lynnville Methodist Church.
Burial took place in the Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Petty died Saturday morning,
October 19, at his home after an extended illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born February 21, 1884, the son of the late
Robert Petty and Mollie Carvell Petty. In 1904, he was married to the former
Miss Rhoda Tacker, who survives. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Petty is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Clyde
Sands, Sr., Columbia; three sons, Fred Petty and Robert Petty, both of Columbia,
and Oscar Petty, Waverly; five grandchildren; one brother, O. B. Petty,
Lynnville; and three sisters, Mrs. Tom Tacker, Mrs. Elmer Kimbrough, and Miss
Velma Petty of Lynnville.
PETTY, Elsie Sanders The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1967
Mrs. Elsie Sanders Petty died at her home in McGrew, Nebr., on December 6.
Funeral and burial were in McGrew.
She was a native of Ogallala, Nebr., the daughter of the late "Lap" Sanders and
Mary Kelly Sanders.
She is survived by three daughters; ten grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Thomas Wyatt Petty, who survives, is a native of Giles County, the
son of the late J. T. and Etta Hanna Petty.
PETTY, Howard Palma The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1968 an d 27 Mar 1968
Lt. Col. Howard Palma Petty, 37, was killed in action in Vietnam, Friday, March
15, while on duty in the helicopter landing zone of Quang Tri as commanding
officer of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry.
Funeral services with military rites were conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, March 27, at First Methodist Church and Maplewood Cemetery for Lt.
Co.. Howard Palma Petty.
Col. Petty was a native of Birmingham, Ala., born October 9, 1930, and moved at
age 5 to Chattanooga, where his parents, Roy Humes and Lou Ada Erwin Petty now
reside.
He was graduated in 1951 from the University of Alabama and was commissioned in
the U. S. Army through the Reserve Officers Training Corps. A career Army
officer, he had served in Germany, Fort Benning, Ga., Mississippi Southern
University; Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; Language School in Monterey, Calif.; Saudi
Arabia; and Washington, D. C. before going last July to duty in Viet Nam.
According to official Army reports, Col. Petty died from multiple wounds
received in a mortar attack in the landing zone at Quang Tri.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include his wife, the former Miss Edith
Ann Winford of Pulaski; two sons, Palma and Phillip Petty; two daughters, Pamela
and Patsy Petty of Pulaski; two brothers, Erwin Petty of Montgomery, Ala., and
Gordon Petty of Chattanooga; and a sister, Mrs. Dovie Reese of Philadelphia, Pa.
PETTY, Joe Braden The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1965
Joe Braden Petty, 77, Giles County ASC committeeman for a number of years and
former director of the Giles County Farm Bureau, died at 11 o'clock Wednesday
morning, February 17, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Perry Whitworth, in
Nashville, following several months illness. He had been a patient in a
Nashville hospital since mid-December.
Funeral services have been tentatively set for Friday with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Petty, a lifelong resident of the Aspen Hill Community and a retired farmer,
was born September 29, 1887, the son of the late Joe Tom Petty ad Mary Elenetta
(Ettie) Hanna Petty. He was a member of the Fiducia Cumberland Presbyterian
Church at Aspen Hill.
Mr. Petty is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile Wilson Petty; two sons, William
Wilson Petty, Aspen Hill, and Kenneth Petty, Nashville; three daughters,
Mrs.Whitworth, Mrs. Wayne Read and Miss Nancy Petty, all of Nashville; four
grandchildren; three brothers, Wyatt Petty, McGrew, Neb., Ozro Petty, Prospect,
and J. O. Petty, Lynnville; and four sisters, Mrs. William M. Warren, Miss Eva
Petty and Mrs. Maybon Barber, all of Aspen Hill, and Mrs. J. Lee Parsons,
Pulaski.
PETTY, Laura Lee Butler The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Lee Petty, 71, were held Friday, December 22, in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead
officiating. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Petty, the wife of Elmer Petty, died Wednesday morning, December 20, in
Giles County Hospital after an extended illness.
Mrs. Petty, a native of Giles County, was born April 27, 1886, the daughter of
the late John D. and Denita Marks Butler.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by five brothers, W. T. Butler, New
York, John D., Clayton, and Pink May Butler, Pulaski, and Joe P. Butler, Bynum,
Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Claud Jones, Pulaski; and one half-sister, Mrs. Iva
Simpson, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PETTY, Luther E. The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Luther E. Petty, 80, nativeGiles Countian and retired college professor and C.
P. A., died Friday, January 11, at a hospital in Sherman, Texas, following
injuries sustained in an automobile accident approximately two months ago.
Funeral services and burial took place in Sherman on Monday.
Born April 20, 1882, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe Tom Petty
and Etta Hanna Petty.
Mr. Petty received the B. S. degree from Wabash College, Wabash, Ind., and the
M. A. degree from Peabody College in Nashville. He served as Math professor at
Presbyterian College in Sherman where he lived for forty years. He also was a
Certified Public Accountant.
Mr. Petty is survived by his wife, Mrs. Reece Cook Petty; one son, Dr. T. A.
Petty, Winston-Salem, N. C.; one daughter, Miss Patty Reece Petty, Dean of
Women, Elkins College, Elkins, Va.; six grandchildren; four brothers, Wyatt
Petty, McGrew, Neb., and J. Ola Petty, Joe Braden Petty and Ozro Petty, Giles
County; and four sisters, Mrs. J. Lee Parsons, Mrs. William Warren, Miss Eva
Petty and Mrs. Maybon Barber, all of Giles County.
PETTY, Maude Lee Blew The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Lee Petty, 82, were conducted on Wednesday
afternoon, October 19, at 1:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Henry Cortner and Horace Woodard officiating. Burial was in
Lexington Cemetery in Alabama.
Mrs. Petty died Monday night, October 17, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Russell Woodard in the Campbellsville community. She was born June 6, 1884, a
native of Alabama, daughter of the late John A. Blow and Laura Hagood Blow. Her
husband, the late, Milton M. Petty, died several years ago.
In addition to her daughter, she is survived by two grandchildren, one
great-grandchild; and two brothers, Marvin Blow and Alvin Blow of Lexington,
Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PETTY, Nolus T. The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1966
Funeral services for Nolus T. Petty, 75, retired Weakley Creek farmer, who died
October 20, in Giles County Hospital, were conducted Sunday afternoon, October
22, at 2:00 p. m. at Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev Mack Pinkelton and
Robert Wilsford officiating. Burial was in New Hope Cemetery.
He was born in Giles County on August 22, 1891, the son of the late John T.
Petty and Molly Ussery Petty.
Mr. Petty is survived by his wife, Mrs Masie Johnson Petty; one son, Thomas
Petty, Nashville; one grandson; one sister, Mrs. T. D. Anderson of Giles County;
and two nephews and one niece.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PETTY, Overn B. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Overn B. Petty, 79, retired Giles County farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr.
Petty died on Friday, February 5, at his home on Minnow Branch Road.
Born February 21, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William
Robert Petty and Mollie Jane Carvell Petty.
Mr. Petty is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Tacker Petty; two sons, Douglas
Petty, Giles County, and William C. Petty, Columbia; three grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. T. R. Tacker, Mrs. E. R. Kimbrough,
and Mrs. Velma Petty, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PETTY, Ozro Marvin The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1967
Funeral services for Ozro Marvin Petty, 73, retired farmer of Prospect, were
conducted on Wednesday, January 25, at 2 p. m., in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Petty died Tuesday, January 24, in Veterans' Hospital, Murfreesboro. He was
born March 17, 1893, in Giles County, the son of the late Joe Tom and Mary
Ellenetta Hannah Petty.
He was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Irene Whitlock Petty; one daughter, Mrs. Paul
Kline, Memphis; three grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. John Lee Parsons, Mrs.
Maybon Barber and Miss Eva Petty, Pulaski; two brothers, Wyatt, McGrew, Neb.,
and J. O. Petty, Lynnville.
PETTY, Ralph Wells The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jun 1965
Ralph Wells Petty, 27, a native Giles Countian, was killed Wednesday night, May
26, in an automobile accident near Cheyenne, Wyoming, as he was returning to his
home there after spending eight weeks in Huntley, Wyo., as a student teacher. No
details of the accident available.
PETTY, Rhoda Tacker The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda Tacker Petty, 80, widow of A. M. Petty were held
at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in
Columbia, conducted by the Rev. Ollie Binkley, Methodist minister. Burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Petty died Tuesday, June 8, in a Nashville
hospital after several months illness.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Clint Tacker and
Octavia McCloud Tacker. She had been a member of the Methodist Church since
early life.
Mrs. Petty is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Clyde Sands, Sr., Columbia; three
sons, Fred Petty and Robert Petty, Columbia and Oscar Petty, Waverly; four
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and one sister, Miss Anna Tacker,
Lynnville.
PHELPS, James Weakley The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1960
Funeral services for James Weakley Phelps, 80, retired carpenter and farmer of
the Wales section, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place
in the Phelps family cemetery at Wales. Mr. Phelps died at 7:30 o'clock
Wednesday morning, December 14, at Giles County Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born June 15, 1880, the son of the late Neal S.
Phelps and Sarah Vaughn Phelps. His wife, Henrietta Dickey Phelps, died October
4, 1951.
Mr. Phelps is survived by six sons, Earl Phelps, Minneapolis, Minn., Neal
Phelps, Decatur, Ala., Carl Phelps and Jesse Phelps, Nashville; four daughters,
Miss Virginia Lee Phelps, Wales, Mrs. Elizabeth Higgins, Columbia, and Mrs.
Christine Burks and Miss Linda Phelps, Nashville; and nine grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PHELPS, William Allen The Pulaski Citizen 3 April 1968
William Allen Phelps, 71, retired employee of Redstone Arsenal, died Friday
evening, March 29, at Veterans' Hospital, Nashville.
Funeral services for Mr. Phelps were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and Rev. Billy
Craighead officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Phelps was born December 25, 1896, the son of the
late Ward and Florence Ezell Phelps.
Survivors include his wife, Annie Puryear Phelps; and one sister, Mrs. Claude
Minatra.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PHILLIPS, Ben The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Ben Phillips, 67, Athens, Ala., resident, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at McConnell Chapel in Athens, with the burial in
Athens Cemetery. Mr. Phillips died at 9:45 o'clock Monday night, March 20, at
Colonial Rest Home in Decatur, Ala., after a long illness.
Born January 16, 1894, in Limestone, Ala., he was the son of the late James
Phillips and Susie Sandlin Phillips, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Phillips is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Margie Jones, Mrs. Rowe
Edwards and Mrs. David Bailey, all of Athens; three grandchildren; three
brothers, Gilbert Phillips, Pulaski, Rowe Phillips, Athens, Ala., and Bransford
Phillips, Cleveland, Ohio; and four sisters, Mrs. Guy B. Daly, Mrs. Cecil
Whitlock and Mrs. Otis Jones, all of Pulaski, and Mrs. Julia Young, St.
Petersburg, Fla.
PHILLIPS, Dixie William The Pulaski Citizen 29 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Dixie William Phillips, 77, retired Army man, were held at
2 o'clock Wednesday in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Athens City Cemetery,
Athens, Ala.. Mr. Phillips died Tuesday morning, December 28, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born January 2, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James Alfred
Phillips and Margaret E. Kimbrough Phillips.
Mr. Phillips, U. S. Army veteran, served in both World War I and II, retiring as
Staff Sergeant after twenty-eight and one-half years duty.
Mr. Phillips is survived by his wife, Mrs. Veda Carr Phillips; one daughter, Mr.
Bertie Roberts, Elkmont, Ala.; one granddaughter; Mrs. Cordell Wiser, Pulaski;
two great-grandchildren; one brother, Sam J. Phillips, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and two
sisters, Mrs. Allie Appleton, Goodsprings and Mrs. Inez Martin, Birmingham, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PHILLIPS, George Malcolm (Buster) The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Funeral services for George Malcolm (Buster) Phillips, 68, retired chief
inspector, State Highway Department at Pulaski, will be held at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer,
Pulaski, and Bill Reeves, Elkmont, Ala., Church of Christ ministers. Burial will
take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Phillips who had been ill more than a
year, died at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning, January 4, at his home on the Elkton
Highway. He had been employed by the State Highway Department more than twenty
years.
Born December 17, 1892, in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late
James Lewis and Susie Sandlin Phillips, and was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Mr. Phillips is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Hardy Phillips; four sisters,
Mrs. Otis Jones, Mrs. Guy Daly and Mrs. Cecil Whitlock, Pulaski, and Mrs. Julia
Young, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and four brothers, Bransford Phillips, Cleveland,
Ohio, Rowe Phillips and Ben Phillips, both of Athens, Ala., and Gilbert
Phillips, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PHILLIPS, Haughty May Wright The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Haughty May Wright Phillips, 58, resident of the Brick
Church Community, were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, March 24, in the
chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial took place in New Zion Cemetery. Mrs.
Phillips died unexpectedly on Monday night, March 22, at the home of her
brother, William Wright, at Lynnville.
Born September 27, 1908, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
Roy Wright and Madie Bates Wright. Her husband, Henry Phillips, died six months
ago.
Mrs. Phillips is survived by one son, Thomas Henry Phillips, Culleoka; her
step-mother, Mrs. Nancy McConnell, Lynnville; two brothers, William Wright,
Lynnville, and Roy A. Wright, Woodbridge, Va.; one half-brother, Roy Wright,
Cornersville; and one half-sister, Mrs. Walter Fralix, Buford Station.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PHILLIPS, Mittie Crabb The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1968
Mrs. Mittie Crabb Phillips, 94, died Friday morning, November 15, at her home in
the Minor Hill community.
Funeral services for Mrs. Phillips, widow of the late N. W. Phillips, were held
Saturday afternoon, November 16, at 2 o'clock at her residence with the Rev.
Berl Grubbs officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Phillips was born January 6, 1874, the daughter of the late John Henry
Crabb and Caroline Lunsford Crabb. A daughter, Ethel, preceded her in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Miss Maxie Phillips, Minor Hill and Mrs. Viva
Lee Jones, Lawrenceburg; two sons, Roy Phillips, Athens, Ala., and Oakley
Phillips, Minor Hill; twelve grandchildren; twenty six great grandchildren;
seven great great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Wilson Carter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PHILLIPS, Rufus Miller The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Rufus Miller Phillips, 88, Lynnville Community resident,
were held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Brick Church Cemetery. Mr. Phillips died Tuesday, November 14, at his home after
a long illness.
Born March 5, 1873, in Bedford County, he was the son of the late William
Phillips and Lenora Odeneal Phillips.
Mr. Phillips is survived by two brothers, Henry Phillips, Lynnville, and George
Phillips, Cornersville; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PHILLIPS, Sam Tilden The Pulaski Citizen 24 May 1961
Funeral services for Sam Tilden Phillips, 84, retired painter, were held at 3
o'clock Monday afternoon at East Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Virgil
Bradford, of Murfreesboro, former minister of the church. Burial took place in
Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Mr. Phillips died at 10 o'clock Saturday night, May 20, at
his home on Elm Street, after a long period of declining health.
Born August 22, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Charles
Phillips and Sarah Scott Phillips, and was a member of East Hill Church of
Christ. His wife, Mrs. Usie Arnett Phillips, died July 27, 1957.
Mr. Phillips, the last member of his immediate family, is survived by one son,
Mahlon Phillips, Pulaski; six daughters, Mrs. Clyde Robinson, Brick Church, Mrs.
Brown Francis, Miss Irene Phillips and Mrs. Minnie Shackelford, Pulaski, Mrs.
Philip Monks, Fayetteville, and Mrs. Horace Rigsby, Mt. Pleasant; and ten
grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PHILLIPS, Spencer Dixon The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Spencer Dixon Phillips, 79, former caretaker of Pulaski
Elementary School for many years, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist ministers. Burial took place in Old Shores Cemetery. Mr.
Phillips died unexpectedly at 9:15 o'clock Thursday morning, March 14, at his
home in Pulaski after a period of declining health.
Born September 29, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late J. M.
Phillips and Mary Lou Harwell Phillips.
Mr. Phillips is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Jones Phillips; four
daughters, Mrs. Walter E. Redd and Mrs. Gifford Smith, Pulaski, Mrs. George
Arnold, Russellville, Ala., and Mrs. Lucile Cole, Charlotte, N. C.; four sons,
Roy Phillips, Shores Community, Milas Phillips, Exenia, Ohio, and James Edward
Phillips, USA, stationed in Alaska; twenty-two grandchildren and fifteen
great-grandchildren; and five sisters,Mrs. Nora Stockman, Mrs. Albert Glover,
Mrs. Alex Beeler, Mrs. Annie Markham and Mrs. Herbert Rutherford, all of Giles
County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PHILLIPS, Thomas Wiley The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Thomas Wiley Phillips, 82, retired farmer, were held at one
o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in
Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr. Phillips died at 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon,
November 20, at his home on Hurricane Creek Road.
Born February 14, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Henry
Phillips and Paralee Herbert Phillips.
Mr. Phillips is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fannie Mae Townsend Phillips; three
sons, Lacy Phillips, Giles County, Robert Phillips, Jackson, Tenn., and Garland
Phillips, Chattanooga; three daughters, Mrs. W. H. Gaines, Pulaski, Mrs. Kenneth
Lawrence, Giles County, and Mrs. Dewey Reeves, Cincinnati, Ohio; seventeen
grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Hattie
Jernigan, Goodspring.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PICKARD, Delle Hume The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Delle Hume Pickard, Nashville, and sister of the late
Dr. Bruce Hulme, Pulaski, will be held at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning at the
Chapel of Martin's and Bracey-Welsh, conducted by Dr. Farris F. Moore. Burial
will take place in the Swiss Cemetery at Hohenwald. Mrs. Pickard died on
Tuesday, June 21, in a Nashville infirmary.
Mrs. J. P. Colvin and Miss Elizabeth Hulme, Pulaski, are nieces.
PICKENS, Annie Buford The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1967
Mrs. Annie Buford Pickens died Sunday, August 13, in Nashville. Services were
conducted Tuesday, August 15, at 2:30 p. m. at the First Presbyterian Church in
Lynnville, with the Rev. Denny Shepard officiating. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Pickens, a native of Giles County, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Campbell Smith of Lynnville.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, James H. Pickens,
Nashville; one son, James Buford Pickens, Nashville; three brothers, William R.
Smith, Lynnville, Terry D. Smith, Columbia, and George S. Smith, Ft. Payne, Ala.
PICKENS, Robert The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jun 1960
Robert Pickens, 74, former Lynnville resident, died on Sunday morning, May 22,
of a heart ailment in McPherson, Kans., where he had lived since 1928. Funeral
rites were held there.
Mr. Pickens was the son of the late Hamilton Pickens and Maggie Hutchinson
Pickens.
Mr. Pickens is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alley Orr Pickens; one daughter, Miss
Mable Pickens; one son, Harvey Pickens; several grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Mary Orr, Nashville, Mrs. L. H. Orr, Lynnville, and Mrs. Riley Tucker, Mt.
Pleasant; and two brothers, Charlie Pickens, California, and Hill Pickens,
Nashville.
PICKETT, Esther Noles The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1967
Mrs. Esther Pickett, 67, of Minor Hill, died Thursday, March 2, at the home of
her son, David Pickett, in Lewisburg.
She was a native of Giles County and was the daughter of the late Matt and
Mattie White Noles.
Services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Booth Chapel
Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Survivors include two other sons, Kenneth and Solon Pickett, Lewisburg; two
daughters, Mrs. Ed Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Gilbert Wilburn, Carlisle, Ind.; and
nine grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PICKETT, Myrtle Sanderson The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral Services for Mrs. Myrtle Sanderson Pickett, 85, widow of James Lewis
Pickett, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ,
conducted by Elder Raines. Burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs.
Pickett died on Saturday, November 30, at the home at Minor Hill.
Born in Alabama, October 23, 1878, she was the daughter of the late Willie
Sanderson and Allie Weatherford Sanderson.
Mrs. Pickett is survived by one daughter, Mrs. D. B. Noles, Minor Hill;
seventeen grandchildren, thirty nine great grand children and seven great great
grandchildren. Bennett May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PIERCE, Ada Belle Britton The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Belle Britton Pierce, 66, widow of W. H. Pierce,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at New Zion Baptist Church, conducted
by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Raymond Johns, Baptist ministers. Burial
took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Pierce died at 9:30 o'clock Sunday
night, January 20, at her home in Pulaski, after a long illness.
Born April 19, 1896, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James H.
Britton and Mary E. Nevils Britton. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Her
husband, W. H. Pierce died in 1959.
Mrs. Pierce is survived by six sons, Paul Pierce, Thomas Pierce and John Harvey
Pierce, Giles County, Robert Pierce and Alton Pierce, Huntsville, Ala., and
David Pierce, Nashville; four daughters, Mrs. Ellen McDougal, Huntsville, Ala.,
Mrs. Ada Will Hutton, Nashville, Mrs. Rachel Griffis, Corpus Christi, Texas,
Mrs. Mabel Jones, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. Will C. Curry, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PIERCE, Etta South The Pulaski Citizen 12 Sep 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta South Pierce, 89, native of Giles County, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial
in New Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Pierce died at 9 o'clock on Sunday night, September
9, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lacy Lanier, in Fayetteville, after several
months illness.
Born Nov. 17, 1872, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late S. L.
South and Lou South. Her husband, Chesley Pierce, died twenty-eight years ago.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Pierce is survived by one son, Floyd Pierce,
Pulaski; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and one brother,
George South, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PIERCE, Henry Calvin The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1967
Henry Calvin Pierce, 65, died Sunday, August 6, at General Hospital in
Nashville. He was an employee of the Jacobs Packing Company.
Services were conducted Monday afternoon, August 7, at 2 o'clock, in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with G. E. Woods, Nashville, and Andrew Brown, both
Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in the Indian Creek Cemetery
near Pisgah.
Mr. Pierce was born in Giles County on December 29, 1991, the son of the late
John Wiley and Hattie Turner Pierce. He was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Clara B. Foster Pierce; one daughter, Mrs.
Betty Patton, Nashville; one son, Billy Pierce, Nashville; four grandchildren;
one brother, Fitzhugh Pierce, Cornersville; and one half-sister, Mrs. Doshie
Roberts, Marshall County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PIERCE, Kate Lanier The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Lanier Pierce, 64, wife of Fitzhugh Pierce, and
resident of Lincoln County, were held at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning at Pisgah
Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Pierce died Saturday,
January 12, at Lincoln County Hospital.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the Mrs. John C. Lanier
and the late Mr. Lanier. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, Fitzhugh Pierce, also a native Giles Countian, and
her mother, Mrs. Pierce is survived by four sons, William H. Pierce and Bert
Pierce, both of Lincoln County, John Pierce, Fayetteville, and James E. Pierce,
Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Brady Fry, Columbia; twelve grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren; three brothers, James Lanier and George Lanier, Giles
County, and John Lanier, Lincoln County; and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Moore and
Mrs. George Faulkenberry, both of Giles County.
PIERCE, Lacy D. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Miss Lacy D. Pierce, 71, resident of the Odd Fellows Hall
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in New Zion Cemetery. She did on
Monday night, August 23, in a Nashville hospital.
Born November 23, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
Charles Edward Pierce and Mary Whitworth Pierce. She was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Miss Pierce is survived by five brothers, Coley Pierce, Gail Pierce, Graydon
Pierce, and Shelby Pierce, all of Odd Fellows Hall, and Dan L. Pierce, Memphis;
two sisters, Mrs. D. J. McNeese and Mrs. W. T. Whitworth, Giles County; and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PIERSON, Thomas E. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Apr 1965
Thomas E. Pierson, 48, native of Giles County and son of the late L. B. Pierson,
died on Saturday, April 3, in Lakeland, Fla., after a long illness.
Mr. Pierson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mae Pierson; one son, Dwight Pierson,
US Navy; and three half-sisters, Mrs. James T. Zuccarello, Mrs. Marion Hodges,
and Mrs. Hollis Wilburn, all of Pulaski.
PIGG, Amber Boyd The Pulaski Citizen 07 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Amber Boyd Pigg, 69, widow of Jim Pigg, Pulaski
merchant, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Pleasant Hill Church at
Stella, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ.
Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Pigg died on Wednesday, October
31, at Giles County Hospital, following a long period of declining health.
Born September 3, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Wiley
Boyd and Rowena Howard Boyd.
Mrs. Pigg is survived by two brothers, Irmer Boyd and Willie Boyd, both of Minor
Hill; and two sisters, Mrs. Owen Bass, Brick Church Community, and Mrs. Marvin
Croley, Athens, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PIGG, Essie White The Pulaski Citizen 4 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Bryan Pigg, 63, Pulaski resident, will be held at 4
o'clock Thursday afternoon at East Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Gilbert
E. Shaffer, minister of the church, and Tommy Vernon, minister of Second Street
Church of Christ. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Pigg died
Wednesday morning, September 4, at Giles County Hospital after an extended
illness.
The former Miss Essie White, she was born January 27, 1900, in Giles County, the
daughter of the late Clark White, Sr., and Alice Townsend White. She was a
member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Pigg is survived by her husband, Bryan Pigg, Pulaski businessman; two sons,
James Alton Pigg, associated with his father in business, and Billy Pigg, member
of the Giles County Junior High School faculty; one daughter, Mrs. Bob Vise,
Clearwater, Fla.; five grandchildren; one brother, Herbert White, Cleveland,
Ohio; and one sister, Mrs. V. H. Crowder, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PIGG, James Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
James Thomas Pigg, 69, retired merchant, died at Giles County Hospital at 9:30
p. m., Thursday, July 28, following an illness of almost a year. Funeral
services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock on Saturday at Pleasant Hill Cumberland
Presbyterian Church by the Rev. G. B. Derryberry and Gilbert Shaffer. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Pigg was a native of Giles County, the son of the late James E. and Estelle
Mitchell Pigg. He was married to the former Miss Amber Boyd, who survives.
Following fifteen years as a clerk at Levinson's Department Store, he entered
into a partnership in the Jenkins and Darwin Store and served as its manager for
several years, after which he bought the entire interest and ran his own dry
goods firm until his retirement about four years ago.
Other survivors, besides his wife, are five sisters, Mrs. Charlie Alsup and Mrs.
Basley Graves of Giles County, Mrs. Ewell Boyd of Lawrence County, Mrs. Colie
Surles of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. S. F. Matheson of Virginia; two brothers,
Bryan Pigg of Pulaski, and Roy Pigg of Louisville, Ky.
PIGG, John Roy The Giles Free Press 17 May 1962
Funeral services for John Roy Pigg, 51, were held Sunday, May 13, at 3:30 p. m.
at Bennett-May Funeral Home with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Stella.
Mr. Pigg died Saturday, May 12, at his home in the Stella Community.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Edd and Stella Mitchell
Pigg.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances Lucille Pigg; three daughters, Emily
Frances, Mary Carolyn, and Gladys Faye Pigg, all of Stella; a son, John Cooper
Pigg, U. S. Navy; a brother, Bryant Pigg, Pulaski; five sisters, Mrs. Coley
Surles, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Bosley Graves and Mrs. Charlie Alsup, Stella, Mrs.
Jewel Boyd, New Prospect, and Miss Cora Pigg.
PIGG, William Bryan The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
William Bryan Pigg, 71, Pulaski seed dealer for almost fifty years, died
unexpectedly Saturday afternoon in a local physician's office of a heart
ailment. He had been in ill health for the past two years, but had continued his
activity at the Bryan Pigg and Son store on North First Street almost daily.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Bennett-May Funeral
Home with Andy Brown, minister at Second Street Church of Christ, and Gilbert
Shaffer, former minister of East Hill Church of Christ officiating. Burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Pigg was a native of Giles County, born in the Bunker Hill Community on
February 17, 1897, son of the late James E. and Estelle Mitchell Pigg. He was
educated in Giles County public schools and Abernathy Preparatory School,
Pulaski. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Pulaski Post No. 60,
American Legion, having received a service pin for fifty years service in that
organization at Veterans' Day ceremonies held here on November 9th.
He was a former elder of the East Hill Church of Christ and a teacher of the
Men's Bible Class there, and formerly a teacher at Second Street Church of
Christ, He was married to the former Miss Essie White, who died in 1963.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Bob Vise of Clearwater, Fla.; two sons,
James Alton, a partner in the seed business, and Billy Pigg, coach at Pulaski
Junior High School; four sisters, Mrs. Coley Surles, Louisville, Ky., Mrs.
Charlie Alsup, Giles County, Mrs. Ewell Boyd, New Prospect, Tenn., Mrs. S. F.
Matheson, West Point, Tenn., and six grandchildren.
PIGG, Will R. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Will R. Pigg, 93, father of Freeman Pigg of Lynnville, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Friendship Baptist Church at
Culleoka with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Pigg died at 7 o'clock
Monday night, April 22, at Umble Nursing Home in Lewisburg.
Mr. Pigg who had resided in Nashville with a son for several years, was a native
of Maury County.
Mr. Pigg is survived by three other sons, John Marvin Pigg and Flem Pigg,
Nashville, and Herbert Pigg, Lewisburg; one daughter, Mrs. Claude McAdams,
Wildwood, Fla.; and ten grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
PILKINGTON, Mollie Gillis The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie Gillis Pilkington, 87, mother of Mrs. B. L.
Jordan of Pulaski, were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, January 6, at
Gowen-Smith Chapel in Shelbyville. The Rev. Stanley Henley, pastor of Westend
Methodist Church, Shelbyville, of which she was a member, officiated. Burial
took place in Chadrick Cemetery in Rutherford County.
Mrs. Pilkington died on Monday, January 4, at the home of Mrs. Jordan, after a
long illness.
A native of Rutherford, she was born March 24, 1871, the daughter of the late
John Gillis and Maria Insell Gillis. Her husband, Thomas Pilkington, died in
1941.
In addition to Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Pilkington is survived by two other daughters,
Mrs. Minnie Seagroves and Mrs. H. A Pinkston, Shelbyville; two sons, Elbert
Pilkington and J. C. Pilkington, Shelbyville; twenty-four grandchildren,
twenty-eight great-grandchildren, twelve great-great-grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Becky Dye, Shelbyville.
PILLOW, Sam Cashion The Pulaski Citizen 12 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Sam Cashion Pillow, 72, retired farmer of Marianna, Ark.,
and a native of Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at
Crittendon Funeral Home in West Memphis, Ark., with the burial in Crittendon
Memorial Gardens in that city. Mr. Pillow who had been in declining health, died
at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, April 6, at a West Memphis, Ark., hospital,
after a two weeks illness.
Born May 21, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Thomas
Pillow and Ella Cashion Pillow. His wife, Mrs. Clara Englett Pillow, died
approximately 20 years ago when he moved to Arkansas.
Mr. Pillow is survived by two sons, Charles M. Pillow and Edward Pillow, both of
Marianna, Ark.; four daughters, Mrs. T. E. Nichols, West Memphis, Mrs. R. C.
Bickerstaff and Mrs. Archie Crouch, Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. E. M. T. Compton,
Forest City, Ark.; twenty grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; four
sisters, Mrs. George Dodson, Mrs. Joe Tidwell and Mrs. Ira Englett, Pulaski, and
Mrs. J. D. Brown, Birmingham, Ala.; and one brother, Roy Pillow, Pulaski.
PITTARD, Bess Herrin The Pulaski Citizen 27 Nov 1968
Mrs. Bess Herrin Pittard, a former resident of the Pisgah community and Pulaski,
died Friday afternoon, November 22, at an infirmary in Racoland, La.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pittard, 87, wife of the late W. R. Pittard, were held
Sunday afternoon, November 24, at 1 o'clock in the chapel of Freemon Funeral
Home, Lawrenceburg. Burial was in West Point Cemetery.
Survivors include one son, Horace B. Herrin, Louisiana; one sister, Mrs. Neal
Morrow, Lawrenceburg; one grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.
PITTARD, Cynthia Vaughn The Pulaski Citizen 25 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Cynthia Vaughn Pittard, 86, Pulaski resident, were
held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Gus Self, Methodist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Pittard died on Saturday morning, April 21, at Giles County Hospital after a
long illness.
Mrs. Pittard, a member of the Methodist Church, was born July 25, 1875, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late David Vaughn and Ella Sanders Vaughn. Her
husband, James C. Pittard, died many years ago.
She taught schol in Giles County more than twenty years, and was a Sunday School
teacher for many years.
Mrs. Pittard is survived by one daughter, Miss Thelma Pittard, teacher in Beech
Hill School; one son, Cleborne Pittard, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs. John
Matthews and Mrs. Fred Scott, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PITTARD, Ena Davenport The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Ena Davenport Pittard, 89, were conducted on Friday
morning, November 3, at 10:30 o'clock, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Pittard died in Knoxville on Wednesday, November 1.
A native of Giles County, she was born December 9, 1877, the daughter of the
late Levie Patrick and Eunice Nelson Adams Davenport. Her husband was the late
Charles Frank Pittard.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Wayne Cooper, Goodlettsville, Mrs.
Bailus Bee, Knoxville, and Mrs. Floyd S. Nelson, Fayetteville; two sons, Ewell
B. Pittard, Knoxville, and Thomas L. Pittard of Jackson, Fla.; ten
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. R. D. Boyd,
California, Mrs. L. M. Hightower, Nashville, and Mrs. Wilson Cole, Oak Ridge;
two brothers, Charlie Davenport, Pulaski, and Roy Davenport, Tampa, Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PITTARD, J. Roy The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jun 1961
J. Roy Pittard, 88, former sheriff and coroner of Giles County, died Saturday,
June 17, at 6 a. m. at Giles County Hospital from wounds which Coroner William
Bennett, Jr., said were apparently self-inflicted.
Mr. Pittard was discovered in the bathtub of his home about 5:30 p. m. last
Thursday by Paul Reasonover, who lives at the Pittard residence in the Whiteside
section of Pulaski. Both of his wrists had been slashed.
He was taken to the local hospital where he remained until his death on
Saturday.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas and Melissa Gracey
Pittard. His wife, the former Miss Margaret Judkins, died fifteen years ago.
Mr. Pittard was a member of Cedar Grove Methodist Church. He served as sheriff
of Giles County from Sept. 1, 1910 until August 31, 1916, and later was county
coroner for many years.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May
Funeral Home by the Rev. Chester A. Stephens, pastor of Cedar Grove Methodist
Church, and the Rev. A. R. Hogan. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include a brother, Will R. Pittard of Pulaski, and a sister, Mrs. J.
W. Stewart of Oklahoma City, Okla.
PITTARD, Will R. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1967
Funeral services for Will R. Pittard, 90, will be conducted on Thursday morning,
at 10 o'clock , in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Dr. W. H.
Mansfield and the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Pittard died Tuesday, January 24 at Giles County Hospital. He was a native
of Giles County, and was born March 31, 1876.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bess Herrin Pittard; one step-son, Horace
Herrin, Golden Meadow, La.; one grandchild; two great-grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Cora Stewart, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PITTMAN, Thomas Lee and Sadie Eaves The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
An Ardmore barber and an Elkmont, Ala. woman died from electrical shock
Wednesday night, February 24, when the car in which they were riding became
trapped in fallen power lines on a dirt road just east of Highway 31, in
Limestone County, Ala.
Accidently electrocuted were Thomas Lee Pittman, 38, and Miss Sadie Eaves, 32.
Pittman, a barber at Willie Jones Barber Shop in Ardmore, was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lane Pittman. Miss Eaves was the daughter of Mrs. Mary Sims of Elkmont,
Route 3.
High winds had toppled a utility pole bearing the "live" wires some ten minutes
before the automobile went under the lines and stopped short of the pole near
Holland's Gin between 7:30 and 8:00 p. m. The two victims apparently tried to
get out of the car on either side and received the high voltage through their
bodies when they stepped onto the ground.
Limestone County Coroner Charles Sammett said both could have survived if they
had remained in the automobile.
PITTS, Victor The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jan 1968
Victor Pitts of Millington, Tenn., died December 25, 1967 at the Medicare Center
in Memphis after an extended illness.
Mr. Pitts, a native of Giles County, was a member of the Methodist Church,
Knights of Pythias, a Mason, the leader of the Rainbow Girls of Memphis and
water commissioner of Millington.
Funeral services for Mr. Pitts were held Wednesday, December 28, in the
Millington Methodist Church, with the minister of the Church of Christ of White
Haven and the Methodist minister officiating.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eunice Pitts; three daughters; six
grandchildren; four brothers, Loyd, Harwell, Leon and Bob Pitts; and one uncle,
F. A. Britton.
POARCH, Calvin The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Calvin Poarch, 87, retired farmer of Giles County, were
held Sunday morning at Diana Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Fred Hall,
pastor of the church. Burial took place in Diana Cemetery. Mr. Poarch died
Saturday at a nursing home in Lewisburg.
A lifelong resident of Giles County, he was the son of the late William D.
Poarch and Lucinda Sanders Poarch.
Mr. Poarch is survived by four sons, W. E. Poarch, Brick Church Community, C. E.
Poarch, Diana, and E. L. Poarch and L. O. Poarch, both of Birmingham, Ala.; and
one daughter, Mrs.Clara Hickerson, Birmingham, Ala.
POARCH, Clarence Ervin The Pulaski Citizen 6 Sep 1967
Clarence Ervin Poarch, Jr., 42, died Monday afternoon at his home in the Diana
community of a gunshot wound which reportedly was self-inflicted.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at McDaniel
Funeral Home in Cornersville with the Rev. Thomas Vann, Methodist minister of
Watertown, officiating. Burial was in Mars Hill Cemetery in Marshall County.
The son of Clarence E. and Annie Adams Poarch, Mr. Poarch was born in Giles
County on May 8, 1925. He attended Brick Church School. Until recent weeks he
had been employed by Princess Homes Company at Chapel Hill. At the time of his
death he was self-employed as a painter.
Surviving, in addition to his parents, are two daughters, Misses Janice and
Linda Poarch of Lewisburg; a brother, Calvin Poarch of Cornersville; and a
sister, Mrs. Thelwood Gaines of Dickson.
POARCH, Dallie Mai The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1968
Mrs. Dallie Mai Poarch, 53, died Tuesday night, March 5, in a Nashville
hospital.
Funeral services were conducted at 10 a. m. Thursday, March 7, in the chapel of
London Funeral Home, with the Rev. J. J. Mabrey officiating. Burial was in Mt.
Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Amis and Delia
Chapman Bowing.
She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, who survives, is Lenzie
Poarch.
Survivors in addition to her husband include two daughters, Mrs. David Daley,
Prospect, and Mrs. Homer Wright, Chapel Hill; three sons, William, Charles, and
Louis Poarch, all of Lewisburg; two sisters, Mrs. Louis Browning, Texas, Mrs.
Elizabeth Davis, Pottsivlle; one brother, Turner Bowing, Petersburg; and eight
grandchildren.
POARCH, Etta Tucker The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Newt Poarch, 87, Frankewing resident, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Mt. Zion Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Fred Hall, pastor, and the Rev. M. K. Harwell of Fayetteville, a cousin of the
deceased. Mrs. Poarch died at 7 o'clock Friday morning, March 18, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Sam Coggin, Frankewing, following a fall two months ago when
sustained a broken hip. Burial took place in New Hope Cemetery at Cornersville.
Born April 4, 1872, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Etta Tucker, the
daughter of John Wesley Tucker and Margie Ann Harmond Tucker. Her husband died
July 28, 1946.
Mrs. Poarch is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Coggin, and Mrs. Markham Burch
and Mrs. Claude Burgess, both of Marshall County; and twelve grandchildren and
eleven great grandchildren. Shirley Poole, principal of Elkton High School, is
the only grandson residing in Giles County.
POARCH, Joe G. The Pulaski Citizen 24 May 1961
Funeral services for Joe G. Poarch, 60, were held Saturday at Pulaski Funeral
Home with burial in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Poarch died Thursday, May 18, at his home at Diana, after a long illness.
He was a native of Giles County, son of the late John W. Poarch and Jennie Brown
Poarch. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Poarch is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sallie Adams Poarch; five daughters,
Misses Frances, Ann, Nancy and Patsy Poarch, all of Diana, Mrs. Ina Bell White,
Illinois; two sons, Joe and Golia Poarch of Diana; a sister, Mrs. W. T. Butler,
Arkansas; a half-sister, Mrs. Iva George, Pulaski; two half-brothers, Pete and
Mike Poarch, of Cornersville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POARCH, William Eugene The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1968
William Eugene Poarch, 68, retired farmer of the Brick Church community, died
Monday, November 18, at his home.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, November 19, at 2 o'clock at the
Cornersville Methodist Church. Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery.
Mr. Poarch was a trustee of the Duck River Electric Membership Corp., and a
steward in the Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lois Gordon Poarch; one son, Dr. William
Poarch, Lewisburg; two daughters, Mrs. J. R. Sheperd, Nashville, and Mrs. Glen
Petty, Chattanooga; one sister, Mrs. Clara Hickerson, St. Petersburg, Fla.; two
brothers, Everett Poarch, Birmingham, Ala., and C. E. Poarch, Diana; and eleven
grandchildren.
POE, Addie Lee The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Miss Addie Lou Poe, 76, native of Giles County, will be
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery. Miss Poe died early Wednesday morning, February 28, at Giles
County Hospital after a brief illness.
Born June 28, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Frank M.
Poe and Sarah Ann Hubbell Poe. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Miss Poe is survived by one sister, Miss Effie Poe; and one brother, Arthur Poe
of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POE, Arthur B. The Pulaski Citizen 29 May 1963
Funeral services for Arthur B. Poe, 72, retired farmer, will be held at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral
Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ,
and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial will take place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Poe died at 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning, May 28, at his
Washington Heights home after a long illness.
Born June 17, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Francis Poe and
Sarah Ann Hubbell Poe, and was a member of the East Hill Church of Christ.
Mr. Poe, a bachelor, is survived by one sister, Miss Effie Poe, Pulaski; and two
nephews, Johnny Poe and Roy Poe, both of Columbia.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POLLARD, James Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1967
James Franklin Pollard, 31, of Goodlettsville, a native Giles Countian and
former Prospect resident, died at 9 p. m. Monday, Aug. 7, in a Nashville
hospital as the result of injuries
received some five hours earlier in a traffic accident on the Clarksville
Highway north of Nashville.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Eastland
Funeral Home, Nashville, with the Rev. James C. Stewart and Rev. Jerry Provo
officiating. Burial was in National Cemetery in that city.
The accident reportedly occurred when the pickup truck Pollard was driving
crashed into a rock cliff as he swerved to miss an oncoming car. Erciel B.
Farmer of Cedar Hill, driver of the car was charged with reckless driving by
drinking.
Patrolman W. L. Jones said two tractor trailer trucks were traveling side by
side up Germantown Hill on the three-lane highway and Pollard was going down
hill. Farmer, following the trucks, crossed the yellow line into the on-coming
lane in an attempt to pass the two vehicles, according to Jones, and Pollard's
pickup struck the cliff as he apparently tried to miss Farmer's car. The pickup
truck was demolished.
Pollard was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Pollard of Prospect and a graduate
of Prospect High School. He was employed by National Biscuit Company of
Nashville.
Surviving in addition to his parents, are his wife, Mrs. Sarah Jane Lewis
Pollard; three sons, Robin Scott, Lonnie Oakes and Larry Dean Pollard, all of
Goodlettsville; three sisters, Mrs. Betty Stewart of Madison, Misses Mary Ida
and Beverly Ann Pollard, both of Nashville; and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Jones
Dickson of Giles County.
POLLOCK, Bessie Forsythe The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Pollock, 59, will be conducted on Thursday
afternoon, December 8 at 1:00 o'clock at the Puncheon Church of Christ, The
minister of the church will officiate. Burial will be in Oxford Cemetery.
Mrs. Pollock was born in Giles County on July 22, 1907, the daughter of the late
Al and Lola White Forsythe. She died Monday, December 5, in a Cleveland, Ohio
hospital, following an extended illness.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Frances Mosley, Florence, Ala.; two sons,
Harold Wade and James Wade, both of Cleveland, Ohio; five grandchilddren, and
three great-grandchildren; three brothers, John Forsythe, Giles County, Buster
Forsythe, Lawrence County, and Jack Forsythe, Alabama. *Date of birth is not the
same as on the rock.
POLLOCK, Ed S. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Ed S. Pollock, 74, retired farmer, were held at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon in Puncheon Church of Christ with the burial in the Oxford
Cemetery near Minor Hill. Mr. Pollock died Tuesday, June 15, in Giles County
Hospital after a short illness.
Born Mary 5, 1891, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Bob Pollock and
Jennie Pollock. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Pollock is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Forsythe Pollock; two
step-sons, James Wade and Harold Wade, both of Cleveland, Ohio; and one
step-daughter, Mrs. Frances Mosley, Florence, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POLLY, John Arney The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jul 1969
John Arney Polly, 79, died Thursday morning, June 26, at his home in Tarpley
Shop community.
Services were held Saturday afternoon, June 28, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with James E. Holt, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Polly was born April 21, 1890, the son of the late
Morgan and Alice G. Polly.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maxie Roberts Polly; four sons, John Polly,
William Polly, Osteen Polly and W. A. Polly, all of Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs.
Leroy Solomon of Pulaski, and Mrs. John May of Diana; one brother, Aubrey Polly,
Orlando, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. C. W. Flowers, Calif.; eighteen grandchildren;
and twenty-three great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POLLY, Norman Wayne The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1966
The second Christmas holiday traffic fatality in Industrial Park, the two
separated by only a year and a day, was recorded Saturday, December 24, with the
death of Norman Wayne Polly, 27, when the car in which he was riding struck a
southbound passenger train at 1:24 p. m. It was the fourteenth traffic fatality
in Giles County this year....
Funeral services for Polly were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday at Bennett-May
Chapel with Andrew Brown officiating and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Polly was born August 26, 1939, in Giles County, the son of Osteen and Helen
Birdsong. He had lived for several years in Tullahoma where he was employed as a
foreman by Genesco.
Mr. Polly's survivors, in addition to his parents, are his wife, the former
Janie Bevels; one daughter, Roxanne; three brothers, George and Paul of Giles
County and Terry Polly of Ft. Campbell, Ky.; and his paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Polly of Giles County.
POLLY, William Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1967
Funeral services for William Thomas Polly, 69, were conducted Sunday, March 26,
at 2:00 p. m., in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with G. C. Fox, Church
of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Polly died Saturday, March 25, at Giles County Hospital. He was a native of
Giles County, born June 5, 1897, the son of the late Thomas David and Ida Owen
Polly.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Estelle Polly; one son, Reuben Polly, Giles
County; four step-daughters, Mrs. Holbert Helmtiler, Mrs. James E. Shirty, Mrs.
Allen D. Shirty, and Mrs. Jewel Allen, all of Giles County; one step-son, Hayden
Pierce, California; three sisters, Mrs. S. D. Archer, Mrs. R. C. Dunnivant, and
Mrs. Dorsey Johns, Sr.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POOLE, Herbert N. The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1967
Herbert N. Poole, 44, died Saturday, April 29, at his home in Rawlins, Wyo.,
after suffering a heart attack.
Services will be conducted Thursday, May 4, at 1:00 p. m., in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Rev. Billy Craighead and Charles Harold Poole
officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Poole, a native of Giles County, was born September 28, 1922, the son of the
late Robert M. and Oma Poole.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Oliver Poole; four daughters, Sheila,
Anita, Patricia and Wendy Sue Poole; one son, Dwight Poole, all of Rawlins; two
sisters, Mrs. John E. Worsham and Mrs. Billy Christopher, both of Giles County;
four brothers, Samuel, Giles County, Robert D., Ostella, Burris, Louisville,
Ky., and Woodrow Poole, Alexandria, Va.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POOLE, John Crutcher The Pulaski Citizen 04 Oct 1961
Funeral services for John Crutcher Poole, 66, former Pulaski barber, were held
at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Cosmopolitian Funeral Home in Nashville. Burial
took place in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville. Mr. Poole died on Sunday morning,
October 1, at a Nashville hospital after a short illness.
Mr. Poole, who had been a resident of Nashville for the past fifteen years,
approximately, was a native of Alabama, but had moved to Giles County as a child
where he had made his home until his removal to Nashville. He was the son of the
late Alphis A. Poole and Mary Jane Hatchett Poole. He was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Mr. Poole is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Judia Poole; three daughters, Maj.
Drucilla Poole, USAF, San Antonio, Texas, Mrs. Geneva Pitt, Benton Harbor,
Mich., and Mrs. William Holden, Rossville, Ga.; four grandchildren; and three
brothers, Robert Poole, Pulaski, Oscar Poole and Charles Poole, Athens, Ala.
POOLE, Robert Mason The Pulaski Citizen 28 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Robert Mason Poole, 83, retired Giles County farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place
in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Poole died Friday, April 23, in
Giles County Hospital.
Born January 27, 1882, in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late A.
A. Poole and Jane Hatchett Poole. His wife was the former Miss Oma Ann Moseley.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Poole is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W. B. Christopher and Mrs. John E.
Worsham, Pulaski; five sons, Sam Poole and Herbert Poole, Pulaski, Robert D.
Poole, Cornersville, Burris Poole, Louisville, Ky., and Woodrow Poole,
Alexandria, Ind.; seventeen grandchildren and twenty-nine great-grandchildren;
and two brothers, Oscar Poole and Charlie Poole, both of Athens, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POPE, Arthur P. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Arthur P. Pope, 84, retired farmer of the Elkton section,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Elkton Baptist Church, conducted
by the Rev. R. L. Greenway, Methodist minister, and the Rev. James Shutt,
Baptist minister. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Pope died Monday
night, July 13, at Giles County Hospital.
Born January 24, 1880, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Albert Pope
and Elsie Parker Pope.
Mr. Pope is survived by three sons, Gilbert Pope, Foster Pope, and Joe Pope,
Elkton; three daughters, Mrs. Willa Rogers, Mrs. Vilas Rogers, and Mrs. Elmer
Thompson, all of Elkton; and twenty-seven grandchildren; forty
great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POPE, Eva Moore The Pulaski Citizen 21 Nov 1962
Mrs. Frank Carter Pope, native of the Elkton Community, and resident of
Washington, D. C. died last week with the funeral rites in that city on
Saturday.
The former Eva Moore, she was the daughter of the late Ada W. Moore and Eva Bull
Moore of Elkton.
Mrs. Pope is survived by three sons and two daughters; one sister, Miss Nell
Moore of Hawaii; and several nieces and nephews. Tom W. Moore, Pulaski attorney,
is a nephew.
POPE, Hattie Stevenson The Pulaski Citizen 1 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Stevenson Pope, 71, Elkton resident, were held
Wednesday afternoon at Rainey Funeral Home with the burial in the Gatlin
Cemetery in Limestone County, Ala. Mrs. Pope died on Monday, October 23, at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Cross at Elkwood, Ala., following an extended
illness.
Born in 1890 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
George Stevenson of the Bee Spring Community. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Pope is survived by her husband, Arthur Pope; two daughters, Mrs. Cross and
Mrs. Christine Franklin, Ardmore; eleven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Lillian Uselton, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Amanda Cooper, Columbia; and one
brother, Paul Stevenson, Bethel, Ala.
Toney Rainey and Son Funeral Home.
POPE, John Gilbert The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1966
Funeral services for John Gilbert Pope, 65, a retired merchant of the Prospect
Community, were held at 2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Elkton Baptist
Church, with burial in Elkton Cemetery.
Mr. Pope, born July 19, 1901, was a native of Giles County. He died Thursday,
July 28, in Baptist Hospital, Nashville.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucille McNeese Pope; three daughters, Mrs.
Lorene Smith of Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Arlene Henderson, Nashville, and Mrs. Louise
Davis of Birmingham, Ala.; one son, Howard Pope of Lynnville; three sisters,
Mrs. Willa Rogers and Mrs. Alene Thompson, both of Elkton; two brothers, Foster
Pope of Pulaski, and Joe Pope of Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POPE, John Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 17 May 1967
Funeral services for John Wilson Pope, 58, were conducted Friday, May 12, at
2:30 p. m., at the Woodring Street Penecostal Church, with the Rev. P. C.
Abernathy officiating. Burial was in Elliott Cemetery at Elkton.
Mr. Pope, a native of Limestone County, Ala., died Wednesday, May 10, at his
home in Columbia. He was born April 27, 1909, the son of the late Jack and Ada
Scoggin Pope.
Survivors include three sons, Glenn and Jimmy Pope, Memphis, and David Pope,
Dallas, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Virgie Allison and Mrs. Della Mae Stillman,
Columbia; and three brothers, Frank, William and Joe Pope, Columbia.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PORTER, Arthur Armby The Pulaski Citizen 19 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Arthur Armby Porter, 85, retired farmer of the Lynnville
section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Lynnville Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. J. E. Eddings, pastor. Burial took place in the New Hope
Cemetery in Marshall County. Mr. Porter died Friday night, April 14, at his home
after a period of declining health.
Born in Marshall County, he was the son of the late William Anderson Porter and
Augusta Goodrum Porter. He lived for many years at Campbell Station but had
lived at Lynnville most of his life.
His first wife, Mrs. Celie Haislip Porter, died many years ago. His second wife,
Mrs. Mary Brock Porter, whom he married in 1941, survives.
Other survivors include one son, Ollie Porter, Germantown, Ohio; one step-son,
Bunyan Brock, Nashville; three step-grandchildren; one brother, Johnnie Porter,
Cornersville, and two sisters, Mrs. Floyd Franklin, Cornersville, and Mrs.
Ernest Buntzel, Sealy, Texas.
PORTER, Clyde The Pulaski Citizen 18 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Clyde Porter, 71, Maury County retired farmer, were held at
one o'clock Sunday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia with the burial
in Rose Hill Cemetery in that city. Mr. Porter died Thursday, November 12, in
Maury County Hospital.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Porter is survived by his wife, Mrs. Unice White Porter; four daughters,
Mrs. J. L. White, Buena Vista, Va., Mrs. Frank Collins and Mrs. Pete Bondra,
Columbia, and Mrs. Carl Gibson, Jr., Ecorse, Mich.; eight grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Broadus Smith, Cornersville, and Mrs.
Matt Spivey, Lynnville.
PORTER, Mary V. Brock The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1967
Mrs. Mary V. Brock Porter, 84, died Sunday, November 26 in a Nashville hospital,
after several months illness.
Services were conducted Monay, November 27, at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home,
with burial in Blanche Cemetery, Lincoln County.
Mrs. Porter, a native of Lincoln County, had lived most of her life in the
Lynnville Community. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Vickers, and a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Bunyan B. Brock, Nashville; a step-son, Ollie Porter,
Hamilton, Ohio; and two granddaughters.
PORTERFIELD, Lowell Everett The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Lowell Everett Porterfield, 58, L&N Railroad employee were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with burial in
Diana Cemetery. Mr. Porterfield died Thursday, February 22, at Veterans Hospital
in Nashville.
Born October 17, 1903, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Morgan
Porterfield and Annie Woodard Porterfield.
Mr. Porterfield is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Melba Luna, Cornersville; one
son, James Porterfield, Louisville, Ky.; nine grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. Memory Park, Hammond, Ind.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POSS, Katherine Pierce The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Pierce Poss, wife of Charlie C. Poss, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at East Hill Church of Christ, with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Poss died Sunday, February 18, at Giles
County Hospital, following an illness of four years.
Born July 1, 1903 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jesse S.
Pierce and Georgia Taylor Pierce.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Poss is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Susie
Malone, Pulaski; one grandson, Terry Malone; one sister, Mrs. D. W. Thurman,
Pulaski; and one brother, Myron Pierce, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POSTON, John Edwin The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Funeral services for John Edwin Poston, 63, farmer of the Bunker Hill Community,
were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Marcus Nickell and the Rev. J. W. McCullough. Burial took place in
the Elliott Cemetery, near Elkton. Mr. Poston died early Thursday morning,
December 22, in a Nashville hospital after a long illness.
Born April 29, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John D. Poston
and Kate King Poston. He was a member of the Bunker Hill Methodist Church.
Mr. Poston is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Lizzie McCracken Poston; three
sons, Calvin Poston, Lawrenceburg, John Edwin Poston and Mack Poston,
Chattanooga; one brother, Jim Poston, Fayetteville; and four sisters, Mrs. Hood
Wilkinson and Mrs. W. C. Tucker, Pulaski, Mrs. Lytle McCracken and Miss Annie
Poston, both of Bunker Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POSTON, Mary Ann The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1967
Funeral services for Miss Mary Ann Poston, 83, were conducted Friday afternoon,
October 27, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett May Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in Elliott Cemetery.
Miss Poston died Thursday, October 26, at Fairhaven Nursing Home. She was born
in Giles County on March 20, 1864, the daughter of the late John D. and Lizzie
King Poston.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Nina McCracken and Mrs Iva Wilkinson,
Pulaski and one brother, Jim Poston, Fayetteville.
Bennett May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POTTS, Alta Mae Garrett The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Alta Mae Garrett Potts, 54, resident of the Elkton
section, were held at 2 o'clock , Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by Ed Harper and Bill Reaves, Church of Christ
ministers. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Potts died at 12:30
Sunday night, January 2, in Giles County Hospital.
Born April 6, 1911, in Dallas County, Texas, she was the daughter of the late
Jim Garrett and Alice Hastings Garrett. She was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Mrs. Potts is survived by her husband, J. B. Potts; two sons, J. B. Potts, Jr.,
Pulaski and Larry Potts, Elkton; two daughters, Mrs. William Walker Widner,
Decatur, Ala. and Mrs. Paul Pope, Tucson, Ariz.; nine grandchildren; and four
sisters, Mrs. Earl White, Mrs. Joe Hunter Cummings, Pulaski, Mrs. Lee McNeese,
Elkton and Mrs. Mahlon Butler, Conway.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POTTS, Catherine Cobb The Pulaski Citizen 23 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Cobb Potts, 76, widow of Andrew B. Potts,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Liberty Methodist Church with the
Rev. Roy Bunch of Murfreesboro, former pastor of the church, officiating. Burial
took place in the Potts Cemetery. Mrs. Potts died on Monday morning, May 21,
having succumbed to a heart attack while in her sleep.
Born January 10, 1886, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
J. Cobb and Isabel Ables Cobb. Her husband died several years ago.
Mrs. Potts is survived by three sons, William L. Potts, J. B. Potts, Sr., and
Edward L. Potts, all of Prospect; and seven grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
Wilson Carter and Company in charge of arrangements. .
POTTS, Edward Lee The Pulaski Citizen 27 Aug 1969
Edward Lee Potts, 59, died Wednesday morning, August 27, in Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Potts, employee of T. V. A., will be conducted Thursday
afternoon, August 28, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. W. B. Nunley officiating. Burial will be in the Simpson Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born August 13, 1910, the son of the late
Andrew Baker Potts and Kate Cobb Potts.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Orlean Wilburn Potts, Prospect; one
step-daughter, Mrs. June Coffman Meagher, Pulaski; two brothers, William L.
Potts, Prospect and J. B. Potts, Aspen Hill; and three step-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POWELL, Claude (Buster) The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jun 1969
Claude (Buster) Powell, 50, died Friday, May 23, at his home in Hollow Rock,
Tenn.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, May 25, at 4 o'clock Methodist
Church. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery in Carroll County.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Powell was born May 19, 1919, the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Powell.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Louise Swearengen Powell; one daughter,
Paulette of Nashville; three sons, Claude B. Powell, Jr., Mark Powell and Tracy
C. Powell, all of Hollow Rock; two sisters, Mrs. Giles E. Tucker and Mrs. Cecil
Curtis of Prospect; four brothers, Irvin Powell, Ornad, Calif., William T.
Powell, Nashville, James Powell, Richard Powell, Prospect; and one grandchild.
POWELL, Florence James The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence James Powell, 71, Prospect resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Prospect Methodist Church, conducted by
Rev. J. H . Elder and the Rev. John B. Bradford, pastor. Burial took place in
Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Powell died unexpectedly at 9 o'clock on Sunday night,
April 14, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Malloy Gilbert, Prospect.
Born October 28, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Simeon
James and Elizabeth Keaton Jones. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Powell is survived by five sons, Irvin Powell, Oxnard, Calif., James
Powell, Prospect, Claude B. Powell, Hollow Rock, Tenn., Richard Powell, Elgin
AFB, Fla., and William T. Powell, Nashville; two daughters, Mrs. Giles E. Tucker
and Mrs. Cecil Curtis, both of Prospect; thirteen grandchildren; four brothers,
R. E. James, Nashville, John James, Florence, Ala., Leon James, Prospect, and
Sam James, Madison; and two sisters, Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. J. R. Simpson,
Goodlettsville.
Wilson Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
POWELL, Hagan The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1963
Hagan Powell, native Giles Countian and U. S. Navy Veteran, died Tuesday,
November 19, at a New Orleans hospital, after a long illness. Funeral rites will
take place in Belle Glade, Fla., his home town, with the burial in Miami, Fla.
Born and reared at Minor Hill, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Powell.
Mr. Powell is survived by his wife; one son, Hagan Powell, Jr., student at the
University of Miami; one sister, Mrs. Jessie P. B. Davis, Minor Hill; one
brother, Royce Powell, Miami, Fla.; and two nieces and one nephew.
POWELL, Mary Elizabeth The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Miss Mary Elizabeth Powell, 83, resident of the Prospect
section, were held at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in Liberty Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Ralph R. Langston, pastor of the church, and the Rev. J.
H. Elder. Burial took place in the Whitfield Cemetery at Liberty. Miss Powell
died on Saturday, January 2, in Giles County Hospital after a three weeks
illness.
Born May 28, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Irvin
Powell and Nanny Roberta Powell, and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Miss Powell is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Harlow and Miss Kitty
Powell, both of Elkton, and Miss Mattie Powell, Liberty; and one half-brother,
John D. Wilburn, Liberty.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POWELL, Mattie Matilda The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Miss Mattie Matilda Powell, 80, were conducted on Monday
afternoon, November 7, at 1:00 o'clock at the Liberty Methodist Church, with
burial in the Powell Cemetery. He Revs. J. H. Elder and Mack Pinkelton
officiated.
Miss Powell died Saturday, November 5, in Giles County Hospital. She was a
native of Giles County, the daughter of the late Irvin H. and Nannie Roberta
Elder Powell. She was born February 26, 1886.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Harlow, Elkton, and Miss Kitty Powell,
Pulaski; and one half-brother, John Wilburn, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POWELL, Richard Donald The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1968
Richard Donald Powell, 21, Vietnam veteran and employee of Pulaski Rubber
Company, was found dead in his car near a North First Street service station at
5 a. m. Friday, May 10, the apparent victim of carbon monoxide poisoning. The
death was ruled accidental.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev. James L. Jolly and Rev. James Mullins, Baptist
ministers, officiating. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
A native Giles Countian, Powell was born Nov. 20, 1946, the son of Alvie and
Velma Powell, who reside in the Oak Grove community near Anthony Hill.
In addition to his parents, survivors include two sisters, Misses Sharon and
Teresa Powell of Giles County; two brothers, Dwight of Giles County and Billy
Powell, U. S. Marine Corps, Vietnam; and his paternal grandfather, B. I. Powell
of Pulaski.
POWELL, Royce M. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1967
Royce M. Powell, 69, Pharmacist, of Coral Gables, Fla., died Sunday, March 19,
in a hospital in that city.
Graveside services will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. Thursday, March 23, at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, with the Rev. Tommy Curtis officiating.
Mr. Powell, a native of Giles County, was born September 6, 1897, the son of the
late Calvin Taylor and Mary Etha Hagan Powell. He had lived in Coral Gables,
Fla., for a number of years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Katherine Parsons Powell; one son, Lt. Col.
Royce M. Powers, Jr., Aberdeen, Md.; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Jessie
B. Davis, Minor Hill.
POWERS, John Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1968
Funeral services for John Wesley Powers, 73, were held Tuesday afternoon, March
12, at 1 p. m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Powers, a retired carpenter and painter, died Sunday night, March 10 in the
Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Powers was born July 2, 1894, the son of the late
Joe and Susie Gibson Powers.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Era Hannah Powers; one son, Lloyd Powers of
Nashville, and three grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
POWERS, Theodore C. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Oct 1964
Funeral services for Theodore C. Powers, 66, retired Marshall County farmer and
native of Giles County, will be held at one o'clock Thursday afternoon in Bills
and McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg with the burial in the Potts Cemetery,
near Prospect, in Giles County. Mr. Powers died at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning,
October 14, at Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg, after several weeks illness.
Born March 28, 1898, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe Powers and
Susie Gibson Powers. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Powers is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy Chapman Powers; four sons, Will
Powers, Monroe Powers and Joe Powers, all of Marshall County, and Albert Powers,
Washington State; one daughter, Miss Sarah Powers, Lewisburg; several
grandchildren; and one brother, J. W. Powers, Pulaski.
PRATT, Oscar The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1968
Oscar Pratt, 80, died Tuesday morning, May 14, in Williamson County Hospital,
Franklin.
Funeral services for Mr. Pratt will be Thursday afternoon, May 16, at 2 o'clock
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jacob Gardner
officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Pratt was born April 2, 1888, the son of the late
Jake and Bell Pullem Pratt. His wife was the late Viney Lou Ward Pratt.
Survivors include twelve sons, Duncan, Gardner, and Thomas Pratt, all of Giles
County, Robert, George, Dean, Paul, Morris, Freeman Lee, Roy, and David Pratt,
all of Franklin, and James Pratt of Maury County; two daughters, Mrs. Lena
Mosley, Spring Hill and Mrs. Sue Darnell, Elkton; thirty-three grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Maggie Homatella, Columbia; two half-sisters, Mrs Madge Pullen,
and Mrs. Lena Green, both of Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PRATT, Patsy Mae White The Pulaski Citizen 2 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Patsy Mae Pratt, 85, were conducted on Wednesday
afternoon, October 26, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with burial in the Noblett Cemetery.
Mrs. Pratt died at her home in Winter Haven, Fla., where she had resided for
several years, on Sunday, October 23.
She was born in Giles County, on January 5, 1881, the daughter of the late Lewis
and Mary Cole White. Her husband, Thomas Pratt, died several years ago.
Mrs. Pratt is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Eva Stanfield, Mrs. Mary Cribbs,
Winter Haven, Mrs. J. E. Forsythe, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Lucile White, Leoma; two
sons, Raymond Pratt, Athens, Ala., and Robert Pratt, Winter Haven; seventeen
grandchildren; and twenty-four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl
Brooks, Decatur, Ala., and Mrs. Maggie Hannon and Mrs. Cora Sewell of Dallas,
Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PRATT, Vona Thompson The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1967
Mrs. Vona Thompson Pratt, 74, died Monday night, February 20, at General
Hospital in Nashville.
Services will be conducted at 11 o'clock Thursday morning, February 23, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Pratt, a native of Lawrence County, was born April 10, 1892, the daughter
of the late Jim and Sara Thompson. Her husband, the late Webb Pratt, died
February 11.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Fobert Freeman, Nashville, Mrs. Ray
Fulfer, Clayburn, Texas, Mrs. Edward Pratt, Ft. Worth, Texas; three sons, Noble
Fisher, Nashville, Norman Fisher, Burleson, Texas, Earl Fisher, Lewisburg; three
step-daughters, Mr. Herbert Foster, Campbellsville, Mrs. John W. Ward,
Cornersville, Mrs. Noble Fisher, Nashville; four step-sons, Volney Fisher, Ft.
Worth, Texas, Paul Pratt, Nashville, Edward Pratt, Ft. Worth, Texas, Maurice
Curtis, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. Ethel Kelly, Ohio; two brothers, J. L.
Thompson, Clayburn, Texas, and George Thompson, Lynnville; thirty grandchildren;
and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PRATT, Webb The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1967
Webb Pratt, 80, a retired farmer, died Saturday, February 11, in General
Hospital, Nashville.
Services were conducted at 10 a. m. Monday, February 13, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister officiating.
Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Vone Fisher Pratt, Nashville; three daughters,
Mrs. Colene Foster, Campbellsville, Mrs. John W. Ward, Cornersville, and Mrs.
Iva Dale Fisher, Nashville; three sons, Maurice Curtis, Pulaski, Ed Pratt, Ft.
Worth, Texas, and Paul Pratt, Nashville; twenty-two grandchildren; several
great-grandchildren; and one half-brother, Oscar Pratt, Franklin.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PRATT, Willie Fred The Pulaski Citizen 18 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Willie Fred Pratt, 66, farmer of the Seventh District, were
held at 11 o'clock Monday morning at Baptist Church at Anderson, Ala., with the
burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Pratt died Friday, March 13, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born January 12, 1898, at Anderson, Ala., he was the son of the late William A.
Pratt and Amelia Katherine Pratt. His wife, Mrs. Priscilla Pratt, is deceased.
Mrs. Pratt is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alton Rolin, Pulaski, Mrs. David
Sanderson, Maryville, Mrs. Bobby Jackson, Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Ray Hall,
Burbank, Calif.; sixteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Hughes and Mrs. Vera Camp, both of Anderson, Ala.; and
three brothers, Onus Pratt, Nashville, Elbert Pratt, Knoxville, and Orville
Pratt, Detroit, Mich.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PRENTICE, Calvin Alexander The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Calvin Alexander Prentice, 90, resident of the Marcella
Falls section, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon (March 23) at North
Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg, with Herschel Patton officiating. Burial took
place in Arlington Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. He died Monday, March 21, at
Ardmore Rest Home, Ardmore, Tenn., after an extended illness.
A native of Giles County, he was a retired farmer and was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Mr. Prentice is survived by one son, Raymond Prentice, Summertown; five
daughters, Mrs. Grady Allen, Ethridge, Mrs. Robert Cummins, Lynnville, Mrs.
Audie Porter and Mrs. Charles Caruanam, both of Lincoln Park, Ill., and Mrs.
Richard Calvitt, Mt. Pleasant; twenty-four grandchildren and forty-seven
great-grandchildren.
PRENTICE, Maggie Vick The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1967
Mrs. Maggie Prentice, 73, died Monday, March 13, at Fairhaven Nursing Home,
following an extended illness.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, March 15, at 2 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mrs. Prentice, a native of Giles County, was born May 26, 1893, the daughter of
the late John and Annie Vick. Her husband, the late John W. Prentice, died
January 6, 1967. She was a member of the Fairview Church of Christ.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Rose Wright, Mrs. Reba Prentice, Mrs.
Anna Peden, Pulaski, and Mrs. Ruth Stone, Campbellsville; one son, John
Prentice, Wales; eleven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
PRENTICE, William Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1968
Funeral services were held for William Thomas Prentice, 86, Sunday, February 18,
in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Revs. Pink Griggs and Argine
Hughes officiating. Burial was in Lucy Cemetery at Campbellsville.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Prentice was born April 24, 1881, the son of the
late Billie and Geneva Seagraves Prentice.
Mr. Prentice was a retired farmer and a deacon of Welcome Valley Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alice Barnette Prentice; four daughters, Mrs.
Alex Peden, Giles County, Mrs. Alvin Owen, Okeechobee, Fla., Mrs. Charlie
Colvett, Mt. Pleasant, and Mrs. Burian Houston, Houston, Ala.; five sons, Jack,
Flournoy, and Sam Prentice, all of Giles County, James Robert Prentice, Lawrence
County, and William Thomas Prentice, Greenville, S. C.; and twenty
grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PRESTRIDGE, E. C. and Eulala Weaver The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1965
Joint funeral services for Everett Claude and Eulala Weaver Prestridge, who died
Sunday night, Jan. 10, as the result of a two-car collision on Highway 64, west,
were conducted at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home with
Gilbert Shaffer and Andrew Brown officiating. Burial was in Polk Memorial
Gardens in Maury County.
Mrs. Prestridge, 49, and Robert Lee Nelson, Jr., 18, of Lawrenceburg, were dead
on arrival at Giles County Hospital following the 8 p. m. crash, and Mr.
Prestridge died later the same night at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.
Mr. Prestridge, 48, was a native of Cullman, Ala., the son of Robert C. and
Hattie Brown Prestridge, who survive. He was a barber operating a shop in Malone
Shopping Center, and a Church of Christ minister. Mrs. Prestridge was bookkeeper
at Athens (Ala.) Bible School.
Mrs. Prestridge, the former Miss Eulala Weaver, was a native of Winchester and
the daughter of W. H. and Sallie Crosland Weaver, who survive. She was born Dec.
20, 1915. Mr. Prestridge's birth date was July 19, 1916.
They are also survived by two sons, James Everett Prestridge of Athens, Ala.,
and Doyle Weaver Prestridge, a student at Hardin College, Searcy, Ark.; one
daughter, Linda Faye Baugh of Athens, Ala.; and one grandchild.
Other survivors of Mr. Prestridge are two brothers, Earl and Lewis Prestridge of
Florence, Ala.; and a sister, Miss Alice Prestridge of Leoma.
Mrs. Prestridge is also survived by six brothers, W. H. Weaver, Jr., of
Woodbury, George of Murfreesboro, Dock of Knoxville, Ray of Mt. Pleasant,
Clarence and Jack Weaver of Spring Hill; and six sisters, Mrs. Bennie Andrews,
Mrs. Dugan Kincaid, Mrs. Norris Trimble and Mrs. Garland Glenn, all of Spring
Hill, Mrs. Clarence Kirk of Lawrenceburg and Mrs. Valton Rummage of Columbia.
PRICE, Bettie Clark The Pulaski Citizen11 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie Clark Price, 89, widow of Will A. Price, were
held at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Price died on Monday morning, March 9, at her home on West Washington
Street.
Born November 10, 1874, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Tom
Clark and Adeline Wolaver Clark. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her
husband died in 1940.
Mrs. Price is survived by one son, Robert Price, Pulaski; six grandchildren and
thirteen great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Will Hodge, Cornersville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PRICE, Lottie Green The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jun 1968
Mrs. Lottie Green Price, 69, died in Giles County Hospital Saturday, June 15.
Funeral services for Mrs. Price were held Monday afternoon, June 17, at one
o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with the Rev. Wiley Powell
officiating. Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Lawrence County.
A member of the Methodist Church, Mrs. Price was born October 31, 1898, the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Green.
Survivors include her husband, John Lee Price; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Jane
Glass, Bonnertown; five sons, David F. Price, Lawrenceburg, Mitchell O. Price,
Nashville, Wiley W. and John L. Price, Jr., of Pulaski, and Travis B. Price of
Kansas; three brothers, Johnny and Nobel Green of Lawrenceburg; Burel Green,
Pulaski; twenty grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PRICE, Mary Elizabeth The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1967
Graveside services were conducted for Mary Elizabeth Price, infant daughter of
Thomas Ariel Price, Jr. and Margaret Yancey Price, Friday afternoon, January 27,
at 1:30 o'clock at Maplewood Cemetery, with the Rev. Billy Craighead
officiating.
The infant died Thursday, January 26, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
In addition to her parents, survivors include maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Yancey; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ariel Price; and maternal
great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Porter Stone.
PRICE, Robert Earl The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1968
Robert Earl Price, 69, died Monday night, February 26, in St. Thomas Hospital,
Nashville.
Funeral services for Mr. Price, a retired auto parts dealer, were held
Wednesday, February 28, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with G. C. Fox officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Price was born July 24, 1898 the son of the late
Will and Betty Clark Price.
Survivors include his wife, Lucile Martin Price; and nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PRICE, William Noah The Pulaski Citizen 10 Nov 1965
Funeral services for William Noah Price, 83, retired carpenter, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bethel Baptist Church in Limestone County, Ala.,
conducted by the Rev. Bob Wilkins. Burial took place in the Mitchell Cemetery.
Mr. Price died at one o'clock Saturday morning, November 6, at the home of the
daughter, Mrs. Ollis Knight at Minor Hill.
Born May 28, 1882, in Alabama, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Price.
He was a member of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church in Decatur, Ala., where
he had made his home for a long time. His wife, Mrs. Arizona Gladney Price, died
approximately seven years ago.
In addition to the daughter, Mr. Price is survived by three sons, William Dan
Price, Decatur, Ala., Coy Price, Mobile, Ala., and Roy Price, Gadsden, Ala.,
four brothers; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Pulaski
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PRINCE, John Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 13 May 1964
Funeral services for John Thomas Prince, 60, phosphate mining contractor, will
be held at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning at First Baptist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of the church with the burial in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Prince died at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, May 12, at Giles County Hospital,
after a brief illness.
Born August 12, 1903, in Maury County, he was the son of the late John T. Prince
and Alice Ayers Prince. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Mr. Prince is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Greene Prince; two sons, Thomas
Prince, Peoria, Ill., and John T. Prince, Jackson; three daughters, Mrs. James
T. Allen, Hendersonville, Mrs. James Ed Sanders, Pulaski and Mrs. Homer E.
Boshears, Mt. Pleasant; eight grandchildren; two brothers, Claude Prince,
Rutherford County, and W. B. Prince, Lawrenceburg; and four sisters, Mrs. Etta
Gibson, Columbia, Mrs. Frank Woods, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Grady Barker,
Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Beulah Stadler, Union, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PROSSER, Alton Jenkins The Pulaski Citizen 28 Aug 1968
Funeral services for Alton Jenkins Prosser, 61, were held Tuesday afternoon,
August 27, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial was in Bradshaw Cemetery.
Mr. Prosser, an employee of the American Rubber Company, Louisville, Ky., died
Saturday, August 24, at Norton Infirmary in Louisville.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Prosser was born the son of the late Jonathan and
Carrie Prosser. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, Alton J. Prosser, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.; three sisters,
Mrs. William Reaves, Lewisburg, Mrs. Robert A. Dugger, Fayetteville, and Mrs.
Jim Davis, McBurg; two brothers, Charlie Prosser and Marion H. Prosser, both of
Beech Hill; and three grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PROSSER, Carrie Elizabeth Hardison The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Jonathan Prosser, 81, resident of the Beech Hill
Community, were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bradshaw Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, pastor of the church. Burial took place in
the church cemetery.
Mrs. Prosser died on Saturday morning, April 16, at Giles County Hospital after
an extended illness.
The former Miss Carrie Elizabeth Hardison, she was born June 7, 1878, in
Marshall County, daughter of the late Dick Hardison and Irene White Hardison.
Her husband, Jonathan Prosser, died several years ago. She was a member of
Bradshaw Baptist Church.
Mrs. Prosser is survived by three sons, Charles F. Prosser, Beech Hill,
Hildredge Prosser, Giles County, and Alton Prosser, Louisville, Ky.; three
daughters, Mrs. Jim Davis and Mrs. Robert Allen Dugger, Lincoln County, and Mrs.
William Reaves, Beech Hill; twelve grandchildren and thirteen
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Conner Coggin, Bunker Hil.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PROSSER, Grover C. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Grover C. Prosser, 71, farmer of the Noah Community in
Coffee County, and a native of Giles County, were held at one o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at Brick Church Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mr. Prosser died Sunday night, April 8, at Good Samaritan Hospital in
Woodbury, Tenn.
Born and reared in Giles County, he had lived in Coffee County about twenty-five
years.
Mr. Prosser is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Betty Prosser, Shelbyville; one
daughter, Mrs. Fred Lemmons of the Noah Community; one sister, Mrs. Courtney
Ridner, Lewisburg; and one half-sister, Mrs. Ola Mae Ashby, Shelbyville.
PROSSER, Henry Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jul 1969
Henry Wilson Prosser, Sr., 53 of Muscle Shoals, AL., died Monday evening, June 9
at 11:45 o'clock at ECM Hospital following cancer surgery.
Services were conducted Wednesday, June 11, in Morrison Elkins Chapel, Florence,
AL, by the Rev. T. A. Duke. Burial was in Tri Cities Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Prosser was a native of Giles County, the son of the late Prof. and Mrs.
Henry Wilford Prosser.
He had been a resident of Muscle Shoals area for ten years. He was engaged in
the insurance business and was a member of the Woodward Avenue Baptist Church in
Muscle Shoals.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Agnes Hopton Prosser; two sons, Harold S.
Prosser, Athens; Henry Wilson Prosser, Jr. Florence; one daughter, Miss Patricia
Faye Prosser, Muscle Shoals; six sisters, Mrs. Lucy Bass, Goodsprings, Mrs. Mary
Dale, Pulaski, Mrs. Maudie Park, Columbia, Miss Lucille Prosser, Nashville, Mrs.
Tula Lawrence, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Rubye Davenport, Atlanta, GA; one brother,
Austin Prosser, Missouri; and four grandchildren.
PROSSER, Virginia Louise The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Louise Prosser, 55, of Covington, Va.,
formerly of Giles County, were held at 2 p. m. Friday, March 8, at the Diana
Methodist Church. Burial was in the Diana Cemetery.
Mrs. Prosser, the former Louise Purdom, died Monday morning in a Clifton Forge,
Va. hospital, from injuries suffered in an auto accident.
She was the daughter of the late W. D. and Ethel Clark Purdon, both of Giles
County.
Survivors include one son, A. J. Prosser, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.; two brothers,
Wayne C. Purdom, Madison and W. D. Purdom, Jr., Nashville; and three
grandchildren.
PRYOR, Neil The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Neil Pryor, 88, Lawrenceburg, were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon at North Funeral Home. Burial took place in the John Lay Cemetery,
Ethridge. Mr. Pryor died Saturday, September 28, at Elm Rest Nursing Home in
Lawrenceburg.
A native of Giles County, he had lived in Lawrence County forty years. He was a
Baptist.
There were no immediate survivors.
PRYOR, Willie C. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Willie C. Pryor, 62, Lewisburg barber, were held Saturday
afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, with London Funeral Home of Lewisburg in charge. Burial took place in
Rose Hill Cemetery in the Nineteenth Civil District. Mr. Pryor died Friday, July
9, in Leonard Hospital in Lewisburg.
Born January 2, 1908, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Rev. Lindsey
Pryor and Ethel Pryor. He was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church.
Mr. Pryor is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maudie Sue Helton Pryor; three
daughters, Mrs. Dezzie Lee Clay, Lewisburg, Mrs. Clarice Whitaker, Michighan,
and Mrs. Doris Whitaker, Nashville; one son, Willie C. Pryor, Jr., Boston,
Mass.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Lula
Curtis, Auburndale, Fla., Mrs. Bill Scribner and Mrs. Josie Brown, both of
Columbia, Mrs. Bill Peden, Centerville, and Mrs. Bill Scribner, Nashville; and
three brothers, H. M. Pryor, Columbia, and W. L. Pryor and Eugene Pryor, both of
California.
PUCKETT, Charles Isaac The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
The death of Charles Isaac Puckett, 78, on Friday night, May 13, marked the
third traffic fatality of 1960 for Giles County, all three of which occurred
within a period of two weeks.
Mr. Puckett was alone in his car driving toward Pulaski from his home at Elkton,
when the vehicle left the road and overturned twice on Highway 31, about a mile
south of the Pulaski city limits. He was thrown from the car and died instantly,
according to persons who witnessed the accident which occurred about 7:18 p. m.
A native of Giles County, he was a civic and church leader, a member of the
official board of Elkton Methodist Church and a member of the Giles County Farm
Bureau. He was a retired farmer.
Funeral services were conducted at 1 p. m. Sunday at Elkton Methodist Church and
burial was in Elkton Cemetery. Officiating members were the Rev. Cullen T.
Carter, Dr. William H. Mansfield, The Rev. R. L. Greenway and the Rev. Jesse C.
Williams. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Flournoy Rosson of Campbellsville; three sosn,
Paul of Pulaski, J. M. of Chattanooga; and John Robert of Marietta, Ga.; a
sister, Mrs. Ida Henderson of Purvis, Miss.; and five grandchildren.
PUCKETT, Granville W. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Dec 1965
Graveside services for Granville W. Puckett, 72, native of Giles County, were
held at 10 o'clock Friday morning in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Puckett died on
Wednesday, December 8, in a Nashville hospital after a long illness.
Born April 5, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late G. W. Puckett
and Ida Lewter Puckett.
Mr. Puckett is survived by two brothers, D. A. Puckett, Nashville, and S. B.
Puckett, Knoxville; and three sisters, Mrs. Ozelle Donnan, Florida, Mrs.
Virginia Copeland, South Carolina, and Mrs. Inez Pitts, Shelbyville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PUCKETT, Jane English The Pulaski Citizen 9 Apr 1969
Mrs. Jane English Puckett, 51, died Saturday, April 5, in Maury County Hospital
after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Puckett, wife of D. Paul Puckett, were held Sunday
afternoon, April 6, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Puckett was born June 17, 1917, the daughter of
the late W. F. English and Annie Sims Bennett English.
Survivors in addition to her husband, include one daughter, Miss Penny Puckett;
one son, David Puckett, both of Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. Larry Montgomery,
Pulaski; and one grandson, D. Paul Puckett, III.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PUCKETT, Kate McNeely The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles I. Puckett, 81, Elkton resident, were held at
1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Elkton Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Raymond L. Greenway, pastor of the church, and Dr. W. H. Mansfield. Burial took
place in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Puckett died early Sunday morning at her home at
Elkton.
The former Miss Kate McNeely, she was a native of Giles County, the daughter of
the late W. J. McNeely and Emily Elliott McNeely. She was a member of the Elkton
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Puckett is survived by her husband, Charles I. Puckett; one daughter, Mrs.
Flournoy Rosson, Campbellsville; three sons, D. Paul Puckett, Pulaski, J. M.
Puckett, Chattanooga, and John Robert Puckett, Marietta, Ga.; several
grandchildren; one sister Mrs. Ida McNeely Harwell, Ardmore; and one brother,
Luther McNeely, Ardmore.
PULLY, Katherine Witt The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1967
Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Katherine Witt Pully of Dallas,
Texas, formerly of Giles County. She died Monday, February 20, in a Dallas
hospital. Services were conducted Tuesday, February 21, at Marrs-Mundy Funeral
Home, with burial in Dallas.
In addition to her husband, Luther S. Pully, Sr., she is survived by two sons,
Robert V. and Luther S. Pully, Jr., both of Dallas; and relatives here in Giles
County.
PULLY, Luther S. Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 26 Mar 1969
Luther S. Pully, Sr., 86, of 3313 Milton, Dallas, Texas, a retired druggist and
a Dallas resident for the past 39 years, died March 2.
He was a native of Giles County and was graduated from Vanderbilt University
School of Pharmacy in 1904. Mr. Pully owned and operated a drug store in
Nashville from 1908 to 1930, known as Pully and Sanders Drug Co., and later
known as Pully Drug Co. on the corner of 17th and Church Street.
Mr. Pully married Katie Witt, of Pulaski, who was a student at Peabody College
in Nashville and who taught school in Prospect. Mrs. Pully died in 1967.
Mr. and Mrs. Pully moved to Texas in 1930 where he worked in various drugstores
in Dallas until his retirement in 1962. He was a member of the First Methodist
Church and the Texas Pharmaceutical Assn.
Survivors include two sons, Robert V. Pully and Luther S. Pully, Jr., both of
Dallas, Texas; a sister, Mrs. G. C. Case of Nashville and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held March 4, at 2:30 p. m. in the Sparkman-Hillcrest
Funeral Chapel on Northwest Highway. Burial was in Hillcrest Memorial Park.
PURDOM, Kenneth The Pulaski Citizen 28 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Kenneth Purdom, 78, retired Lynnville farmer, were held at
2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Lynnville Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Robert Droke. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Purdom died Wednesday,
April 21, in Hillview Haven Nursing Home in Lewisburg after several months
illness.
Born July 20, 1886, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late John D.
Purdom and Sarah Cochran Purdom, but had lived most of his life in Giles County.
His wife was the former Miss Mary Cobb, who died September 3, 1963.
Mr. Purdom is survived by one sister, Mrs. R. B. Compton, Sr., Dallas, Texas;
and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PURDOM, Mary Cobb The Pulaski Citizen 4 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Cobb Purdom, 74, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Lynnville Baptist Church
with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Purdom died Tuesday morning,
September 3, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.
Born April 11, 1889, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Napoleon B. (Boney)
Cobb and Agnes Woodward Cobb, and had been a resident of Lynnville for
approximately forty years.
Mrs. Purdom was a member of the Lynnville Baptist Church where she had taught
the Ladies Bible Class. She had been an employee of Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company for many years.
Mrs. Purdom is survived by her husband, Kenneth Purdom; one brother, C. A. Cobb,
Atlanta, Ga.; one niece, Mrs. Ray Baumstark, Collinwood, and four nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PURDOM, Mary Lou Gibson The Pulaski Citizen 17 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Gibson Purdom, 72, resident of Lynnville for
many years, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, October 7, at a Florence,
Ala. funeral home with the burial in that city. Mrs. Purdom died on the Friday
before in Memphis at the home of a son.
The widow of Hollis Purdom, she was a native of Marshall County but moved to
Memphis thirty years ago. The list of her survivors is not available.
PURYEAR, Edgar Allen The Pulaski Citizen 18 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Edgar Allen Puryear, 51, who was found dead of gunshot
wounds near Donelson, Tuesday morning, November 17, will be conducted at
Bennett-May Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at 2:30. The Rev. Robert Hall will
officiate and burial will be in Moriah Cemetery.
Mr. Puryear was reportedly found in a wooded area not far from his Donelson home
after telling members of the family that he intended to go hunting. Metro
Medical Examiner, Dr. W. J. Core ruled the death apparent suicide.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Puryear had lived in Donelson for a number of
years and was employed by TVA. He was the son of Mrs. Elna Hamlett Puryear of
Giles County and the late Robert Edgar Puryear.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Tallies Forsythe Puryear;
two sons, Marion Puryear and Ronald Keith Puryear; and a daughter, Claudia Gale
Puryear, all of Donelson; three sisters, Mrs. Jane LaFern of Pulaski, Mrs.
Mattie Bell Chalk of McKenzie, and Miss Louise Puryear of Memphis; one brother,
Joe Newton Puryear of Columbus, Ga.
PURYEAR, Henry Martin The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1967
Henry Martin Puryear, Sr., retired businessman, died Thursday, March 23, at his
home in Columbia.
Services were conducted Saturday morning, March 25, at 10 o'clock at Oakes and
Nichols Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert E. Lee and Rev. James N. Prewitt
officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mr. Puryear, a native of Giles County, was the son of the late Robert Newton and
Mattie E. Martin Puryear. A veteran of World War I, he went to Columbia in 1924.
He was a member of the Baptist Church where he taught a Sunday School class for
many years. He was a member of the American Legion Post 19, and a former member
of the Century Club, Elks Club and Lions Club.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lurline Wilkins Thomas Puryear; one son, Henry
Martin Puryear, Jr.; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Allen Phelps and Mrs.
Harvey Smith, Pulaski.
PURYEAR, James Robert The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jun 1962
James Robert Puryear, 77, former member of County Court from the Twenty-second
Civil District and representative of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company for a
number of years, died on Monday night, June 25, at Mid-State Baptist Hospital in
Nashville after several years declining health.
Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the rites conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean,
pastor of First Presbyterian Church, and the burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Puryear, a retired farmer of the Wales section, served as a member of County
Court for six years-1948-1954, and was a representative of Farmers Mutual
Insurance Company for twenty-eight years. He was a member of First Presbyterian
Church, and was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Born February 19, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John E.
Puryear and Josie Witt Puryear.
Mr. Puryear is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie Madray Puryear; one son, James
R. Puryear, Wales; two daughters, Mrs. Martin Mullins and Mrs. Granville Lee,
both of Nashville; three grandchildren; one brother, J. Witt Puryear, Pulaski;
and one sisters, Mrs. H. W. Carothers, Wales.
PURYEAR, John Witt The Pulaski Citizen 28 Aug 1963
Funeral services for John Witt Puryear, 82, retired Giles County farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Robert H. Hall, Cumberland Presbyterian minister. Burial took place in Mt.
Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Puryear died on Saturday night, August 24, at Giles County
Hospital, after a period of declining health.
Mr. Puryear, a member of the Presbyterian Church, was born January 6, 1881, in
Giles County, the son of the late John Edward Puryear and Josephine Witt
Puryear.
His wife, Mrs. Ella Vaughn Puryear, died March 21, 1932. Mrs. Puryear and
several children in the family died in a cyclone that hit Giles County on that
date.
Mr. Puryear is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William G. Dugger and Mrs. Clay
Minatra, both of Pulaski; one son, William Luther Puryear, Highway Patrolman of
Lawrenceburg; five grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. H. W. Carothers, Wales.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
PURYEAR, Robert Edgar The Pulaski Citizen 9 May 1962
Funeral services for Robert Edgar Puryear, 76, who died Monday morning, May 7,
at Giles County Hospital after a period of declining health, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Hall
officiated and burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born November 27, 1885, the son of the late R.
N. Puryear and Mattie Martin Puryear.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elna Hamlett Puryear; two sons, Edgar Allen
Puryear of Donelson and Joe Newton Puryear, U. S. Army; three daughters, Mrs.
Glen W. Chalk of McKenzie, Miss Annie Louise Puryear of Memphis and Mrs. Jane
LaFern of Pulaski; one brother, Henry Puryear of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs.
Allen Phelps and Mrs. Harvey Smith of Pulaski; and seven grandchildren.
PUTMAN, James Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1967
James Thomas Putman, 47, of Ardmore, Ala., was killed late Sunday, April 2, when
a heavy construction vehicle he was driving went out of control and plunged into
the Cumberland River in Nashville, pinning him underneath.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Rainey Funeral
Home
in Ardmore with the Rev. Horace Bass of Nashville and the Rev. Joe Whitt, of
Aliceville, Ala., officiating. Burial was in Blanche Cemetery.
Putman, an employee of CFW Construction Company of Fayetteville, was working on
a storm sewer project near the Shelby Street Bridge when the 15-ton front end
loader he was driving reportedly stalled, causing the power to fail, and the
machine overturned into the river from a steep grade. Some 50 rescue workers
were sent to the scene, and the body was recovered by a skin diver after a crane
lifted the machine.
A native of Fayetteville, Putman had lived at Ardmore since 1938. He was born
June 30, 1919, the son of George Worth and Ila Mae Whitt Putman, who survive.
He was a member of the Ardmore Methodist Church.
In addition to his parents, who reside in Ardmore, Ala., survivors include his
wife, the former Pauline Durrell of Kosciusko, Miss.; three sons, Tommy, Jr.,
Bert and Timothy, all of Ardmore; two daughters, Mrs. Donna Hertzler, of Omaha,
Neb., and Cathy Putman of Ardmore; and two sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Conditt of
Carthage, Tenn. and Mrs. Peggy Caldwell, of Cocoa, Fla.
QUILLEN, James Melvin The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1968
James Melvin Quillen, 58, died Friday, May 10, in Elkhart, Ind.
Funeral services for Mr. Quillen were held Sunday afternoon, May 12, at 2
o'clock in Lawrenceburg. Burial was in Neebo Cemetery, Lawrence County.
Mr. Quillen was born March 27, 1910, the son of the late Austin Quillen.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Nettie Quillen Garrett, West Point; three
sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Lipscomb, West Point, Mrs. Sue Hopkins and Mrs. Willie T.
Burks, both of Lawrenceburg; and one brother, Haggard Quillen of Iron City.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
QUILLEN, Lizzie Whibby McClure The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Whibby McClure Quillen, 56, resident of
Elkhart, Ind., will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Chestnut Grove
Methodist Church in Giles County, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial
took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Quillen died Saturday, February 5, at
her home in Elkhart.
Born April 6, 1909, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late George
Whibby and Louise McNeal Whibby. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Quillen is survived by her husband, James Quillen; three children, by a
previous marriage, James H. McClure, Mrs. Louise Deroach and Mrs. Dessie Brough,
all of Elkhart; eight grandchildren; four brothers, Luther Whibby, Clyde Whibby,
Henry Whibby, and Sam Whibby, all of Nashville; one sister, Mrs. Nancy Campbell,
Louisville, Ky.' and one half-sister, Mrs. Hattie Stewart, Franklin, Tenn.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RACKLEY, Lonnie Allen The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jun 1966
Mrs. Lonnie Allen Rackley, 62, widow of Willie W. Rackley, former Giles
Countian, died Sunday, May 22, in the Jesse Jones Hospital in Springfield.
Funeral services were held the following Tuesday in Cole and Garrett Funeral
Home in Goodlettsville, with the burial in White House, Tenn.
Mrs. Harold Sisk and Mrs. J. W. Crosslin of Pulaski are nieces of Mrs. Rackley.
RADER, Virginia (Jinx) Hite The Pulaski Citizen 13 Apr 1966
A well known former Pulaski woman, Mrs. Virginia (Jinx) Hite Rader, 46, wife of
Joseph Rader of Gallatin, was killed Friday morning, April 8, when the
automobile in which she was riding crashed into a utility pole two-and-a-half
miles west of Lebanon on Highway 70 at 10:30 o'clock .
Also injured in the accident were Mrs. Rader's 19-year-old son, James H. Hite,
III, and his wife, Cynthia, 17, both students of Martin College. Hite was
treated at a Lebanon hospital and released, and Mrs. Hite was hospitalized with
a broken nose and other injuries.
State Trooper Clayton Cooper said Hite was driving the car when it skidded on
wet pavement and left the road. The automobile broke the utility pole, and
electric power wires fell across the car and hampered rescue operations. Cooper
said Mrs. Rader and the young couple were enroute to Murfreesboro to visit Mrs.
Hite's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Swartzbaugh.
Born Nov. 16, 1920, in Montgomery County, Mrs. Rader was the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Creed Harris of near Clarksville. She was an Episcopalian and
had formerly served as the society editor of The Giles Free Press here for
several years before moving to Gallatin last June. Her husband at one time was
managing editor of The Free Press.
Funeral services were conducted at 10 o'clock Monday morning at Trinity
Episcopal Church, Clarksville, with the Rev. Robert E. Craig, rector, and the
Rev. John Lohmann of The Church of Our Saviour, Gallatin, officiating. Burial
took place in Elkton, Ky.
Survivors besides her husband and son, include two other sons, Robert and
Kenneth Hite, and a daughter, Sue Hite, all of Gallatin; four brothers, Emory,
Charles, Norris and Woodrow Harris of Clarksville; and three sisters, Mrs. David
Binkley of Guthrie, Ky., Mrs. Orville Moffett of Dalton, Ga., and Mrs. L. W.
Oliver of Atlanta, Ga.
RAGSDALE, Elizabeth Bull The Pulaski Citizen 1 May 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. J. Henry Ragsdale, 88, native of Elkton, will be held
at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church, Pulaski. Burial will
take place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Ragsdale died Monday morning, April 29, at her home in Fort Myers, Fla.,
following a period of declining health.
The former Miss Elizabeth Bull, she was born May 26, 1874, the daughter of the
late Charles Ordway Bull and Clarissa Lambeth Bull. She was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Her husband, J. Henry Ragsdale, well-known Giles Countian, died Decmeber 26,
1959, in Fort Myers, where the family had moved in 1924. For many years, Mr. and
Mrs. Ragsdale kept a summer home at Monteagle.
Mrs. Ragsdale is survived by two daughters, Mrs. David R. Wade, Jr., Pulaski,
and Mrs. Thomas Q. Harrison, Miami, Fla.; one grandson, David R. Wade, III,
Nashville; and one sister, Mrs. Wendell Baugh, Decatur, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RAGSDALE, Gray Hopkins Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1966
Gray Hopkins Ragsdale, Jr., 49, died Wednesday night, August 17, at Giles County
Hospital after several months illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 10 o'clock Friday at Bennett-May Chapel with
the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating, assisted by the Rev. William H. Mansfield.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Ragsdale was the son of the late State Rep. Gray
H. Ragsdale and the late Mrs Sadie Hill Ragsdale. He was born Jan. 7, 1917.
He had been associated with the state government for fourteen years, having
served as deputy fire marshal and more recently with the Hotel and Restaurant
Division of the Department of Conservation.
He was a member of First Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sue Bondurant Ragsdale; a daughter, Mrs. Burton
Barrett, Jr., of Bay St. Louis, Miss.; a son, Richard Gray Ragsdale of Saufley
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.; and two grandchildren, Andrew Burton
Barrett, III, and Jeffrey Gray Barrett.
RAGSDALE, Gray Hopkins Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1960
Gray Hopkins Ragsdale, 77, Giles County magistrate in the Ninth District and
Elkton mayor, died at Giles County Hospital Friday, January 22, following an
illness of two weeks.
Mr. Ragsdale collapsed during the Januray 11th term of Quarterly Court and had
been hospitalized since.
Funeral services were held Saturday, January 23, at 2 p. m. at Bennett-May
Funeral Home by the Rev. R. L. Greenway, pastor of the Elkton Methodist Church,
and Dr. W. H. Mansfield, Methodist minister of Pulaski. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery in Pulaski.
Mr. Ragsdale was a native of Giles County, a son of the late Richard H. and Anne
Howard Ragsdale. He was a civic leader in his community and was completing his
fourth term as mayor at Elkton. He served as a district representative in the
Tennessee Legislature prior to 1956, and was a member of the Board of Directors
of the Federal Land Bank Association for several years.
Mr. Ragsdale's death is the second in the famly within the past four weeks, his
brother, Henry Ragsdale, having died December 26 at his home in Florida.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sadie Hill Ragsdale; a son, Gray Ragsdale, Jr.,
both of Pulaski, and two grandchildren.
RAGSDALE, Sarah Carter Hill The Pulaski Citizen 3 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Gray H. Ragsdale, Sr., 80, Pulaski resident were held
at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in the
family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Ragsdale who had sustained a broken hip
and had been a patient in Giles County Hospital for one week, died at 4 o'clock
Saturday morning, September 29.
Born January 5, 1882, in Rutherford County, she was the former Miss Sarah Carter
Hill, the daughter of the late John Hill and Sarah McLean Hill. Her husband,
Gray H. Ragsdale, Sr., died in January of 1960. She was a member of the
Methodist Church and the Pulaski Garden Club.
Mrs. Ragsdale is survived by one son, Gray H. Ragsdale, Jr., Pulaski; and two
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RAGSDALE, Sue Ralston The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jun 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Sue Ralston Ragsdale, 86, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the rites
conducted by the Rev. J. E. Wolfe, Methodist minister. The burial took place in
the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Ragsdale died on Friday, June 5, at
Hillview Nursing Home at Columbia. She had been a resident of Columbia for a
number of years.
Born December 27, 1877, at Aspen Hill in Giles County, she was the daughter of
the late James Alexander Ralston and Cornelia Harwell Ralston, members of
pioneer families of Giles County. Her husband, Jerre Ragsdale, Pulaski
businessman, died a number of years ago. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Ragsdale is survived by one sister, Miss Rose Ralston, Columbia; and
several nieces and nephews. One niece, Mrs. Rufus Baker, the former Miss Elva
Beasley, has resided with them in recent years.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RAINES, Gypsey Nell Luna The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1967
Mrs. Gypsey Nell Raines, 20, died Sunday, March 5, at Vanderbilt Hospital in
Nashville.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, March 6, at 2:30 p. m., at the First
Methodist Church with the Rev. John Lindenberger and the Rev. Billy Craighead
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Raines, a native of Giles County, was born October 29, 1946, the daughter
of Mark and Margaret Gunter Luna.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Richard A. Raines;
one daughter, Lori Dawn; two brothers, Gary and John Luna, Lynnville; maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Hallie Gunter, Pulaski; paternal grandmother, Mrs. M. H. Luna,
Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RAINES, Kirby Lee The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1969
Kirby Lee Raines, 69, died Tuesday, January 21, at Giles County Hospital after
an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Raines will be held Thursday afternoon, January 23, at
2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy
Craighead and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial will be in Chestnut
Grove Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Raines was born August 22, 1899, the son of the
late John W. Raines and Sally Randolph Raines. Survivors include one sister,
Miss Tommie Raines, of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RAINES, Richard Alfred The Pulaski Citizen 2 May 1962
Richard Alfred Raines, well-known Pulaski businessman, died suddenly Monday
morning, May 7, at 10:45 a. m. in the Giles County Hospital, following a heart
attack. Friends of Raines reported that he did not feel well Sunday. Monday he
felt worse and went to Giles County Hospital for a checkup, where he died
shortly after arriving.
Raines, 52, owner of the Richland Sausage Company, had been in the meat business
for about fourteen years. In February he expanded operations and resumed
production of Richland Sausage.
He was a member of the First Methodist Church and the Pulaski Exchange Club.
Services were held Wednesday morning, May 9, at 10 a. m. at the First Methodist
Church, with the Rev. W. H. Moss officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery,
with Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Raines is survived by his wife, Mrs. Thelma Cooper Raines; one son, Richard A.
Raines, Jr.; and two daughters, Mrs. Max Browning of Donelson and Mrs. Bill Wade
of Columbia. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Floyd Moates of New Orleans,
La., Mrs. Sylvester Sisk of Florence, Ala., and Mrs. William B. Dugger of
Pulaski; and six grandchildren.
He was a native of Giles County, son of the late Frank and Mary King Raines.
RAINEY, Claude H. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Apr 1969
Funeral services for Claude H. Rainey, 81, will be held Thursday afternoon,
April 10, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Murphy officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Rainey died Tuesday afternoon, April 8, in Giles County Hospital.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Effie Pearl Adams Rainey; two sons, Claude H.
Rainey, Jr., and Elmer Rainey, both of Pulaski; one step-son, Marvin Adams,
Giles County; one daughter, Mrs. E. L. Dillard, Dallas, Texas; three brothers,
Ray Rainey and David Rainey, both of Pulaski, and Fletcher Rainey, Giles County;
four sisters, Mrs. Mattie Cooper and Mrs. Hallie Bilelo, California, Miss Vera
Rainey, Pulaski and Mrs. Laney Chapman, Columbia; nine grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RAINEY, Lucile Angus The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1969
Mrs. Lucile Angus Rainey, 56, died Saturday, December 28, at Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rainey, wife of the late John Rainey, were held Sunday
afternoon , December 29, at 1:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home with G. C. Fox, Carr and Erwin Chapel minister, officiating. Burial was in
New Zion Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Rainey was born February 1912, the daughter of
the late Nathan and Mattie Wakefield Angus.
Survivors include one daughter, Louise Rainey, Pulaski; three brothers, George
Angus and Alvin Angus, both of Pulaski, and Cleve Angus, Shelbyville; two
sisters, Mrs. Alta Jane King, Wales, and Mrs. Sally May Parks, Lawrenceburg.
RALSTON, Rosa The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jun 1968
Miss Rosa Ralston, 88, died Wednesday, June 5, in Maury County Hospital.
Graveside services will be held Thursday afternoon, June 6, at 2:30 o'clock in
Maplewood Cemetery with the Rev. Fred Blankenship officiating.
A native of Giles County, Miss Ralston was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
James Ralston. She was the daughter of the late Mrs. Jerry Ragsdale.
Survivors include Mrs. J. R. Baker of Columbia and several nieces and nephews.
RALSTON, Whit The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969
Whit Ralston, 60, of Cherokee Resort, died Friday, January 24, in McFarland
Hospital, Lebanon.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, January 26, at 2 o'clock in Oakes
and Nichols Funeral Home, Columbia. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia.
Mr. Ralston, a native of Giles County, was head machinist of the Hartsvile plant
of Texas Boot Company. He formerly worked for the company at its plants in
Jamaica and Lebanon.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jo Foster Ralston; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Ralston, Lynnville; one son, Sidney B. Ralston, Lynnville; a step-son,
Sparky Foster, Nashville; one sister, Mrs. Paul Howell, Lynnville; and seven
grandchildren.
RAMBO, Mildred King The Pulaski Citizen 11 Sep 1968
Mrs. Mildred King Rambo, 68, died Saturday, September 7, at her home in Gordon
Sub-Division.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rambo, wife of the late Ben Rambo, who died in April,
were held Sunday afternoon, September 8, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Rev John McGinnis
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Rambo was born July 27, 1900, the daughter of the
late Andrew L. and Mary Scruggs King.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Rogers Hays, Pulaski; one grandson; and one
great-grandson.
RAMBO, Ola Ernestine Buchanan The Pulaski Citizen 12 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles W. Rambo, 83, native Giles Countian, were held
at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia
with the burial in Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia. She died Monday afternoon,
October 10, at Fairmount Nursing Home in that city.
A resident of Columbia for many years, she was the former Miss Ola Ernestine
Buchanan, born October 8, 1877, in Giles County, the daughter of the late
Richard Buchanan and Sophronia Braly Buchanan. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Her husband, Charles W. Rambo, died several years ago.
Mrs. Rambo is survived by one uncle, T. K. Braly of Pulaski; and several
cousins.
RAMSEY, John Perry The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1963
Funeral services for John Perry Ramsey, Sr., 80, retired Marshall County farmer,
were held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Church Street Church of Christ
in Lewisburg with the burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Mr. Ramsey died Monday night,
May 13 at Allen's Nursing Home.
He was a native of Marshall County and a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Ramsey is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Audie Webb, Lewisburg, and Mrs.
Tommy Hardison, Lynnville; two sons, James Ramsey, Lewisburg and J. P. Ramsey,
Jr., Nashville; seven grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Andrew Estes,
Cornersville.
RANCK, Mrs. Edward B. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1961
Mrs. Edward B. Ranck, wife of a native Pulaskian, died on April 3 in Biloxi,
Miss., following several months illness. Funeral rites took place there with
burial in Moultrie, Ga., former home of Mrs. Ranck.
Mrs. Ranck is survived by her husband, Dr. Edward B. Ranck; and three children.
Dr. Ranck is the son of Floyd E. Ranck and the late Mrs. Mabel Buford Ranck.
RANCK, Martha Mitchell The Pulaski Citizen 19 Nov 1969
Mrs. Martha Ranck, 42, wife of Joe Howard Ranck of the Cedar Grove community and
a former teacher in Giles County schools, died Wednesday morning, Nov. 19, at
Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at
Bennett-May Chapel with the Rev. Jacob Gardner and Rev. Marshall Moss
officiating. Burial will be in Giles Memory Gardens. The family requests that,
in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Giles County Cancer
Society.
Mrs. Ranck was born July 18, 1927 at Bunker Hill, the daughter of Icie Bevels
Mitchell and the late R. A. Mitchell.
She was graduated from Elkton High School and Martin College and continued her
education at Middle Tennessee State University. Over a period of sixteen years,
she had taught at Elkton, Pulaski Elementary and West Hill Elementary Schools.
She was a member of the Cedar Grove Methodist Church, the Wesleyan Service
Guild, The Giles County Education Association and the Tennessee Education
Association. For several years she had taken an active part in the annual Cancer
Crusade.
Survivors, in addition to her husband and mother, are a daughter, Jo Ann, 12; a
son, Randy, 5; three sisters, Mrs. Thurman Coggin of Bunker Hill and Mrs. Robert
Hargrove and Mrs. Thomas E. Turner, both of Nashville; a twin brother, Morris
Mitchell of Bunker Hill, and two other brothers, Fred A. Mitchell of Pulaski and
Lawson D. Mitchell of Knoxville.
RANDALL, Mamie Lock The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie Lock Randall, a Giles County native, will be
held Thursday afternoon at the Shores Church of Christ at 2 P. M. Burial will be
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Randall died Tuesday night at Giles County Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, James F. Randall; two daughters, Mrs. John E.
Abernathy and Mrs. Tom B. Abernathy, Giles County; three grandchildren; and one
great-grandchildren; as sister, Mrs. Candice Glover; two brothers, Sam and Dan
Locke of Giles County.
RANDOLPH, Alvie Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 26 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Alvie Franklin Randolph, 55, retired Giles County farmer,
will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Cliff Miller, Baptist ministers. Burial
will take place in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Randolph died at 12:15 o'clock Tuesday
morning, December 25, at Giles County Hospital after a period of declining
health.
Born October 14, 1907, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sam Randolph
and Mary Boston Randolph. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Randolph is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mae Rowe Randolph; three sons, Howard
Randolph, Goodspring, Billy Randolph and Jerry Randolph, both of Pulaski; two
daughters, Mrs. Frank Newbold, Horsman, Pa., and Mrs. William Morrison,
Anderson, Ala.; eight grandchildren; and one brother, Cameron Randolph, Ardmore,
Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RANDOLPH, Mrs. Ed The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1967
Mrs. Ed Randolph, 89, native Giles Countian, died Thursday, March 2, in a
Decatur Nursing Home.
Services were conducted Saturday at 2:00 p. m., at Guntharp Funeral Home, with
burial in Roselawn Cemetery. The Rev. Wilburn Smallwood and Rev. Joe
Higginbotham officiated.
Mrs. Randolph was born November 13, 1877, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Lem Tomerlin. Her husband, the late Ed C. Randolph, died in 1945.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Allen, Huntsville, Ala., Mrs.
Clara B. Crumb, Little Rock, Ark., and Mrs. Annie Nelson, Decatur, Ala.; one
son, Roy E. Randolph, Harvest, Ala.; eleven grandchildren; seventeen
great-grandchildren; and one brother, William M. Tomerlin, Chattanooga.
RANDOLPH, Elmer Richard The Pulaski Citizen 23 Apr 1969
Elmer Richard Randolph, 64, retired railroad employee died at Giles County
Hospital on Sunday afternoon.
Funeral services were held at Prospect Methodist Church at 2 p. m. Tuesday, with
burial taking place in Prospect Cemetery. The Rev. W. B . Nunnelly officiated.
He was a native of Giles County, and a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Patsy Sullivan Randolph, a son, Richard
Randolph, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Smith, Laredo, Texas, and Mrs. Julia
Dobbs, Ponca City, Okla.
Wilson Carter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RANDOLPH, Ida Bell The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Ida Bell Randolph, 75, were held Sunday, January 14, at 2
o'clock at Hester Chapel Church of Christ.
Miss Randolph died Friday, January 12, in Giles County Hospital after an
extended illness.
A native of Giles County, Miss Randolph was born July 7, 1882, the daughter of
the late Frank and Martha Randolph.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Rena Bland and one sister, Mrs. Emma Long.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RANDOLPH, Lillie May Ray The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jul 1969
Mrs. Lillie May Randolph, 84, died Saturday night, July 26, in Panama City, Fla.
Funeral services were conducted Monday morning, July 28, at 11 o'clock in the
chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. Lloyd Hickman and G. C.
Fox, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was born April 5, 1885, the daughter of the late
L. F. and Parrie Sisk Ray.
Survivors include three sons, William E. Randolph, Pulaski, Brown Randolph,
Franklin, and John M. Randolph, San Diego, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Floyd
Pierce, Blooming Grove, Mrs. Myrtle Watts, Pulaski, and Mrs. Annie Lou Nolley,
Powell Chapel; twenty grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RANDOLPH, Lydia Pearl The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Lydia Pearl Shelton Randolph, 82, widow of Henry
Randolph, were held at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Bob Brothers, pastor. Burial took place in the
Minor Hill Cemetery.
Born July 29, 1880, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Marion
Shelton and Martha Jane Warren Shelton. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Randolph is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Prudie) Hagood,
Shelbyville, and Mrs. Ewell (Geneva) Jackson of Columbus, Ohio; one son, Marion
Randolph, Oneida, Tenn.; five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren; and
one sister, Mrs. S. G. McMasters, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RANDOLPH, William L. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1967
Pfc. William L. Randolph, 19, became Giles County's first casualty of war in
Vietnam on Friday, Jan. 13, when he was fatally wounded by fragments from a
"friendly, artillery round which fell short," according to a War Department
message received Monday by his wife, Mrs. Judy Randolph of Ardmore, Route 1.
Young Randolph, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carson Randolph, live in Limestone
County, Ala., near Ardmore, was born March 24, 1947. He attended schools at
Blanche and Ardmore and was formerly employed at an Ardmore service station. He
was a member of Sweet Spring Baptist Church.
He volunteered for service in March, 1966, and was inducted through the Giles
County office of Selective Service on April 20. He was married to the former
Miss Judy Hardin of Elkmont, Ala.
It was reported that a plotting error by U. S. troops in combat operation was
responsible for the short firing which resulted in Randolph's death.
RASBURY, James Bedford The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for James Bedford Rasbury, 59, former minister of the Second
Street Church of Christ in Pulaski, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon
at Hohenwald Church of Christ, Hohenwald, Tenn., with the burial in the Swiss
Cemetery. Mr. Rasbury died of a heart attack on Friday night, April 12, at his
home in Chattanooga.
Mr. Rasbury, a native of Lewis County, served the Pulaski church for
approximately four years going to Chattanooga several years ago to become the
minister of the St. Elmo Church in that city.
Mr. Rasbury is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucille Nichols Rasbury; two sons,
James Rasbury, Huntsville, Ala., and Kenneth Rasburry, Chattanooga; one
daughter, Mrs. Ludine Black, Chattanooga; three grandchildren; his father,
Andrew Rasbury, Hohenwald; and a brother, Paul Rasbury, Hohenwald.
RASCOE, Emma Cannon Davis The Pulaski Citizen 8 Dec 1965
Mrs. Roy Rascoe, 77, Nashville resident and mother of a Pulaski resident, died
Tuesday, November 30, in St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, after a long illness.
Requiem high mass was sung at 10 o'clock Wednesday at St. Henry's Catholic
Church, Nashville. Burial took place in Mapleview Cemetery at Smyrna.
Mrs. Rascoe, niece of the Tennessee Confederate hero Sam Davis, was the former
Miss Emma Cannon Davis, the daughter of the late Hickman Davis and Elizabeth
Cannon Davis.
Mrs. Rascoe is survived by her husband, Roy Rascoe, Nashville merchandise
broker; one daughter, Mrs. Porter Rhea, Pulaski; a granddaughter, Mrs. Knox
White, Eldorado, Ark.; a grandson, Rascoe Rhea, Pulaski; two great-grandsons.
RAY, Cora Lee Tungett The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Lee Tungett Ray, 67, resident of the Twelfth
Civil District, were held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Wallace Carr. Burial took place in the Marks
Cemetery. Mrs. Ray died at 3:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon, February 21, at Giles
County Hospital.
Born April 4, 1892, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of the late Perry
Tungett and Tennessee Cross Tungett.
Mrs. Ray is survived by her husband, William Oscar Ray; five sons, Cecil Ray and
Everett Ray, Pulaski, James Ray, Shelbyville, Gus Ray, Smyrna, and Henry Ray,
Blue Island, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Angus, Pulaski, Mrs. Kathleen
Crawford, Grandview, Mo., and Miss Evelyn Ray, Limestone, Me.; thirty-four
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two brothers, Tom Tungett and Jack
Tungett, both of Ethridge; and three sisters, Mrs. Margie Hollins, Ethridge,
Mrs. Dora Crim, Nashville, and Mrs. Dorothy Kirchoff, Tampa, Fla.
RAY, James W. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Funeral services for James W. Ray, 35, native Giles Countian, were held at 2
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, February 7, at a funeral home in Shelbyville,
with the burial in Willow Mount Cemetery in Shelbyville. He died the day before.
He was born December 17, 1926, in Giles County, the son of the late William
Oscar Ray and Cora Tungette Ray.
The survivors include his wife, Mrs. Thelma Helton Ray; three daughters, Mary
Joyce, Carolyn and Debbie Ray; four sons, David, Roger, Rickey and Sammie Ray;
three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Angus, Pulaski, Mrs. Katherleen Crawford, New
England, and Mrs. Evelyn Jones, South Carolina; and four brothers, Gus Ray,
Cecil Ray, Everett Ray, Shelbyville, and Henry Ray of Illinois.
RAY, William and ANGUS, Lloyd The Pulaski Citizen 22 Sep 1965
William Ray, 25, and Lloyd Angus, 10, native Giles Countians, drowned Sunday,
Sept. 19, in Duck River near Shelbyville when the older man attempted to rescue
his young cousin who had stepped off in deep water while wading and didn't come
up.
Lloyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Angus of Shelbyville, reportedly was wading the
river just below Warner's Bridge when he got in water over his head, and Ray
went in to rescue him. Witnesses said neither could swim.
Joint funeral services were held at 2 o'clock today (Wednesday) at Gowen-Smith
Chapel, Shelbyville, with burial in Willow Mount Cemetery.
Lloyd Angus is survived by his parents, four sisters, Mrs. Mildred Burleson of
Germany, Virginia, Marie and Josephine, all of Shelbyville; and seven brothers,
Clyde, Harold, Grover, Jerry, Johnny, William and Floyd, his twin, all of
Shelbyville.
Mr. Ray is survived by his parents, Gus and Octive Williams Ray; his wife, Lisa
Ann, all of Shelbyville; three sisters, Linda, Joyce and Jessie Ray, of
Shelbyville; four brothers, Robert Glen and Morgan Ray of Shelbyville, Paul A.
Ray, with the armed services in France, and Don Ray of Anchorage, Alaska; and
his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Williams of Wheel.
RAYBURN, Alice McCauley The Pulaski Citizen 7 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. E. B. Rayburn, 86, former teacher and church and civic
leader, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at First Presbyterian Church,
with the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial took
place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Rayburn died at 5 o'clock
Saturday night, March 3, at Lawrenceburg Sanitarium and Hospital, following a
lengthy period of declining health.
The former Miss Alice McCauley, she was born May 8, 1875, in Humphreys County,
the daughter of the late Mathew McCauley and Mary Mills McCauley. She was the
widow of Elbert Brevard Rayburn, Pulaski attorney who died five years ago.
Mrs. Rayburn taught school for many years, both in the Pulaski public school
system and at Martin College. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian
Church in all phases of the church's activities until ill health forced her
retirement. She was a former member of the Pulaski Garden Club, the Twentieth
Century Literary Club and the Gay Nineties Club.
Mrs. Rayburn is survived by four sons, E. B. Rayburn, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.,
John K. Rayburn and Matthew M. Rayburn, Pulaski businessmen, and James G.
Rayburn, Cleveland, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. David T. Ridgway, Jackson,
Miss., Mrs. Elbert Epler, Oak Ridge, and Mrs. Robert Harper, Philadelphia, Pa.;
fourteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and one brother, Henry
McCauley, Memphis.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RAYMOND, Floyd Dudley The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Floyd Dudley Raymond, 71, retired farmer of Anthony Hill
Community, were held at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Fall River Church of
Christ in Lawrence County, conducted by the Rev. James Jolly, pastor of Oak
Grove Baptist Church. Burial took place in Fall River Cemetery. Mr. Raymond died
at one o'clock Monday afternoon, October 29, at his home after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born August 9, 1890, the son of the late Mrs.
Betty Shelton and the late Mr. Raymond.
Mr. Raymond is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Lee Walls Raymond; five sons,
David Raymond, Nashville, Doyce Raymond and Haskell Raymond, Pulaski, Jesse
Raymond, Cornersville, and Junior Raymond, Chicago, Ill.; four daughters, Mrs.
Tyson Pickett, Prospect, Mrs. Carl Holder, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Bud Elliott and
Mrs. Jim Mammey, Chicago, Ill.; twenty-seven grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RAYMOND, Sadie Mae Owens The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jun 1966
A 46-year-old Pulaski woman was shot to death Saturday at her home on East
Woodring Street, and her husband hospitalized with a gunshot wound in the left
rib area, will face charges in connection with the killing when he is able to
attend a preliminary hearing, according to Police Chief Sam Yarbrough.
Mrs. Sadie Mae Owens Raymond was found lying on the floor about 12:30 p. m. by
local police officers who were called to the scene by members of the family. Her
husband, Garland Raymond, and a 12 guage shot gun lay nearby. Mrs. Raymond had
been shot in the face at close range. Asst. Chief Smith Legg and Lt. William
Oliver who investigated, said today that a full report of the incident has not
been completed.
Funeral services for Mrs. Raymond were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Pulaski Funeral Home with the Rev. Albert Pope, Pentecostal minister,
officiating. Burial was in Scotts Hill Cemetery.
Born Feb. 18, 1920 in Giles County, she was the daughter of John Harrison Owens
and the late Beulah Agnes Fry Owens. She was a member of the Pentecostal Church
and was employed at Jo-Jac Shirt Company.
Survivors in addition to her husband and father, include a brother, John Owens
of Lewisburg; a half-brother, Leonard Fry of Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Rosie
Hardin of Camden and Mrs. Esterlene Watts of Nashville; and a half-sister, Mrs.
Carolyn Franklin of Pulaski.
REAGIN, Lessie Reeder The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jun 1963
Mrs. Lessie Reeder Reagin, 80, died early Wednesday, June 26, in a Kansas City
hospital following a long illness. The body will arrive at Bennett-May Funeral
Home late Thursday and funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock Friday
at Pleasant Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Stella. The Rev. Smith
Cunningham of Murfreesboro will officiate and burial will be in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Reagin was the widow of the late Andrew M. Reagin and the daughter of the
late Duke and Dora Jones Reeder. She was born November 7, 1882, in the Stella
community of Giles County and moved to Independence, Mo., eight years ago. She
was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include three sons, L.G. Reagin and Thomas D. Reagin of Independence,
Mo.; two daughters, Mrs. Adrian Merritt of Giles County and Mrs. Paul Dexter of
Independence, Mo.; two brothers, Jones Reeder of Kansas City, Mo. and James
Reeder of Osawatomie,Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Lila Bunn of Independence and Mrs.
Frances Cook of Kansas City; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
REAGIN, O. B. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Nov 1969
O. B. Reagin, 64, died Wednesday, November 12 in Miami, Fla.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Reagin is the son of the late John Reagin and
Lizzie Garrett Reagin.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Gregory Reagin; one daughter, Mrs.
Betty Sullivan of Miami, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Katherine Barnes of Miami, Fla.;
one brother, Elmer Reagin of California; and step-mother, Mrs. Eunice Reagin of
Miami, Fla.
REAGIN, Thomas Daniel The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1963
Thomas Daniel Reagin, 57, U. S. Rubber Company employee and native Giles
Countian, died at 11 o'clock on Monday morning September 16, at Veterans
Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., following a long illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at an Independence,
Mo. funeral home with the burial in Independence.
Born August 6, 1906, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Andrew Reagin
and Lessie Reeder Reagin. His mother died June 26, this year.
Mr. Reagin, resident of Independence for many years, is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Pauline Jamison Reagin; one daughter, Miss Paula Joan Reagin, Independence;
one son, Larry Gene Reagin, Duarte, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Adrian Merritt,
Minor Hill, Tenn., and Mrs. Paul Dexler, Independence, Mo.; and two brothers,
Ragsdale Reagin, Minor Hill and Louie Gray Reagin, Independence, Mo.
REAMS, Tabitha Frazier The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. H. B. Reams, 92, widow of the Rev. H. B. Reams,
presiding elder of the Columbia District of the Methodist Church for a number of
years, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Franklin Memorial Chapel with
the burial in Elmwood Cemetery at Springfield.
Mrs. Reams, the former Tabitha Frazier, died Sunday, May 14, at her home in
Franklin after a long illness. Her husband, the Rev. Mr. Reams, died in 1944.
Mrs. Reams is survived by two sons, Dr. Glenn H. Reams and Frazier Reams, both
of Toledo, Ohio; two daughters, Miss Agnes Reams, Memphis, and Mrs. Nathan O.
Osborne, Franklin; eight grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
REAVES, George A. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jan 1963
Funeral services for George A. Reaves, 82, retired Railroad employee, were held
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in New Zion
Cemetery. Mr. Reaves died at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night, January 22, at a
hospital in Louisville, Ky., after a weeks illness.
Mr. Reaves, a resident of Louisville for forty years, was a native of Giles
County, born December 10, 1880, the son of the late Arch Reaves and Mary Burns
Reaves. His wife, Mrs. Pearl Whitley Reaves, also a native of Giles County, died
thirty-three years ago.
Mr. Reaves, the last member of his immediate family, was a member of Eastern
Parkway Baptist Church.
Mr. Reaves is survived by four sons, Horace Reaves, Robert Reaves and Sam
Reaves, all of Louisville, and Hume Reaves, Tucson, Ariz.; three daughters, Mrs.
Virginia Owens, Mrs. Mildred Orthman and Mrs. Mary Ruth Austin, Louisville; and
twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
REAVES, Mary Maggie Burt The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1960
Mrs. Mary Maggie Burt Reaves, 83, widow of Bruce Nick Reaves, died early Tuesday
morning, December 6, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cleo Harwell in Pulaski,
after a long illness.
The remains were shipped to Louisville, Ky., former home of the family, where
funeral rites and burial will take place on Friday.
Born November 9, 1877, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Green Burt and
Millie Morgan Burt.
In addition to Mrs. Harwell, Mrs. Reaves is survived by three other daughters,
Mrs. Verdie Allen, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Icie Payne, North Carolina, and Mrs.
Janie Brelant, California; one son, Burt Reaves, Louisville, Ky.; and ten
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
REDD, Maybern The Pulaski Citizen 14 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Maybern Redd, 61, manager of the Spur Station at
Lawrenceburg, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Highland Park Baptist
Church in Lawrenceburg with the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Stockman officiating.
Burial took place in Mimosa Cemetery, near Lawrenceburg. Mr. Redd died at 4
o'clock on Tuesday, March 6, at his home in Lawrenceburg after a brief illness.
Born November 4, 1900, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late L. J. Redd
and Ida Prosser Redd. He was reared in the Beech Hill section of Giles County,
moving to Lawrenceburg twenty-three years ago.
For a five-year period he was the manager of the Pulaski Spur Service Station
before becoming the manager of the station in Lawrenceburg.
He was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church.
Mr. Redd is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Wilburn Redd; two daughters, Mrs.
Robert Coggin, Diana, and Miss Ethel Redd, Lawrenceburg; one son, Eugene Redd,
Nashville; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild; four sisters, Mrs. Carl
Cole, Miss Louise Redd and Mrs. John Robert Hastings, all of Pulaski, and Mrs.
Charlie Moore, Nashville; and two brothers, Cletus Redd, Pulaski, and Malvin
Redd, Lawrenceburg.
REDDING, J. Benson The Pulaski Citizen 8 May 1968
J. Benson Redding, 84, a well known farmer, stock trader and land owner of
Culleoka, died Monday night at Giles County Hospital in Pulaski following an
illness of a few weeks.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, May 8, at 2 o'clock at the
Friendship Baptist Church, with Rev. C. L. McClellan and Rev. Clarence Stewart
officiating. Burial was in Friendship Cemetery at Culleoka.
A native of Culleoka, he was the son of the late John and Della Branch Redding.
He was very active with the planning of Memorial Day Service of the Friendship
Cemetery and was on the committee for the care of the cemetery. He was a member
of the Friendship Baptist Church, where he was a Deacon and had taught a Sunday
School Class.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ella Lawrence Redding of Culleoka; three
daughters, Mrs. Merton Henry of Bethesda, Md., Mrs. Smith Howard and Mrs. Willis
Bryant, both of Pulaski; one son, William Merwin Redding of Nashville; one
sister, Mrs. Mary Holt of Dallas, Texas; three brothers, Spurgeon Redding,
Culleoka, Leonard Redding, Lynnville and Carey Redding, Los Angeles, Calif.; and
five grandchildren.
REDDING, Leonard Bayless The Pulaski Citizen 5 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Leonard Bayless Redding, 47, former Pulaskian, were held at
2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Valley Funeral Home in Birmingham, Ala., with
the burial in Elmwood Cemetery in that city. Mr. Redding died unexpectedly
Friday, November 30, at his home in Birmingham.
A native of Maury County, Tenn., he was the son of J. L. Redding, former L&N
Railroad Station agent in Pulaski and Mrs. Mary Bayless Redding. Mr. Redding had
made his home in Birmingham, Ala., for about twenty-five years. He was a member
of the Presbyterian Church and a veteran of World War II.
In addition to his parents, who reside at Lynnville, he is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Priestly Redding; one brother, Jack L. Redding, Orlando, Fla.;
and one sister, Mrs. Robert Witt, Ardmore.
REED, Ella Stanford The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1969
Mrs. Ella Stafford Reed, 87, died Tuesday, January 28, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Reed wife of the late E. T. Reed, were held Wednesday
morning, January 29, at 11 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Reed was born September 14, 1881, the daughter of
the late John Stafford and Sarah Petty Stafford.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
REESE, Lancaster "Doc" The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jun 1967
Lancaster "Doc" Reese, 51, retired farmer of the Blooming Grove community who
had lived in Pulaski about a year and a half, died early Sunday, June 11, in a
two-car collision three miles east of Pulaski, on Old Highway 15. He was Giles
County's third traffic fatality of 1967.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday at Bennett-May Chapel with
the Rev. Dallas Bass of Lewisburg officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Reese was born May 7, 1916. He was the son of Mrs.
Ethel McKnight Reese and the late Marion Elmer Reese. He was a member of the
Blooming Grove Methodist Church.
Surviving besides his mother, are his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Newton Reese; one
stepson, Ronnie Newton; one brother, Edgar Lane Reese of Montgomery, Ala., and
two sisters, Mrs. William S. Harwell of Albertville, Ala., and Mrs. R. E. Nance
of Huntsville, Ala.
REECE, Nancy Elizabeth Bentley The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Bentley Reece, 85, Giles County
resident, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home.
Burial took place in the Pettusville Cemetery in Limestone County, Alabama. Mrs.
Reece died at 4:15 o'clock Monday morning, January13, at the home of a son, W.
Ollie Reece, at Conway.
Born November 10, 1878, in Limestone County, Ala., she was the daughter of the
late Dave Bentley and Betsy Crouch Bentley. Her husband, John Henry Reece, died
thirty-three years ago.
In addition to the one son, Mrs. Reece is survived by three other sons, Marion
Reece, Lonnie Reece and Henry Reece, all of Athens, Ala.; two daughters, Mrs.
Viola Norwood, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. J. R. Guthrie, Shelbyville; forty-five
grandchildren, eighty-six great-grandchildren and eight
great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Reece, the last member of her immediate family was the mother of sixteen
children, ten of whom she out-lived.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
REED, Carey Eldred The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1966
Carey Eldred Reed, 77, retired merchant and postmaster of Prospect, died at St.
Thomas Hospital on Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock following an illness of three
weeks.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Reed was born on September 23, 1888, the son of
Thomas and Tennie Gilbert Reed. He was educated in Prospect School and Abernathy
Preparatory School, and at Morgan School in Fayetteville, Tenn.
As a young man he joined his father in the mercantile business in Prospect, and
later owned and operated his own general store. In March, 1935, he was appointed
postmaster of Prospect Postoffice, under appointment of the late Senator J. D.
McKellar, a position he held until his retirement on September 20, 1958.
Mr. Reed served in the United States Army during World War I, and was a member
of the American Legion Post No. 60. He was a Mason and a communicant of Prospect
Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Abernathy Reed, who
received the honor this year of State of Tennessee Teacher of the Year.
REED, Edwin Leslie The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1961
Edwin Leslie Reed, 66, former Giles County Trustee and retired employee of the
Giles County Highway Department, was found dead in bed at his home on Magnolia
Place Tuesday morning, Dec. 19, the victim of a heart attack.
Funeral services will be conducted at Bennett-May Funeral Home Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock with the Rev. Robert H. Hall and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mr. Reed was a native of Giles County, the son of the late Edwin and Annie
Paisley Reed. He was born March 25, 1895.
He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion and the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He served as County Trustee from 1944 until
1948.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Samuel Eshman, Sr., of Lakeland, Fla.
REED, George Newton The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jun 1962
Funeral services for George Newton Reed, 53, employee of Genesco, Inc., for
twenty-one years, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of
Christ. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Reed died unexpectedly
of a heart attack on Tuesday evening, June 5, at Giles County Hospital after a
brief illness.
Born April 3, 1909, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Earl Reed and
Maggie Neal Reed. He was a member of the Church of Christ. On June 1, he had
completed twenty-one years employment at the Pulaski plant of Genesco, Inc.
Mr. Reed is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nelva Stockard Reed; two sons, Eric Reed
and Elex Reed; two step-daughters, Jackie Reed and Miss Sue Stockard; three
sisters, Mrs. Alma Parker, Mrs. Martha Clifton and Mrs. Nadine Brown; and one
brother, Ewell Reed, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
REED, James H. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1960
James H. Reed, 47, Pulaski native and retired Navy man, died of a heart attack
November 7 at his home in San Diego, California.
Funeral services were held Thursday, November 10 at the Lewis Colonial Mortuary
in San Diego, with the Rev. Tim F. LaHay, pastor of Scott Memorial Baptist
Church, officiating. Burial was in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery at San
Diego.
Mr. Reed retired three years ago after twenty years of service with the Navy.
Later he accepted a position with the Post Office at San Diego which he held at
the time of his death.
Mr. Reed was a member of the First Baptist Church at Pulaski, the Masonic Lodge,
the Eastern Star at San Diego, and the National Postal Association.
A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Reed, Mr. Reed is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Mildred Arnold Reed; a son, James H. Reed, Jr., San Diego, Calif.; two
brothers, Carmack Reed, Pulaski, and S. C. Reed, Winchester; and four sisters,
Mrs. Grady Lackey and Mrs. Woodrow Strawn, Pulaski, Mrs. Stacy Corder, Minor
Hill and Mrs. Layon Brown, Gallatin.
REED, Joe Blackburn The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Joe Blackburn Reed, 75, retired farmer and dairy operator
of the Knob Creek Community, were conducted on Tuesday, November 8, at 2:00
o'clock at the Knob Creek Baptist Church, with burial in the Knob Creek
Cemetery.
Mr. Reed died Sunday, November 6, in Maury County Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alta Goad Reed; three daughters, Mrs. P. D.
Liggett, Pulaski, Mrs. Eugene Thurman, Knob Creek and Mrs. Bobby Jewell,
Columbia; two sons, Will and J. B. Reed, Columbia; ten grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Bailey, Columbia, and Miss Rebecca
Reed, Nashville; three brothers, John, Knob Creek, Irvin, Spring Hil, and Albert
Reed, Knoxville.
REEDY, Laura Vestal The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Vestal Reedy, 78, native Giles Countian, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ, conducted
by George
Raines and the Rev. A. R. Hogan, Methodist minister. Burial took place in Minor
Hill
Cemetery. Mrs. Reedy died at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, September 12, at the
home of her son, Osteen Reedy in Harwell Heights Subdivision, after a long
illness.
Born September 25, 1884 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
William Wiley Vestal and Josephine Smith Vestal. She was a member of the Church
of Christ. Her husband, Otha Reedy, died in 1952.
In addition to the son at Pulaski, Mrs. Reedy is survived by another son, Smith
Reedy, California; one daughter, Mrs. Ela Richardson, Minor Hill; eight
grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren;
and one brother, Ernest Vestal, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
REEDY, Pearl Irene Green The Pulaski Citizen 19 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Irene Green Reedy, and resident of Minor Hill,
were held at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. The
burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Reedy died on Tuesday, December
18, at the home of her son, W. H. Reedy, in Chattanooga, after a long illness.
Born November 14, 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Willis
Green and Mollie McNutt Green. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Her
husband died August 5, 1922.
In addition to the one son, Mrs. Reedy is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert
Wilson, Blissfield, Mich.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one
brother, Thomas Green, Goodspring; and six sisters, Mrs. Taylor Crabb, Mrs.
Mattie McCree, Mrs. Claude Prince, Mrs. Mandy Buffalo, Mrs. Rosella Chapman and
Mrs. Sam Thompson, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
REES, Hardy Newton Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Hardy Newton Rees, Sr., 80, retired Fayetteville merchant,
were held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Higgins Funeral Home with the burial
in Rose Hill Cemetery, Fayetteville. He died Sunday, November 8, in Lincoln
County Hospital.
Mr. Rees, a native of Lincoln County, had been in the clothing business for
thirty years. He was a member of the Rotary Club and was a steward in the
Methodist Church.
Mr. Rees is survived by his wife, Mrs. Brown Collins Rees, a native of Giles
County; a son, H. N. Rees, Jr., Fayetteville; one daughter, Mrs. Stanley
Swanson, Atlanta, Ga.; nine grandchildren; three brothers, E. Collier Rees,
Fayetteville, R. A. Rees, Jr., North Hollywood, Calif., and the Rev. Edward J.
Rees, Florida; and two sisters, Mrs. Lyles Lightfoot, Los Angeles, Calif., and
Mrs. Clift Pritchett, New York City.
REEVES, A. J. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Mar 1968
A. J. Reeves, 54, died Thursday, March 21, at Veterans Hospital in Houston,
Texas, after an extended illness. He was buried Monday, March 25, in San Benito,
Texas.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Reeves moved to Houston in 1933. Mr. Reeves was
born July 26, 1913, the son of the late Ben W. Reeves.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Helen Edwards Reeves; one son, Jimmy
Reeves; one daughter, Susie Reeves; five sisters, Mrs. Phillip Reed and Mrs.
Clyde Johns, Pulaski, Mrs. Mary McGuire, Chattanooga, Mrs. Glen Nelson,
Nashville, and Mrs. John Sessions, Atlanta, Ga.; one brother, John Reeves,
Henderson.
REEVES, Marvin Edgar The Pulaski Citizen 22 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Marvin Edgar Reeves, 73, retired Lynnville farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Lynnville Church of Christ with the
burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. He died at his home on Monday morning, September
20.
Born April 25, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe Reeves and
Elizabeth Moore Reeves.
Mr. Reeves is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Martin Reeves; two sons, Jesse
Reeves and Marvin Reeves, Jr., Nashville; four daughter, Mrs. Katherine R.
Thompson and Mrs. Foster Thurman, both of Columbia, Ms.Albert Crockett, Jr.,
Nashville and Mrs. Gene Ledford, Atlanta, Ga.; eleven grandchildren, two
step-grandchildren, one great-grandchild; and one nephew, Robert Briggs,
Indiana.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
REEVES, William Helton The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1967
Funeral services for William Helton Reeves, 65, were held in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home, Sunday, December 17.
Mr. Reeves, a retired painter, was the son of the late Joseph E. and Jennie
Pillow Reeves. He died Friday, December 15.
Survivors include one brother, Marvin Reeves, Columbia; five sisters, Mrs.
George Pierson, Columbia, Mrs. Floyd Putman and Mrs. George Holder, both of
Chapel Hill, and Mrs. Sam Knox and Mrs. Casper Rose, both of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
REGEN, Mallie White The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1969
Services for Mrs. Mallie White Regen, 56, of Lebanon, were conducted Saturday,
February 22, at 2 o'clock at First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Wilson
County Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Regen died Thursday, February 20, in University Hospital, Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Regen was a native of Giles County, a daughter of Mrs. Mary Wilson White of
Pulaski, and the late Gardner E. White.
Her husband, William E. Regen, is a partner in Donnell-Regen and Bradford
Insurance Agency.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mary Moore, Decatur, Ga., and Mrs.
Courtney Shearin, Memphis; and one sister, Mrs. Jack Bixler, Lebanon.
REGEN, William Marvin Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1960
William Marvin Regen, Jr., 24, of Lebanon, died at 9 o'clock this morning at
Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, from injuries received last Thursday while
swimming in a lake at Cumberland Mountain State Park near Crossville.
He was the son of William M. and Mallie White Regen of Lebanon and the grandson
of Mrs. Gardner E. White of Pulaski. A senior student at the University of
Tennessee, he was serving as a counselor and senior life guard at the
Presbyterian Church Conference Grounds, Camp Ozone, during the summer months.
Witnesses to the accident said young Regen apparently struck his head on a sand
bar when he dove into the water. He suffered a fractured neck, resulting in
paralysis from the neck down, and had remained in an iron lung at Vanderbilt
since Thursday.
Other survivors include two sisters, Miss Mary Regen, student at Southwestern
University, Memphis, and Miss Courtney Regen of Lebanon; and his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. M. T. Regen of Franklin.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete today.
REICH, Miriam Eason The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Miriam Reich, 75, native Giles Countian and a resident
of Nashville since 1937, will be held at 11:30 o'clock Thursday morning at
Finley-Dorris and Charleton Funeral Home in Nashville. Burial will take place in
Maplewood Cemetery at Pulaski at 3 o'clock . Mrs. Wright who had a heart ailment
died unexpectedly at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, July 24, at her home in that
city.
The widow of Robert W. Reich who died in 1937, she was the daughter of the late
William Allen Eason and Zora Roden Eason, born November 2, 1886. She was a
member of the Glendale Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star.
Mrs. Reich is survived by one daughter, Mrs. William M. Parrish, Nashville; one
son, Robert Eason Reich, Dallas, Texas; and five grandchildren.
RENFRO, Elma Bruce The Pulaski Citizen 30 Aug 1961
Mrs. Elma Bruce Renfro, 72, widow of Sam Renfro, died Tuesday morning, August
29, after an illness of two months at the home of her son, Lewis Renfro in Fort
Lauderdale, Flo. Funeral and burial will take place in Miami, Fla.
Mrs. Renfro lived in Lynnville several years.
In addition to the one son, Mrs. Renfro is survived by two sisters, and several
nieces and nephews, all of Florida.
RENFRO, Lindsay S. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Lindsay S. Renfro, 72, retired banker of Lynnville and
farmer, will be held at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at Lynnville
Presbyterian Church, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Renfro died at
7:30 o'clock Tuesday night, December 27, at Giles County Hospital after a period
of declining health.
A native of Maury County, he was the son of the late Carson Renfro and Emma
Davis Renfro. He was a member of Lynnville Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Renfro is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Bray Renfro, Nashville, and
two sisters, Miss Minnie Renfro, Nashville, and Mrs. Brownie Justice, Hopewell,
Va.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
REYNOLDS, Edward Ransom The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Edward Ransom Reynolds, II, 63, retired farmer of Smith
County and former motion picture bit player, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at Sanderson Funeral Home in Carthage with burial in Ridgewood
Cemetery in that city. He died early Tuesday morning, June 28, in Vanderbilt
Hospital, Nashville, after a brief illness.
Born in Jacksonville, Fla., he was the son of Mrs. Josie Myer Reynolds of
Carthage and the late Edward R. Reynolds of Pulaski.
He attended Carthage High School, Castle Heights Military Academy and the
University of Virginia. He spent several years in New York City where he worked
as an extra in motion picture studies, and with his uncle, the late Herman Myer,
who was a dealer in pearls.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Reynolds is survived by his wife, Irma Waggoner
Reynolds whom he married in 1952; one son, Edward R. Reynolds, III, Nashville;
and a daughter, Mrs. Stephen Penland, Carthage; and three grandchildren.
REYNOLDS, William Paul The Pulaski Citizen 5 May 1965
William Paul Reynolds, Jr., 37-year-old Ardmore, Tenn. city policeman was dead
upon arrival at Giles County Hospital Wednesday afternoon from injuries
sustained at 5:10 o'clock in an accident that occurred 7 miles south of Pulaski
on Highway 31 near the Conway Community. Reynolds, who was alone in his
automobile at the time of the accident was headed south when the vehicle ran off
the pavement on the right side of a curve in the road, this necessitating him to
swerve the machine to the left whereupon the vehicle crashed into the north side
of a bridge abutment, according to Lt. James G. Chandler of the Tennessee
Highway Patrol who investigated the accident.
The car was torn completely in half, and according to eye witnesses Reynolds'
body was thrown several feet into the air, landing in a ditch near the front
section of the severed automobile.
Reynolds had been an Ardmore police officer for six or eight months and it is
not known whether or not he was chasing a law violator at the time of the
accident. He is married and the father of several children.
Reynolds' death brings the total of Giles County highway traffic fatalities to
five for the year.
The Pulaski Citizen 12 May 1965
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Rainey Funeral
Chapel at Ardmore with burial in Gatlin Cemetery.
A native of Birmingham, Reynolds had worked with his father as a watchmaker and
jeweler at Ardmore for ten years before accepting the position of police and
fire chied there about six months ago. He was a member of the Church of Christ
and of the American Legion. He had served as a corporal in the U. S. Marine
Corps and was a licensed pilot.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lalah Capps Reynolds; five sons, Paul Monroe,
Jeffrey Scott and Phillip Robin of Ardmore, and Gary and Gregg Reynolds of Cocoa
Beach, Fla.; his father, W. P. Reynolds, Sr.; his mother, Mrs. Velma Knighton
Brady of Birmingham, Ala.; and two brothers, William B. of Ardmore and Forest D.
Reynolds of Birmingham.
RHEA, Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jun 1968
Graveside services for Campbell Rhea, 61, Paris manufacturer, were held
Thursday, May 30, at Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Rhea died Tuesday, May 28, in a Henry County hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Giles County, he had lived in Paris for twenty years. He was
president and general manager of Campbell Rhea Manufacturing Co., Inc., that
makes high school science laboratory desks and equipment sold in 50 states and
foreign countries.
Mr. Rhea was a member of the Paris Rotary Club, Paris Arts Council, Paris
Country Club, and Grace Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mildred Gregson Rhea; a daughter, Cam Rhea,
Paris; two brothers, Dr. W. G. Rhea, Paris and Judge David Rhea, Pulaski.
RHEA, David Rankin The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
David Rankin Rhea, 77, longtime civic and church leader in Giles County, was
buried Tuesday in Maplewood Cemetery. He died Sunday at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski, where he
had been a member for 61 years, The Rev. R. Neal Dean, pastor, officiated.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Rhea was born in Giles County, a son of the late William Samuel Rhea and Ida
Eudora Osborne Rhea. His wife, the former Vernon Louise Porter, survives.
He received his education at Giles College and Washington and Lee University.
Mr. Rhea was a director of The Union Bank in Pulaski for 26 years and served on
the Giles County Board of Education for 16 years.
He was very active in the First Presbyterian Church, having been ordained a
deacon in 1920 and a ruling elder in 1938. From 1925 to 1942 he was
superintendent of Sunday School.
He was the oldest continuous male member of the church. His grandfather, Calib
Osborn, was builder of the present sactuary.
Other than his wife, Mr. Rhea is survived by a son, Porter Rhea, Pulaski; a
daughter, Mrs. Jack Long Tannehill, Philadelphia, Miss.; two brothers, William
Samuel Rhea, Elkton, and Edward Sumpter Rhea, Shepherdsville, Ky.; three
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
RHEA, Hattie Cornelius Miller The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Cornelius Miller Rhea, 74, Elkton resident,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian
Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Rhea who had been in
declining health for several years, died at 3 o'clock Monday morning, June 4, at
Giles County Hospital.
Born April 20, 1888, in Texas, she was the daughter of the late John Miller and
Mary Etta Parker Miller. A member of the Presbyterian Church, she had lived in
Nashville a number of years where she was president of the "Women-of-the-Church"
at Westminister Presbyterian Church in that city.
Mrs. Rhea is survived by her husband, Will S. Rhea, Elkton; one son, William S.
Rhea, Jr., New Orleans, La.; 4 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. Lillie Warner, Henderson, Tenn.; and one brother, Hume P. Miller,
Dallas, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RHEA, Margaret Donaldson The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Mrs. C. Osborne Rhea, the former Miss Margaret Donaldson, died Tuesday, February
4, in Nashville following a long period of declining health. Funeral rites took
place Thursday in Nashville with the burial in the family lot in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
She was a native of Lynnville in Giles County, and was the widow of Dr. C.
Osborne Rhea of Nashville. Mrs. Rhea was prominent in Nashville church and
social circles until ill health limited her activities.
Mrs. Rhea is survived by two sons, Dr. C. Osborne Rhea, Jr., Nashville, and
Donald Rhea, Pensacola, Fla.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
RHODES, Pattie Earl Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jun 1964
Funeral services for Pattie Earl Harwell Rhodes, 57, resident of Columbia, were
held at 2 o'clock Minday afternoon at Williams Funeral Home. Rites were
conducted by the Rev. W. Bruce Strother, pastor of McKendree Methodist Church,
Nashville, and a former pastor, and the Rev. R. E. Lee, pastor of First Baptist
Church in that city. Burial took place in Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia. She
died at 7:45 o'clock Sunday morning, June 7, in Maury County Hospital after a
nine months illness.
Born January 14, 1907, at Dellrose in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of
the late Robert Early Harwell and Adeline Harwell Harwell. Her husband, Hugh E.
Rhodes, former District Manager of National Life and Accident Insurance Company
at Columbia, died August 20, 1962.
She was a member of First Baptist Church, the Maury County Hospital Auxiliary
and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Rhodes is survived by one son, Earl Rhodes, one grandson, William Earl
Rhodes, both of Lawrenceburg; three sisters, Mrs. Joe Stone, Mrs. W. J.
McCracken and Mrs. Sam Young, all of Pulaski; and one brother, J. W. Harwell,
Pulaski merchant.
RICH, Donna Holt The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Donna Holt Rich, 78, widow of Arthur Rich, were held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Robert E. Wilsford, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mrs. Rich died on Thursday, August 17, at her home in Pulaski after a long
illness.
Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jack Holt and Lucinda
Chapman Holt.
Mrs. Rich is survived by one brother, Tom Holt, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RICH, Solon The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1967
Solon Rich, 71, retired farmer, died Wednesday, March 22, in Giles County
Hospital.
Services will be conducted on Thursday afternoon, March 23, at 2 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Neal Dean and Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mr. Rich, a native of Giles County, was born January 30, 1896, the son of the
late T. R. and Mary Frances Ward Rich.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Brownie Douglas Rich; three daughters, Mrs
Robert V. Ingram, Mrs. Robert F. Storey, Mrs. Robert E. Bee, Pulaski; two sons,
Thomas Kidd Rich, Columbia, and Solon Wade Rich, Huntsville, Ala.; three
grandchildren; one brother, Clarence Rich, Pulaski; six sisters, Mrs. Rena
Morris, Mrs. Florence Tarpley, Mrs. Stella Franklin, Mrs. Orlean Stinnett, Mrs.
Lizzie Coke, all of Giles County, and Mrs. Maggie Long of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RICH, Tommy The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1968
Tommy Rich, infant son of Aubrey and Bertha Sue Rich, died Wednesday, August 14.
Graveside services were held Thursday morning, August 15, at 10:30 o'clock at
Prospect Cemetery with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Survivors in addition to his parents include his maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Weldon, Giles County; paternal grandmother, Mrs. W. R. Watkins; one
sister, and three brothers.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RICH, Walter Virgil The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jul 1962
Funeral services for Walter Virgil Rich, 57, used furniture dealer, were held at
11 o'clock Friday morning at First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Floyd
Cates, pastor of the church, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in
Rose Cemetery in the Nineteenth Civil District. Mr. Rich died at 5 o'clock on
Wednesday morning, July 4, at Thayer Veterans Hospital in Nashville, after an
extended period of declining health.
Born February 9, 1905, in Humphrey, Ark., he was the son of Homer V. Rich of
Humphrey and the late Mrs. Sallie Carpenter Rich.
He was a World War II veteran, and a member of the American Legion, Post No. 60
at Pulaski and Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 1, St. Louis, Mo.
In addition to his father and step-mother, Mr. Rich is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Hattie Estes Rich; three sons, Joe Rich, U.S. Navy, Horace Rich, Memphis,
and William Rich, Stuttgart, Ark.; six grandchildren; three brothers, Charlie R.
Rich, Grand Prairie, Texas, Curtis Rich, Memphis, and H. V. Rich, Little Rock,
Ark.; one sister, Mrs. Joe Manio, Memphis; and four half-sisters.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RICHARDS, Herbert Gray The Pulaski Citizen 3 Nov 1965
Dr. Herbert Gray Richards, 40, died Saturday night, Oct. 30, in Lake City, Fla.,
of pneumonia, according word received by relatives here.
Funeral services and burial were on Monday at Palatka, Fla., where Dr. Richards
had lived and practiced dentistry for about fifteen years.
A native of Pulaski, he was the son of the late Mrs. Ethel Paisley Richards. He
was a graduate of the College of Dentistry of the University of Tennessee at
Memphis.
Dr. Richards suffered a head injury in an automobile accident in Palatka in
March, 1964, and had never regained consciousness.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth Derryberry Richards, also a Giles County
native; one daughter, Gail; and two sons, Ronald Gray and Randy, all of Palatka.
RICHARDSON, Clifford T. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1968
Clifford T. Richardson, 62, died Thursday, December 12, at Vanderbilt Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Richardson, a retired employee of International Mineral
Company, were held Saturday morning, December 14, at 10 o'clock in the chapel of
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Richardson was born June 29, 1906, the son of the
late Walter and Virginia Hutton Richardson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie Reed Richardson; one son, Gary
Richardson, Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs. Carl Payne, Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs.
Robert Gibson, Giles County, two brothers, W. T. Richardson, Manchester, and Sim
H. Richardson, Pulaski; four sisters, Mrs. William Haymond, Columbia, Mrs. Harry
Cosby, Mrs. Earl Lackey and Mrs. Raymond Griggs, all of Iuka, Miss.; and three
grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RICHARDSON, Edd Cooper The Giles Free Press 7 Sep 1961
Services for Edd Cooper Richardson, 72, were held Sept. 2, at the Shoal Bluff
Church of Christ. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Cooper died at his home in the Minor Hill Community Sept. 1 after an
extended illness.
Mr. Richardson was a retired farmer. He was the son of John and Mary Elizabeth
Richardson.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mary Baldwin Richardson; five daughters, Miss Mary
Richardson, Minor Hill, Mrs. Ida Mae Swanner, Lester, Ala., Mrs. Ruth Tarpley,
Athens, Ala., Mrs. Kathleen Swanner, Elkmont, Ala., Mrs. Louise Benningfield,
Giles County; two sons, Joe Richardson, Minor Hill, James Edward Richardson,
Indianapolis, Ind., and a brother, Dee Richardson, Elkhart, Ind.
RICHARDSON, Jack W. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Jack W. Richardson, 67, retired Giles County farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Guntharp Funeral Home in Decatur, Ala.,
with the burial in that city. Mr. Richardson died Sunday afternoon, June 12, at
his home in Decatur where he had resided for two years. He had been in failing
health more than two years.
Born Nov.11, 1898 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Arthur Richardson
and Nan Madden Richardson. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Richardson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Lanier Richardson, also a
native of Giles County; one son, Robert Richardson; and six grandchildren,
Decatur, Ala.; two brothers, Walter Richardson, Columbia, and Claude Richardson,
Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. Nora Prewitt, Columbia, Mrs. Louise Sanders,
Peoria, Ill., and Mrs. Mamie Prewitt, California.
RICHARDSON, John Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1968
Funeral services for John Thomas Richardson, 50, of the Friendship community,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
with the Rev. Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial was in Wright's Cemetery,
Lincoln County.
Mr. Richardson, a member of Bradshaw Baptist Church, died Thursday, March 14, in
Maury County Hospital at Columbia after a heart attack.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Richardson was born April 13, 1917, the son of the
late Bill and Ada Lovett Richardson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ola Mae Richardson; one daughter, Miss Linda
Richardson, Friendship; four brothers Audie and Lloyd Richardson, Lincoln
County, Hugh Richardson, Chicago, Ill.,, and Clayton Richardson, Lewisburg;
three sisters, Mrs. Annie Mae Tucker, Mrs. Irene Johnson and Mrs. Omi Williams,
all of Lincoln County; and several nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RICHARDSON, Pattie Voorhies The Pulaski Citizen 1 Apr 1964
Graveside services for Mrs. Pattie Voorhies Richardson, 89, former Pulaski
resident, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Richardson lot in
Maplewood Cemetery. Rites were conducted by the Rev. William D. Boyd, Jr.,
assistant pastor of Independent Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala., and the
Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski. Mrs.
Richardson died on Wednesday, March 25, in a Birmingham, Ala. rest home
following an extended illness. For several years she had resided in that city
with her sister, Mrs. Frank Miller who died February 3 this year.
Born October 11, 1874, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Milton Voorhies and Amanda Kennedy Voorhies. Her husband, Amos R. Richardson,
who was Seventh District Magistrate for many years, died in 1957.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Richardson is survived by two nephews, Frank V. Miller, Jr., Pensacola,
Fla., and William M. Miller, Birmingham, Ala.; and one niece, Mrs. Joseph W.
Perry, Montgomery, Ala.
RICHARDSON, Roy George The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Roy George Richardson, 71, Bodenham merchant, were held at
one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Wesley Holden of Woodbury, and the Rev. R. E. Stevenson. Burial took place
in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Richardson died at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning,
January 7, at Giles County Hospital.
Born March 10, 1892, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Tom
Richardson and Kate Waggoner Richardson.
Mr. Richardson is survive by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Tarpley Richardson; two
sons, Waggoner Richardsons and Charles Richardson, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs.
Ray Mize, Bodenham; two grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Era Mae Crawford,
Mulberry.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RICHARDSON, Virginia Hutton The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Virgie Hutton Richardson, 73, widow of W. T.
Richardson, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at First Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of the church. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Richardson died at 10:50 o'clock on Sunday morning,
December 1, in Iuka, Miss., where she had been visiting in recent months.
Born January 15, 1890, in Maury County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Lucy
McDonald Hutton and the late John Hutton. She was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Her husband, W. T. Richardson, died May 14, 1962.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Richardson is survived by three sons, Sim H.
Richardson, and Clifford Richardson, Pulaski and W. T. Richardson, Jr.,
Manchester; four daughters, Mrs. Harry Cosby and Mrs. Earl Lackey, both of Iuka,
Miss., Mrs. W. F. Harmon, Columbia, and Mrs. Raymond Griggs, Pulaski; eleven
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two brothers, John Hutton, Pulaski
and Jack Hutton, Athens, Ala.; and two sisters, Mrs. W. R. Watson, Louisville,
Ky., and Mrs. Tennie Stovall, Aspen Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RICHARDSON, Walter Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 16 May 1962
Funeral services for Walter Thomas Richardson, 80, retired livestock dealer,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at First Baptist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of the church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Richardson died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 7:30 o'clock
Monday morning, May 14, at his home on Pond Hill.
A native of Maury County, he was born November 4, 1881, the son of the late
James Richardson and Mattie Wiley Richardson. He was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Mr. Richardson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Mae Hutton Richardson;
three sons, Clifford Richardson and Sim H. Richardson, both of Pulaski, and W.
T. Richardson, Jr., Manchester; four daughters, Mrs. Raymond Griggs, Pulaski,
Mrs. W. F. Harmon, Columbia, Mrs. Earl Lackey and Mrs. Harry Cosby, both of
Iuka, Miss.; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one brother, Floyd
Richardson, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Green, Giles County, and
Mrs. Hugh Porter, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RIDGEWAY, D. T. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1960
Capt. D. T. Ridgeway, of the U. S. Air Force, a native of Giles County and son
of Dr. and Mrs. D. T. Ridgeway, Sr., Jackson, Miss., was killed recently when
his T33 trainer crashed in Japan.
Relatives, notified of the fatal accident, received the following news report of
the death of the 30-year-old Air Force officer, who, with his squadron of 16
Korean pilots, had been cited for 21,000 hours of accident free flying.
A memorial service for the young officer will be held at Jackson, Miss., either
Saturday or Sunday, and burial services with Military Honors will take place at
Vicksburg, Miss., when the body arrives.
The following release, carrying a picture of Capt. Ridgeway and headed "Ex-Tiger
Dies As Jet Plane Falls in Japan", follows.
A Jackson jet pilot recently cited for leading a squadron of accident-free
fliers was killed yesterday when his T33 trainer crashed in Japan. A Japanese
student died with him.
The Air Force said the crash occurred near Nagoya in central Honshu and burned
30 miles southeast of Nagoya. Cause of the mishap has not been determined.
Ridgeway was the son of Dr. and Mrs. D. T. Ridgeway, Sr., of 1803 Howard Street.
His father is executive secretary of the Methodist Board of Christian Education
in Mississippi.
He had recently been transferred to Japan from Korea whre he led a squadron of
Korean pilots who received a citation for accident free operation.
Ridgway was a graduate of Central High School. He played end on the football
team. He later played football at Auburn, graduating in 1951 with a degree in
education and an Air Force ROTC commission.
He has been in the Air Force since, serving for two years as an administrative
officer with the air police before becoming a flier.
Ridgeway had served at Parks, Otis, Elgin, Marianna, Greenville, Tyndall and
Moody Air Force bases before moving to a position as advisory operations
officers with the Korean Air Force.
He moved from Korea to Japan as a member of the military assistance advisory
group little more than two months ago. Shortly before he was transferred
Ridgeway and his squadron of 16 Korean pilots were cited for 21,000 hours of
accident free flying.
He was a native of Giles County, Tennessee, but lived in Jackson many years. He
was a member of SAE fraternity, organized and served as a Methodist Sunday
School teacher in Korea. During high school he was a lifeguard and a manager of
swimming pools in Riverside and Battlefield parks.
He played and coached football with the Air Force for several years.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include his wife the former Peggy
Patterson of Columbus, Ga.; two children, Timothy Michael; and Pamela Adele, 3,
all of whom were with him in Japan; a sister, Mrs. Campbell Gilliland of
Jackson; a brother, Ray Ridgeway, a Millsaps College student here; and a
grandmother, Mrs. E. B. Rayburn of Pulaski, Tenn.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete but services will probably be in Jackson.
RIDGEWAY, Frances Joan Baird The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Joan Ridgeway, 47, Minor Hill resident, were
held
Friday afternoon at Booths Chapel Church with the burial in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Ridgeway died Thursday at her home in the Minor Hill community.
Born Sept. 21, 1915 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John Baird
and Ada Vickers Baird. After the death of her first husband, Coley Smith, she
married J. W. Ridgeway, who survives.
In addition to Mr. Ridgeway, she is survived by three sons, Louie Smith, J. C.
Smith, and Billy Smith, Minor Hill; one daughter, Mrs. Russell Weatherford,
Lynnville; four grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. George Childress, Lynnville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RIDGEWAY, Vera The Pulaski Citizen 19 May 1965
Funeral services for Miss Vera Ridgeway, 63, native of Giles County, were held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Appleton Church of Christ, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Miss Ridgeway died of a heart ailment at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning, May 16,
at Lawrence County Sanitarium.
Born June 4, 1901, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Jefferson Ridgeway and Mary Caroline Belew Ridgeway. She was a member of
Blooming Grove Baptist Church in Lawrence County.
The survivors are four brothers, Ernest Ridgeway, Lawrenceburg with whom she had
recently made her home, J. H. Ridgeway, Lawrenceburg, W. A. Ridgeway, Pulaski,
and J. W. Ridgeway, Minor Hill; four sisters, Mrs. Mattie Felker, and Mrs.
Novella Stafford, both of Giles County, Mrs. Thula White, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs.
Jewel Boston, Lawrence County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RIDINER, Marvin John The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Marvin John Ridiner, 64, farmer of the Big Dry Creek
section, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial will take place
in the Johns Cemetery in the eastern part of Giles County. Mr. Ridiner died
Tuesday, June 30, at his home of a heart attack after a period of declining
health.
Born August 28, 1899, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Arch Ridiner
and Ella Newton Ridiner. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Ridiner is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Short Ridiner; four sons, Robert
A. Ridiner, Fayetteville, Joe Ridiner, Thomas Ridiner, and Leslie Ridiner, Giles
County; seven daughters, Mrs. Audrie James, Mrs. Rachel Scott, Mrs. Magdaline
Watkins, Mrs. Imagene Davis, Miss Ethel Ridiner, and Miss Maxie Ridiner, all of
Giles County and Mrs. Marie Francis, Peoria, Ill.; twenty-six grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Brymer, Giles County,
and Mrs. Annie Holt, Lynchburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RIFFE, Sammie Smith The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1964
Mrs. Walton M. Riffe, 66, the former Miss Sammie Smith of Pisgah, died on
Saturday, December 26, in a hospital in Dayton, Ohio, following a prolonged
illness. Funeral rites took place at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning in Dayton
with burial in that city.
Born July 6, 1897, at Pisgah, she was the daughter of the late Arnie Smith and
Lelia Butler Smith. Her husband, Walton M. Riffe, died December 15, 1961. She
was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Riffe is survived by two brothers, Arnie Butler Smith, Pulaski and Robert
M. Smith, Macon, Ga.; and two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie S. Langan, Las Vegas, Nev.,
and Mrs. Annie Reese, Wedgewood, New York City.
RIFFE, Walton M. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1961
Walton M. Riffe, 60, retired Monroe Calculating Machine sales manager of Dayton,
Ohio, died at 1:30 o'clock Friday morning, December 15, at a hospital in Dayton,
after a brief illness. Funeral rites took place at 10 o'clock Monday morning in
that city with the burial there.
Following his retirement, Mr. Riffe cultivated orchids which grew to a large
investment.
Mr. Riffe, native of Covington, Ky., is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sammie Smith
Riffe, native of Giles County, the daughter of the late Arney Smith and Mrs.
Lelia Butler Smith, residents of the Pisgah Community.
RIGGIN, Eska Hayes The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Eska Hayes Riggin, 64, Pulaski resident, were held at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. William
H. Mansfield. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Riggin died on
Wednesday, July 1, at a Nashville hospital, after a long period of declining
health.
Born May 29, 1900, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Daniel
Stephen Hayes and Sally Cochran Hayes.
Mrs. Riggin is survived by her husband, Homer O. Riggin, Pulaski; one son, James
Larry Riggin, Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs. Thelma Woods, Decatur, Ala., Mrs.
Lucile Holman, Richmond, Va., Mrs. Clara Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla., and Miss
Joan Riggin, Pulaski; eight grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Bass and
Mrs. Annie Malone, Nashville, Mrs. Richard White and Mrs. Ethel Drake, both of
Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RIGGIN, Homer Otis The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1966
Funeral services for Homer Otis Riggin, 74, retired blacksmith, were held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Dr.
William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Riggin, a patient in Fairhaven Nursing Home, died there on Wednesday, April 27.
He was born May 5, 1891 in Madisonville, Ky.
His wife, Mrs. Eska Hayes Riggin, died in 1964.
Mr. Riggin is survived by one son James Larry Riggin, Pulaski; four daughters,
Mrs. Roy Woods, Decatur, Ala., Mrs. James Elrod and Miss Joan Riggin, both of
Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla.; eight
grandchildren; one brother, Luther Riggin; and one brother, Luther Riggin; and
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Frederick and Mrs. Laten Blankenship, all three in
Madisonville, Ky.
RIGSBY, Betty June Wolaver The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1968
Mrs. Betty June Wolaver Rigsby, 29, died Saturday, April 13, in Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rigsby, wife of John D. Grigsby, were held Monday
morning, April 15, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Clarence
Stewart officiating. Burial was in Diana Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Rigsby was born April 30, 1938.
In addition to her husband, survivors include two daughters, Rita and Ann Woods;
one brother, Harold Wayne Wolaver, Giles County; father, Harold Wolaver; and
mother Mrs. Evelyn Story.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RIGSBY, Ella Weaver Fry The Pulaski Citizen 7 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Weaver Fry Rigsby, 78, wife of F. A. Rigsby of
Lawrenceburg, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at First Baptist Church in
Pulaski with the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski. Mrs. Rigsby died at 3:15 o'clock
Wednesday, February 28, at the home in Lawrenceburg after an illness of twelve
weeks.
Born August 7, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Joe
Weaver and Mary Marsh Weaver. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Rigsby is survived by one son, Albert Lee Fry,
Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs. Roy Sanderson, Pulaski and Mrs. Lela Wilson and
Mrs. W. C. Chapman, both of Birmingham, Ala.; a step-son, Jake Rigsby, Ohio;
three step-daughters, Mrs. Frank Hill, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Thomas Fox, Loretto,
and Mrs. Frances Randolph, Chicago, Ill.; seventeen grandchildren and
thirty-five great-grandchildren; one brother, Birdie Weaver, Giles County; and
two sisters, Mrs. G. C. Shields, Pulaski, and Mrs. Roy Gardner, Lewisburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RISNER, J. B. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1960
J. B. Risner, 42, was found dead in a barn near his home in the Anthony Hill
community early today, and County Coroner Bill Bennett said the death was an
apparent suicide by hanging. The body was discovered by his wife, Mrs. Josie
Rose Risner.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Liberty
Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Cleo Bunt officiating and burial will be in
Rose Hill Cemetery.
Born July 5, 1917, in Giles County, Risner was the son of Mrs. Maggie Nutt
Risner and the late Jasper Risner. He was formerly employed as a highway
construction worker.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Besides his wife and mother, Mr. Risner is survived by one son, J. R. Risner of
Anthony Hill; six sisters, Mrs. Kasper Rose, Mrs. Felix Hickman and Mrs. Grady
Attkisson, all of Giles County; Mrs. Clyde Fincher, Mrs. R. W. Davis, and Mrs
Elog Gowan, all of Lawrence County; three brothers, Dave and Coy Risner of Giles
County, and Ray Risner of Lawrence County and one grandson.
ROACH, James Elisha The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1960
Funeral services for James Elisha Roach, 75, merchant of Davidson County, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Lynnville Baptist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Roach was dead on arrival at General Hospital, Nashville, at 9:30 a. m. on
August 12, having sustained a stroke earlier in the morning.
A former resident of Lynnvile, he was born January 28, 1885, the son of the late
Lonnie Roach and Elvira Roach.
Mr. Roach is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Roach; three daughters, Mrs.
Neida Wolaver, Charleston, S. C., Mrs. Enola Singleton, Texas, and Mrs. Earline
Thompson, California; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROBB, John H. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Aug 1968
John H. Robb, 79, retired farmer, died Saturday, August 24 at Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Funeral services for Mr. Robb were held Monday afternoon, August 26 in the
chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with Brown Foster, Church of
Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Spencer Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Robb was the son of the late Dr. W. S. Robb and Maggie Duyer Robb. He was a
life-long member of the Spencer Hill Church of Christ and had been an elder and
Bible class teacher for many years.
Survivors include two sons, Johnny Ray Robb, Nashville, and James E. Robb,
Hermitage; four daughters, Mrs. Robert Staggs, Summertown, Mrs. Lionell Johnson,
Winchester, Ky., Mrs. Henry Sadio, Nashville, and Mrs. James Cooper, Lynnville;
one sister, Mrs. John Spencer, Mt. Pleasant; nineteen grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
ROBBINS, Reamer B. The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1963
Funeral services for Reamer B. Robbins, husband of the former Miss Elma Burns of
Pulaski, were held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Rideout Funeral Home in
Birmingham, Ala., with the burial in Jefferson Memorial Gardens in that city.
Mr. Robbins died at 4 o'clock on Monday morning, May 20, at a Birmingham
hospital.
A resident of Birmingham for many years, he was a native of Sparta, Tenn.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Robbins is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Don
Eblen, Birmingham, and Mrs. Robert E. Dreher, Decatur, Ga.; and six
grandchildren.
ROBERTS, Annette Cox The Pulaski Citizen 26 Nov 1969
Mrs. Annette Cox Roberts, wife of G. A. Roberts, well known Pulaski businessman,
died Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 25, at Giles County Hospital.
The body is at Bennett-May Funeral Home and funeral arrangements were incomplete
at press time.
She was a native of LaGrange, Ga.
Survivors include her husband; a son, G. A. Roberts of Huntsville, Ala.; a
daughter, Mrs. David Stoner of Madison, Ala.; six grandchildren; one brother,
and three sisters.
ROBERTS, Clayborn B. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Clayborn B. Roberts, 61, Pulaski resident, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Roberts died Sunday, February 2, enroute to Giles County Hospital.
Born May 28, 1903, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Roberts
and Sallie B. Worsham Roberts. He was an employee of the Lewisburg Pencil
Company.
Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise McCormick Roberts; one son,
Wendell Roberts, Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs. J. T. Chapman, Pulaski, Mrs. Ray
Weatherford, Columbia; and Mrs. Liston Hollingsworth, Lewisburg; and seven
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTS, David Silas The Pulaski Citizen 15 Sep 1965
David Silas Roberts, 68, died Sunday morning, September 19, at his home in the
Knob Creek section of Maury County after a few months illness. Funeral services
were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in
Columbia with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski.
Born in Giles County, he was the son of the late George Roberts and Addie
Tidwell Roberts.
Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Ballard Roberts; three
daughters, Mrs. Charles Ward, Memphis, Mrs. James Yokely and Miss Lera Roberts,
Nashville; and one brother, George Dewey Roberts, Louisville, Ky.
ROBERTS, Dora Green The Pulaski Citizen 23 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Green Roberts, 81, widow of Charlie Roberts, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Scotts Hill
Cemetery. Mrs. Roberts died at 8:45 o'clock Saturday night, February 19, in
Giles County Hospital.
Born September 19, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
Rainey Green and Lou Hardy Green. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Charlie Roberts, died more than thirty-eight years ago.
Mrs. Roberts is survived by two sons, Charlie Will Roberts, Giles County, and
Mason Roberts, Pulaski; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTS, Joe W. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jan 1963
Joe W. Roberts, 72, native Giles Countian, died unexpectedly on Friday, January
17, in Louisville, Ky, after a long illness. Funeral rites and burial took place
in that city on Saturday.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late George Silas Roberts
and Adelaide Tidwell Roberts.
Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ode Roberts; one son, Silas Roberts,
Charleston, Ind.; one daughter, Miss Wilma Roberts, Louisville, Ky.; three
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; three brothers, David Roberts, Columbia,
and George Dewey Roberts, Louisville.
ROBERTS, Mamie Grammer The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1968
Mrs. Mamie Grammar Roberts, 85, of Cornersville, died Thursday, February 15, in
Merihil Nursing Home, Lewisburg.
Funeral services for Mrs. Roberts, a native of Giles County, were held Friday,
February 16, at McDaniel's Funeral Home. Burial was in Mars Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include one son, Elmer Roberts; three daughters, Mrs. E. H. Williams
and Mrs. Thomas J. Williams, Cornersville, and Mrs. Luther Redden, Las Vegas,
Nev.; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
ROBERTS, Manuel Eugene The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Manuel Eugene Roberts, 78, retired farmer of Giles County,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Roberts died Saturday, January 12, at Davidson
County Hospital, Nashville, after a long illness.
Born August 8, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Manuel
Roberts.
His wife, Mrs. Martha L. Roberts died in February of 1962.
Mr. Roberts is survived by one son, Grady Roberts, Nashville; two grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Arney Polly, Giles County; and one brother, Charles F. Roberts,
Sr., Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTS, Martha Lizzie Williams The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Lizzie Williams Roberts, 78, wife of Manuel
Roberts, Nashville, were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Roberts died on Monday
night, February 19, at General Hospital in Nashville after a long illness.
Born December 1, 1883, in Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Columbus
Williams and Mary Bess Williams.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Roberts is survived by one son, Grady L.
Roberts; and two grandchildren, Nashville; two brothers, James H. Williams,
Carbon Hill, Ala., and Willie Williams, Harlan, Ky.; and one sister, Mrs. John
Roden, Carbon Hill, Alabama.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTS, Mason The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Mason Roberts, 52, Pulaski truck driver were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Lloyd L. Hickman, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Scotts Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Roberts died Saturday morning, June 4, in Giles County Hospital after a long
illness.
Born September 25, 1913, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Charlie
Roberts and Dora Green Roberts. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Wakefield Roberts; two
daughters, Mrs. Mitchell Newton and Mrs. Farris Newton; seven grandchildren; and
one brother, Charlie Will Roberts, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTS, Melissa Wray The Pulaski Citizen 17 Sep 1969
Mrs. Melissa Wray Roberts, 90, died Wednesday morning, September 17, in the
Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon, September 18, at 2:00
o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Jacob Gardner
officiating. Burial will be in Minor Hill Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, Mrs. Roberts was born March 16, 1879, the daughter
of the late Harry and Mary Reyer Wray. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Vergie
Williams, Minor Hill.
ROBERTS, Myrtle Emma Fogg The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jun 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Emma Fogg Roberts, 82, widow of Nat Roberts,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. A. R. Hogan, Methodist minister. Burial will take place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Roberts died on Tuesday night, June 18, at her home at
Cedar Grove.
A native of Giles County, she was born November 24, 1880, the daughter of the
late Oscar Fogg and Lou Thomas Fogg. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Roberts is survived by one grandson, Glen Roberts, Pulaski; one
granddaughter, Mrs. Gladys Oller, Louisville, Ky.; two great-grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTS, Olen B. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Mar 1964
Olen B. Roberts, 55, retired farmer, who died on February 26, at his home in
Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock the following Friday in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in New Zion Cemetery.
Born July 30, 1908, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late Robert D.
Roberts and Mrs. Docie Pierce Roberts, who survives.
In addition to the mother, Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, Mrs. Tennie
Freeman Roberts; two sons, Jimmy Roberts and Randy Roberts, Pulaski; four
daughters, Mrs. Otis Spivey, Mrs. David Childress and Miss Joyce Ann Roberts,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Jerry Binkley, Decatur, Ala.; six grandchildren; three
brothers, Hoyt Roberts, Melvin Roberts and Albert Roberts, Pulaski; and three
sisters, Mrs. Carter Callahan, Mrs. Wilma George, and Mrs. Doris Crane, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTS, Otha C. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1968
Otha C. Roberts, 67, formerly of Minor Hill, died on Monday, August 5, of a
heart attack, at his home in Bartow, Fla.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday at Whidden Funeral Home in Bartow, and
burial took place there.
Mr. Roberts had extensive business interests in Bartow, where he had lived for
the past forty years.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Oscar Roberts, Minor Hill; and his wife, the
former Miss Idell Harrison, who was a resident of Minor Hill before going to
Bartow, where she now resides.
ROBERTS, Sallie Worsham The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Worsham Roberts, 80, Pulaski resident, were
held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Roberts died
Saturday morning, April 29, at Giles County Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Giles County, she was born August 9, 1880, the daughter of the late
Ephriam Worsham and Martha Blow Worsham. She was the widow of Will Roberts who
died approximately fifty-years ago. She was a member of the Friendship Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Roberts is survived by one son, Clayburn B. Roberts, Pulaski; one grandson;
three grand-daughters; seven great-grandchildren; and one brother, Randall
Worsham, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTS, Simeon Nathaniel The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Simeon Nathaniel Roberts, 80, retired Lawrence County
farmer, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bonnertown Baptist Church
with burial in that county. Mr. Roberts died Sunday at Lawrence County Hospital.
Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lenora Roberts; three sons, Buddy
Roberts and Dubiel Roberts, Lawrenceburg, and Correla Roberts, California; five
daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Hagood, Pulaski, Mrs. Ada Gilley, Mrs. Cela Clayton and
Mrs. Sylvia Martin, California, and Miss Nellie Roberts, Lawrenceburg; fourteen
grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
ROBERTS, Timothy The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jun 1968
Timothy Roberts, infant son of Ronnie and Jeanette Harwell Roberts, died Friday,
June 21. Graveside services were held at 2 o'clock at Kedron Cemetery.
Survivors in addition to his parents include, two brothers, Ronald Neal and
Jeffery Wayne Roberts; one sister, Sherry Lynn Roberts; maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Harwell; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Roberts.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROBERTS, Wilkie Clifford The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
Funeral services for Wilkie Clifford Roberts, 81, father of a Pulaski resident,
were held Saturday afternoon at Appleton Church of Christ in Lawrence County
with the burial in the Mitchell Cemetery. Mr. Roberts died of a heart attack
Thursday afternoon, May 5, at his home on Depot Street in Lawrenceburg.
Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sula Mae Roberts; three children,
Donald Roberts of Dickson, Mrs. Tessie Griffin of Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Billy
Couch of Pulaski; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
ROBINSON, Clarence Lee The Pulaski Citizen 15 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Clarence Lee Robinson, 78, retired farmer of the Brick
Church Community, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in McDaniel Funeral
Home at Cornersville, with the burial in Spring Place Cemetery. Mr. Robinson
died at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, December 11, in Umble Nursing Home in
Lewisburg where he had been a patient for some time.
Born March 26, 1887, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late James
Robinson and Victoria Callie Beard Robinson. He was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Mr. Robinson, a bachelor, is survived by two brothers, Joe Robinson, Brick
Church, and Loyd Robinson, Lynnville; and several nieces and nephews.
ROBISON, Jessie Ann McNeese The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Ann McNeese Vernon Robison, 74, resident of the
Eleventh District, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at New Zion
Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman. Burial will take place
in the church cemetery. Mrs. Robison died at 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning,
September 28, at her home after a long illness.
Born April 9, 1886, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Willis
McNeese and Martha Marlow McNeese. Twice married, her first husband, Alex
Vernon, died many years ago. Her second husband, E. E. Robison, died October 8,
1959.
She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Robison is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Robison and Mrs. Herman
Edwards; four sons, Freeman Vernon, Raymond Vernon, Truman Vernon, and Russell
Vernon, all of Giles County; and twenty-six grandchildren and sixteen
great-grandchildren; one step-daughter, Mrs. Pete Lanier, Giles County; and
seven step-grandchildren and five step-great-grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
ROBINSON, Leon The Pulaski Citizen 2 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Leon Robinson, 70, retired farmer of the McBurg Community,
were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, January 25, at Ralston Chapel,
Fayetteville, conducted by the Rev. G. C. Self, Methodist minister. Burial took
place in the Wright Cemetery. Mr. Robinson died on Monday, January 24 in Lincoln
County Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Scott Robinson and Ella
Gill Robinson, and was a member of McBurg Methodist Church.
Mr. Robinson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nina Mae Harrison Robinson; two
daughters, Mrs. Robert Harwell, Fayetteville, and Mrs. Edd Holley, Pulaski; two
sons, Chester Robinson, Frankewing, and Lynn Robinson, Fayetteville; four
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Hattie Harrison,
Dellrose; and one brother, Dee Robinson, Dellrose.
RODEN, Jerome Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Jerome Abernathy Roden, 79, retired farmer, were conducted
at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, September 25, in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Martin officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Roden died Friday, September 23, in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, he was born June 14, 1887, the son of the late W. J.
and Dora Abernathy Roden.
Mr. Roden is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vada Bass Roden; one son, Eugene Roden,
Covington, and one grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RODEN, Mattie Williams The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Williams Roden, 63, resident of Pulaski, were
held a one o'clock on Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Gilbert Shaffer, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in New Zion
Cemetery. Mrs. Roden died Saturday, February 25, at Giles County Hospital after
a short illness.
Born February 17, 1898, in Giles County, the daughter of the late Walter L.
Williams and Magnolia Katherine Brown Williams. Her husband, Allie Roden, died
several years ago.
Mrs. Roden is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Malcolm Tomerlin and Mrs. John
Stanford, Pulaski; nine grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Deola Newton, Pulaski;
and three brothers, Harrison Williams, Cornersville, Adrian Williams, Madison,
and Arthur Williams, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RODEN, Vada Bass The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Mrs. Vada Bass Roden, 83, died Tuesday, January 23 in Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday, January 24, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jim Parsons and Norman Coke officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Roden was born January 7, 1884, the daughter of
the late Augustus and Ann Tucker Bass. She was a member of the Methodist Church
and the wife of the late Jerome A. Roden.
Survivors include one son, Eugene Roden, Covington; one sister, Mrs. Kirk Arney,
Pulaski; one brother, Leonard Bass; and one grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RODGERS, William Atha The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral services for William Atha Rodgers, 78, retired Elkton farmer, were held
at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Rainey and Son Funeral Home at Ardmore with
the burial in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Rodgers was found dead in his bed room,
Monday morning, December 2, following a long period of declining health. Death
was attributed to natural causes.
Born October 29, 1885, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Bill
Rodgers and Fannie Ramsay Rodgers. He had been a member of Kellys Creek Baptist
Church for forty-four years.
His wife, Mrs. Lillie Phillips Rodgers, died November 10, 1956.
Mr. Rodgers is survived by three sons, Bill Rodgers and Tom Rodgers, Elkton and
Cecil Rodgers, Ardmore; four daughters, Mrs. Grady Mitchell, Kellys Creek,
Lincoln County, Mrs. Joe D. Croney, Ardmore, Mrs. Howard Hurd, Campbellsville,
and Mrs. Charles Cunningham, Nashville; twenty-three grandchildren and
thirty-one great-grandchildren; one brother, Asa Rodgers, Cash Point; one
half-brother, Harvey Merrill, Park City, Lincoln County; and one half-sister,
Mrs. Alice George, Huntsville, Ala.
Rainey and Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROGERS, Clifton Harold The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Clifton Harold Rogers, 50, carpenter of Lawrenceburg,
formerly of Pulaski, were held at one o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the burial in Bonnertown Cemetery in Lawrence County. Mr.
Rogers died at his home in Lawrenceburg on Saturday, December 28.
Born October 31, 1913, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Cora Newton
Rogers, who survives, and the late Hollis Rogers. He was a member of the Church
of Christ. In addition to his mother, Mr. Rogers is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Annie Mae Vickers Rogers; one daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Ann Smith, Pulaski; three
grandchildren; two brothers, Thomas Rogers, Pulaski, and James Rogers,
California; and three sisters, Mrs. Porter Smith, Columbia, Mrs. Louise Tacker,
Nashville, and Mrs. Annie Jean McConnell, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROGERS, Cora Velma The Giles Free Press 30 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Velma Rogers, 80, were held at 1 p. m. Sunday,
April 26, at Bennett-May Funeral Home with Andrew Brown officiating.
Burial was in the Noblet Cemetery.
Mrs. Rogers, a native of Giles County, died Saturday, April 25, at the Elm Rest
Home in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. Her parents were the late W. F. and Orlena Noblet
Newton and she was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Porter Smith, Alabama, Mrs. Annie
McConnell, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Louise Thacker, Nashville; two sons, Thomas
Rogers, Pulaski and James Rogers, California; three sisters, Mrs. Evie Griffith,
Alabama, Mrs. Luther Davis and Mrs. Elmer Hester, both of Giles County; two
brothers, Logan Newton, Minor Hill and Maynard Newton, Lawrenceburg; ten
grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
ROGERS, Donnie Joe The Pulaski Citizen 1 Sep 1965
Donnie Joe Rogers, 26, of Ardmore, Ala., a native of Masseytown near Elkton and
an employee of Genesco in Pulaski, was killed in a Sunday afternoon accident
which occurred two-and-a-half miles east of Pulaski when the car he was driving
collided with another driven by William Woodrow Davis, Jr., of Memphis,
according to Trooper James Dyer and Sgt. Homer Smith who investigated. Davis,
16, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and released on bond. A hearing on
the charge will be held in Juvenile Court next Tuesday.
Rogers' mother, Mrs. Ethel Rogers, suffered a fractured collar bone and was
treated at Giles County Hospital and released. Other passengers in the Rogers
car, all of whom were treated and for minor injuries and released, were his
wife, Mrs. Betty Culps Rogers, two sons, Gerald and Emory, and a sister, Mrs.
Katie Lee Coats of Giles County. Miss Judith Sheldon, a passenger in the Davis
car, was not injured. Davis was treated for leg and head injuries.
ROGERS, Floyd Wells The Pulaski Citizen 5 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Floyd Wells Rogers, 65, employee of the Giles Locker
Storage Plant in Pulaski and resident of the Blooming Grove section, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. James
T. Parsons, officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Rogers was found dead in bed early Tuesday morning, December 4.
Born April 17, 1897, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late John W.
Rogers and Mary Virginia Tarpley Rogers. He was a member of Blooming Grove
Methodist Church.
Mr. Rogers is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rachel Hamlett Rogers; two sons, Edwin
Rogers, Pulaski, and Harold Rogers, Nashvile; six grandchildren; one brother,
Rex Rogers, Blooming Grove; and five sisters, Mrs. Don McCormick, Mrs. Frank
Parsons, and Misses Almeda Rogers and Georgia Rogers, Pulaski, and Miss Tommie
Rogers, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROGERS, Georgia The Pulaski Citizen 9 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Miss Georgia Rogers, Pulaski businesswoman were held at 11
o'clock Sunday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of the East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took
place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. She died at 6 o'clock Thursday
night, October 3, at the home following an extended illness.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was a daughter of the late John W. Rogers
and Mary Virginia Tarpley Rogers. She was a member of East Hill Church of
Christ.
Miss Rogers began her business career by employment at Modern Grocery, then
became bookkeeper at T. M. Booth and Sons, and later served as bookkeeper for
the Pulaski Light and Water Department. After taking training in Nashville, she
became owner and operator of Pulaski Beauty Shop, a position she held for
approximately twenty-six years. Due to ill health, she retired two years ago.
Miss Rogers is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Don McCormack, Mrs. Frank Parsons,
and Miss Almeda Rogers, all of Pulaski, and Miss Tommie Rogers, Nashville and a
brother, Rex Rogers, Pulaski.
ROGERS, John William The Pulaski Citizen 8 Dec 1965
John William Rogers, 71, Dallas, Texas author, playwright, and newspaperman,
died on Thursday, November 18, in Dallas. Funeral rites and burial took place
there.
A native of the Wales section of Giles County, he was the son of the late J.
Will Rogers and Lena Lindsay Rogers. Mr. Rogers lived in Giles County for a
number of years before locating in Dallas.
He had an enviable career in his chosen field, receiving the David Belasco award
for his play, "Judge Lynch". He was the author of many plays and books.
Mr. Rogers is survived by his wife, the former Miss Kenneth Horan, also an
author.
ROGERS, Lee Allen The Pulaski Citizen 26 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Lee Allen Rogers, 58, farmer of Giles County, were held at
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by G. C.
Fox, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr.
Rogers died Monday, August 24, at Giles County Hospital after a two weeks
illness.
Born April 5, 1907, i Giles County, he was the son of the late Winfield Rogers
and Lura Worsham Rogers. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Rogers is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jewel Johnson Rogers; two sons, Robert
Allen Rogers and David Rogers, both of Louisville, Ky.; two daughters, Mrs.
Richard Gonzales, New Mexico, and Mrs. Wayne Bolden, Pulaski; and ten
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROGERS, Lizzie Jones The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Jones Rogers, 85, resident of the Lynnville
section the greater part of her life, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
at Lynnville Church of Christ, conducted by Billy Blake, minister of the church.
Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Rogers died at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon, February 7, at Giles County Hospital after a long
illness.
Born August 8, 1874 in Marshall County she was the daughter of the late Benjamin
Jones and Julia Reed Jones. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her husband, John Van Buren Rogers, died many years ago.
Mrs. Rogers is survived by one brother, Robert I. Jones, Fort Worth, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROGERS, Rex Griffin The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1967
Rex Griffin Rogers, 65, a retired farmer, died at his home in the Blooming Grove
Community Friday night, November 24.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, November 26, at 2:30, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Marshall Moss and Rev. Norman
Coke officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Rogers, a native of Giles County, was born January 13, 1902, the son of the
late J. W. and Mary Tarpley Rogers.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Frank Parsons and Miss Almeda Rogers,
Pulaski, and Miss Tommie Rogers, Nashville, and two nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROGERS, Maude Amy Reed The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Amy Reed Rogers, 84, resident of the Aspen Hill
Community, were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. E. W. Johnson of Columbus, Miss. Burial took place in the
family lot at Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Rogers died at 9 o'clock on Wednesday
night, November 15, at Lawrence County Hospital, after a long period of
declining health.
Born October 31, 1877, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Mitchell Reed and Alice Anderson Reed. She was a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.
Her husband M. L. (Oakley) Rogers, died January 31, 1933.
Mrs. Rogers is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. R. Kellam, Aspen Hill, Mrs.
Bessie Neal, Pulaski and Mrs. Harry L. Robertson, Birmingham, Ala.; four sons,
W. Reed Rogers and R. E. Rogers, Decatur, Ala., and Leon and Zeke Rogers,
Dallas, Texas; thirteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. G. W. Marks, Sr., Pulaski.
A daughter, Mrs. Esterlene R. Uhland, residing in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, died
October 19, this year, a few hours after arriving by plane for a visit with her
mother.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROGERS, Thomas Elwood The Pulaski Citizen 24 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Thomas Elwood Rogers, 56, local carpenter, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Giles Memory
Gardens. Mr. Rogers died Monday afternoon, November 22, in Giles County Hospital
after an extended illness.
Born February 19, 1909, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Hollis
Washington Rogers and Cora Newton Rogers. He was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Mr. Rogers is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Turner Rogers; two sons, Thomas
D. Rogers, Minor Hill, and Charles Boyd Rogers, Athens, Ala.; two grandchildren;
one step-son and one step-daughter; one brother, James Rogers, San Diego,
Calif.; and three sisters, Mrs. Louise Thacker, Nashville, Mrs. Orlean Smith,
Mobile, Ala., and Mrs. Annie Jean McConnell, Minor Hill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROGERS, William The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jun 1964
Funeral services for William Rogers, Jr., 26, native Giles Countian, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Aspen Hill Cemetery. Mr. Rogers died on Monday night, June 15, at his home at
Millersville in Sumner County, Tenn.
Born March 21, 1938, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Mary Willoughby
Rogers and the late William Rogers.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Rogers is survived by five brothers, Bobby, Paul,
Jerry, Terry and Kenneth Lee Rogers; four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Ann Cozart, and
Misses Mary Frances, Betty Jean and Shirley Lynn Rogers; one half-brother,
William Nelson; and one half-sister, Miss Dorothy Rogers; all of Millersville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROGERS, William Andrew The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jul 1962
Funeral services for William Andrew Rogers, 53, retired farmer and Public Works
employee, who died on Saturday, July 14, at his home in Lewisburg, were held at
2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. The Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister, conducted the rites, and burial took place in the
Aspen Hill Cemetery.
Born in Alabama, on October 12, 1908, he was the son of the late Andy Rogers and
Sarah Daws Rogers. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Rogers is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Lizzie Willoughby Rogers; six
sons, William Nelson Rogers, William Andrew Rogers, Jr., Robert Dean Rogers,
Jerry Rogers, and Perry Rogers, all of Pulaski, and Paul Wayne Rogers,
Lewisburg; five daughters, Misses Martha Ann Rogers, Mary Frances Rogers, Betty
Jean Rogers, Shirley Lynne Rogers, and Miss Dorothy Avon Rogers, Nashville; and
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Musgrove and Mrs. Lonnie Daws, both of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROLIN, Mildred Blade The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Rolin, 46, were conducted on Friday afternoon,
December 30, at 2:00 o'clock at the Elkton Methodist Church, with the Rev.
Horace Woodard and R. L. Greenway officiating. Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
Mrs. Rolin died Thursday, December 29, at Giles County Hospital, following a
short illness. She was born in Giles County on June 24, 1920, the daughter of
Hubert Blade and the late Mrs. Lillie Chatman Blade.
In addition to her father, she is survived by her father, she is survived by her
husband, Billy Rolin, Elkton; one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Holman, Ardmore; two
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mamie Sue Bishop, Florida; three brothers,
Hubert L., Jr., Wesley and Herbert Blade, all of Giles County; and a
step-mother, Mrs. Nannie Blade.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROMINE, John Houston The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Funeral services for John Houston Romine, 81, retired businessman of Athens,
Ala., and father of a Pulaski resident, were held Monday at First Christian
Church, with the burial in the City Cemetery. Mr. Romine died Saturday, February
3, at Athens-Limestone Hospital.
Mr. Romine is survived by four daughters, Mrs. B. F. Eslick, Pulaski, Mrs.
Gorman Yarbrough, Gadsden, Ala., Mrs. J. E. Stephens, Silas, Ala., and Miss
Mable Romine, Athens; six sons, B. H. Romine, Quilman, Ga., J. H. Romine, Jr.,
Miami, Fla., Charles Romine, Birmingham, Ala., Carlos Romine, Robert M. Romine
and Billy Romine, Athens; and twenty-one grandchildren an two
great-grandchildren.
ROSE, Donald Gene The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Donald Gene Rose, 33, died Sunday, October 8, in a Nashville hospital.
Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, October 10, at 2:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Rose, a native of Giles County, was born April 19, 1934, the son of Mrs.
Betty Woodard Rose, Ethridge, and the late Lester Rose.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Helen Fralix,
Lynnville, Mrs. Louise Barnett, Culleoka, Mrs. Sallie Will Fralix, Florida, and
Mrs. Christine Graham, Mt. Pleasant; two brothers, Royce and Mark L. Rose,
Ethridge.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROSE, Ethel Risner The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Risner Rose, 58, resident of the Liberty Hill
section, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Liberty Hill Missionary
Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Bill Lovett,
Baptist ministers. Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Rose died unexpectedly Monday morning, April 25, at her home after a one
year illness.
Born March 29, 1908, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Newt
Risner and Maggie Nutt Risner. She was a member of the Liberty Hill Missionary
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Rose is survived by her husband, Casper Rose; three sons, Grady Eugene Rose
and Philip Rose, Liberty Hill, Giles County, and David Rose, Cleveland, Ohio;
six daughters, Mrs. Arvie Lee Rose and Mrs. Elon Dickey, both of LibertyHill,
Mrs. Marvin Nelson, Mrs. Earl Francis and Mrs Harley Holland, all of Lawrence
County and Mrs. Branum Rose, Peoria, Ill.; twenty grandchildren; one
great-grandchild; three brothers, Dave Risner, Roy Risner and Coy Risner, all of
Liberty Hill; five sisters, Mrs. Felix Hickman, Liberty Hill, Mrs. Elow Gowan,
and Mrs. R. W. Davis, Lawrence County, Mrs. Grady Attkisson, Detroit, Mich., and
Mrs. Clyde Fincher, Frostproof, Fla.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROSE, Jimmie Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Jimmie Campbell Rose, 57, bulldozer operator of the
Goodsprings Community, were held at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Tom McConnell. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Rose died on Monday morning, March 7, at Jackson Clinic, Lester, Ala., after
a week's illness.
Born April 23, 1902 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Rose and
Margretta Haulk Rose.
Mr. Rose is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Ellen Jones Rose; four daughters,
Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Ellen Rose, Mrs. J. W. Casteel, Goodsprings, and Mrs.
Joe C. Risner; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and two brothers,
Casper Rose and Lester Rose, both of Liberty Hill, North, in Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROSE, Judy Lynn The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Judy Lynn Rose, five month old infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Rose of Nashville, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, May
29, at Pettus-Owen and Wood Funeral Home in Nashville. Burial took place in
Woodlawn Memorial Park in that city. The child died on May 28.
The infant, born December 12, 1959, is survived by the parents; and the
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Lampley and Mrs. Ruby Rutherford Rose, all of
Nashville. (The Rose family recently moved to Nashville.)
ROSE, Lester The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Lester Rose, 75, resident of the Liberty Hill Community,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Liberty Hill Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Mr. Lovett. Burial took place
in Rose Hill Cemetery in the Nineteenth District. Mr. Rose died Sunday
afternoon, February 6, in Giles County Hospital.
Born September 5, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Rose and
Maggie Halk Rose.
Mr. Rose is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Woodard Rose; three sons, Royce
Rose, Rose Hill, Mark Rose, Bodenham, and Donald Gene Rose, Nashville; four
daughters, Mrs. Ozro Fralix, Lynnville, Mrs. James Graham, Giles County, Mrs.
William Barnett, Maury County, and Mrs. Odell Fralix, Florida; several
grandchildren; and one brother, Casper Rose, Liberty Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROSE, Margie Laverne The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1967
Funeral services for Margie Laverne Rose, two-day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arvie Lee Rose of the Liberty Hill Community, were held Saturday in Liberty Hill
Baptist Church, conducted by Pulaski the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place
in the church cemetery.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by two brothers, Anthony and
Richard; one sister, Conetha; and the grandparents, Casper Rose, Pulaski and Mr.
and Mrs. Jess W. Rose, Liberty Hill.
ROSE, Malinda Chapman The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam Rose, 86, Pulaski resident, were held at 11
o'clock Monday morning in the Bennett-May Chapel with North Funeral Home of
Lawrenceburg in charge. The Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Clarence Stewart,
Baptist ministers, officiated and the burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery in
the Nineteenth Civil District. Mrs. Rose died of double pneumonia at 7 o'clock
Saturday night, January 2, in Giles County Hospital.
Born September 21, 1878, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Malinda
Chapman, daughter of the late John W. Chapman and Mary Chapman Chapman. She was
a member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, Sam Rose, died September 1, 1939.
Mrs. Rose is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Alta May Rose Taylor Hall, Hawkins,
Texas; one son, Holly Rose, Peoria, Ill.; three grandchildren, Mrs. Harold
McFarland, Pulaski, John Thomas Taylor, Los Angeles, Calif., and Branum Taylor,
Peoria, Ill.; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, Sam Chapman, Pulaski; and
three sisters, Mrs. Lonnie Cross, Lynnville, Mrs. Elsie Dickey, Ethridge, and
Mrs. Peggy Francis, Chapel Hill, Tenn.
ROSE, Mary Ellen The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jul 1968
Mrs. Mary Ellen Rose, 65, died Saturday, July 20, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose were held Monday afternoon, July 22, at 1 o'clock
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Jolly
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Morgan County, Alabama, Mrs. Rose was born June 19, 1903, the
daughter of the late Philip and Molly Stewart Jones.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Josie Risner, Mrs. Clara Casteel, Mrs.
Ellen Pickett, and Mrs. Dot Smith, all of Giles County; ten grandchildren; one
brother, Lonnie Jones, Sheffield, Ala.; two half-brothers, Dewell Jones and
Euble Jones, both of Decatur, Ala.; and one sister, Mrs. Willie Morrow, Lincoln,
Ill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROSE, Nell Wallace The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Solon E. Rose, who died Sunday afternoon, November 27,
after several years of declining health, were conducted at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home by the Rev. William H. Moss and burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
The former Miss Nell Wallace of Nashville, Mrs. Rose was a member of a prominent
pioneer Tennessee family and had been active in church, civic and charitable
organizations of Pulaski for many years.
She was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and for more than thirty years
headed the cradle roll and nursery departments of First Methodist Church. She
was widely known for her work with the King's Daughters organization and served
as chairman of the Margaret Senior Circle for many years.
Her husband, Solon Eastham Rose, who died November 29, 1951, was one of
Pulaski's leading merchants for more than fifty years, and Mrs. Rose was also an
active member of the W. S. Rose's Sons dry goods firm.
She is survived by one brother, W. J. Wallace, and three nephews, Hamilton, Jody
and Ned Wallace, all of Nashville.
ROSE, Robert Austin The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1967
Robert Austin Rose, 73, retired farmer of the Conway community, died Tuesday,
April 4, at Giles County Hospital.
Services will be conducted Thursday afternoon, April 6, at 2 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Bill Reeves, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Rose, a native of Giles County, was born September 29, 1893, the son of the
late A. M. and Savannah Beck Rose. He was a member of the Church of Christ and a
veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Auline Hardy Rose; one son, Eugene N. Rose,
Atlanta, Ga.; one brother, E. E. Rose, Conway, and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROSE, Sam Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jun 1969
Funeral services for Sam Floyd Rose, Sr., 64, will be held Thursday afternoon,
June 12, at Mt. View Baptist Church, LaVergne. Burial will be in Roselawn
Cemetery, LaVergne.
Mr. Rose died Monday, June 9, at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Chapman Rose, LaVergne; two daughters,
Mrs. G. A. Bundy, Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. J. L. Sercy of Nashville; five
sons, Sam Rose, Antioch, Dudley Rose, Mt. Juliet, Jack Rose, Nashville, George
Rose and Thomas Rose, both of LaVergne; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Pinkelton,
Nashville, and Mrs. Alton Mae Beets, Pulaski; two brothers, Willie Turner and
Mack Pinkelton, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROSE, Viola Garrett The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Herman C. Rose, 61, resident of the Hams Creek
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Rock Springs Baptist
Church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Freeman Hurn, with the burial in Rose
Hill Cemetery in the nineteenth District.
Mrs. Rose died at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning, April 29, at her home after a
period of declining health.
Born June 9, 1899, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Viola Garrett, the
daughter of the late Andrew Garrett and Mamie Ozella Crowder Garrett. She was a
member of Rock Springs Baptist Church.
Mrs. Rose is survived by her husband, Herman C. Rose; three sons, H. C. Rose,
Jr., New York City, Forrest Rose, Lynnville and Walker Rose, Ethridge; four
daughters, Mrs. Tommy Cox and Mrs. James Nave, both of Nashville, Mrs. Arney
Parker and Miss Ella Lee Rose, Giles County; twelve grandchildren; and one
sisters, Mrs. E. M. Adkins, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROSE, William Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
The body of a Pulaski native and relative of several local residents was found
Wed., September 21, floating face down in the water of the boat house of
exclusive Koon Kreek Klub near Athens, Texas, of which he was a member.
William Franklin Roe, Sr., 82, retired automobile agency owner and investment
broker, had lived in Dallas, Texas, most of his life, having moved there from
Pulaski as a young man. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rose, a
first cousin of the late William K. Jones and a cousin of Stacy Rose and Mrs. S.
H. Woodard of Pulaski.
Mr. Rose apparently died on Tuesday and a search was conducted after it was
discovered Wednesday morning that he had not slept in his bed at the club. He
had checked in to the club about 1 p. m. Tuesday and then left, telling the club
keeper that he was going fishing. He reportedly had a history of heart trouble
and it was thought that he might have fallen into the water. An autopsy was
ordered.
Funeral services were held Friday in Cox Chapel of Highland Park Methodist
Church, Dallas, and burial was in Oakland Cemetery there.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marie Rose; a daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Bradley
of Corning, N. Y.; three sons, Edward W. Rose, II, William Franklin Rose, Jr.,
and Dr. Patrick F. Rose, all of Dallas; fourteen grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
ROSS, Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 01 Sep 1965
Campbell Ross, son of the late Commodore L. Ross and Ella Upshaw Ross of the
Campbellsville Community, died on Sunday, August 15, in his hometown of Slidel,
La., following a period of declining health. Funeral rites and burial took place
on Tuesday in that city.
He had been an employee of a Slidel bank for a number of years.
Mr. Ross is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Ross; and one son and daughter; two
brothers, Marshall Ross, New Orleans, La., and George Upshaw Ross, Nashville;
and four sisters, Mrs. Solon Ross, Fairborn, Ohio, Mrs. Robert Pardue,
Nashville, Mrs. Homer Lutz, Donelson, and Mrs. Hugh Westbrook, Columbus, Ohio.
ROSS, Florence Woodward The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jan 1966
Mrs. Florence Woodward Ross, 97, native Giles Countian, died at 3 o'clock
Saturday morning, January 1, at her home in Athens, Ala. Graveside services were
held at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Athens City Cemetery.
Born January 28, 1868, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Josiah
Woodward and Amanda Parker Woodward. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
She was the widow of Will C. Ross, also a native of Giles County, who was
founder of the Ross Hotel in Athens, Ala. Mrs. Ross continued to operate the
hotel after the death of her husband who died in 1911 until it was purchased by
her late son-in-law, R. Hill Hayes. It is now operated by her daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Ross Hayes.
In addition to Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Ross is survived by three other daughters, Mrs.
Annette Williams and Miss Dorothy Ross, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Russell
Hightower, Florence, Ala.; six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren, and
one brother, Claude M. Woodward, Nashville.
A sister-in-law, Mrs. Sam H. Woodward, lives in Pulaski.
ROSS, James Marshall The Pulaski Citizen 16 Apr 1969
James Marshall Ross, 75, died Sunday afternoon, March 23, at one o'clock at
Baton Rouge (La.) General Hospital.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, March 25 at 10 o'clock in Robenhorst
Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. George Khett officiating. Burial was in
Resthaven Gardens of Memory.
Mr. Ross was a retired employee of the Louisiana Department of Highways and a
veteran of World War I. He was a native of Campbellsville.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edith Grubbs Ross, a son, James Marshall Ross,
III, Baton Rouge, La.; four sisters, Mrs. E. S. Collins, Fairhorn, Ohio, Mrs.
Homer Lutts, Hendersonville, Mrs. Robert Pardue, Nashville, and Mrs. Hugh
Westbrook, Worthington, Ohio; a brother, George Ross of Nashville.
ROSS, Malema Puckett The Pulaski Citizen 25 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Ross, native Giles Countian, were held Tuesday
morning in Charleston, S. C., with the burial in that city. She died Saturday
night, August 21, in the hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage.
The former Miss Malema Puckett, she was the daughter of the late George Puckett
and Ida Lewter Puckett. She taught many years in the city school system in
Charleston.
Mrs. Ross is survived by her husband; three brothers, Granville Puckett and
Duard Puckett, Nashville, and S. B. Puckett, Knoxville; and three sisters, Mrs.
John Copeland, Charleston S. C., Mrs. R. K. Pitts, Shelbyville, and Mrs. Ben
Donnan, Shipley, Fla.
ROSS, Morgan Elbert The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Morgan Elbert Ross, 53, native of Lynnville, were held at
noon on Saturday at Detroit, Mich., funeral home with the burial in that city.
Mr. Ross died Wednesday afternoon, June 28, at his home in Detroit.
Mr. Ross is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Loyd Stevens, Detroit; one
brother, J. F. Ross, Detroit; and five sisters, Miss Ruth Ross, Lynnville, Mrs.
J. H. Dugger, Stiversville, Mrs. Mack Seagraves, Knoxville; and Mrs. Ben Sawtell
and Mrs. Loyd Moore, both of Memphis.
ROSSON, James Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Jim J. Rosson, 86, retired farmer and former guard at
Brushy Mountain Prison at Petros for a number of years, will be held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, the Rev. Robert Hall and the Rev. Gus Self. Burial will take place in
Campbellsville Cemetery.
Mr. Rosson died on Tuesday afternoon, January 9, at Giles County Hospital, after
a period of declining health.
Born March 15, 1875, in Giles County, he was the son of th elate James Lee
Rosson and Nancy Jane Stafford Rosson.
His wife, Mrs. Ida Mae Copeland Rosson, died a number of years ago.
Mr. Rosson is survived by four sons, Campbell Rosson, Blanche, former sheriff of
Giles County, Flournoy Rosson, Campbellsville, Robert Rosson, El Paso, Texas,
and Wiley Rosson, North Hills, Pa.; two daughters, Mrs. Marvin Clifton,
Nashville, and Mrs. James Riggs, Huntsville, Ala.; nine grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Clint Inman, Giles County, and Mrs. Lou
English, Columbia; and two brothers, John Rosson, Merkel, Texas, and Charlie
Rosson, Abilene, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROSSON, Matthew Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Matthew Floyd Rosson, 56, was found dead at his farm near Pulaski on Saturday
morning, Nov. 11, after apparently having suffered a heart attack the previous
evening.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home with the Rev. Robert H. Hall officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native Giles Countian, Mr. Rosson was born August 30, 1905, the son of James
J. Rosson and the late Ida Copeland Rosson. He was a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church and for a number of years had been maintenance foreman in
Giles County for the Tennessee Highway Department.
A member of the family said Mr. Rosson, who lived on Lincoln Street, had gone to
the farm late Friday to feed livestock and planned to attend a supper being give
by highway workers. He reportedly had suffered previous heart attacks.
Surviving, in addition to his father, are his wife, Mrs. Ava Ussery Rosson; a
stepson, J. R. Copeland, Jr., of Giles County; two sisters, Mrs. J. Marvin
Clifton of Nashville and Mrs. James Riggs of Huntsville, Ala.; four brothers,
Flournoy Rosson of Campbellsville, Campbell Rosson of Ardmore, Robert Rosson of
El Paso, Texas, and Wiley Rosson of North Hills, Pa.; and a step-grandson, Larry
Copeland of Pulaski.
ROUTON, William E. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1968
William E. Routon, 77, died Monday morning, December 16, in Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Routon, a retired State Highway employee, were held
Wednesday afternoon, December 18, at 1 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin
Funeral Home with the Rev. Marion Lewter and Rev. Wayne Davis officiating.
Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
A native of Henry County, Mr. Routon was born September 26, 1891, the son of the
late William Watson Routon and Pyrene Langford Routon.
A resident of Giles County for the past forty years, Mr. Routon was a member of
the Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Christine Routon, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs.
Thomas E. Austin, Elkton; three sons, William E. Routon, Jr., and Robert Smith
Routon, both of Florida, and David Eugene Routon, Ardmore, and nine
grandchildren.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
ROWE, Clarence Ewing The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1961
Graveside services for Clarence Ewing Rose, 66, retired farmer and merchant,
were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Lloyd Hickman. Mr. Rowe died
of a heart attack at 7 o'clock Tuesday, July 4, at the home of a daughter, Mrs.
Elmer Robinson in Lewisburg, after a long illness.
Mr. Rowe, a native of Coffee County, he was the son of the late James Willis
Rowe and Joanna Bragg Rowe, and was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Rowe, a resident of Giles County most of his life, is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Liney Medley Rowe; three other daughters, Mrs. Alvie Randolph, Pulaski,
Mrs. Irene Lovett, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Rachel Reed, Ethridge; and five sons,
Marvin Rowe, Mooresville, Allen Rowe, Lynnville, Vincent Rowe, Ethridge, Raymond
Rowe, Lawrenceburg and James Rowe, Columbiana, Ala.; and a number of
grandchildren.
ROWE, Homer Miles The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1967
Funeral services for Homer Miles Rowe, 77, retired salesman of Huntsville, Ala.,
were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, October 8, at the First
Methodist Church in Huntsville. Burial was in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Rowe died Friday, October 6, at the home in Huntsville, following a long
illness. He was born in Giles County on August 7, 1890, the son of the late R.
M. and Emma Lackey Rowe. He was a veteran of World War I, and a member of the
Methodist Church. He served for eight years as Lincoln County Circuit Court
Clerk and was a salesman for thirty years for Keith-Simmons Co., Nashville.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Aurora Kelly Rowe, Huntsville; two sons, Dr.
David K. Rowe, Memphis, and Homer M. Rowe, Jr., Huntsville; six grandchildren;
three sisters, Mrs. Aileen Brown, Nashville, Mrs. Richard F. Holt and Miss Myra
Rowe, Pulaski; three brothers, Fred A. Rowe, Nashville, Joe S. Rowe, Birmingham,
Ala., and Enos L. Rowe, Dallas, Texas.
ROWE, Horace Cleveland The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Horace Cleveland Rowe, 70, Giles County veteran of WWI,
were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Rowe was found dead at his home on the Lynnville-Cornersville Road
on Thursday, February 9. He had been in declining health for some time.
Born December 8, 1890, he was the son of the late J. W. Rowe and Jana Bragg
Rowe.
Mr. Rowe is survived by one son, Shirley Rowe; three grandchildren; and one
brother, C. E. Rowe, all of the Lynnville section.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
ROWE, John Henry The Pulaski Citizen 6 Feb 1963
Funeral services for John Henry Rowe, eleven months were held at 11 o'clock on
Friday at Rose Hill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial
took place in Rose Hill Cemetery. The child died at 10:30 o'clock on Wednesday
morning, January 30, at Gordon Hospital in Lewisburg.
The child is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Brown Rowe,
Mooresville; five brothers and eight sisters; and the two grandmothers, Mrs.
Clarence Rowe, Lynnville and Mrs. Ina Shelton, Wales.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ROWE, Liney Medley The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Liney Medley Rowe, 66, resident of the Lynnville
section, were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at Lynnville Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Rowe died Wednesday afternoon, May 15, at Maury County Hospital.
Mrs. Rowe was a native of Coffee County but had lived most of her life in Giles
County. She was the daughter of the late David Joe Medley and Mary Elizabeth
Haley Medley. She was the widow of C. E. Rowe who died July 4, 1961. She was a
member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Rowe is survived by five sons, Vincent Rowe and Allen Rowe, Lynnville,
Raymond Rowe, Ethridge, Marvin Rowe, Lewisburg, and James Rowe, Columbia; four
daughters, Mrs. Alvin Randolph, Pulaski, Mrs. Irene Lovett and Mrs. Velma Rowe,
Lewisburg, and Mrs. Howard Reed, Ethridge; thirty-six grandchildren and twelve
great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Sam Medley, Pulaski, and Henry Medley,
Fayetteville.
ROWE, Raymond R. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Raymond R. Rowe, 79, resident of Birmingham, Ala., and
native Giles Countian, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Elkton
Methodist Church, with the rites conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, pastor,
and the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway, a former pastor. Burial took place in Elkton
Cemetery. Mr. Rowe died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Monday, April 13, at
his Birmingham home.
Born and reared in Giles County in the Bryson Community, he was the son of the
late Joe Rowe and Ada McGuire Rowe. His wife, Mrs. Lillie Bell Morrell Rowe,
died eight years ago this April.
Mr. Rowe is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Polly Rosier, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs.
Neil Lovelady, Birmingham, Ala.; three grandchildren; and two half-sisters, Mrs.
Herald D. Sumners, and Mrs. Albert E. Storey, Bryson.
ROWE, Robert Mahlon The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Robert Mahlon Rowe, 75, native Giles Countian, were held in
Dallas, Texas, this week with the burial in that city. Mr. Rowe died Sunday,
March 5, in Dallas where he had made his home for the past fifty-five years.
Five years ago he retired from the South-western Drug Company.
Born at Bryson, December 15, 1885, he was the son of R. M. Rowe and Emma Lackey
Rowe. He was a member of the Methodist Church and was chairman of the finance
committee.
Mr. Rowe is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bernice Parrott Rowe; four brothers, Fred
A. Rowe, Nashville, Joe S. Rowe, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Homer M. Rowe,
Huntsville, Ala., and Enos L. Rowe, Dallas, Texas; and three sisters, Mrs. Aline
R. Brown, Nashville, Mrs. R. F. Holt and Miss Myra Rowe, Pulaski. Mrs. Holt left
Monday to attend the funeral in Dallas.
RUSSELL, Carter L. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jun 1960
Carter Lee Russell, 54, machine operator at Genesco plant at Pulaski, died at
6:10 o'clock Thursday evening, May 26, at Giles County Hospital after a ten day
illness.
Funeral rites were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Russell, a resident of the Lynnville Community, was born December 16, 1905,
in Giles County, the son of the late Ervin Russell and Annie Workman Russell.
Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lois Woodward Russell; five sons,
William Russell, Pulaski, Bobby Russell, USA, stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C.,
Charles, Raymond and Wayne Russell, Lynnville; three daughters, Mrs. James
Graham, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Wilford Brooks, Tucson, Ariz., and Miss Carol
Russell, Lynnville; eleven grandchildren; three brothers, Roger Russell and
William Russell, Lewisburg, and Mark Russell, Chicago, Ill.; and three sisters,
Mrs. Horace Fralix, Wales, and Mrs. Buddy Stewart and Mrs. Louise Chapman, both
of Lynnville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUSSELL, Dave The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Dave Russell, 69, local nurse, were held at one o'clock
Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Russell died Saturday night, July 15, at his home here, following a period of
declining health.
Born March 26, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas Russell
and Nancy Kincaid Russell.
Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Shelton Russell; two sons, Edward
Russell and Aubrey H. Russell; two daughters, Mrs. Carmack Reed and Mrs. Frank
Woodard; one grandchild; and three sisters, Mrs. L. M. Dunavant, Mrs. Carrie
Hayes and Mrs. Raymond P. Beadle, Sr., all of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUSSELL, Frank George The Pulaski Citizen 19 Sep 1962
Funeral services for Frank George Russell, 70, retired farmer and carpenter of
the Campbellsville Community, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Russell died at 4:20 o'clock on Thursday
morning, September 13 at Giles County Hospital.
Born in Alabama, April 10, 1892, he was the son of the late Perry Russell and
Mary Elizabeth Flannigan Russell. He was a Methodist.
Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lacy Tatum Russell; four sons, Woodrow
W. Russell, Frank G. Russell, Jr., and Marvin M. Russell, all of California, and
George Russell, Campbellsville; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Seagraves,
California, and Mrs. Iva Dale Dalton, Columbia; three grandchildren; three
brothers, Wiley Russell and Jim Russell, Alabama, and Hume Russell, Pulaski; and
one sister, Mrs. L. O. Tatum, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUSSELL, Hagan D. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Hagan D. Russell, Lawrence County farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon at Deerfield Church of Christ, with Garland Cross
officiating. Burial took place in Appleton. Mr. Russell died on Wednesday
morning, January 3, in Lawrence County Hospital after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late John Andrew Russell and
Laura Dobbins Russell, but had lived most of his life in Lawrence County. He was
a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Hood Russell; three sons, James
E. Russell, Hermitage, Tenn., Donald and Robert Russell, Lawrenceburg; one
daughter, Mrs. Sarah McDow, Lawrenceburg; five grandchildren; and one sister,
Mrs. John D. Davis, Pulaski; one half-sister, Mrs. Louise Chambers, Tulare,
Calif.; and a half-brother, Carter Denby, Anderson, Ala.
RUSSELL, Hume The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jun 1964
Funeral services for Hume Russell, 81, retired farmer of the Dry Creek section,
were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Russell died on Saturday, June 20, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born April 14, 1883, in Alabama, he was the son of the late Wiley P. Russell and
Mary Flannigan Russell. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Bell Tatum Russell; one son,
Willard Russell, Giles County; two daughters, Mrs. Arvil Chapman and Mrs.
Raymond McElhiney, Giles County; fifteen grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren; one brother, Jim Russell, Athens, Ala.; and one sister,
Mrs. L. G. Tatum, Dry Creek.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUSSELL, John Harvey The Pulaski Citizen 12 Oct 1960
Funeral services for John Harvey Russell, 72, retired farmer of Frankewing, were
held at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Russell who had been ill for two months, died at 8:20 o'clock Saturday
morning, October 8, at Giles County Hospital.
Born December 9, 1887, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George
Russell and Josephine Bray Russell.
Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Gaines Russell; one son, Horace
Russell; and one grandson, all of the Frankewing Community.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUSSELL, Myrtle Lavada The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Lavada Gaines Russell, 67, Frankewing resident,
were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Russell
died at 5:15 o'clock Thursday morning, January 18, at Giles County Hospital,
after an extended illness.
Born June 17, 1894, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Henry
Gaines and Annie Beard Gaines. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Her
husband, Harvey Russell, died in 1960.
Mrs. Russell is survived by one son, Horace Russell, Frankewing; one grandson;
two brothers, Emmett Gaines and Joe Gaines, Giles County; and two sisters, Mrs.
Jessie Tuley, Frankewig, and Mrs. Jim Creecy, Cornersville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUSSELL, Ophelia Gaines The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Services for Mrs. Ophelia Gaines Russell, 85, who died Saturday, July 16, at her
home in the Woodlawn community, were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in
the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. The Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Raymond
Johns officiated, with the burial in the Beech Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Russell, a member of the Baptist Church, was born June 21, 1881 in Giles
County, the daughter of the late Edward T. Gaines and Elinor Rebecca Webb
Gaines. Her husband, Edward Luther Russell, died thirteen years ago.
Mrs. Russell is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Will Allen Childress, Pulaski,
Mrs. Woodrow W. Newton, Lewisburg; four sons, Robert S. Russell, Pulaski, Logan
P. Russell, Nashville, Otha B. Russell, Belfast, and Forrest Russell, Loxhochee,
Fla.; and thirteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUSSELL, Perlie Ann Beard The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearlie Ann Beard Russell, 74, resident of the
Friendship section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister.
Burial took place in Beech Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Russell died at 9 o'clock
Saturday morning, July 17, at Giles County Hospital, following an extended
illness.
Born July 1, 1891, in Giles County, the daughter of the late John Morgan Beard
and Rhoda Lanier Beard. She was a member of New Zion Baptist Church.
Her husband, Joseph C. Russell, died May 24, 1958.
Mrs. Russell is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Richardson, Friendship,
Mrs. Cecil Newton, Mrs. Robert Downing, both of Pulaski; eight grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren; one brother, Wilton Beard, Pulaski; and one sister,
Mrs. J. W. Cox, Diana.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUSSELL, Raymond Everett The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Raymond Everett Russell, 55, died July 18, in St. Thomas Hospital, following a
long illness. Services will be conducted in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
but arrangements are incomplete.
Mr. Russell, a native of Giles County, was born October 20, 1911, the son of the
late Well and Dora Gillum Russell.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lois Harwell Russell; one sister, Mrs. Eleanor
Harwell, Huntsville, Ala.; one brother, Claude Russell, Bonham, Texas; and
nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUSSELL, Robert Allen The Pulaski Citizen 7 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Robert Allen Russell, 41, Lynnville farmer, were held at 2
o'clockWednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Mr. Rogers. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Russell died Tuesday
morning, November 6, at Giles County Hospital.
Born March 17, 1921, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Tennie Pearl Fralix
Holt and the William Thomas Russell.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Russell is survived by his step-father, Travis
Holt; two brothers, James Russell and Mahlon Russell; and three sisters, Mrs.
MabornWright, Mrs. Charles Duncan and Mrs. Morris Duncah, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUSSELL, Tennie L. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Dec 1969
Mrs. Tennie L. Russell, 91, wife of the late J. H . Russell, died Saturday
night, August 23, in Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday, August 24, in the chapel of Rainey
Funeral Home, Ardmore, with burial in the Ardmore Cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Bernice Rolin and Mrs. Carson Randolph,
both of Ardmore, and J. H. Russell of Pulaski.
RUTHERFORD, Annie Johnson The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Johnson Rutherford, 88, Giles County native,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Rutherford died on Tuesday
afternoon, June 29, in Harris Nursing Home in Nashville.
Born November 30, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mrs.
Vinie Sturdivan Johnson Roberts and the late Mr. Johnson. Her husband, George B.
Rutherford, died June 25, 1925. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Rutherford is survived by three sons, Harvey Rutherford, Hix Rutherford,
and Eugene Rutherford, all of Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Rose,
Nashville; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; one half-sister,
Mrs. J. E. Green, Giles County; and one half-brother, Boyd Roberts, Giles
County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUTHERFORD, Mary Graham The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Graveside services for Mrs. Mary Rutherford, 86, were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday,
January 9, at Chestnut Grove Cemetery, with Rev. Jacob Gardner officiating.
Mrs. Rutherford died Monday, January 8, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Mrs. Rutherford, a native of Giles County and the wife of the late George
Rutherford, was a member of the Methodist Church. There are no immediate
survivors. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUTHERFORD, Thomas Nathaniel The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Thomas Nathaniel Rutherford, 81, retired Anthony Hill
farmer, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Scotts Hill Baptist Church
with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Rutherford died Thursday, March 30,
at his home after a short illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born May 30, 1880, the son of the late John
Rutherford and Susie Tomlin Rutherford.
Mr. Rutherford is survived by his wife, Mrs. Connie Glover Rutherford; four
daughters, Mrs. B. B. Norwood, Mrs. A. J. McDougal, Mrs. Fred E. Edmundson, all
of Giles County, and Mrs. Mylus Rochelle, Alabama; two sons, Allen Rutherford,
Pulaski and Leonard Rutherford, Huntsville, Ala.; thirty grandchildren and
twenty-six great-grandchildren; and one brother, Phil Rutherford, Thomasville,
Ga.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUTLEDGE, Johnnie The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Miss Johnnie Rutledge, 64, resident of the Odd Fellows Hall
section, were held at 2:30 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the
John Lay Cemetery at Ethridge. She died at 10 o'clock Monday morning, March 4,
at the Little Sisters for the Aged in Nashville, following a six year illness.
Born January 19, 1899, in the Dry Weakley section of Lawrence County, she was
the daughter of the late Guy Rutledge and Lela Webster Rutledge.
Miss Rutledge is survived by one sister, Mrs. Mary Boyd, Athens, Ala., and
several nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
RUTLEDGE, Stephen David The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1966
Stephen David Rutledge, 14, died Friday night, July 22 in Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville, from injuries received in a motor-cycle collision here Sunday, July
10.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. R. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in Diana Cemetery.
Young Rutledge's death brought to five the number of traffic fatalities in Giles
County this year. The accident was the second on Pulaski streets since the first
of the year in which a teenager motorcyclist has suffered fatal injuries when
struck by an automobile. The other victim was Terrance Shelton, 16, who died
April 9.
Rutledge reportedly suffered head and back injuries when his motorcycle was hit
at the intersection of East College Street and Sam Davis Avenue by a car driven
by Wanda Christopher, 18, of Route 3, about 5 p. m. on July 10, and never
regained consciousness.
A native of Pulaski, he was born Feb. 5, 1952. He was the son of Mrs. Marguerite
Gaines Rutledge and the late J. B. Rutledge. He was a member of First
Presbyterian Church.
Survivors besides his mother, include a brother, Fred Rutledge; and a sister,
Christine Rutledge, both of Pulaski; and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Willie
Gaines of Frankewing.
SALTERS, Aubrey H. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Oct 1968
A family argument between a father and grandfather following the father's
whipping his 14-year-old son, culminated Thurday night in the shooting death of
the father at his home.
Dead is Aubrey H. Salters, 61, father of nine children and in Giles County jail
pending preliminary hearing is his father-in-law, 80 year old Ollie Neely who
made his home with the family on Beech Hill Road, five miles east of Pulaski.
Sheriff William Oliver, who investigated the shooting with deputies Paul White,
Reedy Mitchell and Cecil Dugger, said the shooting took place about 8 p. m. at
the Salters residence following a dispute between the two men. The argument
concerned Salters having whipped his son after the boy and a brother had
scuffled and broken out a storm door at the home. Following the exchange of
words, Salters seated himself at the supper table, and Neely is alleged to have
gone to another room where he obtained a rifle, returned to the table and fired
two shots. Salters was dead on arrival of the officers at the residence.
The body was taken to Rainey Funeral Home, Ardmore, Tenn., where funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial took place at Pisgah
Cemetery, Giles County.
Mr. Salters is survived by his wife, Annie Neely Salters, six sons, Grover, U.
S. Army, Vietnam, Wayne, Jim, Thomas, Billy Joe, and Randy Ray Salters, all of
Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs. Dorris Jones, Taft, Mrs. Opal Campbell, Cullman,
Ala., and Miss Carlene Holt of Georgia. Sixteen grandchildren, one
great-grandchild, four half-sisters, and five half-brothers.
SAMUEL, Lewis Stone The Pulaski Citizen 21 Nov 1962
Lewis Stone Samuel, 69, retired postal employee of Birmingham, Ala., died
recently in Houston, Texas, where he moved following his retirement. Funeral
services and burial took place in Birmingham.
Mr. Samuel, son of the late L. S. and Lorena Anderson Samuel, was born in Giles
County and reared in the Sumac and Berea section.
Mr. Samuel is survived by his wife. He was a first cousin of Mrs. Miller McAfee
of Pulaski.
SAMUEL, Lillie Catherine The Pulaski Citizen 18 Feb 1953
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Catherine Samuel, 42, were held at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home conducted by Virgil Bradford, minister
of the East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Her death occurred at 4:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon at a Nashville Hospital
after a long illness.
A lifelong resident of the county, she was the daughter of the late William
Samuel and Ruth Harrison Samuel.
The survivors include one daughter, Miss Betty Samuel, Pulaski; four sisters,
Mrs. Walter Turner and Mrs. David Rainey, Pulaski, Mrs. Elizabeth Walls,
Columbai, and Mrs. Elmo Shook, Decatur, Ala.; and two brothers, Sidney Samuel
and Thomas Samuel, both of Arkansas. Pulaski Funeral Home, Funeral Directors.
SAMUEL, Sidney The Pulaski Citizen 10 Mar 1965
Sidney Samuel, 59, native Giles Countian, died on March 5 at his home in Truman,
Ark., following a long illness. Funeral services took place Sunday afternoon in
McCormick Baptist Church with the burial in that city.
Born September 30, 1905, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Will S.
Samuel and Ruth Irene Harrison Samuel. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Samuel is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Wadley Samuel; five children;
six grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Dave Rainey, Mrs. Walter Turner, Pulaski,
Mrs. Elizabeth Walls, Columbia, and Mrs. Elmo Shook, Decatur, Ala.; and one
brother, Thomas Samuel, Wiener, Ark.
SANDERS, George The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1969
A Lynnville man aged 74 was killed instantly, and his daughter-in-law and
8-year-old grandchild seriously injured in a trailer-truck-auto collision at the
intersection of Highway 31 north and Buford Station Road near noon Monday.
George Sanders, retired contractor, who lives on Route 1, Lynnville, died
immediately after the car in which he was a passenger, and a
tractor-trailer-truck collided. His daughter-in-law, Mrs. Dorothy M. Sanders,
wife of James E. Sanders, who was driving the automobile suffered internal
injuries and severe contusions of the neck and the right elbow. Her daughter,
Debbie Elizabeth Sanders, received a fractured right leg and multiple cuts about
the nose. Both were taken to Giles County Hospital where there condition was
still considered serious Tuesday morning.
Sergeant Homer Smith and Lt. James Chandler of the Tennessee Highway Patrol
arrived on the scene less than two minutes after the happening. According to
their report Mrs. Sanders who was driving south on Highway 31 attempted to make
a left turn into the Buford Station Road, where bridge construction is underway,
when she was hit broadside by the tractor-trailer truck being driven by Jesse
Willard Moore, 53, of Decatur, Ala. The vehicle was owned by a Decatur, Ala.
firm and was hauling coke to Monsanto in Columbia, Tenn. The driver was not
hurt.
The body of Mr. Sanders was taken to Williams Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant,
funeral services were to be held there at 10 a.. m. Wednesday with burial in
Arlington Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant.
He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Louise Edwards and Mrs. Agnes Oliver, Mt.
Pleasant, Mrs. Annie Mae McCulloch and Mrs. Ethel Love, Columbia; two sons, G.
H. Sanders, Mr. Pleasant and James E. Sanders, Pulaski; a sister, Mrs. Lou King,
Centerville; and 13 grandchildren.
SANDERS, Harvey B. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Harvey Buford Sanders, 65, Diana farmer and dairyman, were
held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville,
with the burial in Diana Cemetery. Mr. Sanders died in his sleep of a heart
attack on Monday night, October 9, at his home.
Born February 18, 1896, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William
Franklin Sanders and Siney Elizabeth Poarch Sanders.
Mr. Sanders is survived by three sisters, Mrs. A. L. Burgess, Cornersville, and
Miss Allie Sanders and Mrs. Keiffer Compton, both of Diana.
SANDERS, James Robert The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1961
James Robert Sanders, 69, was killed instantly about noon Saturday, Oct. 14,
when he was struck by an automobile on Highway 31 a mile north of Columbia.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with Dr. William H. Mansfield officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
The driver of the car which hit Mr. Sanders was 16-year-old Ellen Fay House of
Columbia, according to Sam Kennedy, assistant district attorney. No charges have
been placed against her.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Sanders was born February 10, 1892, the son of
Robert James and Sallie Cheatham Sanders. He was a resident of Pulaski for many
years before moving to the Wales community, where he had lived for the past
several years. He was a member of the Olivet Methodist Church. His wife, the
former Miss Bertha Abernathy, died May 11, 1957.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. James B. Darwin of Pulaski, Mrs. Sam T.
Collins and Mrs. Lucille Sanders Davis, both of Fayetteville; four grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
SANDERS, Lee Moore The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1960
Mrs. W. C. Sanders, 56, sister of W. Russell Moore of Pulaski, died at 5 o'clock
Friday afternoon, April 15, in Willis-Knighton Hospital in Shreveport, La.,
after a brief illness.
Funeral rites were held at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of
First Presbyterian Church, with the burial in Greenwood Cemetery in that city.
The former Miss Lee Moore, she was a native of Texas, the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. T. Lee Moore, early pioneer family of the Southwest. Her father was
a prominent newspaperman in that state. Her late husband, William Currey
Sanders, had been a pioneer in aviation interests in Shreveport.
In addition to her brother at Pulaski, Mrs. Sanders is survived by a nephew,
Robert Moore, also of Pulaski, who was making his home with her and is a senior
student at Centenary College; and two nieces and a cousin.
SANDERS, Maggie Alma George The Pulaski Citizen 4 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. John Rufus Sanders, 82, Giles County resident most of
her life, were held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church, and the Rev.
Robert Lee of Columbia, officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Sanders died on Monday night, March 2, at Giles County Hospital after a
lingering illness.
The former Miss Maggie Alma George, she was born January 1, 1882, the daughter
of the late Wesley George and Lucy Thrower George. Her husband, John Rufus
Sanders, died several years ago. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Sanders is survived by one son, James Edd Sanders, Pulaski; three
daughters, Mrs. Kirk Carden and Mrs. Thurman Erwin, Pulaski, and Mrs. William
Minatra, Columbia; seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDERS, Paul D. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1966
Funeral services for Paul D. Sanders, 51, were held at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, August 9, at Diana Church of Christ with burial in Diana Cemetery.
Mr. Sanders died of a heart attack while working on a construction job in
Lewisburg on Monday, August 8.
Mr. Sanders, a native of Giles County, was born June 4, 1915. He was the son of
the late Tom and Lou Katie Bradford Sanders.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Nell Harris Sanders, he is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. Ernie Holley and Mrs. F. T. Pyles of Diana, and Mrs. Fred Cochran
of Wilson Hill; two brothers, William Sanders, Diana, and Buford Sanders,
Woodbury.
SANDERS, Pearl Warren The Pulaski Citizen 18 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Warren Sanders, 79, wife of Jim W. Sanders of
the Bunker Hill Community, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. J. W. McCollough, Church of God
minister, and the Rev. Mr. Tanner. Burial will take place in Bee Spring
Cemetery. Mrs. Sanders died on Tuesday afternoon, April 17, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born February 22, 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jim
Warren and Mary Dale Warren. She was a member of the Bunker Hill Church of God.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Sanders is survived by one son, Charlie
Sanders, Peoria, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. R. N. Smith, Louisville, Ky., Mrs.
Tommy Parks and Mrs. Bill Wiser, Pulaski; eleven grandchildren and fourteen
great-grandchildren; and three brothers, Cleveland Warren, Houston Warren and
Clay Warren, all of Giles County. Bennett-May and Company in charge of
arrangements.
SANDERS, Sarah Ann "Sallie" Nelson The Pulaski Citizen 04 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. J. Ellis Sanders, 84, native of Giles County, will be
held at 3:30 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial
will take place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Sanders died at
8:30 o'clock on Monday night, October 2, at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs.
W. A. Owen in Thomasville, Ga., after a period of failing health.
Born March 9, 1877, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Sarah Ann "Sallie"
Nelson, the daughter of the late Charlie Washington Nelson and Cornelia Hastings
Nelson. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, J. Ellis Sanders,
died in 1938.
Mrs. Sanders, the last member of her immediate family, is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Earl Petty, Pulaski and Sarasota, Fla.; three grandchildren, Mrs.
Owen, Thomasville, Mrs. George Dickie, Pullman, Wash., and Nelson Petty,
Livermore, Calif.; and five great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDERS, William Marion The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1960
Funeral services for William Marion Sanders, retired electrician and grocer of
Pulaski, were held at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. John Bradford, Methodist minister. Mr. Sanders, while on a
trip to Nashville Tuesday, was stricken with a heart attack in the city and died
at 10:30 o'clock that morning at Mid-State Baptist Hospital.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born December 14, 1877, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late James
Matthew Sanders and Valley Powell Sanders.
Mr. Sanders is survived by his wife, Mrs. Josie Virginia Hasting Sanders; two
sons, Alvin Sanders and Calvin Sanders, Pulaski; two grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; and two sisters, Mrs. Erskine Tate, Prospect, and Mrs. Bessie
Hasting, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDERSON, David Waters Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1967
David Waters Sanderson, Jr., 44, died Saturday, March 4, at Blount Memorial
Hospital, Maryville, Tenn.
Services were conducted Monday morning, March 6, at 10:00 o'clock at Smith
Morturary, with the Rev. Luke Martin and Rev. O. R. Tarwater, officiating.
Burial was in Grandview Cemetery in Maryville.
Mr. Sanderson, a native of Giles County, was the son of Mrs. David Waters
Sanderson, Sr., and the late Mr. Sanderson. He was a veteran of World War II,
and received his B. S. degree from Bowling Green University at Bowling Green,
Ky., and his M. A. degree from University of Denver, Colo. He taught for a time
at Sneed College in Maryville, but since 1952 had been employed by the Internal
Revenue Department at Knoxville.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Patti Pratt
Sanderson; two daughters, Misses Linda and Judy Sanderson, Maryville; one son,
Danny Wayne Sanderson, Maryville; one sister, Mrs. William Legg, Bethel; and one
brother, Bill Sanderson, Pulaski.
SANDERSON, E. D. Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1969
Funeral services for E. D. Sanderson, Jr., 43, were held Sunday afternoon,
February 16, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Sanderson was born January 7, 1926, the son of the
late Floyd Sanderson and Nellie Smith Sanderson. He was a veteran of World War
II.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ila Tankersley Sanderson, Pulaski; one son,
Harold J. Sanderson, Pulaski; one daughter, Theresa Jean Sanderson Pulaski;
three brothers, LeRoy Sanderson and W. N. Sanderson, both of Pulaski, and
Charles Wayne Sanderson, Nashville; two sisters, Mrs. M. V. Harrison, Chilla,
Calif; and Mrs. Joe M. Rogers of Goodlettsville.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDERSON, Marvin Roy The Pulaski Citizen 11 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Marvin Roy Sanderson, 70, retired Stanley, Inc., employee,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at East Hill Church of Christ with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Sanderson died Friday night, October 6, at his
home after a long illness.
Born April 25, 1891, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Willie
Sanderson and Alabama Weatherford Sanderson. he was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Mr. Sanderson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louree Hagood Sanderson; two
daughters, Miss Nellie Sanderson and Mrs. Erskine Houston, Pulaski; two
step-daughters, Mrs. Haney McMillion and Mrs. Stacey Simpson, Giles County; five
grandchildren and a great-grandchild; and one sister, Mrs. Myrtle Pickett, Minor
Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDRIDGE, Avis Burch The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. William Maurice Sandridge, 43, were held at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Clarence Stewart, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Sandridge who had a heart ailment, died Friday,
February 19, in Giles County Hospital.
The former Miss Avis Burch, she was born July 7, 1921, in Maury County and
received her education in Maury County schools and at Martin College at Pulaski.
She was a member of Pulaski First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Sandridge is survived by her husband, William Maurice Sandridge; one son,
Billy Sandridge, Pulaski; her mother, Mrs. Oscar R. Burch, New York; and one
brother, Malcolm Burch, New York.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDRIDGE, Otha Lee The Pulaski Citizen 5 Mar 1969
Otha Lee Sandridge, 74, a retired employee of Stanley, Inc., died Tuesday, March
4, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Sandridge were held Wednesday afternoon, March 5, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Clarence
Stewart officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Sandridge was the son of the late James William
Sandridge and Abbie Woodard Sandridge.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Colle McCormick Sandridge; three sons, Morris
Sandridge, Walter Sandridge, and Cecil Sandridge, all of Pulaski; four
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. Mattie Russell and Mrs. Louise Elders, both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDS, Brown The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1968
Brown Sands, died Tuesday, November 12, at Dickson, Tennessee after an extended
illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Brown were conducted Wednesday afternoon, November 13,
at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Dickson Funeral Home.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Sands was the son of Mrs. Bessie Fry Sands and the
late John Sands. He had lived in Dickson a number of years and was a mail
carrier there. He was reared near Lynnville. Mr. Sands was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife, Mrs. Jessie Reed Sands;
one son, Ray Sands; and one granddaughter of Mississippi; one brother, Grey
Sands of Old Hickory; and one sister, Mrs. Matt Stratton, Nashville.
SANDS, Deborah Mae Porter The Pulaski Citizen 28 Aug 1968
Mrs. Deborah Mae Sands, 16, died Sunday, September 1, at Giles County Hospital
after a short illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sands, wife of Ralph Sands, were held Wednesday
afternoon, September 4, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home with the Rev.
Marshall Moss officiating. Burial was in Cool Springs Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Sands was born September 23, 1952, the daughter
of Mrs. William Peden, Pulaski and Fred Porter, Kings City, Calif.
Survivors, in addition to her parents, include her step-father, William Peden,
Pulaski; two half-brothers, Donald Porter, Columbus, Ga., U. S. Army, and Mike
Peden, Pulaski; two half-sisters, Mrs. Terry Burgess, Germany, and Miss Cheryl
Peden, Pulaski; and her maternal grandfather, Albert Hollingsworth, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDS, John Howard The Pulaski Citizen 11 Apr 1962
Funeral services for John Howard Sands, 85, retired farmer of Fry Branch section
of Giles County, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Ollie Binkley, pastor of Lynnvilla
Methodist Church. Burial will take place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Sands died on
Tuesday evening, April 10, at a Nashville hospital.
Born March 5, 1877, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Thomas
Sands and Elizabeth Coffee Sands, and was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Sands is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Lee Fry Sands; two sons, Brown
Sands, Dickson, and Gray Sands, Old Hickory; one daughter, Mrs. Lucille
Stratton, Nashville; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; three
sisters, Mrs. Charlie Jenkins, Madison, and Mrs. Jim Goad and Mrs. Will Pierson,
Nashville; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Ruth Thurman, Lynnville, and Mrs. Ernest
Gibson, Columbia.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDS, Mattie Lorena Wright The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Lorena Wright Sands, 82, Lynnville Community
resident, were held at 2:30 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister.Burial took place
in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Sands died on Wednesday, June 6, at Maury County
Hospital after a period of declining health.
Born August 10, 1879, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Wright. Her husband, J. B. Sands, died June 30, 1948. She was a member
of the Baptist Church, and the last member of her immediate family.
Mrs. Sands is survived by three sons, Alton Sands, Buford Sands, and Nathan
Sands, Lynnville; three daughters, Mrs. Jim Goldman and Mrs. Raymond Davis, both
of Columbia, and Mrs. Algie Boatright, Gary, Ind.; twelve grandchildren and
sixteen great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDS, Ova Mae Newton The Pulaski Citizen 9 Apr 1969
Mrs. Ova Mae Newton Sands, 73, died in Dayton, Ohio Wednesday, April 2, after an
extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sands, wife of the late Robert C. Sands, were held
Saturday, April 5, in Dayton.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Sands was the daughter of the late Charlie L. and
Sarah Roden Newton.
Survivors include three sons, Clayton Sands of Tampa, Fla., Janor Sands of New
York and J. B. Sands of Dayton, Ohio; and one niece, Mrs. W. C. Creecy of Giles
County.
SANDS, Robert C. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jun 1964
Robert C. Sands, 79, retired crane operator and native Giles Countian, died
Monday, June 8, in Dayton, Ohio, following an extended illness. Funeral services
were held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Roberts Funeral Home in Dayton
with burial in Woodland Cemetery in that city.
Mr. Sands, a resident of Dayton, Ohio for twenty-seven years, was born in Giles
County, the son of the late J. Mack Sands and Anna Hubbell Sands.
Mr. Sands is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ova Mae Newton Sands; three sons,
Clayton Sands, Tampa, Fla., J. B. Sands, Dayton, Ohio, and A. J. Sands, New York
City; and six grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Ora
Bonds, Lynnville, and Mrs. Edith Chapman, Pulaski; and two brothers, Emmett
Sands, Maury County and Bud Sands of Giles County.
SANDS, Robert Clayton The Pulaski Citizen 26 Nov 1969
Funeral services for Robert Clayton Sands, 53, were held Saturday morning,
November 15, at 10:00 at Wilson Sammon Funeral Home in Tampa, Fla. with burial
in that city.
Mr. Sands, a native of Giles County and a retired Veteran of twenty-seven years
in the U. S. Army Air Force, was the son of the late R. C. and Ova Mae Newton
Sands.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Juanita Murrey Sands; two daughters, Mrs.
Regina Vaughn of New York, N. Y., Miss Margart Sands, Tampa, Fla.; one son,
William C. Sands, of New York; one grandson, two brothers, J. B. Sands, Dayton,
Ohio, and Janor Sands of New York, N. Y.
SANDS, Robert Clyde The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jun 1964
Robert Clyde Sands, Jr., 37, native Giles Countian, and an employee of the
General Electric plant in Lynchburg, Va., for several years, died at 1:30
o'clock , Tuesday night, June 2, at a Lynchburg hospital, following surgery and
complications.
Funeral services were held at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Lynchburg,
followed by services at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. The burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville, with
Masonic rites.
Born October 2, 1926, in Giles County, he was the son of Robert Clyde Sands of
Columbia and Mrs. Ima Shackel of Royal Oaks, Mich.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Sands is survived by his wife, Mrs. Geraldine
Robinson Sands, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Robinson, of Lynnville; two
sons, Robert Clyde Sands, III, and Randy Kent Sands, Lynchburg; and two
half-brothers and one half-sister.
SANDS, Whitfield The Pulaski Citizen 20 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Whitfield Sands, 62, farmer of the Lynnville section, were
held Friday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Sands died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Thursday morning, December 14,
at his home on Minnow Branch.
Born September 30, 1899, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Mack Sands
and Ann Hubbell Sands.
Mr. Sands is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Newton Sands; three sons, Mahlon
Sands, Nashville, Bernice Sands and Cledus Sands, Lynnville; three daughters,
Mrs. Ronnie Dushek and Miss Shirley Sands, Nashville, and Miss Carolyn Sands,
Lynnvile; three brothers, Raymond (Bud) Sands, Pulaski, Robert Sands, Dayton,
Ohio, and Emmett Sands, Southport; and two sisters, Mrs. Floyd Bonds, Waco, and
Mrs. Ben Chapman, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDS, William Bridges The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jun 1969
William Bridges Sands, 16-year-old son of William B. and Mae Carlton Sands,
formerly of Giles County, died early Monday, June 16, in Vanderbilt Hospital
from head injuries received in a one-car accident the previous Saturday in
Columbia, where the family lives. His death was the third traffic fatality
recorded in Maury County this year.
Funeral services were conducted at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Oakes and
Nichols Funeral Home, Columbia, and burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Young Sands was a passenger in an automobile driven by Larry Pinkelton when the
vehicle went out of control on rain-slick pavement and struck a tree.
He was a member of East Side Church of Christ and had recently completed his
junior year at Central High School. Until the close of school he had worked as a
newspaper route boy but had been associated with his father in construction work
this summer.
Among the survivors, in addition to his parents, are his paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Bridges Sands of Columbia, formerly of Lynnville; and an uncle, Conrad
Sands of near Brick Church. There also are three other uncles and two aunts all
of whom are former Giles County residents. The are Virgil Carlton of Lindon,
Ralph and Merle Sands of Columbia. Mrs. Virginia Shrader and Mrs. Jack Irwin,
both of Columbia.
SANDS, Willie Evans The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Evans Sands, 90, resident of the Lynnville
Community, were held at 3 o'clock Sunday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Ollie Binkley, pastor of the Taylors Chapel Methodist
Church, and the Rev. George Hill of Nashville, Baptist minister. Burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Sands died at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning,
September 23, at her home after a lengthy illness.
Born July 20, 1871, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Capt.
Robert L. Evans and Delilah Angus Evans. She had been a member of Taylors Chapel
Methodist Church from her girlhood. Her husband, Robert L. Sands, died
twenty-five years ago.
Mrs. Sands is survived by three sons, Joe L. Sands and Houston M. Sands,
Lynnville, and R. Clyde Sands, Columbia; three daughters, Miss Martha Elizabeth
Sands, Miss Mary Delilah Sands and Mrs. David Bonds, Lynnville; eight
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and one sister, Miss Jeffie Evans,
Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SANDUSKY, Jacob Cornelius The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1967
The Rev. Jacob Cornelius Sandusky, 68, retired Methodist minister, died Friday,
March 24, at his home in Petersburg.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, March 26, at the Petersburg Methodist
Church. Burial was at Choates Creek Cemetery.
Mr. Sandusky, a native of Giles County, was the pastor of the Petersburg
Methodist Church at the time of his retirement a few years ago. He also had been
pastor of Methodist churches in Delina, New Hope, Lynchburg and Blanche.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marie Riggs Sandusky; four daughters, Mrs.
Margaret Giles, Fennville, Mich., Mrs. Emagine Galegby, Trenton, Ga., Mrs. Agnes
Castleberry, Rising Fawn, Ga., and Mrs. Odell Woolard, Ardmore; a son, Robert W.
Sandusky, Douglas, Mich.; ten grandchildren; and one brother, Tommy Sandusky,
Savannah, Tenn.
SARGENT, Arvie Lee Walls The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Arvie Lee Walls Sargent, wife of Roy Lee Sargent, will
be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home in Columbia, with the burial in Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia.
Mrs. Sargent died on Tuesday, October 26, in Giles County Hospital, Pulaski.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Sargent is survived by her mother, Mrs. Pearl
Farris, Columbia; one sister, Mrs. Tonnie L. Carvell, Pulaski; two brothers,
Loyce H. Walls and Ray C. Walls, Pulaski; and two half-brothers, Wayne Walls,
Pulaski, and Dale Walls, Mississippi.
SAWYER, Anna R. Forsythe The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna R. Forsythe Sawyer, 86, of Nashville were
conducted Thursday afternoon, November 2, at Franklin Memorial Chapel, with the
Rev. Clifton Johnston officiating. Burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Franklin.
Mrs. Sawyer died Wednesday, November 1, at her home in Nashville. She was a
native of Giles County, the daughter of the late Harry and Julia Simpson
Forsyther. Her husband died in 1947. She was a member of the Bethlehem Methodist
Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. John C. Boylin, Nashville; one son, Herman F.
Sawyer, Nashville; two granddaughters; three sisters, Mrs. Elmo Arney, Pulaski,
Mrs. Will Brownlow, Prospect, and Mrs. Ola Davis, Columbia.
SAWYERS, C. Paxton The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1963
C. Paxton Sawyers, 63, owner of the Sawyers Funeral Home in Dayton, Tenn., and
husband of a Giles County native, died early Saturday evening, August 3, at his
home.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at First Methodist
Church in Dayton, with Masonic rites at the grave in Sawyers Cemetery in
Fayetteville.
A funeral home director since 1941, he held a number of civic and fraternal
memberships. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.
A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Rufus Elbridge Sawyers
and Lillie May Sawyers.
Mr. Sawyers is survived by his wife, the former Miss Loyd Jernigan of Pulaski; a
son, E. Paxton Sawyers; one daughter, Miss Nancy Sawyers, all of Dayton; one
grandson, C. Paxton Sawyer, Jr., Winslow, Ariz.; and two sisters, Miss Mary
Sawyers and Miss Mattie Lou Sawyers, both of New Orleans, La.
SCALES, John William (Billy) The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1961
Funeral services for John William (Billy) Scales, 43, native Giles Countian,
were held at one o'clock Saturday at East Hill Church of Christ, conducted by
Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of the church, and Jim Bill McInteer of Nashville.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Scales died Tuesday night, November
21, at Mid-State Baptist Hospital in Nashville after an extended illness.
Born May 29, 1918, he was the son of Robert E. Scales and Mary Lou Gordon
Scales, now residing in Nashville.
In addition to the parents, Mr. Scales is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sammye
Pierce Scales; one daughter, Mrs. Frances White, Lynnville; one son, B. D.
Scales, Peoria, Ill.; two grandchildren; two brothers, Thomas W. Scales, III,
Nashville, and Robert E. Scales, Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind.; and one sister, Mrs.
Nancy Scales Wilson, Tokyo, Japan.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCALES, Robert Edward The Pulaski Citizen 19 May 1965
Funeral services for Robert Edward Scales, 72, retired Giles County farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Jim Bill McInteer, Church of Christ minister of Nashville. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Scales who had been residing in Nashville
for a few years, died on Thursday, May 13, in Mid-State Baptist Hospital in that
city.
Born November 26, 1892, in Fannin County, Texas, he was the son of the late W.
R. Scales and Margaret Brown Scales. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Scales is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary L. Gordon Scales; two sons, Thomas
Walter Scales, III, Nashville, Robert E. Scales, Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind.; one
daughter, Mrs. Nancy Wilson, San Antonio, Texas; seven grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. John Hopkins, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCALES, Thomas Walter The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Thomas Walter Scales, 88, retired insurance executive of El
Paso, Texas, and native Giles Countian, will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Jim Bill McInteer, minister of
West End Church of Christ in Nashville. Burial will take place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Scales, following retirement, has lived in Sherman, Texas and for
a time in his native Giles County. He died of a heart attack at 5 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, August 13, at Fairhaven Nursing Home at Pulaski after a
period of declining health.
Born August 8, 1875, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Scales
and Hatcher Brown Scales. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Scales is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy Brown Scales, a native Texan; one
brother, R. E. Scales, Sr., Nashville; and three sisters, Mrs. John Hopkins,
Mrs. Lois Parsons, and Mrs. Florence Barber, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCHERMERHORN, Clarence Everett The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
Clarence Everett Schermerhorn, 68, of La Porte, Ind., died Saturday, April 26,
in East Street Division Hospital in La Porte.
Funeral services for Mr. Schermerhorn, a retired chemical engineer, were
conducted Tuesday afternoon, April 29, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and
Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jacob Gardner officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Minnesota, he was born September 4, 1900, the son of the late
Charles and Alice Schermerhorn.
Survivors include his wife, the former MaryHarrison; two brothers-in-law, J. B.
Harrison, Sr., Pulaski and W. L. Harrison of Prospect.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCHINDLER, Henry O. The Pulaski Citizen 26 Nov 1969
Henry O. Schindler, 82, died Saturday afternoon, November 15, at his home in
Nashville.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning, November 18, at 10:00 o'clock
in the Phillips Robinson Co. Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Julius C.
Thompson officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maudie Kimbrough Schindler; one son, Lewis P.
Schindler, both of Nashville.
SCHMIDT, Louis F. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Louis F. Schmidt, resident of Chicago, Ill., and father of
Mrs.Eric R. Schueler, Jr., of Lynnville, were held Monday with the burial in
Madison, Wis., his former home town. Mr. Schmidt died Friday, October 20, after
a brief illness.
In addition to the daughter her, Mr. Schmidt is survived by his wife; one son,
Arthur Schmidt, Chicago; and four grandchildren.
SCHUELER, Eric R. III The Pulaski Citizen 24 May 1967
Lt. Eric R. Schueler, III, 28, died Monday, May 22, at Bethesda Naval Hospital
following a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, May 24, at 2 o'clock at
Faith Lutheran Church, Arlington, Va., with burial in Milwaukee, Wis.
He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and had served a two-year tour
of duty in the Pacific and the Caribbean areas.
Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Gloria Holm; an infant daughter,
Susan Louise; a son, Eric R. Schueler, IV; his mother, Mrs. Jhn Gotschall, East
Troy, Wis.; father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Schueler, II, Pulaski;
one brother, Charles Louis Schueler, Pulaski; two sisters, Miss Karen Lee
Schueler, Pulaski and Miss Susan Schueler, New York City; paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Eric Schueler, Jr., Chicago, Ill.; and maternal grandfather, Shea Smith,
East Troy, Wis.
SCHWABENTON, Jane Burton The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1967
Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Jane Burton Schwanenton, 48,
aunt of Mrs. J. D. Coffman, III. She died suddenly at her home in Berkville,
Va., on Tuesday, February 28.
Services will be conducted at 3:30 Friday afternoon, March 3 with burial in that
city.
Mrs. Schwabenton, was the daughter of the late Dr. Wilson M. Burton and Claude
Stockard Burton of Lawrenceburg.
Survivors include one son, Carl B. Schwabenton; two grandchildren; and one
brother, Wilson P. Burton of Nashville.
SCOGGIN, James Oscar The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for James Oscar Scoggin, Sr., 75, retired farmer of the
Goodsprings section, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Wilkerson,
Methodist minister, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Scoggin died
Sunday morning, October 24, in Giles County Hospital.
Born May 9, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Philip Scoggin and
Beulah Johnston Scoggin. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Scoggin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ora Glover Scoggin; two sons, James G.
Scoggin and J. O. Scoggin, Jr., Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs. Maburn M. Barber
and Mrs. John David Neal, Pulaski and Mrs. O. H. Sandeen, Knoxville; ten
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one brother, Millard Scoggin, Decatur,
Ala.; and four sisters, Mrs. M. Fisher Cardin and Mrs. W. C. Hunter, both of
Decatur, Ala., Mrs. W. R. Marbut, Memphis, and Mrs. O. A. Baites, Bessemer, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCOGGIN, Millard Edward The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Millard Edward Scoggin, 47, Pulaski building contractor,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Scoggin died at 9:25 o'clock Thursday night,
January 18, at Giles County Hospital after several months illness.
Born November 27, 1914, in Giles County, he was the son of J. Oscar Scoggin and
Mrs. Ora Mae Glover Scoggin, Goodspring. He was a member of the Church of
Christ.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Scoggin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth
Tucker Scoggin; two daughters, Mrs. James Chaffin, Nashville, and Miss Carolyn
Sue Scoggin, Pulaski; one son, Allen Scoggin, Pulaski; two brothers, James G.
Scoggin and J. O. Scoggin, Jr., Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. M. M. Barber,
and Mrs. Frances S. Paysinger, Pulaski, and Mrs. O. H. Sundeen, Jr., Knoxville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCOGGIN, Ora May Glover The Pulaski Citizen 24 Sep 1969
Mrs. Ora May Scoggin, 75, died Saturday, September 20, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Scoggin , wife of the late J. O. Scoggin, Sr., were
conducted Monday afternoon, September 22, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Marshall Moss officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was born November 28, 1893, the daughter of the
late Edward and Margaret Jane Gooch Glover.
Survivors include two sons, Jimmy Scoggins and J. O. Scoggins, Jr.; three
daughters, Mrs. Maburn Barber, and Mrs. John David Neal, both of Pulaski, Mrs.
Oscar Sunbeem, Nashville; eleven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one
brother, Herman Johnson, Lawrenceburg; four sisters, Mrs. Hurley Johnson,
Lexington, Ala., Mrs. Emma Miller and Mrs. Arthur Cottrell, Minor Hill, Mrs
Morris Woodard, Murfreesboro.
SCOTT, Albert Lewis Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Albert Lewis Scott, Sr., 75, Route 1, Delrose retired
farmer, were held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at Rainey Funeral Home in
Ardmore with the burial in the Malone Cemetery near Cash Point in Lincoln
County. Mr. Scott died on Thursday, July 4, at Giles County Hospital after a
long illness.
He was born January 3, 1890, in Lincoln County, and was a member of Union Hill
Baptist Church. His wife, Mrs. Mamie Walden Scott, died several years ago.
Mr. Scott is survived by one daughter, Miss Louise Scott, Bryson; two sons,
Albert L. Scott, Jr., Bryson, and Raymond Scott, Adrian, Mich.; three
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Frank Young, Fayetteville; and one brother,
Robert Scott, Petersburg.
Rainey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCOTT, Carter Anderson The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Carter Anderson Scott, 65, veteran of World War I and II, died at 8 o'clock
Wednesday morning, September 8, in Veterans Administration Hospital, Nashville,
after a three months residence here.
Funeral rites will take place at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First
Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will take place in the family lot in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Born November 12, 1899, in Waco, Texas, he was the son of the late David Lee
Scott and Mrs. Jennie Anderson Scott, native Tennesseans. He was a bachelot and
a member of Lynnville Presbyterian Church. During World War II, he served with
the First Army in Europe. He was a member of the American Legion, Pulaski Post
60 and was a charter member of Giles Memorial Post 4577, Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
A resident of Tennessee since 1915, he was the owner of East Hill Market for a
number of years.
Mr. Scott is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Clarence B. Birdsong, Pulaski, his
twin sister, Miss Edith Ralston Scott, Birmingham, Ala., and Miss Hallie
Margaret Scott, Nashville; and three nephews, Clarence B. Birdsong, Jr., David
Scott Birdsong, and Henry T. Birdsong, all of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCOTT, David Nathaniel (Pete) Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jun 1961
Funeral services for David Nathaniel (Pete) Scott, Jr., were held at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert
Hall, Cumberland Presbyterian minister, and Rev. W. C. Folks of Prospect. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Scott died Thursday, June 8, at Vanderbilt
Hospital following a long illness.
Born July 13, 1908, in Giles County, he was the son of the late David N. Scott
and Birdie Marks Scott.
Mr. Scott is survived by his wife, Mrs. Allie Mae Kirkland Scott; two daughters,
Mrs. William H. Wiser and Mrs. Edgar Goats, Pulaski; one son, Robert Earl Scott,
Pulaski; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Loyd Murray, Pulaski; and Mrs.
Jack Wilburn, Prospect; and five brothers, J. B. and J. D. Scott, Giles County,
Grady Milton and Aaron Scott, of Florida.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCOTT, Eddie Ruth Kirkland The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Harrison B. Scott, 52, Pulaski resident, will be held
at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial will take place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Scott died at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, June 28,
at Giles County Hospital, after a long illness.
The former Miss Eddie Ruth Kirkland, she was born August 29, 1909, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late Andrew J. Kirkland and Ada Inez James Kirkland.
She was a member of First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Scott is survived by her husband, Harrison B. Scott; and one sister, Mrs.
D. N. Scott, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCOTT, Edith Ralston The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1964
Miss Edith Ralston Scott, 84, of Lofton Nursing Home, Franklin, died Thursday,
April 12, 1984, at the Williamson County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held Fri., Apr. 13, at 2 p.m. at Bennett May Chapel
with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. The Reverend Paul Allen will officiate.
A native of Texas, Miss Scott was the daughter of David Lee and Jennie Anderson
Scott.
Survivors include, one brother in law, Clarence Birdsong of Pulaski, and three
nephews, Clarence Birdsong Jr., David Birdsong , Henry Birdsong, all of
Nashville.
SCOTT, Harrison Britton The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1967
Funeral services for Harrison Britton Scott, 60, were conducted Thursday, April
27, at 2:30 p. m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Scott, a native of Marshall County, died Wednesday, April 26, at Giles
County Hospital. He was born December 1, 1906, the son of the late Boone and
Laurie Jurdon Scott. He was a Giles County employee.
Survivors include one daughter, Rose Scott, Georgia; three brothers, William,
Prospect, Joe Lee, Murfreesboro, and Robert Scott, Nashville; one sister, Mrs.
Lillie Dell Scott, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCOTT, James David The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for James David Scott, 89, retired farmer of the Eighteenth
Civil District, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Scotts Hill Baptist
Church with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Scott died at his home on
Thursday, February 18.
He was born August 23, 1870, in Lincoln County.
Mr. Scott is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Myers Scott; two step-sons,
Milas Myers, Wales and W. L. Myers, Route 1, Pulaski; five step-daughters, Mrs.
Beatrice Olive, Pontiac, Mich., Mrs. Gertrude Abernathy, Auburndale, Fla., Mrs.
Eula Johnson and Mrs. Melba Johnson, Route 1, Pulaski, and Mrs. Ruby Kelly, New
Madrid, Mo.; six step-grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
SCOTT, Sarah Agnes The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Miss Sarah Agnes Scott, 95, retired high school teacher,
were held at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the rites conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean. Burial took place
in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Miss Scott died at 4:20 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, July 13, in Giles County Hospital after an extended illness. More
than a year ago she fell, breaking her hip.
The last member of her immediate family she was born January 16, 1970, in Maury
County, the daughter of the late David Columbus Scott and Sarah Elizabeth Amis
Scott, members of pioneer Maury County families, who in the later years of their
lives resided in Pulaski.
She was graduated from Howard Female College at Gallatin and Peabody College,
Nashville. The long years of her teaching experience included teaching in
Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Texas and Louisiana. For many years she was a
member of the faculty of Columbia High School.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski. During her many years
of residence in Nashville at Dixie Place, she was a member of Hillsboro
Presbyterian Church where she taught a Bible class for a number of years.
Miss Scott is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Joe W. Henry, Sr., Pulaski, with whom
she has resided several years, and Mrs. Walter Krueger, Jr., Philadelphia; and
four nephews, John Scott Darnell, Pulaski, Fred D. Scott, Lawrenceburg, William
R. Scott, Amarillo, Texas, and William Robert Ward, Jackson, Ga
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCRUGGS, Gaston The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1963
Funeral services for Gaston Scruggs, native Giles Countian, were held at 10:30
o'clock Thursday morning at Finley-Dorris and Charlton Funeral Home in Nashville
with graveside rites held at one o'clock in Maplewood Cemetery at Pulaski. Mr.
Scruggs died Wednesday, May 15, at his home in Nashville after a period of
declining health.
Born and reared in the Conway-Elkton section of Giles County, he was the son of
the late Irby Scruggs and Willa Suggs Scruggs.
Mr. Scruggs is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida May Scruggs, a native Pulaskian;
one daughter, Mrs. E. A. Travis, Decatur, Ga.; and two sisters, Mrs. Laura
Jensen and Mrs. Rufus Ogilvie, both of Nashville.
SCRUGGS, James Todd The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1963
Funeral services for James Todd Scruggs, 79, retired farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister, and the Rev. Jack Smith, Church of God minister.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Scruggs died Friday night, April
12, at Giles County Hospital following a period of declining health.
Born April 11, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Scruggs
and Virginia Vance Scruggs. He was a member of the Methodist Church. His wife,
Mrs. Pearl Cole Scruggs, died March 11, 1956.
Mr. Scruggs is survived by five sons, Roy Scruggs, J. T. Scruggs and Willie
Scruggs, Pulaski, Luther Scruggs, Orlando, Fla., and Dewey Scruggs, Nashville;
three daughters, Mrs. J. W. McCluskey, Mrs. Earl Pickett and Mrs. Lester
Stafford, Giles County; fourteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SCRUGGS, Mary Cordelia Cole The Pulaski Citizen 28 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Cordelia Cole Scruggs, 84, were held at 11
o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. James Shutt. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Scruggs
died Monday morning, April 26, in Miller's Clinic in Nashville.
Born April 18, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Jefferson Cole and Martha Brownlow Cole. She was a member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Her husband, John William Scruggs, died in 1949.
Mrs. Scruggs is survived by five daughters, Mrs. C. H. Cole, Pulaski, Mrs.
Milburn Holley, Elkton, Mrs. G. E. Barnett, Hanceville, Ala., Mrs. Thomas
Wilburn, Nashville, and Mrs. Milton Scott, Lakeland, Fla.; eighteen
grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Addie Shelton,
Ardmore; and one brother, William Cole, Dallas, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SEAGRAVES, Dudley Wayne The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Giles County's fourth traffic fatality of 1966 was recorded shortly after
midnight Saturday morning, July 16, when Dudley Wayne Seagraves, 23, was killed
in a one-car accident on Highway 31 about a mile-and-a-half north of Pulaski.
The victim was an employee of Jack's Cookie Corporation and was reportedly
traveling alone when he apparently lost control of the car, which left the road
and struck a culvert. State Troopers James Dyer and Robert Worsham investigated.
Seagraves was dead on arrival at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Maury County, Seagraves was born May 18, 1943, the son of Joe Van
and Frances Hyatt Seagraves of Mt. Pleasant, who survives.
He was a member of the Church of Christ and had served with the U. S. Navy. A
former resident of Columbia, he had lived in Pulaski about fourteen months.
Other survivors include his wife, the former Miss Peggy Wray; and five brothers,
Howard, Aubrey, Jeanie, Richard and Ray, all of Mt. Pleasant.
SELLERS, Fannie The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Miss Fannie Sellers, 83, resident of the Clear Creek
section, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. John B. Lindenberger, pastor of Lynnville
Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Miss Sellers died
at 10 o'clock Tuesday night, March 19, at Maury County Hospital, Columbia, after
a lengthy illness.
Born February 17, 1879, in Giles County, she was Sarah Frances Sellers, daughter
of the late H. O. Sellers and Susan Moore Sellers.
Miss Sellers is survived by one nephew, Henry B. Sellers, Clear Creek section;
and three nieces, Miss Mary Sellers and Miss Brownie Sellers, Clear Creek, and
Mrs. Susan Melfi, Hollywood, Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SESLER, Hubert Clayton The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Herbert Clayton Sesler, 60, retired merchant of Nunnelly
were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in McDonald Funeral Home at Centerville
with the burial in Oak Mount Cemetery. Mr. Sessler died Sunday, September 29, at
his home.
He was a native of Hickman County and a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Sesler is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ela Duncan Sesler; a foster daughter,
Miss Geneva Harrington, Nunnelly; and two sisters, Mrs. W. J. Johnson, Pulaski,
and Miss Elizabeth Sesler, Centerville.
SESLER, Ida B. Fogg The Pulaski Citizen 26 Mar 1969
Funeral services for Ida B. Sesler, 78, were held Wednesday afternoon, March 26
at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Ed
Templeton officiating.
Mrs. Sesler died Monday night, March 24, in Fairhaven Nursing Home.
She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fogg. Her husband was the late
Ray Sesler.
Survivors include three nephews, Harry Torrence, Pulaski, Flournoy Torrence,
Dallas, Texas, and Edwin Torrence, California.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SETTLE, A. O. "Jack" The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jul 1968
A. O. "Jack" Settle, 59, superintendent of Genesco Plant No. 2 in Gallatin, and
a member of the Genesco staff in Pulaski for many years, died Monday, July 15,
in St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, July 16, at 2:30 at Harris-Donoho
Funeral Home. Burial was in Bethany Cemetery near Tullahoma.
Settle had been associated with the Genesco plant in Gallatin for six years and
with the company for over thirty years.
He was a native of Houston County, and a member of the Rotary Club, the Chamber
of Commerce and First Methodist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Johneda Spears Settle; two sons, John A.,
Knoxville, and Michael R. Settle, Huntsville, Ala., and a grandchild.
SEVERS, Lula Frances The Pulaski Citizen 31 May 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Frances Severs, 86, were conducted Tuesday, May
30, at 4:00 p.m. in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Clarence
Stewart, Rev. Mack Pinkelton, and Rev. Albert Pope officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Severs died Sunday, May 28, at her home here in Pulaski. She was a native
of Kentucky, born September 17, 1880, the daughter of the late Levie and Sara
Pilford Allen.
Survivors include one son, W. T. Severs, Ardmore, Ala.; one grandchild; four
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Young, and Miss Lillian B. Allen,
both of Giles County; and one niece.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SEWELL, Willie Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 23 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Willie Jackson Sewell, 70, retired policeman and machinist
of Lynnville, will be held Friday at Lynnville Baptist Church. Burial will take
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Sewell died unexpectedly after dinner on Tuesday
evening, November 22, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Lindsey Davidson, in
Winter Haven, Fla., where he was visiting. The remains will arrive in Pulaski on
Thursday night.
Born October 12, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James Henry
Sewell and Edna Kirk Sewell, and was a member of the Lynnville Baptist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Emma Lou Cole Sewell, died in October, four years ago.
Mr. Sewell is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Walter Carpenter, Lynnville; and
three sisters, Mrs. Davidson, and Mrs. Joe Hickman and Mrs. Lee Hamlett, both of
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SEXTON, Magdalene Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Edd H. Sexton, 85, resident of Athens, Ala., were held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Bob Brothers, pastor, and the Rev. Kermit Goar. Burial took place in Minor
Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Sexton died Saturday afternoon, January 20, at her home in
Athens.
The former Miss Magdalene Jackson, she was born in Giles County, April 29, 1876,
the daughter of the late David C. Jackson and Sarah Appleton Jackson. She was a
member of the Baptist Church. Her husband, Edd H. Sexton, died several years
ago.
Mrs. Sexton is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Earl Booth, Minor Hill, Mrs. W.
J. Kimbrough, Bowling Green, Ky., and Mrs. Claude Jones, Athens, Ala.; two sons,
W. R. Sexton, Athens, Ala., and David E. Sexton, Town Creek, Ala.; a number of
grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and one half-sister, Mrs. G. E. Johnson,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SEXTON, Mattie Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. W. R. Sexton, 64, resident of Athens, Ala., and native
of Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at First Baptist
Church in Athens with the burial in Athens Cemetery. Mrs. Sexton died at 4:30
o'clock on Tuesday morning, April 9, at Limestone County Hospital after a two
weeks illness.
The former Miss Mattie Campbell, she was the daughter of the late Thomas R.
Campbell and Lena Smith Campbell, residents of the Minor Hill Community. She was
a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Sexton is survived by her husband, William R. Sexton, also a native of
Giles County; and one brother, Tom H. Campbell; and two sisters, Mrs. Roy Garner
and Mrs. H. G. Looney, all of Athens, Ala.
SEXTON, Robert Glynn The Pulaski Citizen 27 Aug 1969
Robert Glynn Sexton, 24 son of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Sexton of Town Creek, Ala.,
former Giles County residents, died Sunday, August 24, in Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, August 26, at the First Baptist Church
of Town Creek with burial in Athens, Ala., City Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born September 5, 1944.
Survivors in additon to his parents include two brothers, Dr. David W. Sexton,
Athens, Jerry Sexton, Knoxville; one sister, Mrs. Barbara Searcy, Tanner, Ala.
SHACKELFORD, Floyd Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Dec 1969
Floyd Shackelford, Jr., 41, died Saturday, December 13, at his home on Route 2,
Pulaski.
Funeral services for Mr. Shackelford, a contractor, were conducted Sunday
afternoon, December 14, at 3:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home with Gilbert Shaffer and Frank Young, Church of Christ ministers,
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Shackelford was born September 13, 1928, the son
of Floyd and Minnie Phillips Shackelford.
In addition to his parents, survivors include his wife, Patricia Doggett
Shackelford, Pulaski; one daughter, Miss Linda Shackelford, Nashville, and one
son, Sammie Shackelford, Pulaski.
SHACKELFORD, Kathryn Hall The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1961
Graveside services for Mrs. Paisley Shackelford, 51, were held at 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Bolivar Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Shackelford, wife of
Paisley Shackelford, died at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, August 20, after a brief
illness.
Mrs. Shackelford was active with her husband in the management of the
Shackelford's Funeral Home at Bolivar, Savannah and Selmer and with the
Shackelford Burial Association.
The former Kathryne Hall, she was a native of Hardin County. She was a
Methodist.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Shackelford, is survived by two sons, R. P.
Shackelford, Jr., and Don Hall Shackelford, Nashville, and six brothers and two
sisters.
SHACKELFORD, Loura Paisley The Pulaski Citizen 5 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Loura Paisley Shackelford, 78, native Giles Countian,
were held at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Shackelford Funeral Home in
Savannah with the burial in Savannah Cemetery. Mrs. Shackelford died on Tuesday
afternoon, October 4, at her home there, after a long illness.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John A.
Paisley and Margaret White Paisley, and was a member of the Church of Christ. A
former teacher in Giles County, she taught Sunday School in Savannah for
twenty-five years and was active in civic affairs of the city. Her husband, R.
E. Shackelford who died in 1936, was the owner of the funeral home in Savannah
bearing the family name.
Mrs. Shackelford is survived by one son, R. P. Shackelford, Sr., Bolivar; two
grandsons, three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Betty Harwell,
Nashville.
SHACKELFORD, Mary Alice Tarpley The Pulaski Citizen 23 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Alice Tarpley Shackelford, 77, widow of Sam T.
Shackelford, were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart, Baptist minister. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Shackelford died Saturday, February 19, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born January 27, 1889, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jerome
Tarpley and Mary Alice Garrett Tarpley. She was a member of the First Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Shackelford is survived by three sons, Renza Shackelford, Pulaski, Sidney
Shackelford, Decatur, Ala., and Floyd Shackelford, Santa Fe; one daughter, Mrs.
James Sowell, Santa Fe; eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren;
three brothers, Jerome Tarpely, Polk Tarpley, and Herman Tarpley, Giles County;
and three sisters, Mrs. Clarence Ledford and Mrs. Maggie Tucker, both of Giles
County, and Mrs. Ed Ashford, Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHANNON, William Turner (Buddy) The Pulaski Citizen 12 Sep 1962
William Turner (Buddy) Shannon, 53, suffered a heart attack while shoveling coal
at the Giles County Junior High School Tuesday morning, September 11, and died
before reaching Giles County Hospital.
Shannon, employed by the Newman Coal Company, was shoveling coal when he
experienced a bad chest pain and went outside to rest for a few minutes. He
shortly returned to the basement and said that he felt able to resume work. A
few minutes later he fell over and presumably died. He was pronounced dead upon
arrival at the hospital.
A resident of Ardmore, Shannon was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bud Shannon.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Virgie Lewter and Mrs. Bernard Franklin, and
one brother, Berry Shannon, all of Ardmore. He is also survived by several
half-brothers, half-sisters, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held today (Wednesday) at 3 p. m. at the Ardmore Methodist
Church, with burial in the Gatlin Cemetery in Limestone County, Ala. Rainey
Funeral Home of Ardmore in charge of arrangements.
SHAW, James H. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1969
James H. Shaw, 76, Duck Hill, Miss., father of Mrs. Finner Carver, died Tuesday,
December 17, at Ridell Nursing Home, following a heart attack.
Funeral services for Mr. Shaw were held Thursday, December 19, in the chapel of
National Funeral Home with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Grenada, Miss.
Mr. Shaw was a retired teacher and farmer. He attended Freed-Hardeman College
and Memphis State.
He was a member of the Baptist Church, Eastern Star and Masonic Lodge.
Survivors in addition to his daughter, include his wife, Jennie Lee O'Neal Shaw;
two grandsons, Kenneth S. Carver, Alamo, and John Fenner Carver, Memphis; a
foster son, Charles Dent of Shelbyville; one sister, Mrs. E. H . Hood, New
Orleans, La.
SHAW, William Reynolds The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1960
Funeral services for William Reynolds Shaw, 71, Pulaski resident, will be held
at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. W. H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial will take place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Shaw died early Tuesday morning, August 23, at his home
after a period of declining health.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Ed Shaw and Mattie Penney
Shaw.
Mr. Shaw is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Cole Shaw; one daughter, Mrs.
Claude Cooper, Pulaski; one son, Thomas Shaw, Louisville, Ky.; seven
grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Della Kelley, Columbia, Mrs. Merlin Wheeler
and Mrs. Rosie Lee Wheeler, both of Berea; and three brothers, George W. Shaw,
Pulaski, Claude Shaw, Wellington, Texas, and Herbert Shaw, Houston, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHAY, Edward Lee The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1967
Edward Lee Shay, 36, died Saturday, November 4, in a Cleveland, Ohio hospital.
Services were conducted Tuesday, November 7, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mimosa Cemetery in
Lawrenceburg.
Mr. Shay, a native of Giles County, was born March 27, 1931, the son of Mrs.
Minnie Palmer Shay and the late Sherman Shay.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Maudie Shay,
Cleveland; one daughter, Linda Shay, Cleveland; three brothers, Clarence Shay,
Waymond Shay, Giles County; and Junior Shay, Cleveland.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHAY, Larry Evans The Pulaski Citizen __ Dec 1993
Mr. Larry Evans Shay, 47, died Dec. 23, 1993, at his residence in Double
Springs, Ala.
Funeral services were held Dec. 26 at Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with burial in
Scotts Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiated.
Mr. Shay is survived by one brother, Terry Shay; two step-sons, Vance Szakacs of
Florida and Wade Szakacs of Double Springs; one step-daughter, Malinda Noblett
of Double Springs; four nieces and one nephew.
SHAY, Sherman The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Sherman Shay, 59, retired farmer of the Eighteenth Civil
District, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Scotts Hill Baptist Church,
with the burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Shay died at 3:30 o'clock Friday
morning, July 22, at his home after a long illness.
Born April 6, 1901, in Lawrence County, he was the son of Mrs. Ella Myers Shay
and the late W. O. Shay.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Shay is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Palmer
Shay; four sons, Clarence Shay, Junior Shay and Edward Shay, Cleveland, Ohio,
and Waymon Shay, Fall River; several grandchildren; two brothers, Joe Shay,
Lawrence County, and Hollis Shay, Peoria, Ill.; and three sisters, Mrs. Minnie
Zozzie, Covington, Ky., Mrs. Gracie Pope, Lawrence County, and Mrs. Beulah
Parker, Washington, D. C.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHELDON, Reginald H. The Pulaski Citizen 1 May 1963
Reginald H. Sheldon, 80, husband of the former Miss Christine W. Woodward of
Giles County, died unexpectedly Friday, April 12, at his home in Brockton, Mass.
Funeral rites took place the following Monday afternoon with the burial in
Melrose Cemetery in that city.
A native of Boston, he was an engineer with the Brockton-Taunton Gas Company for
more than fifty years, retiring April 1, 1958. He was associated with a number
of civic and educational activities; for 35 years was treasurer of the Lions
Club.
Mr. Sheldon is survived by his wife, a native of Giles County; one son, Herbert
E. Sheldon, Cooperstown, N. Y.; one daughter, Mrs. John T. Wiegenstein, Seattle,
Wash.; eight grandchildren.
Mrs. Sheldon has a number of relatives in Giles County, including the Ezell
families.
SHELLHOUSE, Charles The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1966
A South Carolina man was killed Sunday, Sep. 4, in a two-car collision on
Highway 31, north, at the entrance to Manor House Farms and three Jasper, Ala.,
mem face multiple charges her in connection with the accident which marked Giles
County's tenth traffic fatality of the year.
Charles Shellhouse, 49, of Aiken, S. C., was dead on arrival at Giles County
Hospital after the car he was driving was struck by another driven by Donald
Eugene Ernest, 29, of Jasper. Mrs. Shellhouse was treated at the hospital for
injuries and released. Their daughter, Alice 14, and Greg Covington, 9, of
Aiken, a passenger, reportedly were not hurt....
SHELTON, Charles Filmore The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1967
Funeral services for Charles Filmore Shelton, 71, were conducted Sunday
afternoon, November 5, at 2 o'clock, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with
Paul McKissack, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Shelton died Friday, November 3, at Veterans' Hospital in Nashville.
Mr. Shelton, a native of Decatur County, was born December 31, 1895, the son of
the late Andrew and Betty Coffman Shelton. He was a retired postal employee, a
retired Martin College employee, and a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nina Shelton, Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs. Bil
Hooie, Mrs. Earl Pickett, Jr., Mrs. James Garner, all of Giles County, and Mrs.
Raymond Glover, Shelbyville; thirteen grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Maxie
Garris, Athens, Ala.; and one brother, Ben Shelton of Athens.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHELTON, Earl Jefferson The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Earl Jefferson Shelton, 68, retired farmer and school bus
driver, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial
took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Shelton died Monday morning, February
10, at his Minor Hill home.
Born January 9, 1896, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jess Shelton
and Mollie Reece Shelton. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Shelton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Belle Rogers Shelton; two daughters,
Mrs. Bill Davis and Mrs. Ozro Tucker, Jr., both of Pulaski; four sons, Gerron
Shelton, Auburndale, Fla., and David Shelton, Winter Haven, Fla., Buddy Shelton,
Birmingham, Ala., and Denzil Shelton, Cleveland, Ohio; fourteen grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Tom Shelton and Edd Shelton, both of
Auburndale, Fla.; and one sister, Mrs. Elwood Nance, Lewisburg, Tenn.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHELTON, Irie Don The Pulaski Citizen 11 Oct 1967
Fed Davis, 30, of Goodsprings, Ala was charged with murder in the first degree
at the preliminary hearing in General Sessions Court Tuesday afternoon, in the
fatal stabbing of Irie Don Shelton, 26 year old construction worker of Minor
Hill.
His bond was set at $25,000 by Judge Jimmy Thomas and he returned to the county
jail where he was taken a short time after the incident Saturday night.
Attorneys for Davis announced their intention of appealing to Circuit Judge Joe
M. Ingram to reduce the amount of the $25,000 bond.
According to Sheriff Jack Cox and Deputies Red Newton and Paul White who
investigated, Davis attacked Shelton, father of three children, outside
Townsend's Place, a beer tavern south of Minor Hill. It was reported that Davis
became enraged when one of his companions laughed at him, and he drew a knife on
Shelton, afflicting a severe wound in the abdomen. Shelton was dead on arrival.
According to reports, he "simply bled to death." Funeral services for Shelton
were held on Tuesday afternoon at Booth's Chapel with burial in Hester Cemetery.
He was a native of Giles County, a son of Clay and Bonnie Noles Shelton of Minor
Hill.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Linda Louise Chaney, 2 daughters,
Scheryl and Tommy Lynn; a son Dana Gregory Shelton; a sister Miss Bonita Jane
(June) Shelton and a brother Billy Joe Shelton all of Minor Hill.
SHELTON, John Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 11 Apr 1962
Funeral services for John Wesley (Wess) Shelton, 56, truck operator, were held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist Church at Anderson, Ala.,
conducted by the Rev. W. V. McDougal. Burial took place in the Minor Hill
Cemetery. Mr. Shelton died at 11 o'clock Monday night, April 9, at Giles County
Hospital after a five weeks illness.
Born February 6, 1906, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George
Shelton and Nannie Smotherman Shelton. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Shelton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Essie Poss Shelton; three sons, Billy
Joe Shelton and Harold Glynn Shelton, Pulaski, and Wesley Shelton, Jr.,
Anderson, Ala.; one daughter, Miss Martha Ann Shelton, Pulaski; seven
grandchildren; one brother, Delbert (Boots) Shelton, Pulaski; and two sisters,
Mrs. Cora Johnson, Beech Hill, and Mrs. Clara Mae Kelly, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHELTON, Kenneth Larkin The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Kenneth Larkin Shelton, 82, retired farmer, were held at 10
o'clock Saturday morning in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Horace
Woodard.
Burial took place in the Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr. Shelton died Wednesday
December 30 in Giles County Hospital.
Born February 5, 1882 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim and Martha
Shelton. His wife was the former Miss Mary Elizabeth Harwell.
Mr. Shelton is survived by three sons, James Elbert Shelton and Arthur Shelton,
both of Pulaski and John Shelton, Nashville; three daughters, Mrs. Earl Sidera,
Tipton, Iowa, Mrs. Shirley Dolan, Pulaski, and Mrs. Donald Fuller, St. Louis,
Mich.; 15 grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHELTON, Lila Hardiman The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Lila Hardiman Shelton, 77, widow of Mack S. Shelton,
and a resident of the Anthony Hill section, were held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Shelton died at 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning, January 30, at Giles County
Hospital after a long illness.
Born May 10, 1884 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Volley Hardiman and Mary Alice Murrell Hardiman, and was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Mrs. Shelton is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Malcolm Tillman, Goodspring; two
sons, Duward Shelton and L. C. Shelton, Pulaski; seven grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Lois Pettus, Elkmont, Ala. and Mrs. S.
A. Campbell, Little Rock, Ark.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHELTON, Lizzie Lee Callahan The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jun 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Lee Callahan Shelton, 87, widow of Walter C.
Shelton, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. She died on Monday morning, June 22, at Umble Nursing Home in
Lewisburg.
Born November 26, 1876, in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late James
E. Callahan and Sarah Moore Callahan. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Shelton is survived by an adopted son, Belvin Kelly, Washington State; one
sister, Mrs. Erskine Abernathy; and four brothers, Carter Callahan, Frank
Callahan, Hugh Callahan, and Jesse Callahan, all of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHELTON, Mary Agnes Reese The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Agnes Reese Shelton, 76, Pulaski resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. James T. Parsons and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took
place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Shelton died on Friday
afternoon, March 25, in Giles County Hospital.
Born September 11, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Reese
and Lucy Marks Reese. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Raymond Shelton, served two terms as Trustee of Giles County.
Mrs. Shelton is survived by a brother, Roscoe Newton, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs.
Alton Smith and Mrs. Memory Byford, Giles County; and fourteen nieces and
nephews, including two nieces, Mrs. Hubert Cooper and Mrs. Lula Loyd, Pulaski,
reared by Mr. and Mrs. Shelton.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHELTON, Odell The Pulaski Citizen 27 May 1964
Funeral services for Odell Shelton, 53, Lawrence County farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, May 20, at Bennett May Funeral Home, with the
burial in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr. Shelton died on Tuesday, May 19, 1964 at his
Lawrenceburg home.
Born July 5, 1910, in Lawrence County, he was the son of Lee Shelton,
Lawrenceburg, and the late Mrs. Annie Day Shelton.
Mr. Shelton is survived by two sons, Loyd Shelton and Leroy Shelton, both of
Pulaski; and his step mother, Mrs. Shelton; and one sister, Mrs. Oceil Gatlin,
Lester, Ala. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHELTON, Terrence Wayne The Pulaski Citizen 13 Apr 1966
Terrence Wayne Shelton, 16, died Saturday night, April 9, in Vanderbilt
Hospital, Nashville, as a result of injuries received eight days before in a
motorcyle-car collision on Lincoln Street.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with burial in Giles Memory Gardens. Conducting the services were the
Rev. Horace Woodard of Cookeville, the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart and the Rev.
Herman Buchanan, pastor of Choate's Creek Methodist Church of which young
Shelton was a member.
The son of Arthur and Effie Brindley Shelton of Valley View Drive, Terrence was
born in Pulaski on Sept. 16, 1949. He was a member of the junior class at Giles
County High School and a route carrier for the Nashville Banner and Tennessean.
The fatal accident occurred at 6:30 p. m. Friday, April 1, when the motorcycle
on which the youth was riding and a car driven by Walter L. Sandridge collided
as Sandridge started to make a left turn into his driveway, according to Lt.
William M. Oliver of the Pulaski Police Department, who investigated.
Shelton received a brain injury, a broken ankle and multiple bruises and
lacerations. He was given emergency treatment at Giles County Hospital and
removed to Vanderbilt where he later developed pneumonia and suffered a
collapsed lung.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a brother, Denny Kenneth Shelton
of Pulaski, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Winfrey Brindley of
Athens, Ala.
SHELTON, William Lee The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1963
Funeral services for William Lee Shelton, 54, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at Puncheon Church of Christ with the burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Mr.
Shelton died Thursday night, March 28, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.
A native of Giles County, he was born July 21, 1908, in Giles County, the son of
the late James H. Shelton and Virgie Foust Shelton. He was a member of the
Church of Christ.
Mr. Shelton is survived by three brothers, Harvey Shelton, Clay Shelton and
Lonnie Shelton, all of Minor Hill; and four sisters, Mrs. Alton White, and
Misses Irene and Frances Shelton, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Ernest Parker,
Centerville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHELTON, William Penn The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
William Penn Shelton, 85, retired state employee and farmer, died Thursday, May
4, at his home on Route 3, Pulaski.
Services were conducted Saturday morning, May 6, at 10:00 o'clock, in the chapel
of Pulaski Funeral Home with James Holt, Church of Christ minister, officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Shelton, a native of Giles County, was born February 27, 1882, the son of
the late George W. Shelton and Mary Jane Phillips Shelton.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Jean Roberts, Houston, Texas; one son,
Buster Shelton, Birmingham, Ala.; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild;
several nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHENK, Norman A. The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Norman A. Shenk, 59-year-old engineer at the Army Missile
Command in Huntsville, Ala., were held Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral
Home with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Shenk died about 4 p. m. Saturday on his farm. The family reported that he
was working in a field with a tractor and got stuck, suffering a heart attack
while trying to jack up the tractor.
The Redstone Arsenal engineer moved to Giles County from Somerville, Ala., two
years ago when he bought the farm at Riversburg.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucia Rodriguez Shenk; a daughter, Mrs. Susie
Jarvis, San Francisco, Calif.; a son, Norman A. Shenk, II, San Francisco; a
step-son, Francis Victor Galvan, U. S. Navy; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Daly, Ft.
Myers, Fla. and Mrs. Pauline Cole, Quebec, Vt.; two brothers, Duncan Shenk,
Springfield, Vt., and Richard Shenk, Eris, Pa.; a great aunt, Mrs. Frances P.
Gardner, Erie; and five grandchildren.
SHERRELL, Howard McCoy The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1963
Howard McCoy Sherrell, 73, partner in a Pulaski clothing and dry goods store,
died Friday at Giles County Hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
He was owner and operator of a general store at Dellrose, which was founded by
his father in 1871. He and his brother, the late Horace E. Sherrell, founded the
Home Bank of Dellrose, which was merged with the Lincoln County Bank at
Fayetteville in 1933. Sherrell was a director of the Lincoln County Bank when he
died.
The well-known farmer and merchant was a partner in Sherrell-Stone in Pulaski.
He graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville in 1914. He served as
lieutenant in the U. S. Army during World War I. Sherrell was born in Lincoln
County, a son of the late DeWitt Clinton and Mary Elizabeth McCoy Sherrell.
He was a Methodist.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Stone Sherrell; two daughters, Mrs. J. B.
Diehl of Nashville, and Mrs. T. F. Ezell of Lebanon; a sister, Mrs. T. N.
Figuers of Columbia; and five grandchildren.
SHERRELL, Willie Legg The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. R. A. Sherrell, 97, native Giles Countian, were held
at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Prospect Methodist Church, conducted by the W.
H. Mann, Christian Scientist Reader, and the Rev. Edwin Gilbert, pastor of the
Nolensville Methodist Church. Burial took place in the Prospect Cemetery. Mrs.
Sherrell died at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, April 30, at Graystone Nursing Home
in Franklin.
The former Miss Willie Legg, she was a native of Giles County, the daughter of
the late James Legg and Jane Wooley Legg.
Her husband, R. A. Sherrell, died many years ago.
Mrs. Sherrell is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mahlon Cox, Arrington; one
granddaughter and four great-grandchildren.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
SHIVAS, James W. The Pulaski Citizen 12 Oct 1967
Funeral services for James W. Shivas, 89, retired lithograph artist, were
conducted at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning, October 7, at the Church of the
Messiah, Episcopal. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Shivas died Friday, October 6, in Giles County Hospital. He was a native of
Aberdeen, Scotland, and attended art school in London. He moved to Canada in
1907, and lived in California and Texas before moving to Nashville in 1937. He
had lived in Pulaski since 1957. He was a member of the Church of Scotland.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucy Dowson Shivas, Pulaski; one son, Dr.
Gordon Shivas, Pulaski; six grandchildren; and one sister, Miss Margaret Shivas,
Winnepegg, Canada.
SHOCKLEY, Charles Alton The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jun 1963
A 20-year-old carpenter of Minor Hill was Giles County's only Memorial Day
week-end accident victim. Charles Alton Shockley drowned in a farm lake south of
Minor Hill Saturday afternoon while his 19-year-old wife of eight months and
other relatives watched helplessly from the bank.
The accident happened about 4 o'clock, but it was two-and-a-half hours later
before dragging operations brought the body to the surface. The small lake is on
the farm of Solon Crabb.
Shockley got off work about 2:30 p. m. Saturday and went down to the lake with
his brother-in-law, Jimmy Thornton, "to clean up," according to Mrs. Crabb. She
said the victim's wife, mother-in-law, Mrs. William Thornton, and sister-in-law,
went along.
Mrs. Crabb said she was told that the first time Shockley jumped off the diving
board in the water, he got in trouble. "Jimmy (who is 15) tried to get him, but
couldn't, and his mother had to pull him to safety," she said. "Some said he
couldn't swim and some said he could."
Shockley's wife, who is expecting is the former Margie Thornton of Minor Hill.
She graduated May 24 from Minor Hill High School. The couple were married last
fall.
He was a native of Elkmont, Ala., having been born and reared in Limestone
County. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Leon Shockley of Elkmont.
Other than his wife and parents, survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Lela May
Brown, Illinois, Mrs. Annette Woodfin, who is living in England, and Margaret
Shockley, Elkmont; and two brothers, James Shockley and Clinton Shockley,
Elkmont.
Funeral services were held at 3 p. m. Tuesday at Elkmont Church of Christ, with
James Merritt officiating. Burial was in Hester Chapel Cemetery near Lester,
Ala.
SHOOK, Dellie W. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Dellie W. Shook, 81, retired farmer of the Shores
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Scotts Hill Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took
place in the church cemetery. Mr. Shook who had been in failing health, died
Monday, April 6, at Lawrence County Hospital.
Born May 17, 1882, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James F. Shook
and Frances Elizabeth Yancey Shook. He was a member of Scotts Hill Baptist
Church.
Mr. Shook is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Owens Shook; six sons, Harvey
Shook, Athens, Ala., Elmo Shook, Decatur, Ala., Lonzo Shook, Melvin Shook, Giles
County, Webster Shook, Leoma, and Delmas Shook, Auburndale, Fla.; four
daughters, Mrs. Johnnie Myers, Leoma, Mrs. Melvin Hendrix, and Mrs. Harold Bell,
Nashville, and Mrs. Claude Hardiman, Giles County; twenty-two grandchildren,
thirty-seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; three sisters,
Mrs. Ethel M. Bass, Pulaski, Mrs. Tom Cosby, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Jim Smith,
Loretto.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHOOK, Maude Helen Prince The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Helen Prince Shook, 73, Giles County resident,
were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. W. Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial
took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Shook died on Friday, June 15, at the
home of her daughter, Miss Ruth Shook in Chattanooga.
Born August 22, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Gideon
Prince and Mary Appleton. Her husband, Jack Shook, died a number of years ago.
In addition to the daughter, Mrs. Shook is survived by one son, W. M. Shook,
Saleshala, Mass.; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs.
Lillian Vestal, Dayton, Ohio; and one brother, Claude Prince, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHORES, Virginia Pittard The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1966
Mrs. Virginia Pittard Shores, 66, owner of The Vogue, ladies quality dress shop
on the East Side of the Public Square, died unexpectedly at 12:30 (noon)
Thursday, March 10, in Giles County Hospital, following surgery.
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the rites conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean,
pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
Baptist minister. Burial took place in the family lot in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Born August 12, 1909, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Albert
G. Pittard and Minnie Zuccarello Pittard. She was a member of the Moriah
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Shores had been in the merchandising
business for many years, buying The Vogue several years ago.
Her husband, Robert Clyde Shores, Bodenham merchant, died in 1925.
Mrs. Shores is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Marlin Goodman, Mrs. Carroll
Wesson and Mrs. Hoyt Morrow, all of Pulaski; three grandchildren and one sister,
Mrs. Guy Chambers, Pulaski.
SHORT, Lucile White Moore The Pulaski Citizen 9 Oct 1968
Mrs. Lucile White Moore Short, 81, died unexpectedly at her home at
approximately 5:45 o'clock, Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be held at
Bennett-May Funeral Home at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, the Rev. Billy
Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church, and the Rev. John McGinnis, pastor
of The Church of the Messiah, Episcopal, officiating. Burial will take place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Short was a native of Giles County, born June 6, 1887, the daughter of the
late Mary Wise Galloway and James A. White.
She was educated at Martin College and Ward Seminary, Nashville. She was first
married to Tom William Moore of Pulaski whose death occurred in 1913. In 1917,
she was married to James S. Short, Pulaski merchant, who died in 1953.
Mrs. Short was an active member of the Pulaski Civic League established during
her mother's lifetime, her mother having initiated the idea of establishing a
public restroom for county women in the basement of the courthouse. Mrs. Short
sponsored the project later. The spacious room was maintained and equipped with
furniture, couches, and baby-beds and an attendant was provided by the Civic
League, and has been a continuing convenience throughout the years.
She is survived by one son, Tom W. Moore, local attorney, four grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
SHRADER, Burns Malcolm The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1966
Burns Malcolm Shrader, 40, Columbia businessman, died Monday, October 17, in
Maury County Hospital, following an extended illness.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, October 19, at 2:00 o'clock, in the
chapel of Oakes-Nichols Funeral Home, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Shrader was a native of Giles County, the son of Mrs. Clemma Tomlinson
Shrader, and the late Burl Shrader. He operated a service station in Columbia
for many years.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Imogene Gibson
Shrader; one son, Burns M. Shrader, Jr.; one daughter, Miss Tammy Shrader; all
of Maury County; three sisters, Mrs. Robert Owen, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. David
Wilson, Columbia and Mrs. Brown Bonds, Lynnville; three brothers, Frank,
Columbia, Brown, Nashville, and James Shrader of Lynnville.
SHRADER, C. M. (Buck) and Margaret Tosh Shrader The Pulaski Citizen 8 May 1968
A Giles County sawmill operator and his wife died early Monday, May 6, in a fire
which destroyed their home in the Rose Hill community near Campbellsville, and
investigators have been unable to determine the cause of the blaze.
C. M. (Buck) Shrader, 33, and his wife, Margaret Tosh Shrader, 27, lost their
lives in the fire which apparently started about 5 a. m. A neighbor, Larry
Walls, who spotted the flames about 5:30 o'clock, said the roof had already
caved in when he arrived at the scene.
Shrader's body was found near a small wood-burning stove, but it was not known
if there was any fire in the stove at the time. Mrs. Shrader was still in bed.
They were alone in the small concrete block home.
The Pulaski Fire Department answered a call to the fire, arriving about 5:50,
but the blaze was too far advanced to be contained.
Cecil Pigg, fire engineer, said, "No conclusion has been reached as to the cause
of the fire, and it is not likely that we will ever know what happened." Pigg
and County Coroner Bill Bennett concurred in the opinion that no foul play was
involved.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Shrader were native Giles Countians, he having been born on
July 2, 1934, and she on Sept. 22, 1940. He was the son of Mrs. Vera Rose
Shrader Rinehart of Rose Hill and the late Marvin Shrader. Her parents are
Malcolm and Clarice Brown Tosh of Giles County.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Pulaski
Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. James Stallings and Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Liberty Hill Cemetery.
Shrader's survivors, in addition to his mother, include three sisters, Mrs.
Daniese Watts of Lawrenceburg, Mrs. John Ratliff and Mrs. Goldman Moore of Giles
County; and seven brothers, J. H., William, Leon, and Don Shrader, all of Giles
County, Franklin P. of Detroit, Mich., Oscar with the U. S. Army in Vietnam, and
Louie Shrader of Lafayette, La.
Besides her parents, Mrs. Shrader is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Pitts
of Maury County and Mrs. William Curtis of Tellico Plains; and two brothers,
Houston Tosh with the U. S. Army at Ft. Campbell, Ky., and Pride Tosh of Giles
County.
SHRADER, Frank Buford The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1968
Services for Frank Buford Shrader, 63, retired restaurant operator and former
dispatcher for the Maury County sheriff's department, were held at 2 p. m.
Monday, June 10, in the chapel of Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home. Burial was in
Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia.
Mr. Shrader died Saturday, June 8, in Maury County Hospital. He was a Mason and
a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Virginia Sands Shrader; two daughters, Mrs. N.
W. Ross, Lockeport, N. Y., and Mrs. Shelton Scarrott, Seattle, Wash.; two
brothers, James Shrader, Lynnville, and Brown Shrader, Goodlettsville; three
sisters, Mrs. Robert Owen, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Brown Bonds, Lynnville and Mrs.
David Wilson, Columbia; his mother, Mrs. B. M. Shrader, Lynnville, and nine
grandchildren.
SHRADER, Marsha Elaine The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Graveside services for Marsha Elaine Shrader, seventeen-day-old infant of Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Shrader of Franklin, were conducted Monday afternoon, July 17, at
Franklin Memorial Gardens by Bill Swaner, Church of Christ minister. The child
died Sunday, July 16, at Vanderbilt Hospital.
Survivors, in addition to the parents, are two brothers, Terry and Gary Shrader,
Franklin; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wells, paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Shrader of Lynnville; and two
great-grandmothers, Mrs. Clemma Shrader and Mrs. O. W. Wells, both of Giles
County.
SHULER, Alice E. The Pulaski Citizen 7 May 1969
Miss Alice E. Shuler, 84, died Monday night, May 5, at her home on Ethridge,
Route One.
Funeral services for Miss Shuler were conducted Wednesday morning, May 7, at 11
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Pope
officiating. Burial was in Campbellsville Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Miss Shuler was born November 21, 1884, the daughter
of the late J. T. and Annette Baker Shuler.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Trent Carter, Pulaski, and Miss Ann Shuler,
Campbellsville; one brother, Frank Shuler, Pulaski; two nieces and one nephew.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHULER, Clyde The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1960
Funeral services for Clyde Shuler, 80, retired farmer of the Campbellsville
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by his pastor, the Rev. Robert Hall. Burial took place
in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Shuler died at 4:15 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, May 21, at Giles County Hospital, hours after he was
stricken with coronary thrombosis at his home.
Born June 25, 1879, at Campbellsville, he was the son of the late J. P. and
Annette Baker Shuler. A lifelong member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at
Campbellsville, he had served as an elder for many years and was clerk of the
Session for forty years.
Mr. Shuler is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clevie Ussery Shuler; one daughter,
Mrs. Malcolm Lucy, Nashville; one granddaughter, Mrs. Raymond Harville,
Russellville, Ala.; three great-grandchildren; one brother, Frank Shuler,
Pulaski merchant; and three sisters, Mrs. Trent Carden and Misses Alice and
Annette Shuler, all of Campbellsville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SHULER, Lillie Mae Harris The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jun 1966
Mrs. Lillie Mae Harris Shuler, a former resident of Elkton, died May 27, in Lee
General Hospital, Pennington Gap, Va. Burial took place in Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Woodway, Va. Her husband, the late Daniel Shuler, died in 1959. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Shuler are natives of Virginia.
SIGMON, Harrison Calvin The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1961
Harrison Calvin Sigmon, 67, former Giles County Highway Commissioner, died
Wednesday morning, March 22, at 6:30 o'clock at Thayer Hospital in Nashville
following a brief illness.
Funeral services for which arrangements are incomplete, will be conducted by the
Rev. William H. Moss and burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of North Carolina, Mr. Sigmon was born at Taylorsville, N. C., August
9, 1893, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carr Sigmon. He was elected Highway
Commissioner of Giles County in July 1933 and served in that position until
July, 1945. He was a member of First Methodist Church of Pulaski.
Mr. Sigmon's first wife, Effie Chiles Sigmon, died several years ago.
Survivors include his second wife, Mrs. Betty Hargrove Lewis Sigmon; three sons,
Glen Sigmon of Pulaski, Ray Sigmon of Caper, Wyo., and Wyatt Sigmon of
Milwaukee, Wis.; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Powell of San Antonio, Texas, and Mrs.
Martha Jordon of Philadelphia, Pa.; one brother, Dicus C. Sigmon of
Taylorsville, N. C.; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Icenhour and Mrs. Laddie Icenhour,
both of Statesville, N. C.; and eight grandchildren.
SILLIMAN, Fred The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Fred Silliman, 51, native of Pulaski were held Monday in
Buffalo, N. Y., where he made his home. He died Friday, March 3, at a hospital
in Buffalo.
Born in Pulaski, he was the son of the late W. B. Silliman and Mattie Dougherty
Malone Silliman.
Mr. Silliman is survived by his wife; one daughter and one grandson; three
sisters, Mrs. Pearl Rice, El Paso, Texas, Mrs. J. K.Hulsey, Oakland, Calif., and
Mrs. Leona James, Nashville.
SIMMONS, Lindsey H. The Pulaski Citizen 22 May 1968
Funeral services for Lindsey H. Simmons, 75, were held Tuesday afternoon, May 21
at 3 o'clock in the chapel of Bills and McGaugh Funeral Home, Lewisburg. Burial
was in Cornersville Cemetery.
Mr. Simmons, son of the late James M. and Jennie Horne Simmons, died at 9:30
Monday morning in a Nashville hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Madeline Sharp Simmons; two sisters, Mrs. W. R.
Crowe and Mrs. Taylor Birdsong; one brother, James H. Simmons; and one nephew,
Ronald J. Simmons.
SIMPSON, Alice James The Pulaski Citizen 8 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. James R. Simpson, 76, Goodlettsville resident, were
held Thursday afternoon in a Goodlettsville funeral home, conducted by Dr. John
Knight, minister of the Southern Methodist Church. Burial took place in Forrest
Lawn Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Simpson died Tuesday, November 30, in Nashville
Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Prospect in Giles County, she was the former Miss Alice James,
daughter of the late Simeon Simpson and Harriett Ann Keaton James. She was
educated in Giles County Schools and was married to Mr. Simpson forty-nine years
ago.
They moved to Davidson County in 1936 and Mr. Simpson was employed by the Nile
Yearwood Company as a construction worker until his retirement several years
ago.
Mrs. Simpson is survived by her husband, one son, James E. Simpson; two
grandsons, Jimmy Simpson and Larry Simpson; one great-grandson, all of
Goodlettsville; one sister, Mrs. Malloy Gilbert, Prospect and three brothers, S.
K. James, Madison, R. E. James, Nashville, and John S. James, Florence, Ala.
SIMPSON, Anna Smith The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Smith Simpson, 73, widow of Neil Brown Simpson,
were held at w o'clock Saturday afternoon in Oak Grove Baptist Church with the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister, officiating. Burial took place in the
church cemetery. Mrs. Simpson died unexpectedly Thursday, December 19, at her
home in the Prospect section.
Born December 27, 1889, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Bily
Smith and Anna Tucker Smith. Her husband, Neil Brown Simpson, died two years
ago.
Mrs. Simpson is survived by two sons, Paul Simpson, Prospect, and Frank Simpson,
Minor Hill; two step-sons, Cecil Simpson, Lawrence County, and Audie Simpson,
Prospect; eight daughters, Mrs. Vera Bell Pickett, Mrs. Velma Simpson, Miss
Lillie May Simpson, Prospect, Mrs. Donna Johnson, Mrs. Ruth Gibson, and Mrs.
Maggie Long, Goodspring, Mrs. Mattie Lou Allen, Kentucky, and Mrs. Viva Daley,
Toledo, Ohio; thirty-six grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren; one
half-brother, Dan Smith, Pulaski; and one half-sister, Mrs. Clara Holden,
Pulaski.
SIMPSON, Clara Hayes The Pulaski Citizen 15 Aug 1962
Mrs. Clara Hayes Simpson, 70, formerly of Giles County, died early Saturday,
August 11, at Louisville, Ky., where she had made her home for the past
thirty-five years. Funeral services were conducted at Bennett-May Funeral Home
at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning with the Rev. Floyd Cates officiating, and burial
was in New Zion Cemetery.
Mrs. Simpson was a native of Giles County, the daughter of Will Walter Hayes of
Riversburg and the late Maggie Reaves Hayes. She was born Aug. 13, 1891.
She had lived in Louisville for about 35 years. Her husband, Elmer Simpson, died
14 years ago. Mrs. Simpson was a Baptist.
In additon to her father, she is survived by a son, Robert Allen Simpson of
Louisville; a daughter, Mrs. Clinton Burrows of Louisville; five brothers, Guy
Hayes of Pulaski, Franklin Hayes of Bunker Hill, Amos Hayes of Nashville, and
Allie Hayes of Louisville; five sisters, Mrs. Florence Brewer and Mrs. Felix
Shelton of Pulaski, Miss Margaret Hayes of Riversburg, Mrs. Daly Chapman of
Louisville and Mrs. Emma Lee McGill of Winter Haven, Fla., and four
grandchildren.
SIMPSON, Elizabeth Coleman The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman Simpson, 74, were held at 2:30
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by
the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church, and Tommy Vernon, minister
of Second Street Church of Christ, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Simpson died at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning, October 15, at Giles County Hospital,
following a broken hip sustained a week ago.
Born July 29, 1889, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Tom
Coleman and Mary Dodson Coleman. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Simpson is survived by her husband, Will H. Simpson; four sons, Willis
Simpson, Stacy Simpson, and Glen Simpson, Pulaski, and Carroll Simpson, Decatur,
Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Oliver Mooney, Pulaski; and four grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SIMPSON, Ethel The Pulaski Citizen 10 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Miss Ethel Simpson, 79, Giles County native, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. She died at 12:30 (noon)
November 5, in a Nashville hospital.
Miss Simpson was born January 15, 1886, in Giles County, the daughter of the
late Bob Simpson and Mary Catherine Tarpley Simpson.
She was the last member of her immediate family; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Evans and
a brother, Silas T. Simpson, having died earlier this year. Pulaski Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
SIMPSON, Mabel The Pulaski Citizen 5 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Miss Mabel Simpson, 82, who died Friday, July 31, in a
Nashville hospital after a long illness were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock at Pulaski Funeral Homewith the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Miss Simpson was born March 12, 1882, the daughter of
Bob and Mary Catherine Tarpley Simpson.
Survivors include two brothers, Silas of Pulaski and Stanley Simpson of
Greeneville, Texas; and two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Evans of Pulaski and Miss Ethel
Simpson of Nashville. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SIMPSON, Mary The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Miss Mary Simpson, 58, were conducted Wednesday morning,
December 14, at 10:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Miss Simpson died Tuesday morning in a Nashville hospital. She was a native of
Giles County, born March 22, 1910, the daughter of the late W. R. and Cora Orr
Simpson.
Survivors include one brother, Carson Simpson, Pulaski; four half-sisters, Mrs.
Julian Bee, Mrs. Richard Stutts, Mrs. Dale Carrio, Nashville, and Mrs. Betty
Simpson, Huntsville, Ala.; two half-brothers, W. B. Simpson, Pulaski, and W. R.
Simpson, Merchant Marines; and her step-mother, Mrs. Iva Butler Simpson.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SIMPSON, Neal Brown The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Neal Brown Simpson, 93, retired farmer of Goodsprings
section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Oak Grove Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Mr. Simpson died at 3 o'clock Friday morning, February 17, at his home after a
long illness.
Born September 25, 1867, in Hardin County, he was a member of the Methodist
Church
Mr. Simpson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Smith Simpson; four sons, Audie
Simpson, Paul Simpson, Frank Simpson, Giles County, Cecil Simpson, Lawrence
County; eight daughters, Mrs. Donie Johnson, Miss Velma Simpson, Miss Lillie Mae
Simpson, Mrs. Mable Ruth Gibson, Mrs. Maggie Long and Mrs. Carson Pickett, Giles
County, Mrs. Violet Daly, Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Mattie Lou Allen, Kentucky;
thirty-three grandchildren, several great-grandchildren; one brother, Joe
Simpson, Lawrence County; and one half-brother, Gilbert Simpson.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SIMPSON, Sallie Shumate The Pulaski Citizen 21 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Shumate Simpson, 94, mother of James M. Tuell
of Pulaski, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Buck Grove Baptist Church
in Brandenburg, Ky., with the burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Simpson died
Sunday, February 18, at the home of Mrs. Tuell.
A native of Duston, Ky., she was the daughter of the late W. H. Shumate and
Rosina Steth Shumate, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In addition to Mrs. Tuell, Mrs. Simpson is survived by another daughter, Mr.
Menana Shumate, Atlanta, Ga.; two step-sons, J. L. Simpson, Louisville, Ky., and
W. E. Simpson, Brandenburg, Ky.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Grover Frymier, Akron,
Ohio, and Mrs. Johnson Board, Californial and one half-sister, Mrs. Sue Long,
West Point, Ky.; Mrs. Alan McKay of Pulaski is a granddaughter.
SILLS, Josie Elizabeth Newton The Pulaski Citizen 1 Aug 1962
Funeral Services for Mrs. Josie Elizabeth Newton Sills, 80, resident of the
Minor Hill Community, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Minor Hill
Baptist Church with the burial in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Sills died at 6:45
o'clock Saturday afternoon, July 28, at Giles County Hospital after a long
illness.
Born August 8, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Newton and Mrs. Ellen McCafferty Newton. Her husband, Leonard L. Sills, died in
1939. Mrs. Sills is survived by one son, W. A. Sills, U. S. Air Force, Dover,
Del.; a granddaughter, Mrs. Jimmy Burks, Minor Hill; a grandson, Mike Sills,
Dover, Del.; a great granddaughter; and one brother, Jim Newton, Lexington, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SIMPSON, Silas T. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Silas T. Simpson, 89, retired radio technician, were held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Simpson died at 6:30 o'clock Saturday night,
July 17, at Fairhaven Nursing Home where he had been a patient for the past
month.
Born March 4, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Bob Simpson and
Mary Catherine Everly Simpson. He was a member of the United Methodist Church
Mr. Simpson, a bachelor, is survived by one sister, Miss Ethel Simpson,
Nashville; and several nieces and nephews. His sister, Mrs. Bertha Evans, died
April 2, this year. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SIMPSON, William Roger The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jul 1969
William Roger Simpson, Jr., 44, died Saturday, July 24, in a hospital in New
Orleans, La.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon, July 28, at 1 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Marcus Nichols officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Simpson was born April 24, 1925, the son of Mrs.
Iva Butler Simpson and the late W. R. Simpson.
Survivors in addition to his mother include one brother, William B. Simpson,
Pulaski; four sisters, Mrs. Julian Bee, Mrs. Richard Stutts, and Mrs. Dale
Carrico, all of Nashville, and Miss Betty Ann Simpson, of Huntsville, Ala.; a
half-brother, J. Carson Simpson, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SIMPSON, Willis Henry The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1968
Funeral services for Willis Henry Simpson, resident of Minor Hill Road, were
held Sunday afternoon, April 14, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the
Revs. Clarence Stewart and Hoyt Wilson officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Simpson, member of the Baptist Church and a retired L&N Railroad worker for
twenty-three years, working out of Decatur, and Mobile, Ala., and Louisville,
Ky., died Friday, April 12, in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Simpson was born October 29, 1879, the son of the
late William and Sally Simpson.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Oliver Mooney, Giles County; four sons,
Melvin Stacy, Willis Henry, Jr., and Richard Glenn Simpson, all of Giles County,
and William Carroll Simpson, Decatur, Ala.; and six grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SIMS, James William The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1965
James William Sims, 56, Pulaski businessman and civic leader, died at Giles
County Hospital Wednesday mornng, Jan. 20, following an extended illness.
Funeral services are to be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Rev William H.
Mansfield officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Sims had been Sinclair Oil Distributor, along with his brother, in Giles and
Lawrence Counties for thirty years. He was a member and former Steward of First
Methodist Church, a member of Pulaski Exchange Club and the Scottish Rite. He
also had formerly served as a city alderman.
A native of Jackson, Tenn., he was born June 9, 1908, the son of Andrew F. and
Bertha Hill Sims. With his family, he moved to Giles County at the age of
eleven. He attended Massey Boys School here and was graduated from Alabama
Military Institute at Anniston, Alabama.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edith Gilbert Sims; his mother, two sons, James
W., Jr., of Pulaski and Jack of Clarksvile; one brother, Robert Sims of Pulaski;
one sister, Mrs. Frank Harlow of Elkton; and two grandchildren.
SISK, John Allen The Pulaski Citizen 18 Dec 1968
John Allen Sisk, 64, died Saturday, December 14, in Morristown after a short
illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Sisk, retired truck driver for the Cedar Grove
Limestone Company, were held Tuesday afternoon, December 17, at 2 o'clock in the
chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with Andy Brown, Church of Christ minister
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Sisk was born July 31, 1904, the son of the late
Hiram Sisk and Annie Cardin Sisk.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Bradley Pierce, Morristown; five brothers,
Kenneth Sisk, Harold Sisk, and Wilburn Sisk, all of Pulaski, Massey Sisk,
Florence, Ala., and Sylvester Sisk of Memphis; three sisters, Mrs. Roy McCorkle,
Florence, Ala., Mrs. Roy Harklewood, Dublin, Ga., and Mrs. William McGill,
Nashville; and two grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SISK, Sallie Will Summerford The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1967
Mrs. Sallie Will Sisk, 60, died Friday morning, November 24, at her home on
Route 6, Pulaski.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Sisk, a native of Giles County, was born October 18, 1907, the daughter of
the late W. L. and Sarah D. Hamlin Summerford. She was a secretary for I. Denbo
Products Company for thirty-five years.
Survivors in addition to her husband, John Allen Sisk, are one daughter, Mrs.
Bradley Pierce, Nashville; two grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. W. H.
Drumright, Pulaski, Mrs. Pete Garrett, Miami, Fla., Mrs. Lillian Harwell,
Auburn, Ala., and Mrs. Ruth Dugger, Hopkinsville, Ky.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SKELTON, Charles C. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Charles C. Skelton, 77, retired American Telephone and
Telegraph Company employee, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Olivet
Methodist Church, with the rites conducted by the Rev. Gus Self, pastor of the
church. Burial will take place at Duncan Memorial Cemetery at Floydsburg, Ky.
Mr. Skelton died at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening, September 5, at Giles County
Hospital after an illness of five months.
An employee of A. T. & T., for thirty-six years, he retired nine years ago at
Louisville, Ky., coming then to Giles County and residing in the Olivet
Community.
A native of Kentucky, he was the son of the late William Thomas Skelton and
Amelia Powers Skelton. He was a member of the Olivet Methodist Church;s official
board.
Mr. Skelton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jettie Carpenter Skelton; one sister,
Mrs. Mel Collins, Dayton, Ohio; one-half sister, Mrs. Ray Hearne, North Vernon,
Ind.; and three brothers, George Skelton, North Vernon, Ind., Henry Skelton,
Elizabethtown, Ind., and Will Skelton, Columbus, Ind.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SKELTON, Jettie Mae Carpenter The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Jettie Mae Skelton, 60, widow of C. C. Skelton, were
conducted at 3 o'clock Monday at Olivet Methodist Church. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Skelton died Saturday at her home in Pulaski.
Born September 22, 1903, she was the daughter of the late I. W. Carpenter and
Lucy Etta McGee Carpenter.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Gray and Mrs. Lucille Wooten of
Lewisburg, and a brother, Campbell Carpenter of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SLAYTON, Theo Dorothy Walker The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1968
Mrs. Theo Dorothy Slayton, 86, died Tuesday, February 27, in Ardmore Nursing
Home after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Slayton, wife of the late Dee Slayton, will be held at
10 a. m. Thursday, February 29, at Elkton Baptist Church, with the Rev. William
Suddarth officiating. Burial will be in New Grove Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Slayton was born August 15, 1881, the daughter of
W. M. and Nancy Freeman Walker.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Aaron Pendley, Old Hickory, Mrs. Bill
Davis, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Ray Dietz, Rossville, Ga., and Mrs. Gilbert
Birdsong, Elkton; four sons, A. C. and D. A. Slayton, both of Ardmore, Herbert
Slayton, Elkton, and J. B. Slayton, Huntsville, Ala.; thirty grandchildren; and
fifty-one great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Mrs. A. E. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1969
Mrs. A. E. Smith, mother of Mrs. Gilbert Curtis of Elkton, died Wednesday,
January 15, in a hospital in Birmingham, Ala.
Funeral services were held Thursday, January 16, in Birmingham with burial in
Forest Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith was the wife of the late A. E. Smith. She was a member of Trinity
Methodist Church, Birmingham. The Smiths were residents from 1932 to 1938. While
at Elkton, Mrs. Smith was very active in the P-TA and other community work.
Survivors in addition to her daughter, include three other daughters, Mrs.
Louise Hicks, San Jose, Calif., Mrs. H. B. Campbell, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.,
Mrs. Oliver Edwards, Birmingham; one son, A. E. Smith, Jr., Scottsboro, Ala.;
eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
SMITH, Ada Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Walter G. Smith, 89, resident of Pulaski, were held at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Dr.
William H. Mansfield and the Rev. William H. Moss, Methodist ministers. Burial
took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Smith died Thursday
night, February 27, at Giles County Hospital.
The former Miss Ada Harwell, she was born September 3, 1873, in Giles County,
the daughter of the late Stith Capers Harwell and Nancy Ezell Harwell. Her
husband, Walter G. Smith, died in 1950. She was the last member of her immediate
family and a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Smith is survived by two sons, W. Julian Smith, Pulaski, and Hume Smith,
Murfreesboro; six daughters, Misses Mallie and Eunice Smith, Mrs. Jewell
Derryberry and Mrs. Sybil Williams, Pulaski, Mrs. O. E. West, Frankewing, and
Mrs. B. A. London, Cornersville; three grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
SMITH, Amanda Uselton The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda Uselton Smith, 88, Bunker Hill Community
resident, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. J. W. McCullough, Church of
God minister. Burial took place in the Simpson Cemetery. Mrs. Smith died at one
o'clock on Thursday afternoon, July 13, at her home after a long illness.
Born March 24, 1873, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Joshua
Uselton and Mary Ellen Price Uselton. Her husband, Hardy Smith died in 1929.
Mrs. Smith is survived by one son, Eldred Smith, Detroit, Mich.; thirteen
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Frank Brewer, Toney, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Anna Matthews The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Matthews Smith, 85, Pulaski resident for the past
nine years, were held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols
Funeral Home conducted by Dr. W. Bruce Strother, First Methodist Church in
Columbia, and the Rev. R. Neal Dean, First Presbyterian Church pastor of
Pulaski. Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia. Mrs. Smith died at
11:45 o'clock Thursday night, March 14, at the home of her sisters, Mrs. Alma
Key and Miss Beth Matthews in Pulaski after an illness of several years.
Born August 21, 1877, in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late
Lafayette Boone Matthews and Fannie Yokley Matthews. Her husband, Comer Smith,
Columbia, died May 16, 1952.
She was a member of First Methodist Church in Columbia.
In addition to her sisters, Mrs. Smith is survived by three brothers, Jake Y.
Matthews, St. Petersburg, Fla., Dr. O. K. Matthews, Columbia, and Earl Matthews,
Springfield.
SMITH, Bertha Harris The Pulaski Citizen 13 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Jacob W. Smith, 72, Giles County resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Clarence K. Stewart, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in
Giles Memory Gardens. Mrs. Smith died Thursday night, April 7, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born July 15, 1893, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Bertha Harris,
daughter of the late Bob Harris and Lillie Byrd Harris. She was a member of the
First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, Jacob W. Smith; three sisters, Mrs. John
Young, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Claude Warren, North Little Rock, Ark., and Mrs. Lacy
Reed, Akron, Ohio; one half-brother, Shields Harris, Pulaski florist and one
half-sister, Mrs. Cora Bell Williams, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Bessie Lee McMasters The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Curtis H. Smith, 46, Pulaski resident, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at East Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Gilbert E.
Shaffer, minister of the church, and Andrew Brown of Lawrenceburg. Burial took
place in Cool Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Smith died at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon,
February 5, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
The former Miss Bessie Lee McMasters, she was born May 16, 1913, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late Lee W. McMasters and Anna C. Nance McMasters.
She was a member of the East Hill Church of Christ.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Calvin Poston; and
three grandchildren, Lawrenceburg; and two brothers, Knox McMasters and Robert
A. McMasters, both of Birmingham, Ala.; and her step-mother, Mrs. L. W.
McMasters, Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Brannon The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1967
Brannon Smith, father of Miss Mary Theresa Smith, Home Demonstration Agent for
Giles County, died Tuesday, December 12 at Vanderbilt Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Smith, 64, were held Wednesday, December 13 in Woodfin
Memorial Chapel, with burial in Murfreesboro.
Survivors in addition to Miss Smith, include his wife, Mrs. Helen Steel Smith;
two sons, Charles O. and Ralph Smith; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Smith,
all of Murfreesboro.
SMITH, Carrie Perry The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1965
Mrs. Carrie Perry Smith, 83, former resident of Giles County, died unexpectedly
on Monday, January 4, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. John Collins, in Columbia.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 6, in London Funeral Home,
Lewisburg, with the burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia.
Born July 14, 1881, in Limestone County, Ala., she was the daughter of the late
Columbus Fountain Perry and Addie Anderson Perry. Her husband, Edward Henderson
Smith, died April 28, 1946. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Smith, in addition to Mrs. Collins, is survived by five other daughters,
Mrs. Turney Davis, Pulaski, Mrs. Clayborn Kimbrough and Mrs. William Troope,
both of Columbia, Mrs. W. D. Franklin, Petersburg, and Mrs. Joe Stafford,
Franklin; one son, Perry Smith, Hohenwald; nineteen grandchildren and fourteen
great-grandchildren; one brother, W. B. Perry, Springfield; and three sisters,
Mrs. Nettie Burgess, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. M. L. Coker, and Mrs. S. M. Taylor,
both of Nashville.
SMITH, Charles L. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1967
Charles L. Smith, 88, retired farmer of the Yokley Community, died Saturday,
September 23, at Maury County Hospital, following an extended illness.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon, September 25, at 2:00 o'clock,
at Williams Funeral Home in Columbia, with Brown Foster, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Smith, a native of Grand Junction, Tenn., was the son of the late Robert W.
and Willie Anna Perry Smith. He was a member of the Big Sandy Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ezella Morton Smith; three daughters, Mrs.
Edward Parker, Pulaski, Mrs. C. W. Rutherford, Nashville, and Mrs. James H.
Hansard, Scottsdale, Ariz.; two sons, Charles Smith, Jr., Lynnville and Norris
Smith, Columbia; ten grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one sister, Mrs.
Guy S. English, Florence, Ala.
SMITH, Chesley Reed The Pulaski Citizen 23 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Chesley Reed Smith, 50, former employee of the Pulaski
Light Department, were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor
of First Baptist Church, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Smith died
at 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon, November 21, at Thayer Veterans Hospital in
Nashville after an extended illness.
Born February 2, 1910, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Myrtle Collins
Smith Bruce and the late Reed Smith. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He
was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Air Corps several years,
based at Santa Rosa, Calif. In addition to his mother, Mr. Smith is survived by
four sisters, Mrs. Harry Torrence, Pulaski, Mrs. Brown Hardiman, Potosa, Ark.,
Mrs. Dayton Birdsong, Lexington, Ky., and Mrs. Tom B. Carter, Jr., Arlington,
Va.; and one half-sister, Mrs. Tom Mitchell, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Clare Bateman The Pulaski Citizen 18 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Judge Clare Bateman Smith, 83, former Circuit Court Judge
of Birmingham, Ala., were held in that city last Thursday and burial was in
Elmwood Cemetery. Judge Smith died at his home on Tuesday, October 10.
A native of Fayetteville, born June 2, 1878, he moved with his family to Pulaski
in 1882 and made his home here until 1900, when he moved to Birmingham. His
father was editor of The Pulaski Citizen for a number of years, after which his
mother held that position.
He was graduated from the University of Tennessee and received his law degree
from Cumberland University. After serving as Birmingham City Attorney, he was
named Circuit Judge in 1912 to fill a vacancy and remained on the bench until
January, 1959, without ever being opposed for that office.
He was married to the former Miss Alta Brown of Jefferson County, Ala., in 1911.
She died in 1960.
Among the survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Marie B. Massey of Birmingham, and a
nephew, John B. McClure of Pulaski. Other nephews and nieces also survive.
SMITH, David The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Funeral services for David Smith, 6 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith of
Dyersburg, were held at one o'clock Wednesday, December 7, at Water Valley
Methodist Church, Water Valley, Ky., with the burial in Memorial Gardens in
Obion County, Tenn. The child died Sunday, December 4, at Parkview Hospital,
Dyersburg, after a brief illness.
In addition to his parents, the child is survived by a brother and sister; and
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Smith of Water Valley, Ky., formerly of
Minor Hill, Tenn., and Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Dillion, Kenton, Tenn.
SMITH, Dee Allen The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Dee Allen Smith, 59, employee of the City of Lawrenceburg,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Choate Creek Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the
church cemetery. Mr. Smith, a bachelor, died on Thursday, March 31, in Veterans
Hospital in Nashville after a two and a half months illness.
Born January 17, 1907, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late William
Allen Smith and Serena Baugh Smith. He was a member of the Methodist Church and
a veteran of WWII.
Mr. Smith is survived by one brother, Dan E. Smith, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs.
Beulah S. (Clarence) Holder, Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Dewey The Pulaski Citizen 13Nov 1968
Dewey Smith, 70, died Wednesday, November 6, in a Memphis hospital after making
his home in Watervalley, Ky., for several years.
Funeral services for Mr. Smith were held Saturday afternoon, November 9, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Elmer Lusk
officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Smith was born July 31, 1898, the son of the late
Leonard and Ada Boyd Smith.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Serena Kelly Smith, Watervalley, KY; three
sons, Edward Smith, Dyersburg, Charles Smith, Decatur, Ala., and Virgil Smith,
U.S. Air Force, Germany; three brothers, Austin Smith, Thomas Smith and Razzie
Smith, all of Minor Hill; four sisters, Mrs. D. B. Dollins, Minor Hill, Mrs. Leo
O'Connor, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mrs. Hazel Johnson, Lester, Ala., and Mrs. Rufus
Davis,Winter Haven, Fla., and six grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Dorris Elvin The Pulaski Citizen 1 Dec 1965
Dorris Elvin Smith, resident of Birmingham, Ala., and a native of Giles County,
died of a heart attack Monday morning, November 29, at Gulf Shores while on
vacation.
He had been an employee of the Birmingham Post Office 20 years.
He was the son of Mrs. Bessie Forsythe Smith Arney, Birmingham, Ala., formerly
of Pulaski.
Mr. Smith, in addition to his mother, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Burchell Smith; one step-daughter and two step-sons.
(No other details are available.)
SMITH, Elbert The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Elbert Smith, 80 odd years old, Cash Point retired farmer,
were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Ardmore Methodist Church, conducted
by Dr. William H. Mansfield and the Rev. E. M. Tramel, Methodist ministers.
Burial took place in Gatlin Cemetery. Mr. Smith died Saturday in the Athens
hospital in Athens, Ala.,, after several years of declining health.
Born and reared at Elkton, he was the son of the late Bob Smith and Tish Matlock
Smith, and was a member of Cash Point Baptist Church.
Mr. Smith for many years was employed at the former A. G. Ezell Sons' Company at
Elkton.
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Elliott Smith; and several nieces
and nephews.
Toney Rainey and Son in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Elzie A. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1966
Elzie A. Smith, 58, carpenter of the Red Oak community, Lincoln County, died
Friday, July 29th in Lincoln County Hospital after a short illness.
Services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday at Ralston Chapel, Fayetteville, with
burial in Wright Cemetery, Lincoln County. Mr. Smith was a member of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lillian Hamlin Smith; three daughters, Mrs.
Buford Stevenson, Jr., McBurg Community, Mrs. Gary Allen and Mrs. Howard
Armstrong, Red Oak community; five grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. D. B.
McCormick, Mrs. Buford Hamlin, and Mrs. Lon Henson of Pulaski.
SMITH, Emory Owen The Pulaski Citizen 28 May 1969
Emory Owen Smith, a resident of 110 Riverside Drive, Columbia, died late Sunday
morning, May 25, at Maury County Hospital after several days illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Smith were conducted from the chapel of Williams
Funeral Home Monday afternoon, May 26, at 1:30 o'clock, the Rev. Arthur Robbins
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski.
He was a native of Giles County, the son of the late Leonidas P. and Adeline
Abernathy Smith, and the husband of the late Mrs. Maude Loyd Smith. He was
educated in the Giles County Schools and attended Business College in Missouri.
He was a retired mail carrier, having carried the mail for 26 years from the
Santa Fe office.
He was a member of the Riverside United Methodist Church, the Odd Fellows'
Lodge, Senior Citizens Club, and the National Civil Service Employees Retired.
He was an honorary stewart of the Riverside Church.
He is survived by three daughters, Miss Julia Smith and Mrs. L. A. Johns,
Columbia, and Mrs. E. L. Gray, Chattanooga; six grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
SMITH, Fred The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Fred Smith, 57, native of Giles County, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Floyd Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery at Stella. Mr. Smith died on Wednesday, November 6, in Houston, Texas
where he resided.
Born January 24, 1906, he was the son of the late John A. Smith and Elizabeth
Kerr Smith.
Mr. Smith is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Flora Appleton, Pulaski, Mrs. Walter
Chiles and Mrs. C. C. Nix, both of Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Garnett Mooney,
Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, George Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 13 Aug 1969
George Thomas Smith, 81, of 1509 Bailey Street, Columbia, died at his home,
Tuesday, August 12.
Funeral services for Mr. Smith, a retired farmer, were conducted Wednesday
afternoon, August 13, at 3 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. R. L. Greenway officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born November 12, 1887, the son of the late
George and Sara Campbell Smith.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bertha Thurman Smith, Columbia; one brother,
Montie C. Smith, Nashville; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, George Washington The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1967
Funeral services for George Washington Smith, 83, were conducted Sunday
afternoon, February 5, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Smith died Friday, February 3, in Giles County Hospital. He was a native of
Fanning County, Georgia. He was the son of the late David Henry and Rebecca
Morris Smith.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Pearl Johns Smith; one daughter, Mrs. Jack
Nealy, Nashville; four sons, Earl, Isbella, Tenn., Reed, Richmond, Va., David
and Willie Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio; brother, Paul L. Smith, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Grace Cobbs The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Cobbs Smith, 62, wife of Grady K. Smith, of
Louisville, Ky., were held Saturday in that city with the burial there. Mrs.
Smith died Thursday, December 8, at Norton Hospital in Louisville, Ky., after a
four weeks illness.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Robert S.
Cobbs and Callie Bell Cobbs.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, Grady K. Smith, also a native of Giles
County; two daughters, Mrs. Hugh D. Boswell, Owensboro, Ky., and Mrs. Howard
Purcell, Louisville; five grandchildren; two brothers, Frank Cobbs and Garland
G. Cobbs, both of Birmingham, Ala.; and three sisters, Mrs. Nigel King and Mrs.
Orlean Traylor, Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Turner Braly, Columbia.
SMITH, Grady K. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Grady K. Smith, 66, L. and N. Railroad employee in
Louisville, Ky., for approximately three decades, were held at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at Emerson Funeral Home with the burial in the family lot in
that city. Mr. Smith who had sustained a paralytic stroke, died unexpectedly at
5:15 o'clock on Monday afternoon, April 3.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Ernest Smith and
Sarah Ann King Smith. His wife, Mrs. Grace Cobbs Smith, also a native of Giles
County, died on December 8, last.
Mr. Smith is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Hugh D. Boswell, Owensboro, Ky.,
and Mrs. Howard Purcell, Louisville; five grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. J.
T. Compton, Miss Essie Pearl Smith, Pulaski, and Mrs. James Wilkinson, Chicago,
Ill.; two brothers, Lee Wilkins Smith, Pulaski, and Edward E. Smith, Old
Hickory.
SMITH, Hiram Harvey The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1961
Hiram Harvey Smith, 75, died at midnight Monday, March 13, at Giles County
Hospital, where he had been admitted for treatment of a broken hip sustained in
a fall at his home on South Second Street earlier that evening. He had been in
ill health for about two months.
Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with Dr. R. B. Stone officiating and burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Smith was the son of Hiram and Fannie Keele Smith.
He received his education at Abernathy School in Pulaski and Jones High School
in Lynnville, after which he was in the hardware business at Franklin for about
twenty years. He worked as a traveling salesman for a number of years, and was
later employed by Abernathy Hardware Company and Burt Furniture Store. He was a
member of First Methodist Church.
He is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Edna Jo Puryear Smith; two daughters,
Mrs. Fox Darnell of Lewisburg and Mrs. John M. Greene of Wilmington, Del.; two
sisters, Miss Mackie Smith and Mrs. J. W. Davis of Pulaski; and four
grandchildren.
SMITH, James W. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1961
James W. Smith, 59, of Route 3, Elkmont, Ala., became Giles County's second
traffic fatality within a week and the fifth of the year when the truck he was
driving on Ragsdale Creek Road near the Alabama state line went out of control
and plowed into a ditch last Wednesday afternoon, September 20.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at Locke's Cross Roads Mormon
Church with burial in New Garden Cemetery. Rainey Funeral Home at Ardmore was in
charge of arrangements.....
The son of Frank and Dora Locke Smith, he was one of nine children. His wife,
two sons, and a daughter are among the survivors.
SMITH, Joan Callahan The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Joan Callahan Smith, 29, wife of Lewis Carroll Smith,
who died unexpectedly at the home about 8:30 o'clock Thursday night, February 6,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Born February 1, 1935, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Clayton Callahan
and Mrs. Bessie Parsons Callahan who survive. She was a member of First
Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Smith is survived by one son,
Michael Clayton Smith; and the grandparents, Mrs. Guy Parsons and Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Callahan, all of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, John Meals The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1960
John Meals Smith, 77, retired conductor of the Elevated railroad in Chicago,
Ill., died on Monday, December 28, 1959, at his home in Indianapolis, Ind.,
after a long illness. Funeral rites and burial took place the following Thursday
in Indianapolis.
Born in Limestone County, Alabama, he was the son of the late James Smith and
Mattie Ann Meals Smith, and had lived in Chicago for thirty years, retiring
several years to the Indiana city.
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Belle Smith; one daughter, Mrs.
Jean Jones, Indianapolis; and four sisters, Mrs. W. J. Randolph, Pulaski, Mrs.
A. O. Edmundson, Bethel, Mrs. Ida Rogers, Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. Leona Hogan,
Chicago, Ill.
SUMNERS, Leroy "Lee" The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1967
Leroy Sumners, 87, a retired farmer, died Tuesday night, September 26, in Giles
County Hospital, following an extended illness.
Services will be conducted Thursday morning, September 28, at 10:30 o'clock in
the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial will be in Indian Creek Cemetery. Mr.
Sumners, a native of Lincoln County, was born December 9, 1879, the son of the
late Lidge and Liza Sumners.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Doris Harrington, Ardmore; twelve
grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Culley Watson,
Selma, Ala. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Lela Dunnavant The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Dunnavant Smith, 87, widow of Will Smith, were
held at one o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Ed Harper, minister of Ephesus Church of Christ. Burial took place in the
Dunnavant Cemetery on the Elkton Highway. Mrs. Smith died at 8 o'clock Thursday
morning, August 1, at the home of a niece, Mrs. Leslie Sumners, on Cedar Lane in
Pulaski.
Born April 8, 1876, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie
Dunnavant and Nancy Rogers Dunnavant. Her husband, Will Smith, died November 2,
1957. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Smith is survived by one sister, Mrs. Viola Grant, Pulaski; and one
brother, Virgil Dunnavant, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Lizzie Roden The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Roden Smith, 79, Blooming Grove resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were
conducted by the Rev. Marcus Nickell, pastor of Blooming Grove Methodist Church,
and the Rev. James T. Parsons, Methodist minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Smith died at 6:40 o'clock Tuesday morning, November 7,
at Giles County Hospital, after a period of declining health.
Born April 8, 1882, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Jefferson Roden and Dora Abernathy Roden. She was a member of Blooming Grove
Methodist Church.
Her husband, Charles S. Smith, died in 1913.
Mrs. Smith is survived by one son, Jerome Smith, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs.
Thurman Hamlett, Pulaski; four grandchildren; two step-grandchildren and one
step-great-
granddaughter; one step-daughter, Mrs. J. S. Williams, Pulaski; and one brother,
Jerome Roden.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Lucius Howard The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Lucius Howard Smith, 67, farmer of the Stella Community,
were held at 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Floyd Cates. Burial took place
in the Shores Cemetery. Mr. Smith died on Monday afternoon, July 18, at Jackson
Clinic at Lester, Ala., after a long illness.
Born December 20, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James Monroe
Smith and Della Smith Smith. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
His first wife, Mrs. Sallie Neal Smith, died thirty-six years ago.
Mr. Smith is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Nina Gray Smith; four sons,
Howard Neal Smith, James Smith, John Smith and Joe Smith, Pulaski; two
daughters, Mrs. David Wall and Mrs. Julian Johnson, Pulaski; seven
grandchildren; one brother, B. Holland Smith, Newark, N. J.; and two sisters,
Mrs. Edd Howard, Knoxville, and Mrs. Lindsay Witt, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Luther William The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jul 1961
Luther William Smith, 79, Lewisburg resident and father of Pulaski Patrolman
Homer Smith, died at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, July 4, at Gordon Hospital
in Lewisburg following eighteen months declining health.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bills and
McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg with the burial at Diana Cemetery.
His wife, Mrs. Lola Mae Sanders Smith, died twenty-eight years ago.
In addition to the son at Pulaski, Mr. Smith is survived by three other sons,
James Smith, Lewisburg, Lindal Smith, Chattanooga, and Fred Smith, Baton Rouge,
La.; one daughter, Miss Sara Smith, Lewisburg; four grandchildren; and one
sister, Mrs. Betty Lorrance, Cornersville.
SMITH, Mary Eliza Smith The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eliza Smith, 73, were conducted Sunday afternoon,
February 12, at 2 o'clock, in the chapel o'clock Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
Dr. W. H. Mansfield and Rev Marcus Nickell officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith died Saturday, February 11, at her home on East Jefferson Street. She
was a native of Giles County, born June 20, 1893, the daughter of the late
Robert C. and Jennie Loyd Smith. Her husband, the late Tullie Smith, died
several years ago. She was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Survivors include one son, Wayne Smith, Pulaski; one granddaughter; and one
brother, Virgil Smith, also of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Mary Sam Tucker The Pulaski Citizen 01 Feb 1961
Mrs. Mary Sam Tucker Smith, 56, was found dead in the bathtub at her home in the
Bunker Hill community Thursday morning, Jan. 26, and a physician termed the
death a suicide by drowning.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Smith was the widow of Roy Smith who died Sept.
17, 1959. She had been a teacher in Giles County schools for a number of years
and was principal of the Bunker Hill School until it closed last fall, after
which she taught at Elkton. Her parents were the late Robert E. and Ina M. Mayes
Tucker.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p. m., Sunday, Jan. 29, at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. J. W. McCullough, officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
She is survived by two brothers, R. F. Tucker of Knoxville and R. E. Tucker of
Atlanta, Ga.
SMITH, Ollie Burgess The Pulaski Citizen 23 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie Burgess Smith, native of Giles County, were held
at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at First Presbyterian Church in Old Hickory
with the burial in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville. Mrs. Smith died on Monday
morning, May 21, at a Nashville hospital.
Mrs. Smith is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Hume Hall, Nashville, and Mrs.
E. D. Tally and Miss Virginia Smith, both of Old Hickory.
SMITH, Oscar Simpson The Pulaski Citizen 12 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Oscar Simpson Smith, 75, Minor Hill retired farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Hester Chapel Church of Christ, Lester,
Ala., conducted by Mr. Bullington, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place
in the church cemetery. Mr. Smith died Saturday, August 8, at his home.
Born June 27, 1889, in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late J.
Simpson Smith and Lee Lay Smith. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Davis Smith; one brother, L. W.
Smilth; and two sisters, Mrs. Bernice Turner and Mrs. Jesse Ratto, all three of
Texas.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Phillip Parker The Pulaski Citizen 30 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Phillip Parker Smith, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Smith, born August 6, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon a Bennett-May
Funeral Home. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The child died Tuesday
morning, August 15, at Vanderbilt Hospital.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by the grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Parker and Mrs. Grace Smith; and the great-grandmother, Mrs. Ala
Myers, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Porter Cameron The Pulaski Citizen 15 Aug 1962
Porter Cameron Smith, 60, former Minor Hill merchant, died Saturday, August 11,
at Mobile, Ala., where he had made his home for the last two years.
A native of Giles County, Smith was born August 23, 1901, the son of Gus and
Della Wright Smith. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Minor Hill Church of Christ
with the pastor, Ed Harper, officiating. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Orlean Rogers Smith; one daughter, Mrs.
Henrietta Smith of Columbia; one son, Carl Smith of Mobile; one sister, Mrs.
Bessie Gentry of Shelbyville; and four grandchildren.
SMITH, Robert Douthett The Pulaski Citizen 12 Apr 1967
Funeral services for Robert Douthett Smith, 67, were conducted Wednesday
afternoon, April 12, at 1:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. Henry Cortner and G. C. Fox officiating. Burial will be in Stella
Cemetery.
Mr. Smith died Tuesday, April 11, in Giles County Hospital, after suffering a
heart attack. He was a native of Giles County, born August 8, 1899, the son of
the late Riley and Sallie Barnes Smith.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jewel Boyd Smith; four daughters, Mrs. Marjorie
Stewart, Winchester, Mrs. Sam Massey and Mrs. Jeanette Hargrove, Athens, Ala.,
and Mrs. Joyce Walls, Pell City, Ala.; one son, James Robert Smith, Cincinnati,
Ohio; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Cosby,
Stella, Mrs. Willard Howard, Stella, and Mrs. Bertha Smith, Pulaski; and one
brother, Barnes Smith, Oklahoma.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Robert Everett The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Robert Everett Smith, Sr., 65, who died unexpectedly from a
heart attack at his home on East College Street at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning,
Dec. 27, were conducted at 1 p. m. Wednesday at Bennett-May Funeral Home. The
Rev. William H. Moss officiated and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
The son of the late Otto Edgar and Mary Louella Young Smith, he was born Oct.
29, 1895, and reared in the Pisgah community of Giles County. He attended Jones
School at Lynnville and graduated from Massey Business College at Birmingham,
Ala.
Mr. Smith entered the grocery business with his father in 1923, and after the
death of his father, he continued as the owner and operator of the O. E. Smith
and Son Grocery on North First Street until his retirement in 1957. Recently he
had been employed as clerk at Bee and Warren Grocery.
Mr. Smith was a member of First Methodist Church in Pulaski.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Birdsong Smith; one son, Robert E.
Smith, Jr., of Manchester; two daughters, Mrs. James E. Mackey, Jr. of
Jacksonville, Fla., and Miss Susan Smith, of Knoxville; one brother, J. Harwood
Smith of Pulaski; and six grandchildren.
SMITH, Roy The Pulaski Citizen 13 Apr 1960
Roy Smith, retired U. S. Army sergeant of Prospect died Wednesday, April 6, at
Thayer VA Hospital in Nashville after an illness of several months. Funeral
services were conducted at Stella Presbyterian Church on Friday with the Rev.
Robert Hall officiating, and burial with full military honors was in the church
cemetery.
Sgt. Smith was a native of Giles County, the son of Mrs. Bertha S. Smith of
Stella and the late T. Riley Smith, and had served with the U. S. Army for
twenty-three years before retiring in June, 1959. He saw service in Germany and
other European countries and had been stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C. for about
eight years before his retirement. He was a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Lowrimore Smith; three
daughters, Susan and Beth of Prospect and Jo of Wilmington, N. C.; three sons,
Tommy, Jimmy and Robert of Prospect; six sisters, Mrs. Guy Mitchell of Pulaski,
Mrs. Buford James of Prospect, Mrs. Jack Hutton of Athens, Ala., Mrs. George D.
Fuller of Nashville, Mrs. Charles Haller of Elmhurst, Ill., and Mrs. Cecil
Holley of Baton Rouge, La.; five brothers, Larry of Pulaski, Carl of Athens,
Ala., Woodson R. of Florida, T. R. of the U. S. Navy stationed in Africa, and
Charles W. , U. S. Navy, Honolulu, Hawaii.
SMITH, Surville Emma Warren The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Surville Emma Warren Smith, 83, resident of Shores
community, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge Methodist
Church with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Smith died at 3 o'clock Thursday
morning, June 23, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born February 5, 1877, in Alabama, she came to Tennessee as a child with her
parents, the late James Warren and Katherine Meare Warren. She was a member of
the Baptist Church.
Thrice left a widow, she was first married to Thomas M. Glover who died many
years ago; her second husband, Willis Green, died a number of years ago; and her
third husband, L. L. Smith died several years ago.
Mrs. Smith is survived by two sons, Richard Glover and Thomas Green, Giles
County; three daughters, Mrs. Ethel Stanton, Wakeeney, Kans., Mrs. Callie
Rutherford and Mrs. Jennie Phillips; twenty-three grandchildren; 46
great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; and one brother, Aaron
Warren, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Talmadge G. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Talmadge G. Smith, 69, retired routeman for Nashville Pure
Milk Company, were held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at a Nashville funeral
home with the burial in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville. Mr. Smith died Friday,
January 19, at Veterans Hospital in Nashville after several weeks illness.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Will
Alex Smith. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and a veteran of World War
I. His wife died several years ago.
There were no immediate survivors.
SMITH, Thomas Roy The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1964
Pfc. Thomas Roy Smith, 20, resident of Conway, S. C., and son of the late Roy
Smith of Giles County, died on Thursday afternoon, February 20, at Womack Army
Hospital, Fort Bragg, N. C., after an extended illness.
Funeral services were held at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Berea Baptist
Church near Conway, with full military rites following in the church cemetery.
Mr. Smith, born December 3, 1943, in Charleston, S. C., was the son of Mrs. Edna
Lowrimore Smith and the late Roy Smith, was graduated from Conway High School
and entered active service with the U. S. Army, in March of 1961. He served in
Korea until he became ill and was returned to Walter Reed Hospital, placed on
medical retirement on August 27, 1962. He was a member of the Berea Baptist
Church.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by two brothers, three sisters, the
maternal grandparents, and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Smith of
Pulaski, Tenn.
SMITH, Thurman The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1967
Thurman Smith, 83, chairman emeritus of the board of directors of The Union
Bank, died Thursday afternoon, Feb. 2, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Billy Craighead and Dr. W. H. Mansfield officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of the Pisgah community, born Oct. 30, 1883, Mr. Smith was the son of
the late Robert C. and Jennie Loyd Smith. He attended Giles County schools, and
his first job was that of a dry goods clerk.
His banking career spanned more than sixty years, and a son, Robert C. Smith, is
now president of The Union Bank.
Mr. Smith became associated with the local bank as bookkeeper in 1906 and was
made president in 1937, a position he held until 1965, when he started cahirman
emeritus of the board of directors. Under his guidance the bank grew steadily
through the years until deposits at the end of 1966 totaled almost $15.5
million.
A church and civic leader in the county, Mr. Smith was a member of the Official
Board of First Methodist Church and a trustee of Martin College.
He was a member of the 50-year Club of the Tennessee Bankers Association, an
honorary member of the Pulaski Exchange Club, and a member of the boards of
trustees of both the Austin Hewitt Home for the Aged and the Mary Lou Crockett
scholarship fund.
In 1964 Mr. Smith was chosen by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4577 as Giles
County's Man of the Year.
In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Wilburn Dunnavant
Smith; two daughters, Mrs. William W. May of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Robert
Tuttle of Knoxville; a sister, Mrs. C. T. Smith of Pulaski; a brother, Virgil
Smith of Pulaski; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
SMITH, Ulysses Marshall The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Ulysses Marshall Smith, 76, retired Nashville L&N Railroad
engineer and father of a Pulaski resident, were held at 2:30 o'clock Friday
afternoon in Bracey-Welsh Funeral Home in Nashville with the burial in Woodlawn
Memorial Park in that city. Mr. Smith died of a heart attack Wednesday, December
30, in Nashville.
A native of Sumner County, he was a member of the Church of Christ, and had
lived in Nashville since 1915.
Mr. Smith is survived by two daughters, including Mrs. Lois Lebkuecher, Pulaski,
three sons and four grandchildren.
SMITH, Virgil The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
Funeral services for Virgil Smith, 82, were held Wednesday afternoon, January
15, at 1 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy
Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Smith died Monday night, January 13, in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Smith was born September 5, 1886, the son of the
late Robert C. and Jennie Loyd Smith.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Beulah Braly Smith; one granddaughter, Mrs.
Jimmy Roberts; and three great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Virginia Dew Eason The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Dew Eason Smith, 42, wife of Charles Smith,
were held at 2:30 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at West End Methodist Church in
Birmingham, Ala., with the burial in Woodlawn Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Smith
who had been in failing health, died at 11 o'clock Sunday morning, March 6, at
University Hospital, following major surgery.
Born in Birmingham, Ala., she was the daughter of Alfred Harris Eason now living
in Birmingham, and the late Mary Ethel Bell Eason, native of Chattanooga, who
died three months ago.
Mrs. Smith was an active member of West End Methodist Church and had taught a
Sunday School class for twelve years.
In addition to her husband and father, Mrs. Smith is survived by one son,
Charles Eason Smith, student at Auburn University; and relatives in Tennessee.
SMITH, William Ben The Pulaski Citizen 12 Dec 1962
Funeral services for William Ben Smith, 68, native of Giles County, and recently
a resident of Ardmore, were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the rites conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss
and Dr. William H. Mansfield.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Smith died at 4:30 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, December 6, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born May 20, 1894, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Larkin Smith and
Elizabeth Sims Gregory Smith. A veteran of WWI, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio,
following a discharge, entering the heating contracting business, retiring about
four years ago. He was an active member of West Boulevard Christian Church in
Cleveland, a member of Masonic Lodge and past commander of American Legion Post
No. 212, Cleveland.
Twice married, his first wife, Mrs. Esther Ann Bocock Smith, died a number of
years ago.
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carolyn McEwan Smith; one daughter, Mrs.
Darrell Stauteman, Memphis; two sons, Ray S. Smith, Belleville, Ill.; and Robert
J. Smith, Detroit, Mich.; eight grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Aubrey Hagan,
Pulaski; one half-sister, Mrs. J. H. Blasingame, Oxford, Miss.; and two
half-brothers, J. D. Gregory, Giles County, and Marvin B. Gregory, Oxford, Miss.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SMITH, Wilma Schindler The Pulaski Citizen 22 Oct 1969
Mrs. W. H. Smith, the former Miss Wilma Schindler of Pulaski, was found dead in
the bathroom of her home in Houston, Texas, Tuesday morning, October 21, at
10:00 o'clock.
Funeral services for Mrs. Smith, a former resident of Giles County, will be
conducted Thursday morning, October 23, at 11:00 o'clock in Woodlawn Funeral
Home with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
She was the daughter of the Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schindler, former residents of
Giles County and now residents of Nashville.
SNEED, Clarene Field The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Clarene Field Sneed, were held at 3 o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Chester A.
Stephens, pastor of Cedar Grove Methodist Church, and the Rev. William H. Moss,
pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Sneed died about noon, Monday, January 23, at Giles County Hospital, after a
long illness.
A native of Texas, she was born September 20, 1902, the daughter of the late
Charles Field and Ethel Faucett Field. She was a member of Cedar Grove Methodist
Church.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Sneed is survived by one son, Delmas Sneed; one
daughter, Mrs. Paul Hardy; three grandchildren; all of Pulaski; three sisters,
Mrs. Jimmy Glover and Mrs. Baxter Clifton, Giles County, and Mrs. Cherry Field
Clifton, Nashville; and two brothers, Weldon Williamson and J. D. Williamson,
both of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SNEED, Cora A. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Aug 1969
Miss Cora A. Sneed, 83, died Sunday, August 17, at the Hewitt Home. Funeral
services were conducted Tuesday morning, August 19, at 10:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Miss Sneed was born October 7, 1885, the daughter of
the late J. A. Sneed and Mary L. McKinley Sneed.
Survivors include two brothers, William E. Sneed, St. Louis, Mo., and Luther J.
Sneed, Decatur, Ala.; two sisters, Miss Bertha Sneed, Decatur, Ala., and Mrs.
Tullo Minatra, Pulaski.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SNEED, Cora Lee Holman The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Lee Holman Sneed, 81, widow of Edd Sneed, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Choate Creek Church, with the burial in
the church cemetery. Mrs. Sneed died on Friday night, December 23, at Giles
County Hospital.
A native of Lincoln County, she was born October 21, 1879, the daughter of the
late Thomas Holman and Sarah Pamplin Holman. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Sneed is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Willie Brindley and Mrs. Cliff
Garner, Pulaski, and Mrs. and Mrs. Ina Mae Ratcliff of Lawrence County; two
sons, T. R. Sneed, Pulaski, and John Sneed, Texas; a number of grandchildren;
and two sisters, Mrs. Molly Napier, Pulaski, and Mrs. Fanny Sneed, California.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SNEED, Dewitt Talmadge The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Dewitt Talmadge Sneed, 76, retired Giles County merchant,
were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. A. Wesley Holden. Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr.
Sneed died at his home at New Prospect in Lawrence County on Friday, August 9.
Born December 10, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James W. and
Pat Clayton Sneed.
He is survived by his wife, Laura Mabry Sneed; two sons, Carl E. Sneed,
Birmingham, Ala., and Dewitt Sneed, Jr., Chattanooga; two grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; one brother, Will Sneed, Giles County; two sisters, Mrs.
Fannie Hudson, Decatur, Ala., and Mrs. Amos Christopher, Athens, Ala., and one
aunt, Mrs. Mary Clark, 102, who lives at Leoma.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SNEED, Julian Lee The Pulaski Citizen 30 Oct 1963
Double tragedy struck Sunday when 16-year-old Julian Lee Sneed received fatal
injuries in a wreck on a Pulaski street and the ambulance rushing his critically
injured friend to a Nashville hospital hit a taxi in Columbia, killing two
passengers.
Sneed, a senior at Giles County High School, died at 5 p. m. Monday in
Vanderbilt Hospital. Jerry Holt, also 16, is barely hanging on to life in the
Nashville Hospital.
The car the two Pulaski youths were in hit a utility pole on East College Street
at Oak Grove sub-division about 2 p. m. Sunday.
Both boys were taken to Giles County Hospital, but driver Bill Bennett left soon
afterwards in a Bennett-May Funeral Home ambulance with Sneed for Nashville. The
second ambulance, driven by J. W. Carr, was delayed while an emergency airway
was made in Holt's throat to aid breathing but it left 10 minutes after the
first ambulance for Nashville.
In Columbia, the second ambulance struck a taxi at a downtown intersection,
killing two Negro passengers from Nashville, Mrs. Emma Fleming, 61, and John
Henry Harding, 63.
Funeral services for Sneed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmas Sneed, were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 p. m. at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
SNEED, Leonard (Lennie) The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1966
Leonard (Lennie) Sneed, 68, retired Ford Motor Company inspector of Detroit,
Mich., died unexpectedly of a heart attack on the golf course on Tuesday, July
5. Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Friday at Neely's Funeral Home in
that city with burial there.
Born December 12, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late J. H. Sneed
and Mary Lavinia McKinley Sneed. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Sneed is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Darbe Sneed; three daughters;
three sisters, Mrs. Tullo Minatra and Miss Cora Sneed, Pulaski, and Miss Bertha
Sneed, Decatur, Ala.; and three brothers, Luther Sneed, Decatur, Ala., William
Sneed and Clarence Sneed, both of St. Louis, Mo.
SNEED, Mary Ella Sandusky The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ella Sandusky Sneed, 82, former Giles Countian,
were held Wednesday, February 22, at McConnell Chapel in Athens, Ala., with the
Rev. Troy Bunch officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski.
Mrs. Sneed died unexpectedly of a heart attack at her home in Athens on Monday
night.
Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late A. D. Sandusky and
Marilla White Sandusky. She and Mr. Sneed were married on December 14 sixty-two
years ago. She was a member of Choates Creek Methodist Church in Giles County.
Mrs. Sneed is survived by her husband, W. P. Sneed; one son, Leonard T. Sneed,
Birmingham, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. John Mason, Sr., Pulaski; twelve
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
SNEED, William P. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
Funeral services for William P. Sneed, 85, native of Giles County, were held on
Wednesday, December 4, at McConnell Funeral Chapel in Athens, Ala., with the
Rev. James T. Parsons officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Sneed died Monday night, December 2, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John N.
Mason, Pulaski, where he had made his home since the death of his wife, February
20, 1961.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late James William and
Isabelle Panther Sneed. For many years, he had resided in Alabama.
In addition to the daughter, Mr. Sneed is survived by one son, Leonard T. Sneed,
Birmingham, Ala.; twelve grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; and two
sisters, Mrs. P. R. Hutton, Decatur, Ala., and Mrs. Ames Christopher, Athens,
Ala. A brother, D. T. Sneed, died in July of this year.
SOLOMON, George Fuzell The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1967
George Fuzzell Solomon, 73 retired farmer and building contractor, was killed
Thursday morning, March 9, when a tractor he was driving overturned near his
home in Highland Heights.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Friday at Bennett-May Chapel
with the Rev. Hoyt Wilson officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Garden.
Mr. Solomon was grading a driveway when a wheel of the tractor apparently
slipped into a ditch and the implement turned over, falling on the driver. He
was dead on arrival at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Lincoln County, born March 28, 1893, he was the son of the late
George W. and Delphia Fanning Solomon.
He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Gladys Price Solomon; a son, Charles M. Solomon
of Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs. Rivers Clark of Lynnville, Mrs. John L.
English of Florence, Ala., and Mrs. J. E. Abernathy of Nashville; a brother, J.
J. Solomon, and a sister, Mrs. J. A. Carter, both of Pulaski; twelve
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
SOLOMON, Gertie May Renegar The Pulaski Citizen 27 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertie May Renegar Solomon, 78, wife of J. J. Solomon,
were held at one o'clock Friday afternoon at Kelso Presbyterian Church in
Lincoln County, with the burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Solomon died of a
heart attack at 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning, February 20, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born March 27, 1884, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late August
Renegar and Lizzie Downing Renegar. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Solomon is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W. R.
Malone; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild, all of Pulaski; and two
sisters, Mrs. M. E. McClusky and Mrs. Walton Hyde, both of Birmingham, Ala.
Wilson Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
SOLOMON, Minnie Ball The Pulaski Citizen 20 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Ball Solomon, 76, Nashville resident, were held
at 10 o'clock Friday morning in Nashville, followed by services at 2 o'clock
that afternoon in First Baptist Church in Pulaski, conducted by the Rev. Floyd
Cates, pastor. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Solomon died of a heart attack at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, February
13, at the home in Nashville.
Mrs. Solomon is survived by her husband, Charles M. Solomon; three children,
Richard Solomon, Nashville, Emmett Solomon and Mrs. Jessie Ruth Barber, both of
Los Angeles, Calif.; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lottie Earl
Richardson, Nashville; two brothers, Emmett Ball and Ben Ball, Pulaski; and five
step-sons.
SOUTH, George W. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Oct 1962
Funeral services for George W. South, 86, former Giles Countian and resident of
Nashville, will be held at 10 o'clock at Cosmopolitan Funeral Home in Nashville
with burial at 12:30 in Maplewood Cemetery at Pulaski. Mr. South died Tuesday
afternoon, October 23, at a Nashville hospital.
His wife, Mrs. Susan Ida Holley South, died in 1948.
Mr. South and his family moved to Nashville about thirty-five years ago.
Mr. South is survived by four sons, Luther South, Jesse South, James South, and
Carson South, all of Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Floyd Barlar, Pulaski; and a
number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Chesley Pierce,
died about a month ago.
SOUTH, William B. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Nov 1969
William B. South, 71, died Saturday, November 15, in Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Monday afternoon, November 17, at 1:30 o'clock in the
West Side Baptist Church, Decatur, Ala., with burial in Roselawn Cemetery,
Decatur.
A native of Alabama, Mr. South was born March 11, 1898.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Ligan South, Pulaski; one step-son, C.
J. Hamilton, Charlotte, N. C.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Estell Simmons, Pulaski;
one half-sister, Mrs. Lassie Reed, Birmingham, Ala.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SPARKS, Herbert Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1964
Herbert J. Sparks, 64, a postal employee in Giles County for nearly 40 years,
died Tuesday night at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at 2:30 p. m. at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with Andy Brown and Gilbert Shaffer officiating. Burial will be in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Sparks was a native of this county and a son of the late O. A. Sparks and
Ida Kimbrough Sparks.
He was employed by the Pulaski Post Office in August 1924, working inside for a
number of years. He was the rural mail carrier on Pulaski Route 1 when he went
on sick leave more than a year ago. Mr. Sparks also had been the carrier on
Pulaski Route 3.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Jewell Bennett Sparks, Pulaski; two brothers, Joe
Sparks, Minor Hill, and Oakley Sparks, Giles County; and two sisters, Miss Ethel
Sparks and Mrs. Sterling Brownlow, both of Giles County.
SPENCER, George Fleming The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Funeral services for George Fleming Spencer, 75, resident of Maury County, will
be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Spencer Hill Church of Christ, with the
burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Spencer died Wednesday night, December 28, at
a Nashville hospital after a period of declining health.
Mr. Spencer is survived by his second wife; one daughter, Mrs. Floyd
Weatherford, Lynnville; three sons, Harlan Spencer and Hazel Spencer, Mt.
Pleasant, and Herman Spencer, Columbia; six grandchildren and a number of
great-grandchildren.
SPENCER, John Herman The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
John Herman Spencer, 56, of Highland Avenue, Columbia, died unexpectedly early
Saturday night, March 30, at Maury County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted at 1 p. m. Monday, April 1, in the chapel of
Williams' Funeral Home, with Edward Murphy and Elmer Lusk, Church of Christ
ministers, officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Spencer, member of the Philippi Church of Christ, was retired from National
Carbon Company of Columbia.
A native of Maury County, he was born December 21, 1911, the son of the late G.
F. and Frances Vernon Spencer, and the husband of Mrs. Alvil Da Green Spencer,
who survives.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include three sons, Damon Dewel, Elvin W.
and Eddie M., all of Columbia; one sister, Mrs. Mary Weatherford, Lynnville; two
brothers, Hazel and Harlan Spencer, Mt. Pleasant; and four grandchildren.
SPIVEY, Charles Morton The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1965
Funeral services Charles Morton Spivey, 44, Lynnville farmer, were held at 3
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Andrew Brown,
minister of Second Street Church of Christ in Pulaski. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Spivey died at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, January 31, in
Giles County Hospital. He had been ill several months.
A native of Giles County, he was born February 18, 1920, the son of the late
William Morton Spivey and Maggie Lena White Spivey.
Mr. Spivey, a bachelor, is survived by three brothers, Roy Spivey, Olie Spivey,
and Otis Spivey, all of Lynnville; and two sisters, Mrs. Robert Hickerson and
Mrs. Ollie Nix, Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SPIVEY, Maggie Lena White The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Lena White Spivey, 67, Lynnville resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home with Tommy Vernon
officiating and the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Spivey died at 2:30
o'clock Friday morning, August 6, at her Lynnville home after a long illness.
Born March 15, 1896, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Lafayette
(Buck) White and Mary Hoskins White. She was the widow of Morton Spivey, and was
a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Spivey is survived by four sons, Roy Spivey, Charlie Spivey, Otis Spivey
and Olie Spivey, Lynnville; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Hickerson and Mrs. Olie
Nix, Lynnville; and seven grandchildren; four brothers, Charlie White,
Lawrenceburg, Elvin White, Ethridge, Arthur White, Columbia, and Willie White,
Florida; and three sisters, Mrs. Clyde Porter and Mrs. Leonard Henson, Columbia,
and Mrs. John Davis, Mt. Pleasant.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SPIVEY, Timothy Alex The Pulaski Citizen 26 Feb 1969
Graveside services were conducted Thursday afternoon, February 20, at 1 o'clock
for Timothy Alex Spivey, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Spivey of
Lynnville, with Charles Bertrand, Church of Christ minister officiating. Burial
was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
In addition to his parents, survivors include a brother, Jeffery Scott Spivey;
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Hickman; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Jo
Anna Spivey; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hickman.
SPIVEY, William Alexander (Casey) The Pulaski Citizen 25 Aug 1965
Funeral services for William Alexander (Casey) Spivey, 54, Lynnville farmer,
were held at 1:30 o'clock at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville, with burial
in Elk Ridge Cemetery. Mr. Spivey died Sunday, August 22, in Leonard Hospital,
Lewisburg.
He was a native of Giles County, the son of the late Harvey Spivey and Della
Helmick Spivey.
Mr. Spivey is survived by his wife, Mrs. Joanna Collins Spivey; three daughters,
Mrs. Billy Haislip, Cornersville, Mrs. Wilford Rudd, Petersburg, and Mrs Foster
Garrett, Pulaski; his step-mother, Mrs. Nannie Ruth Spivey, Lewisburg; four
grandchildren; three brothers, Brents Spivey, Cornersville, Leander Spivey,
Eagleville, and Jim Spivey, Lewisburg; and three sisters, Mrs. Ida Bell Chambers
and Mrs. Ruth McCullough, both of Dallas, Tex., and Mrs. Hobart Crawford,
Lewisburg.
SPRINGER, Roy Truman The Pulaski Citizen 2 Feb 1966
Roy Truman Springer, 56, well known local businessman who had owned and operated
Sunshine Cleaners in Pulaski for thirty years, died suddenly of a heart attack
at 7:45 o'clock Saturday morning, Jan. 29, while at work. He had been in
declining health since suffering a stroke two years ago.
Funeral services were conducted at Bennett-May Chapel Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock with the Rev. Billy Craighead and the Rev. William H. Mansfield
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Springer, the son of the late Luther B. Springer and Mrs. Betty Lee
Springer, was born May 23, 1909, at Sheffield, Ala. He moved with his family to
Lawrenceburg and then came to Pulaski in 1936 to go into business. He was
married to the former Miss Ara Knight, who survives.
He was a member of First Methodist Church, the Pulaski Rotary Club and the Elks
Lodge.
Survivors besides his wife and mother, include a daughter, Miss Royce K.
Springer of Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Charles F. Crowson of Nashville and Mrs.
Bruce Huff of Venezuela; and a brother, L. B. Springer of Beaumont, Texas.
STAFFORD, Ed The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Ed Stafford, 76, retired farmer of Anthony Hill section,
will be held at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon at Chestnut Grove Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial will take place in Chestnut
Grove Cemetery. Mr. Stafford who lived alone, was found dead at his home at 6:30
o'clock Wednesday morning, July 13, by a neighbor, a Mr. Green. He had been
subject to heart attacks.
Born March 18, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jack Stafford
and Parphine Ward Stafford.
His wife, Mrs. Hattie Ward Stafford, died ten years ago.
Mr. Stafford is survived by six sons, Edward Stafford and Solon Stafford,
Pulaski, Chester Stafford and Lester Stafford, both of Minor Hill, Colon
Stafford, Lewisburg, and Billy Stafford, Jeffersonville, Ind.; two daughters,
Mrs. Alf Journey, Frankewing, and Mrs. John Allison, Pulaski; and thirty-four
grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STAFFORD, Floyd Edward The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Floyd Edward Stafford, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Donald Stafford, were held Tuesday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial
in Maplewood Cemetery. The child died Sunday.
Survivors include the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Solon Stafford and Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Tarpley, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STAFFORD, Judson H. Stafford The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1961
Rev. Judson H. Stafford, 72, retired Presbyterian minister and resident of
Chattanooga twelve years, died Friday morning, February 17, at Erlanger Hospital
in that city. Funeral services were held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at
National Funeral Home in Chattanooga with the burial in New Zion Cemetery in
Giles County.
Born in 1888 in New York, he was reared in Massachusetts. In addition to his
ministry which included work in a number of states, he was associated with the
YMCA in Chattanooga for a number of years.
By his first marriage, he is survied by three children, all residents of
Massachusetts; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
His wife, the former Miss Lois Dean Roden, a native of Giles County, died three
years ago.
Also surviving are two step-children, Jean and Jane Stafford, who live with an
aunt, Mrs. John Stanford, in Pulaski.
STAFFORD, WALTER The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Walter Stafford, 79, retired Giles County farmer who was
found dead at his home in the Choate's Creek community Monday afternoon, Jan.
18, were held Wednesday at Bennett-May Funeral Home. The Rev. Horace Woodard
officiated and burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Stafford lived alone and was last seen by neighbors on Friday of last week.
About 2 p. m. Monday a friend, Daniel Rogers, went to the house and found it
locked. He notified law enforcement authorities and State Trooper James Dyer
went to the scene. Stafford was found dead in bed, and Trooper Dyer said that he
apparently died of natural causes, probably Friday night.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. E. T. Reed of Pulaski.
STAGNER, Cora Hastings The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1966
Mrs. Cora C. Stagner, 85, died Sunday morning, July 24, in Giles County
Hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock at Norris
Funeral Home in Memphis, and additional services were held on Monday, July 25,
at 1:00 o'clock at Stockdale, Malin Funeral Home in Big Sandy, with burial in
the Sugar Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Stagner was born in Benton County, on April 20, 1881, a member of the
Bellevue Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late John Wilson Hastings
and Mary Elizabeth Greer Hastings. She was the widow of the late Robert David
Stagner of Big Sandy. Mrs. Stagner had resided in Pulaski for the past ten years
with her son, Russell Stagner and his family.
In addition to Russell Stagner, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. L. R.
Loudon of Memphis, and another son, John Robert Stagner, also of Memphis; four
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Peace and
Mrs. Sadie Boyd, of Madisonville; one brother, J. W. Hastings, of Camden.
STALCUP, Phynie Lou Monks The Pulaski Citizen 22 Apr 1964
Mrs. Phynie Lou Monks Stalcup, 76, former resident of the Friendship section of
Giles County for several years, eied at 6:15 o'clock Tuesday morning, April 14,
at her home in Louisville, Ky., where she had lived since moving from Giles
County.
Funeral services were held Thursday in Louisville, with graveside services held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Blanche Cemetery in Southwestern Lincoln
County.
Born March 25, 1888, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late John
Monks and Kate Simmons Monks. Her husband, J. W. Stalcup, died in 1944. She was
a member of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Mrs. Stalcup is survived by four sons, Houston Stalcup, Clyde Stalcup, and
Hubert Stalcup, Louisville, Ky., and Lawrence Stalcup, East Point, Ga.; two
daughters, Mrs. Edna Brigance, Pensacola, Fla., and Mrs. Frances Seiler,
Louisville; six grandchildren; and one brother, Thurman Monks, Birmingham, Ala.
STANFORD, Alice May Simpson The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice May Simpson Stanford, 80, widow of Willis
Stanford, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Wesley Holden, pastor of Cedar Grove Methodist Church.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Stanford died at 2 o'clock
Thursday morning, November 23, at her home at Cedar Grove.
Born March 14, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
Edmond Simpson and Sally Cates Simpson. Her husband, Willis Stanford, died many
years ago.
Mrs. Stanford is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Pearl Hole and Mrs. Malcolm
Grubbs; one son, Emmett Stanford; two grandchildren and a great-grandchild; and
one brother, W. H. Simpson, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STANFORD, George Emmitt The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
George Emmitt Stanford, 63, died Friday, December 6, at Giles County Hospital
after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Stanford were held Sunday afternoon, December 8, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Jacob Gardner
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Stanford was born November 13, 1905, the son of
the late Willie and Alice Simpson Stanford.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Beth McKnight Stanford, Pulaski; two
sisters, Mrs. Pearl Holt, and Mrs. Malcolm Grubbs, both of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STANFORD, Samuel R. The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
Funeral services for Samuel R. Stanford, 87, retired farmer of the Union Hill
community who died at his home Friday, May 13, were conducted at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Scotts Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Virgil Felker and
the Rev. Mr. Durham officiating. Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge, and burial
was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Stanford was a native of Giles County, and was the son of the late J. N. and
Susie Edmundson Stanford.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Zona Maud McDougal Stanford; five daughters,
Mrs. Betty Lurline Pinkston, of Dover, Dela., Mrs. Ozella Smith of Killen, Ala.,
Mrs. Quilla Tankersley of Giles County, Mrs. Elise Garrett of Florence, Ala.,
Mrs. Lorene Russell of Lincoln County; three sons, James W., Charles Delma and
Samuel W., all of Giles County; one brother, J. D. of Giles County; twenty-seven
grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
STANFORD, Zona Maude McDougal The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs Zona Maude McDougal Stanford, 75, resident of Scotts
Hill section, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Scotts Hill Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Virgil Felker, Methodist minister. Burial took
place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Stanford died early Monday morning, December
5, at her home.
Born November 13, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
William McDougal and Mattie Hardiman McDougal. She was a member of the Choates
Creek Methodist Church.
Her husband, Samuel R. Stanford, died May 13, 1960.
Mrs. Stanford is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Quilla Pinkersley, Giles
County, Mrs. Lorine Russell, Fayetteville, Mrs. Elise Garrett and Mrs. Ozella
Smith, both of Killen, Ala., and Mrs. Betty Lurine Pinkston, Dover, Del.; three
sons, James W. Stanford, Charles Delmar Stanford, and Samuel Winston Stanford,
all of Giles County; twenty-eight grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Eddie Hanna and Mrs. Mandy Williams, Lawrenceburg; and one
brother, Andrew McDougal, Giles County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STAPP, Pearlie Bee The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. G. A. Stapp, 86, Pulaski resident, will be held at one
o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. J.
C. Elkins and the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, Methodist ministers. Burial will take
place in the family lot in Kedron Cemetery. Mrs. Stapp died on Tuesday night,
December 10, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
The former Miss Pearlie Bee, she was born December 6, 1877, in Giles County, the
daughter of the late Tom Bee and Mary Ann King Bee. Her husband, G. A. Stapp,
died several years ago. She was a member of the Kedron Methodist Church.
Mrs. Stapp is survived by one son, R. B. Stapp, Pulaski merchant; five
daughters, Mrs. Ura Ball and Mrs. Lorene Young, Pulaski, Mrs. Helen Carter and
Mrs. Ruth Roseacher, Nashville, and Mrs. Gussie Mae Todd, Columbia; and twelve
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
STAPP, William Andrew The Pulaski Citizen 20 Feb 1963
Funeral services for William Andrew Stapp, 86, retired farmer of the Kedron
Community, were held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at Kedron Methodist
Church. Burial took place in Kedron Cemetery. Mr. Stapp who had been in
declining health for some time, died early Thursday morning, February 14, at his
home.
Born November 3, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Carroll Stapp
and Sara Campbell Stapp. His wife, Mrs. Dona Griggs Stapp, died several years
ago.
He was an active member of the Kedron Methodist Church, having served as a
steward since he was twenty-one years of age.
Mr. Stapp is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Roy Campbell, Birmingham, Ala.,
Mrs. Gray Hayes, Kedron, and Mrs. Floyd Hughes and Mrs. Orrin Beasley, both of
Pulaski; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.
R. E. Curry, Cedar Grove.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STEELE, Elizabeth Dickson The Pulaski Citizen 4 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. William Trabue Steele, 60, Nashville resident, were
held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Woodbine Methodist Church, Nashville with
the Rev. Don Chandler, pastor, officiating. Burial took place at 1:30 o'clock in
Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski, conducted by the Rev. W. H. Moss and the Rev.
Cullen T. Carter.
Mrs. Steele died Saturday, September 30, at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville,
after an extended illness.
The former Miss ElizabethDickson, she was a native of Clarksville, the daughter
of Mrs. J. Moore Dickson of Clarksville and the late Mr. Dickson. She attended
Agnes Scott College and Martin College, and received a degree from Peabody
College. A former missionary to China, she was an active member of the Methodist
Church and taught school for the past fifteen years, currently teaching at the
Whitsett School in Nashville.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Steele is survived by her husband, Rev. William
T. Steele, superintendent of the City Missions of the Methodist Church in
Nashville; one daughter, Miss Marianne Moore Steele, Nashville; two sons W. T.
Steele, Jr., Knoxville, and Thomas Dickson Steele, Nashville; two grandsons; and
one sister, Mrs. George P. Street, Elkton, Ky.
The Rev. Mr. Steele's mother, Mrs. Hume Steele, died September 4, and was buried
in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski.
STEELE, Marianne Shirley Trabue The Pulaski Citizen 6 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Hume R. Steele, 95, Nashville religious, educational,
and cultural leader, were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at West End
Methodist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski. Mrs.
Steele died at 6:30 Monday evening, September 4, at the home of her son, the
Rev. William T. Steele in Nashville.
The former Miss Marianne Shirley Trabue, she was the daughter of the late Andrew
Erwin Trabue and Anna Smith Trabue, born at the family home, Oakland, near
Murfreesboro, on Dec. 1, 1865.
Her husband, Hume R. Steele, Pulaski attorney, whom she married in 1889, died in
1906.
In addition to the son in Nashville, Mrs. Steele is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Richard N. Iwen and Mrs. H. Grady Huddleston, both of Nashville; six
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
STEELMAN, Eugene The Pulaski Citizen 2 Dec 1964
Funeral services for the Rev. Eugene Steelman, 86, Baptist minister, were held
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Harvest, Ala., conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton of Pulaski. Burial took place in Memory Gardens at Huntsville, Ala.
Mr. Steelman died unexpectedly on Thursday, November 26, at his home at Harvest.
A former resident of the Fourteenth Civil District of Giles County, Mr. Steelman
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Dickey Steelman, native of the Liberty Hill
section of Giles County; one son, Russell Steelman; two daughters, Mrs. W. R.
Speice and Mrs. Eugile Brooks; and four grandchildren; all of Harvest; two
sisters, Mrs. Mattie Olivia Rose; and two brothers, Everett Steelman and Willie
Steelman, Harvest.
Toney Rainey and Son, Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements.
STEM, Sidney Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1960
Relatives have been notified of the death of Sidney Jackson Stem, 90, retired
salesman, on September 4 at his home in Waco, Texas.
Born April 22, 1870, in the Blue Creek section of Giles County, he was the son
of the late Joseph Young Stem and Mehuldah Doggett Hickman Stem. His wife, Mrs.
Sarah Caroline Gower Stem, died several years ago. He was a member of Southside
Church of Christ in Waco.
Mr. Stem, who moved to Texas in 1905, is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lacy
Payne and Mrs. Mallie Clemmons, Waco, and Mrs. Hazel Fringle, Corpus Christi,
Texas; one son, Wiley Stem, Waco; and a number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
STEVENSON, Elise The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1969
Miss Elise Stevenson, 64, died Saturday morning, December 28, at her home in the
Bodenham community.
Funeral services for Miss Stevenson were held Sunday afternoon, December 29, at
3 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in the Bee Spring Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Miss Stevenson was born April 29, 1904, the daughter
of the late Nathan and Mary Jane Bass Stevenson.
Survivors include two brothers, Roy Stevenson and Griffin Stevenson, both of
Giles County; five sisters, Mrs. Ethel Pittard, Mrs. Reba Smith, Mrs. Eldridge
Smith, Mrs. Edward Burns and Mrs. Wilton Beard, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STEVENSON, Ella Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Harwell Stevenson, 78, were held Saturday,
November 2, in the chapel of Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home with burial in Polk
Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Stevenson, wife of the late Nathaniel Stevenson, died Thursday night,
October 31, in a Maury County hospital.
Survivors include one son, Glenn Stevenson, Columbia; and one sisters, Mrs.
Venice Johnson, Nashville.
STEVENSON, Irene Sisk The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Irene Sisk Stevenson, 58, native of Giles County and
resident of Evansville, Ind., for many years, were held at Temple Methodist
Church at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning with the burial in the family lot in
that city. Mrs. Stevenson died at 7:30 o'clock on Thursday morning, March 23, at
St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville following a long illness.
Born January 24, 1903, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Anna Cardin
Sisk of Pulaski and the late Hiram L. Sisk. An active member of the Methodist
Church, she had served as secretary of the church for a period of thirty years.
Her husband, Floyd Stevenson, also a native of Giles County, died in 1958. In
addition to her mother, Mrs. Stevenson is survived by one son, Douglas
Stevenson, Chicago, Ill.; two granddaughters, Linda and Lisa Stevenson; three
sisters, Mrs. Agnes McCorkle, Florence, Ala., and Mrs. Roy Harkleroad, Dublin,
Ga., and Miss Ruth Sisk, Pulaski; and six brothers, Harold Sisk, John Allen
Sisk, Kenneth Sisk and Wilburn Sisk, Pulaski, and Massey Sisk, Wheeler Dam, Ala.
Her sister, Mrs. Myrtle Sisk Grooms, died two months ago in Nashville.
STEVENSON, Lela Mitchell The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Mitchell Stevenson, 81, Bryson resident most of
her life, will be held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home.
Rites will be conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, Rev. W. C. Folks and the
Rev. Maurice Young, Methodist ministers. Burial will take place in Bee Spring
Cemetery. Mrs. Stevenson who had been an invalid for several years, died at 8:30
o'clock Wednesday morning, January 15, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Edward
McCormack in Elkton.
Born September 10, 1862, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late
Thomas H. Mitchell and Julia Moseley Mitchell. She was a member of the Bee
Spring Methodist Church.
Mrs. Stevenson is survived by her husband, Werner Stevenson; three daughters,
Mrs. McCormack, Mrs. Robert Hulsey, Bryson, and Mrs. Glen Henderson, Cash Point;
two sons, Baxter Stevenson, Bryson, and Willis Stevenson, Pulaski; eleven
grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren; two brothers, George Mitchell and Vascar
Mitchell, both of Dellrose; one half-sister, Mrs. Malcolm Collins, Bunker Hill;
and four half-brothers, Jake Mitchell, Huntsville, Ala., Howard Mitchell, Bunker
Hill, Kelly Mitchell, Dellrose, and Marvin Mitchell, Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STEVENSON, Lessie B. Caldwell The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jun 1961
Mrs. Lessie B. Caldwell Stevenson, 76, native Tennessean, died Tuesday, June 6,
at Memorial Hospital at her home town of Frost, Texas. Funeral rites took place
at 3 o'clock the following Thursday afternoon at First Methodist Church, with
burial in that city.
A resident of Frost for more than fifty years, Mrs. Stevenson is survived by her
husband, T. W. Stevenson; four sons, Brown Lea Stevenson, Hobart, Okla., Thomas
Stevenson, Great Bend, Kans., Roswell Stevenson, Monroe, La., and W. E.
Stevenson, Frost; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Hill Warren, Frost, and Mrs. Valle
Louise Bain, Mexia; sixteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; one
sister, Mrs. S. E. Smith, Pine Bluff, Ark.; one half-sister, Mrs. Overton Youngl
Giles County, Tenn.; two half-brothers, Robert Hulsey, Giles County, and Thomas
Hulsey, California; two step-sisters, Mrs. Will Davidson, Giles County, and Mrs.
Lillian Stuckey, Alabama; and one step-brother, A. B. Hulsey, San Simon, Ariz.
STEPHENS, George The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1960
George Stephens, 83, father of the Rev. Chester Stephens of Pulaski and a native
of Fentress County died of a heart attack Saturday night at his home at
Grimsley.
Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Grimsley Baptist
Church and burial was in the Roanoke Cemetery.
Mr. Stephens was a son of the late Frank and Jane Kirkendolph Stephens.
In addition to the Rev. Mr. Stephens of Pulaski, other survivors are his wife,
Mrs. Sara Winningham Stephens; a daughter, Mrs. Traney Key, Crossville; four
sons, Eddie Stephens, Sparons, Ky., Rev. Ealis Stephens, Savannah, the Rev.
Ellis Stephens, Grimsley, and Elbert Stephens, Oak Ridge.
STEPHENS, George T. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Mar 1963
Funeral services for George T. Stephens, 78, Lawrenceburg businessman, were held
at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at Immanuel Baptist Church with the burial in
Lawrence County Memorial Gardens. Mr. Stephens died Sunday, March 24, at his
home.
A native of Cullman, Ala., he had lived in Lawrenceburg 45 years and had
operated a store there for 30 years.
Mr. Stephens is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ada Parrish Stephens; three sons,
John R. Stephens, Pulaski, Harris N. Stephens, Lawrenceburg, and George T.
Stephens, Jr., Savannah; one daughter, Mrs. Ira North, Madison; 11
grandchildren; two brothers, Joe C. Stephens, Lawrenceburg, and John Stephens,
Mount Pleasant; and one sister, Mrs. M. S. Drewery, Haleyville, Ala.
STEPHENS, John Howell The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jan 1963
Funeral services for John Howell Stephens, 55, husband of the former Miss Mary
Harwell of Pulaski, were held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First
Methodist Church, and Tommy Vernon, minister of Second Street Church of Christ.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Stephens died Thursday morning,
January 24, at his home in Miami, Fla., following a heart attack.
Mr. Stephens who was the night manager at Algiers Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.,
was a native of Lewisburg, Tenn., born September 4, 1907, and the son of the
late James David Stephens and Minnie Woodard Stephens. He was a member of the
Church of Christ.
STEVENSON, James Rufus The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1961
Funeral services for James Rufus Stevenson, 65, Giles County farmer, were held
at 1:30 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at Ralston Chapel with the Rev. Donald
White, Presbyterian minister, officiating.
Burial took place in Riverview Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville. Mr. Stevenson
died Monday, February 13, at Lincoln County Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Mack Stevenson and Mattie
Mitchell Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Lou
Williams Stevenson; three daughters, Mrs. Douglas McCown and Mrs. Bert Newman,
Giles County, and Mrs. Erskine Kellum, Richmond, Va.; three sons, James Brown
Stevenson, Marietta, Ga., Thomas H. Stevenson, Fayetteville, Jerry D. Stevenson,
Gainsboro, Tenn.; nine grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Boss Watson, Bunker
Hill, Mrs. Tommy Gatlin and Mrs. Carl Jester, Fayetteville, and Mrs. Herman
Holt, Old Hickory; and three brothers, Buford Mitchell Stevenson, McBurg, S. K.
Stevenson, Dellrose, and Auburn Stevenson, Memphis.
STEVENSON, Leon V. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1961
Leon V. Stevenson, prominent retired farmer of Elkton and former owner of Leon
Stevenson and Son Coal Co., in Pulaski, died Saturday morning, February 4, at 9
o'clock in Giles County Hospital after a week's illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 P. M. Sunday at Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the Rev. R. L. Greenway, the Rev. William H. Moss and Dr. William H.
Mansfield officiating. Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
Mr. Stevenson was a native of Giles County, son of the late James and Annie
Hobbs Stevenson. He was a member of the late James and Annie Hobbs Stevenson. He
was a member of Elkton Methodist Church and a former member of the Official
Board of that church.
Until his retirement about five years ago, he was active, in the church and
civic affairs of the county, having served for ten years as a member of Giles
County Quarterly Court, representing the Ninth District.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Lucille Stevenson Stevenson; one son, John Henry
Stevenson of Pulaski; three sisters, Mrs. Robert Fautt of Pulaski, Mrs. Leonard
Barlar of Campbellsville and Mrs. A. A. Maddux of Fayetteville; and one
grandson, Johnny Stevenson.
STEVENSON, Lucile Stevenson The Pulaski Citizen 26 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Leon Stevenson, 69, lifelong resident of the Bryson
Community, were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. W. H. Mansfield, Rev. W. H. Moss and Rev. R. L.
Greenway. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Stevenson who fell several
months ago, breaking a hip, died at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night, April 22, at
Elm Rest Home in Lawrenceburg, following a long illness.
The former Miss Lucile Stevenson, she was born December 29, 1891, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late John H. and Virginia Sherrell Stevenson. She
was a member of the Elkton Methodist Church. Her husband, Leon Stevenson, died
Saturday, February 4, of this year.
Mrs. Stevenson is survived by one son, John H. Stevenson, assistant cashier of
The Union Bank, Pulaski; and one grandson, Johnny Stevenson, GCHS student.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STEVENSON, Coleman Nathaniel The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Coleman Nathaniel Stevenson, 75, retired farmer of Maury
County, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. E. J. Martin. Burial took place in Polk Memorial
Gardens, Columbia. Mr. Stevenson died at Maury County Hospital on Thursday,
January 12, after a long illness.
Born August 5, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Stevenson
and Annie Hobbs Stevenson, and was a steward in the Glendale Methodist Church.
He was a former employee of the State Highway Department.
Mr. Stevenson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Harwell Stevenson; one son,
Glenn Stevenson, Columbia; one brother, Leon Stevenson, Elkton; and three
sisters, Mrs. Robert H. Fautt, Pulaski, Mrs. Leonard Barlar, Lynnville, and Mrs.
Auburn Maddox, Fayetteville.
STEVENSON, Doris Paysinger The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1967
Mrs. Doris Paysinger Stevenson, 38, of Fayetteville, died Monday, September 25,
in Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville.
Services were conducted Wednesday morning, September 27, at 11:00 o'clock, at
the Fayetteville Presbyterian Church, with burial in Riverview Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Stevenson, a native of Giles County, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. L.
Paysinger, of Pulaski.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Thomas H. Stevenson,
Fayetteville; one daugther, Calia Louise Stevenson; two sons, Harry Glen and
Keith Browning Stevenson, all of Fayetteville; one sister, Mrs. James Locke,
Grand Junction, Tenn.; and one brother, Robert Paysinger, Ardmore.
STEVENSON, Myrtle McCown The Pulaski Citizen 23 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Buford Stevenson, 73, resident of the McBurg
Community, Lincoln County, were held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, March 19,
at Ralston Chapel in Fayetteville, conducted by Dr. W. H. Mansfield and A. C.
Pullius. Burial took place in Riverview Cemetery, Fayetteville. Mrs. Stevenson
died Thursday at Lincoln County Hospital after a long illness.
The former Miss Myrtle McCown, she was a native of Lincoln County, the daughter
of the late Matt McCown and Ellis Gatlin McCown, and was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Stevenson is survived by her husband, Raymond Buford Stevenson; five
daughters, Mrs. Mildred Green, Huntsville, Ala., Miss Myra Kate Stevenson and
Mrs. Mary West, both of Frankewing, Miss Faye Stevenson, Miami, Fla. and Mrs.
Bobby Thornton, Albany, Ga.; six sons, Herbert Stevenson, Boonshill, Everett
Stevenson, Buford Stevenson, Jr., and Walter Dean Stevenson, Frankewing, Rubert
Stevenson, Macon, Ga., and Billy Mac Stevenson, Huntsville, Ala.; twenty
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; four sisters, Mrs. Clyde Chambliss,
Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Bill Snell, Old Hickory, Mrs. Allen Kellum, Richmond, Va.,
and Mrs. Brown Watson, Bunker Hill; and eight brothers, Coleman McCown, Ohio,
Calvin McCown, Frankewing, John McCown and George McCown, both of Chicago, Ill.,
Charlie McCown, Lewisburg, Douglas McCown, Bunker Hill, Gene McCown,
Shelbyville, and Leslie McCown, Miami, Fla.
STEWART, Carey D. The Pulaski Citizen 22 Oct 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Carey D. Stewart, 81, of Nashville, mother of Mrs.
Frank Davenport, were conducted Tuesday afternoon, October 21, at 3:00 o'clock
in North Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg. Burial was in John Lay Cemetery,
Ethridge.
Mrs. Stewart died Monday, October 20, in Miller Clinic, Nashville.
In addition to her daughter survivors include four other daughters, Mrs. Ruby
Alexander and Mrs. Sue Caldwell, Nashville, Mrs. Iola Scott and Mrs. Lillie
Newton, Lawrenceburg; one son, Elton Stewart, Manchester; two step-sons, Ezro
Stewart and Dr. Ray Stewart of Detroit, Mich.; and one brother, T. J. Beard,
Hohenwald; fourteen grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
STEWART, J. A. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1963
Funeral services for J. A. Stewart, 87, former resident of Giles County and
resident of Decatur, Ala., for the past eighteen years, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at East Side Methodist Church in Decatur. Burial took place in
the Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Stewart died Monday morning, April 8, at his home.
Mr. Stewart is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Vera Beddingfield, Prospect,
Mrs. David Nichols, Haleyville, Ala., Mrs. Oscar Tedford, Hartselle, Ala., and
Mrs. Martin Siler, Ypsilanti, Mich.; six sons, W. L. Stewart, Goodspring,
Raymond Stewart, Prospect, Clarence Stewart, Elkmont, Ala., Fred Stewart,
Athens, Ala., and Paul Stewart and Wade Stewart, both of Peoria, Ill.; and a
number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge.
STEWART, Mary E. Watts The Pulaski Citizen 27 Mar 1968
Mrs. Mary E. Stewart, 85, resident of the Yokley community in Giles County, died
Sunday, March 17, at 2:30 a. m. at Giles County Hospital.
Mrs. Stewart was a native of Maury County, and the daughter of the late Charlie
and Melissa Watts of the Watts Hill community near Mt. Pleasant. She was a
member of the Church of Christ.
Funeral services were held in the chapel of the O. L. North Funeral Home in
Lawrenceburg at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, March 20, with Arthur
Hardison, Church of Christ minister officiating. Burial was in Spencer Hill
Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, John M. Stewart; one son, Titus J. Stewart of
Giles County; two daughters, Mrs. Selma Shrader of Yokley and Mrs. Alma Holt of
Columbia; three grandsons; one granddaughter; and five great-grandchildren.
STEWART, Millie Davis The Pulaski Citizen 27 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Millie Davis Stewart, 83, resident of Decatur, Ala.,
for a number of years, will be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning at Gunthary
Funeral Home in Decatur with the burial at Prospect Cemetery in Giles County.
She died unexpectedly early Wednesday morning, February 27, at her home after a
long period of declining health.
A native of Coffee County and a former resident of Giles County, she was the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim Davis. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Stewart is survived by her husband, James Alfred Stewart; five daughters,
Mrs. Vera Beddingfield, Prospect, Mrs. Frank Spence, Decatur, Ala., Mrs. David
Nichols, Haleyville, Ala., Mrs. Oscar Tedford, Hartselle, Ala., and Mrs. Martin
Siler, Ypsilanti, Mich.; six sons, W. L. Stewart, Goodspring, Raymond Stewart,
Prospect, Clarence Stewart, Elkmont, Ala., and Paul Stewart and Wade Stewart,
both of Peoria, Ill.; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Carter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STEWART Thomas Leslie The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Thomas Leslie Stewart, 70, father of Pulaski's Fire Chief,
were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning in Williams Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant
with the burial in Arlington Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Stewart died
Saturday, June 18, in Maury County Hospital after an illness of more than a
year.
Mr. Stewart is survived by a son, Hal Stewart, Pulaski, and eight other sons and
step-sons, five daughters and step-daughters.
Mr. Stewart had been an employee of the L&N Railroad 44 years.
STIEN, Stella Wienberger The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1966
Graveside services of Mrs. Max Stien were conducted on Friday, December 30, at
the West End Synagogue, by Rabbi Randal Faulk of the temple, and Rabbi Jerome
Kestenbaum.
Mrs. Stien, the former Stella Wienberger of Nashville, died Thursday, December
29, in St. Thomas Hospital, following a short illness.
Survivors include her husband, Max Stien; one daughter, Mrs. Norman Cassell of
Nashville; and four grandchildren.
STINNETT, Orlean Rich The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jul 1969
Mrs. Orlean Stinnett, 66, died Wednesday, July 16, at her home on Route 5,
Lawrenceburg.
Funeral services for Mrs. Stinnett, wife of the late George Butler Stinnett,
were conducted Friday afternoon, July 18, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Stinnett was born January 18, 1903, the daughter
of the late Thomas R. Rich and Mary Frances Ward Rich.
Survivors include one brother, Clarence Rich, Pulaski; five sisters, Mrs. Stella
Franklin, Mrs. Lizzie Cocke, Mrs. Polk Tarpley, Mrs. Flournoy Morris and Mrs.
Maggie Long.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STOCKARD, Ava Upshaw The Pulaski Citizen 11 Sep 1968
Mrs. Ava Upshaw Stockard, formerly of the Campbellsville community, died in a
Nashville hospital Sunday, September 8.
She was the widow of Kenneth F. Stockard and sister of the late Robert Upshaw of
Columbia. She was the daughter of the late Dr. George W. Upshaw and Ava
Elizabeth Payne Upshaw of the Campbellsville community.
Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, September 10, at
Cosmopolitan Funeral Home in Nashville. The Rev. George D. Carter, Jr.,
officiated. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia.
Mrs. Stockard was a member of Glen Leven Presbyterian Church in Nashville.
Survivors include one son, James Stockard of Cape Kennedy, Fla.; two daughters,
Mrs. Evelyn Foster of Nashville and Mrs. Adrain Bambrough of Milwaukee, Wis.;
and one brother, Clarence Upshaw of Huntsville, Ala.
STOCKMAN, Charles Odell The Pulaski Citizen 7 Mar 1962
Charles Odell Stockman, 41, became Giles County's first traffic fatality of
1962, when the car in which he was riding crashed into a bridge abutment on
Highway 129 about three miles east of Lynnville, shortly after midnight, March
4, Sunday morning.
Driver of the 1960 Ford was Granville McCormick, 48 , of Route 1, Lynnville, who
was hospitalized with internal injuries and loss of six teeth. Another occupant
of the car, Eric Boatright, 39, of Cornersville, suffered a slipped disk and
injuries to his right side. Both men were admitted to the Giles County Hospital,
where their condition is reported to be good.
Stockman of Lewisburg, was killed instantly, State Highway Patrolman Bobby
Worsham, who investigated the accident, stated the car should have borne
slightly to the left to follow the highway and the driver evidently failed to
notice this in time to avoid hitting the bridge.
Services for Stockman were conducted Monday afternoon at Cornersville Methodist
Church with burial in Beechwood Cemetery, Cornersville.
STOFEL, Grover Morris The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1968
Grover Morris Stofel, 43, died Wednesday, December 18, in Maury County Hospital,
Columbia.
Funeral services for Mr. Stofel were held Friday afternoon, December 20 in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Mr. Andy Brown, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Stofel was born September 27, 1925 the son of Mrs.
Maggie Pratt Helmantaller, Petersburg and the late Jim Stofel.
Survivors in addition to his mother include one sister, Mrs. Virginia Jones,
Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STOFEL, Jennie Bell Pratt The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Bell Pratt Stofel, 65, resident of Prospect
section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Mt. Moriah Presbyterian
Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took
place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Stofel died at 5:30 o'clock Friday afternoon,
March 8, at a Nashville hospital following an illness of four months.
Born January 15, 1898, she was the daughter of the late Jake Pratt and Annie
Belle Pullam Pratt. Her husband John W. Stofel, died January 14, this year.
Mrs. Stofel is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Roberts and Mrs. Lorene
Arbuckle, both of Columbia, Mrs. Louise Scott, Goodspring, and Mrs. Margaret
Bullington, Attalla, Ala.; fifteen grandchildren, and one great-grandchild; two
sisters, Mrs. Maggie Hameletter, Lewisburg; and Mrs. Stella Coble, Pulaski; and
two brothers, Oscar Pratt, Pulaski, and Webb Pratt, Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STOFEL, John The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Funeral services for John Stofel, 75, retired farmer of Giles County, were held
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Mt. Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church
with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Stofel died unexpectedly of a heart
attack early Monday morning, January 14, at his home on Victoria Street.
Born January 1, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe Stofel and
Annie Holder Stofel.
Mr. Stofel is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jennie Bell Pratt Stofel; four
daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Roberts, Mrs. Lorene Arbuckle, both of Columbia, and Mrs.
Louise Scott, Prospect and Mrs. Margaret Bullington, Attalla, Ala.; fifteen
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one brother, Tom Stofel, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.; and two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Counts and Mrs. Susie County, both
of Columbia. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STOGNER, Paul The Pulaski Citizen 24 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Paul Stogner, 47, employee of the Huntsville, Ala.,
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc., were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Stogner
died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Saturday night, October 20, at his home
near Pulaski.
Born March 16, 1915, in Madison, Ala., he was the son of Mrs. Betty Acker
Stogner and the late Claude Stogner.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Stogner is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rachel
Wheeler Stogner; three sons, Preston Stogner, based at the Naval Base, Treasure
Island, Calif., and Charles and Ronald, Pulaski; three daughters, Carolyn
Stogner, Kay Stogner, and Susan Stogner, Pulaski; one brother, Thomas Stogner,
Huntsville, Ala.; and two sisters, Mrs. Stanley Bell and Mrs. L. L. Husky, both
of Huntsville, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STONE, Eleanor Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
Mrs. Eleanor Harwell Stone died at her home on Lincoln Street, Thursday, January
9, after several months' illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Stone were conducted Friday afternoon, January 10, at
2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Bruce
Strother, pastor of McKendree Methodist Church, Nashville, and the Rev. Billy
Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in Rose
Hill Cemetery, Fayetteville.
A native of Lincoln County, Mrs. Stone was born June 9, 1896, the daughter of
the late Earl and Addie Harwell. She was the wife of the late Joe Stone, and a
member of the First United Methodist Church, Pulaski.
Survivors include three sons, Robert S. Stone and Morris Harwell Stone, both of
Pulaski, and Major Joe L. Stone, Colorado Spring, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. J. W.
McCracken and Mrs. Sam Young, both of Pulaski; one brother, J. W. Harwell,
Pulaski; and four grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STONE, James Benjamin The Pulaski Citizen 2 Dec 1964
James Benjamin Stone, brother of a Pulaski resident, died on Sunday, November
29, in a hospital in his home town of Richmond, Va., following several months
illness.
Funeral services took place at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Joseph Bliery
Funeral Home with burial in Richmond.
Mr. Stone, native of Barnville, S. C. is survived by his wife and two children;
four brothers, including G. Matt Stone, Pulaski, and two sisters.
STONE, James Butler The Pulaski Citizen 10 Nov 1965
Funeral services for James Butler Stone, 72, native of Giles County and in
recent months a resident of Dellrose, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of
First Methodist Church, the Rev. Edwin Moore of Dellrose, and the Rev. Neal
Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Stone died on Sunday, November 7, in Giles County Hospital after
several weeks illness.
Born February 3, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas P.
Stone and Catherine White Stone. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Stone is survived by his wife, Mrs. Miriam Robertson Stone; one brother, J.
Porter Stone, Pulaski; and four sisters, Mrs. Howard Sherrell, Dellrose, Mrs.
Clifford Collins, Mrs. Logan Patterson, Pulaski, and Mrs. Clarence W. Helm,
Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STONE, Jewell English The Pulaski Citizen 20 May 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Jewell English Stone, 72, native of the Campbellsville
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Freeman Funeral Home in
Lawrenceburg, conducted by the Rev. Philip Ritter. Burial took place in Mimosa
Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Stone who had suffered a heart ailment for the past
three years, died at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, May 13, at Lawrence County
Hospital.
Born March 30, 1892, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late William
R. (Billy) English and Sallie Baker English. She was a member of First Methodist
Church in Lawrenceburg. Mr. and Mrs. Stone resided in Texas a number of years,
returning to Lawrenceburg several years ago.
Mrs. Stone is survived by her husband, J. T. Stone, retired school teacher and
school superintendent; two daughters, Mrs. Edward Schwartz, Boerne, Texas, and
Mrs. Arthur Kroell, Los Almitos, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and one sister,
Miss Martha English,
Lawrenceburg.
STONE, John Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1967
John Thomas Stone, 74, retired school teacher of Lawrenceburg, died Thursday,
November 16, in a Nashville hospital of injuries suffered the previous Tuesday
when struck by a car at a Lawrenceburg intersection.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at Freemon Funeral
Home with burial in Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg.
A native of Alabama, he was a veteran of World War I and had taught school in
Texas and the Lawrence County school system. His late wife was the former Miss
Jewell English of Campbellsville.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Catherine Schwartz of Bomar, Texas, and
Mrs. Gladys Kroell of Los Alamitos, Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Dura Reynolds and
Mrs. A. L. Freeman, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. T. M. MacMurray of Memphis, and Mrs. Lona
Shipman of Hohenwald; and ten grandchildren.
STONE, Robert Bernard The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Dr. Robert Bernard Stone, 71, widely known educator who
died Wednesday, Jan. 6, in Giles County Hospital, were conducted at 10 o'clock
Friday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home.
The Rev. Billy Craighead and Rev William H. Moss of Dickson officiated, and
burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville.
Dr. Stone was principal of Giles County High School for nine years, after having
served as principal at Cornersville for seventeen years. He was dean of
Cumberland University for the school year 1941-42 and president pro tem of
Martin College 1942-43.
A native of Dickson County, he was born Sept. 14, 1893, the son of Wayne and
Willie Josephine Adams Stone. He was a graduate of old Ruskin Cave College near
Dickson and received the master of arts degree in education and psychology in
1939 from Peabody College. He did graduate work at the University of Chicago,
and received the honorary degree of doctor of education from Cumberland
University.
Dr. Stone began his career as a teacher at Dickson Preparatory and held
principalships at Caney Springs Special Training School near Lewisburg, Belfast
Preparatory School and College Grove High School.
He was an outstanding speaker and was licensed a local Methodist preacher as a
young man.
He was a member of the Official Board of First Methodist Church where he taught
the George Morgan Bible Class for Men in the church school department for
twenty-three years. He was a past president of Pulaski Rotary Club and for
several years had been Tennessee director of Beta Clubs.
His wife, the former Willie Mae Stanfill, died January 3, 1964.
Survivors include two brothers, Walter B. Stone of Nashville and Hugh J. Stone
of Grasse Pointe, Mich.
STONE, Walter Clair The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Walter Clair Stone, 80, retired businessman and native Giles Countian, died
unexpectedly of a heart attack early Sunday morning, March 28, at his home in
San Francisco, Calif. Services and burial took place in that city.
Born, June 5, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas P. Stone
and Sarah Katherine White Stone.
Mr. Stone is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Swope Stone; two sons, Dr. Thomas
Stone and Robert Stone; and four grandchildren; all of San Francisco, Calif.;
two brothers, J. Porter Stone, Pulaski, and James B. Stone, Dellrose; and four
sisters, Mrs. Clifford Collins, Mrs. Logan Patterson, Pulaski, Mrs. Howard
Sherrell, Dellrose, and Mrs. Clarence Helm, Columbia.
STONE, Willie Mae Stanfill The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1964
Mrs. Willie Mae Stanfill Stone, 66, well-known educator and wife of Dr. Robert
Bernard Stone, former president of Martin College, died Friday, Jan. 3, at 8:45
p. m. at her home on West Madison Street after an extended illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 10 o'clock at Bennett-May Funeral Home with
the Rev. Billy Craighead and Rev. William H. Moss officiating. Burial was in
Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville.
A native of Hickman County, Mrs. Stone was born Sept. 6, 1897, and moved with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Stanfill, to Dickson at an early age.
She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from George Peabody
College, Nashville, and taught English and Latin in mid-state high schools and
colleges for 45 years, including the high schools of Pulaski and Cornersville,
Martin College and Cumberland College at Lebanon.
During recent years she had served as attendance teacher in Giles County and,
along with her husband, had directed the activities of Beta Clubs in Tennessee.
Dr. and Mrs. Stone were married June 5, 1917, and moved to Pulaski twenty-two
years ago. Together they had devoted a combined total of 93 years in the
teaching profession.
She was a member of First Methodist Church and for a number of years taught a
class in the Church School there.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, is a sister, Mrs. B. D. Seay of
Nashville.
STOREY, Charles Farris The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1961
Charles Farris Storey, 34, farmer of the Dellrose Community, was found dead
Thursday morning, June 22, in what Lincoln County Sheriff H. Clay Towry said was
an apparent case of suicide. The body, hanging by a chain in a barn near his
home, was found by a brother, Wayne Storey, at about 10:30 a. m.
Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning at Dellrose
Church of Christ and burial was in Shiloh Cemetery.
Mr. Storey was a native of Lincoln County, the son of Charlie Matt and Maggie
Ellen Stewart Storey. He was a member of the Church of Christ and had served
with the U. S. Army.
Besides his parents and brother, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Carl Poteat of
Goldsboro, N. C.
STOREY, Florence Ada Merrell The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1967
Mrs. Florence Ada Storey, 67, died Saturday, October 21, at Giles County
Hospital following an extended illness.
Services were conducted Sunday at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Frank Ledford officiating. Burial was in Bee Springs
Cemetery.
Mrs. Storey, a native of Giles County, was born February 18, 1900, the daughter
of the late W. P. and Janet Harris Merrell.
Survivors include her husband, Grady Storey; one daughter, Mrs. Glen Sigmon,
Pulaski; one son, David Storey, Giles County; four grandchildren; one sister,
Miss Dena Merrell, Giles County; two brothers, J. F. Merrell, Lincoln County,
and Virgil Merrell, Kerrville, Texas.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STOREY, Linda Fay The Pulaski Citizen 29 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Linda Fay Storey, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Storey
of Dellrose, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in Bee Spring Cemetery. She died
Monday morning, December 27, in Giles County Hospital.
She was born June 20, 1944, in Giles County.
In addition to her parents, Miss Storey is survived by one sister, Renee Storey;
two brothers, Ronald Storey and Michael Storey, all of the home address, and her
paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Storey, Dellrose, R.1., (Giles
County).
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STOREY, Vernon Austin The Pulaski Citizen 13 May 1064
Funeral services for Vernon Austin Storey, 64, farmer of the Bunker Hill
section, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Shiloh Methodist Church in
Lincoln County, conducted by the Rev. J. W. McCullough of McMinnville and the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Pulaski. Burial took place in Shiloh Cemetery.
Born December 24, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Harlan
Storey and Ella Marie Roberson Storey. His wife, Mrs. Clarice Maude Malone
Storey, died in 1954.
Mr. Storey is survived by three sons, Wendell Storey and Thomas Earl Storey,
Pulaski, and George Storey, Bunker Hill; one daughter, Miss Doris Elaine Storey,
Anderson, Ind.; one grandchild; one brother, Grady Storey, Dellrose; and one
sister, Miss Mary Storey, Bunker Hill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STORY, Buford Jim The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Buford Jim Story, 65, retired farmer and carpenter, were
held at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister, and the Rev. W. H. Moss, Methodist
minister. Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery in the Nineteenth Civil
District. Mr. Story, who had been in declining health seven years, died at 10
o'clock Friday night, March 24, at Thayer Veterans Hospital in Nashville.
Born July 25, 1895, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Cam Story
and Mary Jane English Story. He was a veteran of World War I and was a member of
the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, and a member of the
Campbellsville Methodist Church.
Mr. Story is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alene Luna Collins Story; one daughter,
Mrs. Marie Wilee, Nashville; two sons, Joe Cam Story, Topeka, Kans., and Jim
Daniel Story, U. S. Navy; four step-daughters, Mrs. Margaret Welch, Winchester,
Mrs. Marie Davis, Lewisburg, Mrs. Joy Boswell, Manchester and Mrs. Jean Medley,
Pulaski; two half-sisters, Mrs. John L. Woodward, Pulaski, and Mrs. Katherine
Barnett, Dallas, Texas; four half-brothers, Jim Patterson Story, Sam Story,
Herring Story, and Mack Story, all of Dallas, Texas; three step-brothers,
Herschel Rose, Campbellsville, Harvey Rose and Solon Rose, Dallas, Texas; and
one step-sister, Mrs. Mary Rena Rose Henson, Ethridge.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STORY, Edward Benton The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Edward Benton Story, 50, owner of a local milk route, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Story died of a heart attack at 11:30 o'clock Monday
night, July 24, at Giles County Hospital after a brief illness.
Born August 15, 1910, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Lewis Story
and Mary Johnson Story.
Mr. Story is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sue Harris Story; two daughters, Mrs.
Stanley Newton and Miss Mary Faye Story; two sons, Ronald Story and Louis Story;
and three grandchildren, all of Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. Sam Ellis,
Pensacola, Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STORY, Martha Parker The Pulaski Citizen 5 Nov 1969
Mrs. Martha Parker Story, 73, died Monday afternoon, November 3, in Maury County
Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, November 5, at 2:00 o'clock
in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarence Stewart
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Story was born May 15, 1896, the daughter of the
late Robert P. and Maude Malone Parker.
Survivors include two sons, Raymond Story and Cordell Story, both of Pulaski;
four daughters, Mrs. Virginia Cullins, Fayetteville, Mrs. Mary Jones,
Hendersonville, Ala.; two half-brothers, Earl Parker, Nashville, Leslie Parker,
Pulaski; one half-sister, Mrs. Mary Cordell, Nashville; fourteen grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
STOVALL, Marvin Loyd The Pulaski Citizen 7 Apr 1965
Marvin Loyd Stovall, 62, native Giles Countian and Jackson, Tenn., resident
since 1926, died unexpectedly at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, March 28, at his
home. Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday in the chapel of Smith
Funeral Home. Burial took place in Highland Memorial Gardens with Masonic rites
at the cemetery.
Born at Bryson, June 30, 1902, he was the son of the late Sterling E. Stovall
and Lena Lee Loyd Stovall. He attended Massey School for Boys in Pulaski and was
graduated from Branham and Hughes Military School at Spring Hill. He also
attended Lambuth College in Jackson. In early life, he taught school at Rich and
Beech Hill.
An employee of the Railway Express Company since 1936, he was a member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, the Jackson Masonic Lodge and Hays Avenue
Methodist Church.
Mr. Stovall is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Archie Stovall; one daughter,
Miss Judy Stovall, Jackson; five brothers, Tom Stovall, Stanley Stovall, Fred
Stovall and Wilson Stovall, Giles County, and Frank Stovall, Fort Walton Beach,
Fla.; and two sisters, Mrs. John B. Beech, Elkton, and Miss Adelene Stovall,
Bryson.
STRAIN, James Thomas "Tom" The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral services for James Thomas "Tom" Strain, 70, former resident of Giles
County and founder of Strain and Sons Nursery at Athens, Ala., were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at McConnell Funeral Home with burial in the Athens
City Cemetery.
Mr. Strain died at 12:10 Monday morning, December 2, in Huntsville Hospital.
For a time Mr. Strain was employed by the L. & N. Railroad as a depot agent in
Giles County. Later he worked for TVA, and in 1926, he moved to Athens where he
operated a dairy with the nursery business as a sise line. Later he founded the
enterprising nursery business, operated by him and his sons. Today the company
ships plants to Eastern United States and Canada in addition to the local area.
The firm also landscapes between 500 to 600 lawns a year in Huntsville.
Mr. Strain is survived by his wife, three sons, six grandchildren; and one
brother, Fred Strain, Athens, Ala.
STRICKLAND, Joe E. The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1968
Joe E. Strickland, 28, native of Giles County, was hit by an automobile and
killed in Los Angeles, Calif., October 8. The accident occurred while he was
attempting to step into his car. He had recently moved to Los Angeles from
Detroit where he had resided for a number of years.
He was the son of John Wesley Strickland who survives, and the late Mrs. Lena
Willa Johns Strickland.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Clarence Stewart, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, Oct. 12. Burial was in Moriah Cemetery.
Survivors in addition to his father include his wife, Mrs. Brenda Sue
Strickland, a grandmother, Mrs. Ella Johns, three brothers, James, John Wesley,
and Jerry Wayne Strickland, all of Mt. Julian, Mich., and four sisters, Mrs.
Linda Alred, Mt., Julian, Mrs. R. C. Bailey, Alabama, Mrs. Loretta Nance, and
Miss Mary Ellen Strickland, both of Ridgely.
STRICKLAND, Lena W. Johns
Mrs. Lena W. Strickland, 58, died Saturday, February 25, at Baptist Hospital in
Memphis.
Services were conducted Tuesday morning, February 28, at 10:30, with the Rev.
Clarence Stewart, officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mrs. Strickland was born February 19, 1909, in Giles County, the daughter of the
late Mrs. Noah Johns and the late Mr. Johns. She had lived in Pulaski for many
years before moving to Ridgely, Tenn., with her family.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, John Wesley
Strickland; four daughters, Misses Barbara and Mary Ella Strickland, Ridgely,
Mrs. Linda Allred, Michigan, and Mrs. Fannie Bailey, Florida; four sons, Jerry
Wayne, John W., Jr., and Jimmy Lee Strickland, Michigan, and Joe Edward
Strickland, Alaska; seven grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Buford Bunn, Mrs.
Jack Foster and Mrs. Joe Witherow, Pulaski, and Mrs. Rebecca Drake, Chattanooga;
and one brother, J. B. Johns, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
STRINGER, Mary Witt The Pulaski Citizen 02 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Witt Stringer, 58, resident of Franklin for a
number of years, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Franklin Memorial
Chapel, conducted by the Rev. George Cooley. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery at Lynnville. Mrs. Stringer died Friday, January 28, in Williamson
County Hospital, after a long illness.
Born November 10, 1907, at Lynnville, she was the daughter of Mrs. Susie Smith
Witt, Franklin, and the late Robert H. Witt, members of pioneer families of the
Lynnville Community. She was graduated from Jones High School at Lynnville and
attended Middle Tennessee State College at Murfreesboro. She was a member of the
Presbyterian Church, and had been identified in Franklin business circles.
Her husband, George Stringer, formerly of Franklin, Ky., died in 1948.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Stringer is survived by one uncle, Monroe Smith
of Lynnville.
STROUD, Elizabeth Deane The Pulaski Citizen 29 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Deane Stroud, 89, widow of Rev. William
Andrew Stroud, Methodist minister, were held at 10 o'clock Monday morning in
Belmont Methodist Church, Nashville, conducted by Dr. Farris F. Moore, pastor,
and Dr. E. P. Anderson. Burial took place in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville.
Mrs. Stroud died at 6:30 o'clock Friday morning, September 24, at her home, 1611
18th Avenue, South, Nashville, after an extended period of declining health.
A native of Hickman County, she was the daughter of the late William Hardaway
Deane and Mary Edney Bizzell Deane. In 1899, she was married to the minister who
served various pastorates for more than thirty years throughout Middle
Tennessee, including several in Giles County.
She was the mother of the Rev. Deane Stroud who died two years ago.
Mrs. Stroud is survived by two daughters, Miss Annie Ruth Stroud, Nashville,
Mrs. Edna S. Davis, Eufaula, Ala.; two sons, Rev. John E. Stroud, Virgin
Islands, and William A. Stroud, Nashville; five grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. Mrs. A. W. Deane of Pulaski is a sister-in-law.
STUBBLEFIELD, Zula Ann Solomon The Pulaski Citizen 14 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Zula Ann Solomon Stubblefield, 85, Boonshill resident,
were held at 11 o'clock Monday, April 5, in Kelso Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in Lincoln County with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Stubblefield died
Saturday, April 3, in Lincoln County Hospital after a few weeks illness.
Born in Lincoln County, December 14, 1879, she was the daughter of the late
George W. Solomon and Delphia Fanning Solomon. Her husband, George C.
Stubblefield, died November 3, 1947.
Mrs. Stubblefield is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Robert G. Hargrove,
Pulaski, Miss Magnolia Stubblefield, Boonshill, Mrs. W. P. Nisbett, Bossier
City, La., and Mrs. Wilson Yerger, St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands; five sons,
Joe Stubblefield, Paul Stubblefield, Walter Stubblefield and Charles
Stubblefield, all of Lincoln County and J. J. Stubblefield, Birmingham, Ala.;
twenty-three grandchildren and forty-five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Jim
Solomon, Giles County, and Fuzell Solomon, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and one
sister, Mrs. J. A. Carter, Columbia.
STUBER, Gerald Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Gerald Wesley Stuber, 42, owner and operator of Middle Tennessee Rendering
Company for the past twelve years, died suddenly at noon on Monday, Aug. 1, from
a heart attack suffered while working at the plant on Highway 31, south. Funeral
services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in
Pulaski with the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor, and the Rev. Marvin Suitor of
Nashville and the Rev. R. E. Wilsford officiating. Burial will take place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Stuber was pastor of Thompson's Chapel Baptist Church and had conducted
revival services at Hanna Baptist Church during the past week.
A native of Peru, Indiana, he and his family had resided at Plymouth, Ind.,
before moving to Pulaski twelve years ago, when he bought the Rendering Company.
He was the son of the late John Wesley and Flora Cunningham Stuber.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Joy Marie Stuber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Merritt Miner of Pulaski; three daughters, Martha Irene, Patricia Ann and Connie
Sue, all of Pulaski; seven sisters, Mrs. Daisy Reed and Mrs. Faye Griswold, both
of Plymouth, Ind., Mrs. Paul Becker, Mrs. Sylvia Moore, Mrs. Lydia Babcock, Mrs.
Harold Davis and Mrs. Cleo Burrows, all of Ohio.
SULCER, Gus Charles The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Gus Charles Sulcer, 72, retired carpenter of Pulaski, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were
conducted by Rev. William H. Moss and Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist
ministers, and burial took place in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Stella. Mr. Sulcer
died at 8:30 o'clock Monday morning, March 14, at his home on Stadium Street
after a long illness.
Born March 2, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Charles Sulcer
and Susan Miller Sulcer. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Sulcer is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ila Tate Sulcer; one daughter, Mrs.
James E. Hagan, Elizabethtown, Ky.; two sons, Louie Sulcer and J. C. Sulcer,
both of Atlanta, Ga.; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Pollard,
Prospect and Mrs. Ollice Harlow, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and three brothers, Shelly
Sulcer and Bud Sulcer, both of Bethel, and Clarence Sulcer, Huntsville, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SUMNERS, Alton The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Alton Sumners, 68, retired Lincoln County farmer, were held
at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Raineys' Funeral Home at Ardmore. Burial took
place in the Blanche Cemetery in Lincoln County. Mr. Sumners, who had had a
heart ailment for a number of years, died Friday morning, September 8, at
Lincoln County Hospital, Fayetteville.
Born and reared in Lincoln County, he was the son of Mrs. Tom Sumners and the
late Mr. Sumners. He had resided in the Baugh section most of his life. Three
years ago, the family moved to Fayetteville.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Sumners is survived by his wife, Mrs. Wassie
O'Neal Sumners, also a native of Lincoln County; two sons, David O. Sumners,
Massey, Md., and Phillip Sumners, Athens, Tenn.; one daughter, Mrs. Frank F.
Fortenberry, Memphis; eight grandchildren; and six brothers and sisters.
Raineys' Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SUMNERS, Beulah Watson The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Beulah Watson Sumners, 73, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. J. W. McCullough
and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the Bee Spring Cemetery. Mrs.
Sumners died at 1:10 o'clock Friday afternoon, September 22, at Fairmont Nursing
Home in Columbia; after a long illness.
Born October 23, 1887, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Isom
Watson and Lula Coble Watson. Her husband, Sheelie D. Sumners died January 23,
1961.
Mrs. Sumners is survived by one son, Herald D. Sumners, Bryson; three
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and one sister, Mrs. Homer Abernathy,
Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SUMNERS, June Ellen Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1966
Mrs. June Ellen Sumners, 22, died Monday, August 15, in Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Billy Craighead on Thursday
afternoon, August 18, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sumners, a Methodist, and a native of Minnesota, was born June 19, 1944.
She was the daughter of the late Archie Campbell and Mrs. Edna Williams of
Minnesota.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, Harry R. Sumners;
three sons, Glenn Everett, Harry Leroy and Tracy Steven Sumners; one daughter,
Donna Sumners; four brothers, Leverne Campbell, Minnesota, Dale Campbell and Lee
Campbell, both of Wisconsin, and James Campbell, Canal Zone, Panama; and one
sister, Mrs. Audry Poorker, Wisconsin.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SUMNERS, Leroy The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1967
Leroy Sumners, 87, a retired farmer, died Tuesday night, September 26, in Giles
County Hospital, following an extended illness.
Services will be conducted Thursday morning, September 28, at 10:30 o'clock in
the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial will be in Indian Creek Cemetery.
Mr. Sumners, a native of Lincoln County, was born December 9, 1879, the son of
the late Lidge and Liza Sumners.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Doris Harrington, Ardmore; twelve
grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Culley Watson,
Selma, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SUMNERS, Lillian Tucker The Pulaski Citizen 05 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Tucker Sumners, 76, Giles County resident,
were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home with the
burial in Indian Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Sumners died Thursday, January 30, at her
home in the Elkmont Springs section after a short illness.
Born November 15, 1887, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Tom
Tucker and Maggie Brownlow Tucker. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Sumners is survived by her husband, Lee Sumners; one son, Edgar Sumners,
Giles County; one daughter, Mrs. Dorris Harrington, Giles County; eleven
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Lena Watson,
Kentucky.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SUMNERS, Morgan Patterson The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Morgan Patterson Sumners, 85, a former member of Giles
County Court, were held Sunday at 2 p. m. at Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial took
place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Sumners died at 7 p. m. Friday at his home in the Bunker Hill community.
Officiating at the services were Tommy Vernon and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton.
The Lincoln County native retired in 1940 after spending 25 years associated
with banks in Hazel Green, Ala., and Diana and Delrose, Tenn. He was part-owner
of Pulaski Funeral Home for 20 years, and a magistrate in Giles County for
twelve years.
Mr. Sumners was a son of the late Elijah Downing and Sara Elizabeth Williams
Sumners.
He was a member of the Church of Christ and former member of the Odd Fellows
Lodge.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Blanch Minatra Sumners; two daughters, Mrs. James
A. Bell, Murfreesboro, and Mrs. Mack K. Poston, Chattanooga; a son, Everette
Sumners, Pulaski; a brother, Lee Sumners, Ardmore; a sister, Mrs. Jack Watson,
Selma, Ala.; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
SUMNERS, Sheelie D. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Sheelie D. Sumners, 74, retired farmer of the Bunker Hill
Community, were held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by Rev. J. W. McCullough, minister of Church of God at Bunker Hill.
Burial took place in Bee Spring Cemetery. Mr. Sumners died late Monday
afternoon, January 23, at Fairmont Rest Home, Columbia, after an extended
illness.
Born April 29, 1886, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Elijah D.
Sumners and Eliza Williams Sumners.
Mr. Sumners is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Watson Sumners; one son, Herald
D. Sumners, Bunker Hill; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one
sister, Mrs. Mary Cullie Watson, Selma, Ala.; and two brothers, Morgan P.
Sumners, Bunker Hill and Leroy Dickerson Sumners, Ardmore.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SUMNERS, Robert Wayne The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1969
Funeral services for Robert Wayne Sumners, 39, were held Sunday afternoon,
December 29, at 1 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Sumners died Friday, December 27, at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Sumners was born December 4, 1924, the son of Mrs.
Virgie Sue Erwin Sumners, and the late William Sumners.
Survivors in addition to his mother include four brothers, Sylvester Sumners,
Joe Mack Sumners and Edgar Sumners, all of Pulaski, and Gary Sumners, Ft.
Campbell, Ky.; three sisters, Mrs. Joyce Bunting and Mrs. Arlene Hawthorne, both
of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Ann Green, Pulaski; several nieces and nephews.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SUMNERS, William Edgar The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Funeral services for William Edgar Sumners, 60, were conducted Sunday afternoon,
July 16, at 3:30 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Sumners, a native of Giles County, died Saturday, July 15, in Maury County
Hospital. He was born October 15, 1906, the son of Lee Sumners of Ardmore and
the late Mrs. Lillian Tucker Sumners.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Virgie Sue Erwin Sumners; three daughters, Mrs Ann
Grune, Giles County, Mrs. Joyce Buntley and Mrs. Arlene Hawthorne, Houston,
Texas; five sons, William S., Wayne, Joe Mack, Edgar, and Gary Sumners, all of
Giles County; seven grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Doris Herrington,
Ardmore.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SUMPTER, Edward R. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1967
Edward R. Sumpter, brother of Mrs. Mahlon H. Long, died at his home February 20,
in Elberton, Ga., after a long illness.
Services were conducted Wednesday, February 22, in the chapel of Hicks Funeral
Home, with burial in Elberton.
Survivors in addition to Mrs. Long, are his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Bruce Sumpter;
one daughter, Mrs. Robert Branner, Jr., of Richmond Va.; and three
grandchildren; and another sister, Mrs. Will Wyker of Decatur, Ala.
SURLES, Austin W. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Austin W. Surles, 56, native Giles Countian, and resident
of Indiana, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Georgetown, Ind.,
Christian Church with the burial in that city. Mr. Surles died on Saturday,
March 14, in Veterans Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
Born April 25, 1907, he was the son of Willis Surles and Zanie Mirandy Surles.
He was a member of the Georgetown Methodist Church and the Disabled American
Veterans Post at New Albany, Ind.
Mr. Surles is survived by his wife, Mrs. Flora Polly Surles, also a native of
Giles County; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Gunn; two sons, Stephen Surles,
Georgetown, Ind., and William A. Surles, US Navy; four brothers, L. R. Surles
and Floyd Surles, Pulaski, Raymond Surles, California, and W. J. Surles,
Marietta, Ga.; and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Phillips, Louisville, Ky.
SURLES, Byron Edward The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1960
Byron Edward Surles, 19, was fatally wounded Sunday, December 4, when his
12-guage shotgun was accidently discharged while he and a companion were hunting
rabbits near Prospect. The accident occurred about 11 a. m. and the youth died
that afternoon at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. John M. Bradford of Prospect and Gilbert Shaffer of
Pulaski officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Coroner William Bennett, Jr., said Billy Arthur, who was hunting with Surles,
told him that the victim hit a pile of brush with the butt of his gun in an
attempt to scare out a rabbit and the weapon fired, sending scattered shot into
his right shoulder and chest. Giles County Sheriff P. M. Butler ruled the death
accidental.
The son of Louie Mack Surles of Prospect, Route 1, and the late Mrs. Annie Ruth
Phillips Surles, he was on week end leave from the Naval Air Technical Training
Center at Memphis. He was a member of the 1960 graduating class of Prospect High
School.
Surle's mother and only brother died in an automobile accident near Winchester
several years ago.
Besides his father, Surles is survived by his stepmother, Mrs. Lou Brummit
Surles; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nina Phillips of Pulaski; and his
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Willie Surles of Florence, Ala.
SURLES, Louie Mack (Dick) The Pulaski Citizen 20 Nov 1968
Louie Mack (Dick) Surles, 51, an employee of Genesco for 29 years, died Monday,
November 18.
Funeral services for Mr. Surles were held Wednesday afternoon, November 20, in
the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Reavis of
Pettusville, Ala., officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Surles was born February 25, 1919, the son of the
late Joe Thomas Surles and Willie Myrtle McMasters Surles.
Survivors include his wife, Olivene Surles; four brothers, Colie and Logan
Surles, Louisville, Ky., and R. E. and R. H. (Bill) Surles, both of Giles
County; two sisters, Mrs. Morgan Polly, Florence, Ala., and Mrs. Harold
Blasingim, Chattsworth, Ill.; two step-children, Julian Burmitt, Memphis, and
Mrs. Joe Bryan, Lynnville.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SURLES, Oscar Lee The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1967
Oscar Leon Surles, 59, native Giles Countian and an employee of the City of
Florence, Ala., for the past fifteen years, was killed Monday afternoon, Dec. 4,
in an accident at the city garage there.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Bennett-May
Chapel with Herbert McNeese, officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
The son of Mrs. Willie Myrtle McMasters Surles of Pulaski and the late Joe
Thomas Surles, Mr. Surles was born March 31, 1908.
He was a member of Cool Springs Church of Christ.
Members of the family said Surles was backing a city truck into the garage when
he fell from the vehicle and was run over.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Mamie Ruth Gowan
Surles; a daughter, Mrs. James R. Smith of Pulaski; five brothers, Rupert,
Louie, and Ripley Surles, all of Giles County, and Coley and Logan Surles of
Louisville, Ky.; two sisters, Mrs. Morgan Polly of Florence, Ala., and Mrs.
Harold Blasingim of Chattsworth, Ill.; and a grandson.
SURLES, Willie Myrtle The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Myrtle Surles, 88, were held at 2:30 Saturday
afternoon, January 13, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown
and James Merritt, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in the
Cool Springs Cemetery.
Mrs. Surles, a native of Giles County, died in her home in Florence, Ala.,
Thursday, January 11.
Mrs. Surles, the wife of the late Joe Thomas Surles, was born January 3, 1870,
the daughter of the late Jim and Kate McMasters.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Harold BlasingiM, Chattsworth, Ill., and
Mrs. Morgan Polly, Florence, Ala.; five sons, Colie and Logan Surles,
Louisville, Ky., R. E., Louis, and Ripley Surles, all of Goodspring; one sister,
Mrs. C. E. York, Madison; two brothers, R. B. McMasters, Stephens Port, Ky. and
V. E. McMasters, Goodspring.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SWEARINGEN, Sallie B. Stanley The Pulaski Citizen 23 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie B. Stanley Swearingen, 87, resident of Pulaski
for the past four years, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home in
Tiptonville, conducted by the Rev. W. B. Clayton. Burial took place in Davis
Chapel Cemetery in Tiptonville. Mrs. Swearingen died at 11 o'clock Sunday night,
May 20, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wiley T. Abernathy, Jr., after an
extended period of declining health.
A native of Obion County, she was born October 9, 1874, the daughter of the late
Richard Stanley and Mahilda Hatchett Stanley. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Her husband, John Swearingen, died many years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Abernathy, Mrs. Swearingen is survived by one son, Norman
Swearingen, St. Louis, Mo.; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and
one sister, Mrs. Herron Mills, Milan.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SWIFT, Jessie The Pulaski Citizen 22 Oct 1969
Miss Jessie Swift, 62, died Wednesday night, October 15, in Madison Memorial
Hospital after several weeks illness.
Funeral services for Miss Swift, who worked eight years as payroll clerk for Lee
Mar, were conducted Saturday morning, October 18, at 9:00 o'clock in Madison
Funeral Home with the Rev. George Rohling officiating. Burial was in Old Fort
Cemetery, near Cleveland.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Ann DeGloppen, Madison; and two nieces, Mrs.
James Moore of Chattanooga; whom she reared, and Mrs. Griffin of Madison.
SWIFT, Murphy The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1967
Murphy Swift, aged Prospect Negro, who would have celebrated his 102nd birthday,
on September 19, died Friday, Aug. 18, at his home after several months of
failing health.
Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, Aug. 29, at the AME Methodist Church
in Prospect with burial in Old Prospect Cemetery.
Swift, a barber for more than 80 years, was the subject of a Pulaski Citizen
feature article in December, 1964, and on his 100th birthday, Sept. 19, 1965, he
was honored by the entire Prospect Community. A party was held and gifts and
cards were received from throughout the country.
His parents were Alfred and Narcissus Mason Swift, slaves of George A. Swift, a
pioneer settler of the Prospect area. He began barbering in Prospect at about
the age of 20, later worked at the Union Station Barber Shop in Nashville and in
Pulaski from 1901 till 1903, when he returned to Prospect and continued in the
trade until recent years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lou Ann Bassham Swift, whom he married Dec. 6,
1926; two half-brothers, Guy and Forrest Swift of Indianapolis, Ind.; and a
stepdaughter, Mrs. Stella Mae Brown of Indianapolis.
SWINEY, Dorsey The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1966
Funeral services for Dorsey Swiney, 55, Minor Hill farmer, will be held at 11
o'clock Friday morning in Minor Hill Baptist Church with the burial in Minor
Hill Cemetery. He died Wednesday morning, May 11, in Giles County Hospital.
Born December 6, 1910, he was the son of the late Will Swiney and Nora Shelton
Swiney.
Mr. Swiney, a single man, is survived by one brother, Woodrow Swiney, Minor
Hill; two sisters, Miss Myrtle Swiney, Minor Hill, and Mrs. Alice Gatlin,
Goodsprings, and several nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
SWINNEY, Fay Johnson The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jul 1964
Mrs. Fay Johnson Swinney, 36, resident of the Beech Hill Community, died early
Wednesday morning, July 22, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services will be take place at Pulaski Funeral Home with the burial in
Pisgah Cemetery.
Born November 19, 1927, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Thomas Richard
Johnson and Nonie Hardin Johnson who survive.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Swinney is survived by her husband, Harold
Swinney; three sons, Joe, Kenneth and Steven Swinney, all at home; two brothers,
Murray Johnson, Atlanta, Ga., and Robert Johnson, Bremmer, Ind.; and seven
sisters, Mrs. Robert Cole, Mrs. Lee Allen Rogers, and Mrs. Cecil Beaver,
Pulaski, Mrs. A. L. Martin, Gurley, Ala., Mrs. Raymond Hannah, Caulfield, Mo.,
Mrs. Ira Young, Murfreesboro, and Mrs. Earl Cagle, Carnegie, Okla.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
SYKES, Rillar Abraham The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1961
Mrs. Rillar Abraham Sykes, 104-year-old Negro woman who was thought to be the
oldest citizen of Pulaski and perhaps of Giles County, died Friday, March 17, at
the home of her daughter on McLean Street.
Funeral rites were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Original
Church of God, with the Rev. A. W. Witherspoon officiating and burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
The daughter of the late Balam and Catherine Smith Parks, "Aunt Rillar" was born
Aug. 23, 1856, at Lawrenceburg. She was married in 1874 to William Sykes of
Pulaski, who died in 1927. They were the parents of seven children.
She was widely known as an accomplished seamstress and did dressmaking for the
public until her eyesight failed.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mauton Phillips of Pulaski and Mrs. Ganell
Nunley of Detroit, Mich.; one son, William A. Sykes of Pulaski; fifteen
grandchildren; and twenty-two great-grandchildren and nine
great-great-grandchildren.
SYLVESTER, Roy B. The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jun 1969
Roy B. Sylvester, Sr., 78, died Sunday morning, May 25, at 1 o'clock at
Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, May 27, at 2:30 o'clock in
Waddell Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Rogersville by Rev. Charles Hendrix
and Rev. Clarence Stewart. Burial was in Mitchell Cemetery.
He was a native of Lincoln County and a former resident of the Shoals area. He
was a retired farmer of the Rogersville Community and a member of the Waddell
Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Rogersville.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ellie Lou Brock Sylvester of Pulaski; three
sons, Roy B. Sylvester, Jr., Kenneth Sylvester, both of Florence, Opal
Sylverster, Las Vegas, Nev.; three daughters, Mrs. Betty Lovell, Rogersville;
Msr. Juanita Dormany, Mrs. Jewell Surrency, both of Tampa, Fla.; a step-son,
Cecil Brock, Pulaski; a step-daughter, Mrs. Marcelene Paysinger, Nashville; one
sister, Mrs. J. D. Clem, Athens, Ala.; eighteen grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
TAAKE, Louis A. The Giles Free Press 17 Aug 1961
Louis A. Taake, brother-in-law of Mrs. A. L. Johnson, died in East St. Louis,
Ill., Wednesday morning after an extended illness.
Taake was a frequent visitor to Pulaski and was well known in this area.
Funeral services are to be held Saturday at Burk's Funeral Home in East St.
Louis at 10 a. m.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Maher Taake.
TACKER, Annie Lou Petty The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1967
Mrs. Annie Lou Tacker, 79, died Sunday, August 29, in Lewisburg. Services were
conducted Monday afternoon, August 21, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with Gilbert Shaffer, Church of Christ minister, and
the Rev. Henry Cortner officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Tacker, a native of Giles County, was born December 29, 1887, the daughter
of the late Robert and Mollie Jane Carvell Petty. Her husband was the late
Thomas Reece Tacker.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Forrest Allen, Lewisburg; six
grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Elmer
Kimbrough, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TACKER, John Willard The Pulaski Citizen 30 May 1962
Funeral services for John Willard Tacker, 54, of Nashville, former Giles
Countian, were held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at Hickory Heights Church
of Christ, Lewisburg, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
Mr. Tacker, former Lewisburg contractor, died of a heart attack about 10 o'clock
on Thursday morning, May 24, en route from Nashville to the home of his mother,
Mrs. Annie Lou Petty Tacker, in the Lynnville section. He was born in Giles
County, the son of the late Tom Tacker.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Tacker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Meek
Tacker; three daughters, Mrs. Martha Keltner and Mrs. Nancy Franklin, Nashville,
and Mrs. Betty Jo Hickey, Lebanon; one son, John Jerry Tacker, Athens, Ala.; ten
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Forrest Allen, Lewisburg.
TALLY, William The Pulaski Citizen 28 Oct 1964
William Tally of New York City, who was critically injured in a fall at Manor
House Farms recently, died nine days later, on Oct. 12, at Manhassett, Long
Island, N. Y., according to a recent report reaching The Pulaski Citizen Monday.
Mr. Tally, senior vice-president of J. J. Newberry Company, a variety store
chain, suffered multiple injuries whe he fell to the ground from a second floor
balcony of the Manor Farms Club House shortly before 5 o'clock on Saturday
morning, Oct. 3.
After emergency treatment at Giles County Hospital he was flown by private plane
to New York and taken to Manhasset Medical Center.
Mr. Tally was the guest of D. Earl Puckett when the accident occurred.
TANDY, Bessie Newton The Pulaski Citizen 6 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Newton Tandy, Madison, and a native of Giles
County, were held at 11 o'clock Monday morning in Madison, with the burial in
that city. Mrs. Tandy died Friday, October 1, in Madison Hospital following
several years declining health.
She was the daughter of the late Reece Newton and Hulda Hickman Newton of the
Sumac Community. She had been a resident of Madison and had been employed by the
DuPont Company for more than thirty years.
Mrs. Tandy is survived by her husband, Russell B. Tandy; one son, Richard Tandy,
Madison; two brothers, Rev. T. T. Newton, Ridgley, Tenn., and Woodrow Newton,
Lewisburg; and five sisters, Mrs. Katherine Gary, Mrs. Tina Adams and Estelle
Meneese, Madison, Mrs. Dezzie Beasley, Waxahachie, Texas, and Mrs. Burrow
McNeese, Sumac, Giles County.
TANKERSLEY, Emory The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Emory Tankersley, 60, retired Appleton farmer, were held
Saturday afternoon at Appleton Church of Christ, conducted by J. T. Word,
minister. Burial took place in the Appleton (Dobbins) Cemetery. Mr. Tankersley
died Friday, March 31 at his home after a long illness.
Born September 16, 1900, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late Samuel
Edward Tankersley and Sarah Dean Tankersley and was a member of the Appleton
Church of Christ.
Mr. Tankersley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lou King Tankersley, native of
Giles County; and one sister, Mrs. A. D. Hardiman, Florence, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TANKERSLEY, Guy The Giles Free Press 12 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Guy Tankersley, 46, were held at 2 p. m. Sunday, December 9
at the Fall River Church of Christ with H. C. Prestridge officiating.
Burial was in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Mr. Tankersley died Friday December 7, at his home in the Fall River Community.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Cennie Harris Tankersley; a son, Thomas
Clinton Tankersley; a sister, Mrs. L. E. Garner, West Point, Tennessee.
Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
TANNEHILL, Jack Long The Pulaski Citizen 4 Sep 1968
Jack Long Tannehill, 55, veteran editor of weekly newspapers in Mississippi and
Louisiana and son-in-law of Mrs. Rankin Rhea and the late Mr. Rhea of Pulaski,
died unexpectedly Thursday, Aug. 29, following a heart attack at his home in
Philadelphia, Miss.
Funeral services were conducted at Philadelphia Presbyterian Church on Friday
and further services at Winnfield (La.) Presbyterian Church on Saturday with
burial in the Winfield Cemetery.
A native of Winfield, born May 20, 1913, Mr. Tannehill was a member of a pioneer
family of Louisiana. He was married in 1944 to Miss Courtney Rhea, who survives.
At the time of his death he was a member of the Board of Governors of the
Mississippi Press Association.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Tannehill is survived by a son, Jack Rhea
Tannehill, of Union, Miss.; three brothers and nine sisters.
TANT, Eric Angus The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1960
Giles County's seventeenth traffic fatality of 1960 occurred Tuesday, December
27, when an automobile driven by Eric Angus Tant, 30, of Nashville, crashed into
a bridge abutment on old Highway 31 at Elkton, killing the driver.
State Trooper Thomas Russell, who investigated, said Tant apparently lost
control of his car, crossed into the left lane and hit the bridge. He was dead
on arrival at Giles County Hospital. The accident happened at 2:10 p. m.,
Russell said.
Tant was the grandson of Mrs. Wiley M. Park of Nashville and Elkton and the late
Mr. Park. His father, Edward L. Tant, died in 1931, and his mother, the former
Miss Edna Park, died in 1957.
Funeral services were conducted at Elkton Methodist Church at 11 a. m.
Wednesday, with the Rev. R. L. Greenway officiating and burial was in Elkton
Cemetery.
Tant was a teacher at Joelton High School in Davidson County and made his home
in Nashville with an uncle, Lynn C. Park. He was a member of the Elkton
Methodist Church. Born in Nashville, he attended elementary school at Elkton and
was graduated from Columbia Military Academy and Peabody College. He served two
years in the U. S. Army and was stationed in Germany.
Besides his maternal grandmother and the uncle, he is survived by his paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Tant of Nashville, and two other uncles,
Vernon Park of Elkton and Edward Park of Athens, Ala.
TARPLEY, Cynthia Wall The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. J. E. Tarpley, 70, native Giles Countian, were held at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Ethridge Methodist Church, with the burial in the
John Lay Cemetery. She died at her Ethridge home on Saturday, June 5.
The former Miss Cynthia Wall, she was born at Campbellsville, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tom Wall.
Mrs. Tarpley is survived by her husband, J. E. Tarpley; four sons, Jack Tarpley
and John Tarpley, Ethridge, Willie Joe Tarpely, Newman, Calif., and Everett
Tarpley, Lawrenceburg; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas C. Childress and Mrs. Joe B.
Rice, both of Chicago, Ill.; one brother, Willie Wall, Mt. Pleasant; her
step-mother, Mrs. Trudie Edmondson, Petersburg, Tenn.; two half-brothers, Joseph
Wall and James Wall, Pulaski; one half-sister, Mrs. Betty Jean Hall, Decatur,
Ala.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TARPLEY, Frank Leon The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Frank Leon Tarpley, 53, resident of Louisville, Ky., and a
former Giles Countian, were held at 1:30 o'clock on Monday in Louisville with
burial in that city. Mr. Tarpley died Friday at his home, following a heart
attack.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Guy Tarpley and Mary
Ragsdale Tarpley and was a member of Rehoboth Methodist Church near Pulaski.
Mr. Tarpley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Hall Tarpley; one son,
William Eugene Tarpley, Louisville; one brother, Thomas Tarpley, Louisville; and
one sister, Mrs. Charles G. Ross, Aspen Hill, Giles County.
TARPLEY, James Robert The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for James Robert Tarpley, 72, retired carpenter, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville with the
burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Mr. Tarpley died at 7:20 o'clock on Thursday
morning, April 11, at his home in Nashville.
Born June 2, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jack Tarpley and
Maggie Barry Tarpley. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Tarpley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Will Worsham Tarlpey; one son,
James Robert Tarpley, Jr., Indiana; one daughter, Miss Annie Ruth Tarpley,
Nashville; four grandchildren; three brothers, Russell Tarpley and Tommy
Tarpley, Pulaski, and Joe Tarpley, Ethridge; and one sister, Mrs. Walter
Witherow, Lynnville.
TATE, Clyde The Pulaski Citizen 04 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Clyde Tate, 63, native Giles Countian, were held at 3:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Prospect Methodist Church with the burial in the
Potts Cemetery, near Prospect. Mr. Tate died Thursday, February 25, in General
Hospital in Washington, D. C., after a long period of declining health.
Born December 29, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jesse Tate
and Lula Hazelwood Tate. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Tate is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Tom Birdsong Tate, Prospect; two
daughters, Mrs. Julian Brown Hughes, Pulaski and Mrs. David Reese, Nashville;
four grandchildren; four sisters, Jesse Toone and Mrs. William Headricks,
Pulaski, Mrs. Marvin Toone, Ardmore and Mrs. Aubrey Pollard, Lawrenceburg; and
one brother, Louie Tate, Nashville.
Wilson T. Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
TATE, Ed J. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Ed J. Tate, 76, retired Bethel farmer, were held at 1:30
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Liberty Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. W.
C. Folks, retired Methodist minister and former pastor of the church. Burial
took place in the Potts Cemetery. Mr. Tate died on Monday morning, February 1,
at a Nashville hospital, following a long illness.
Born February 22, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jake Tate
and Martha Moates Tate. His wife, Mrs. Emma Witherow Tate, died in 1957.
Mr. Tate is survived by one sister, Mrs. Harvey H. Dean, Pulaski.
TATE, Elmo George The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Funeral services for Elmo George Tate, 69, were held at 1:30 p. m. Monday,
January 8, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Rev. Hoyt Wilson
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Tate died Saturday night, January 6, at his home at Route Six, Pulaski.
Mr. Tate, a native of Giles County, was born December 8, 1898 the son of the
late Jess and Nannie Pollard Tate.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Eula Maie Cole Tate; two sisters, Mrs. Ila
Sulcer, Elizabethtown, Ky., and Mrs. Bessie Hardie, Mumford; one half-sister,
Mrs. Ruby Claude, Giles County; and one half-brother, F. A. Tate, Prospect.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TATE, Horace Glen The Pulaski Citizen 14 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Horace Glen Tate, 77, retired farmer of Giles County, were
held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in Prospect Cemetery.
Mr. Tate who had made his home in Pulaski, died Sunday, April 11, in Giles
County Hospital, after a long period of declining health.
Born November 30, 1887, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jess O. Tate
and Nannie Pollard Tate. His wife, Mrs. Madge Tate, died September 18, 1964.
Mr. Tate is survived by three sons, Bobby Tate, Pulaski, Lee Tate, Prospect, and
James Tate, U. S. Army; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Lou Weldon, Lynnville, Mrs.
Liza Bell Henderson, Pulaski, and Mrs. Bonnie Barnes, Nashville; eighteen
grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; two brothers, Elmo Tate, Pulaski, and
F. A. Tate, Prospect; and four sisters, Mrs. Lorena Cagle, Decatur, Ala., Mrs.
Bessie Hardy, Maynard, Tenn., Mrs. Ila Sulcer, Elizabethtown, Ky., and Mrs. Ruby
Claud, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TATE, Iliff Dewey The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Iliff Dewey Tate, 64, retired farmer, were held at 3
o'clock Friday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Robert E. Wilsford, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Tate died Thursday, June 25, at Giles County Hospital.
Born March 16, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jesse Overton
Tate and Naomi Pollard Tate.
Mr. Tate is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sallie Cole Tate; one son, Norman Dean
Tate; one daughter, Miss Della Mae Tate, both of Pulaski; three brothers, Glen
Tate, Elmo Tate, and F. A. Tate, Giles County; and four sisters, Mrs. Ila
Sulcer, Elizabethtown, Ky., Mrs. Bessie Hardy, Memphis, Mrs. Lorena Vest,
Decatur, Ala., and Mrs. Ruby Claud, Prospect.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TATUM, Hattie Long The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1966
Mrs. Hattie Long Tatum, 68, died Monday morning, August 22, at her home on Big
Dry Creek.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Rev. Henry Cortner, pastor of Olivet Methodist
Church, and Dr. W. H. Mansfield officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Tatum, a Methodist and a native of Giles County, was born June 16, 1898.
She was the daughter of the late Sterling and Etta Chapman Long.
She is survived by her husband, Edgar Tatum; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Owen,
Nashville, Mrs. Annie Lou Tatum, Pulaski, Mrs. Milburn Lovell, Rich community,
and Mrs. Russell Hickman of the Yokley community; and one brother, Raymond Rose,
of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TAYLOR, Adolphus B. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Dec 1969
Adolphus B. Taylor, 68, died Monday night, December 29 in Giles County Hospital.
Services will be held Wednesday morning, December 31, at 11:00 o'clock in the
chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarence Stewart
officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born May 16, 1901. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include one son, John T. Taylor, Westminister, Calif.; one daughter,
Mrs. Harold McFarland, Pulaski; and seven grandchildren.
TAYLOR, Edward Norton The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jun 1962
Funeral services for Edward Norton Taylor, 83, retired farmer, were held at 2:30
o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. W. Floyd
Cates, pastor of First Baptist Church, and Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist
minister. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Taylor died Sunday, June 17,
at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born November 20, 1878, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Alonzo
Taylor and Jane Brewer Taylor. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Taylor is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty McDonald Taylor; six sons, Virgil
Taylor, Grady Taylor, J. D. Taylor, Robert Taylor and Edward N. Taylor, Jr., all
of Pulaski, and Clifford Taylor, Nashville; seven daughters, Mrs. Minnie
Cochran, Lewisburg, Mrs. Ann Cosby, Mrs. Fred Fogg, Mrs. Robbie Armstrong, Mrs.
Margaret Wooten and Mrs. Bessie Tyler, Pulaski, and Mrs. Travis Williams, Beech
Hill; twenty-three grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren, and six
great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Lee Taylor, Pulaski; and two sisters,
Mrs. Sara Hedgcoth, Pulaski and Mrs. Homer Wilson, Lewisburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TAYLOR, Harold Walter The Pulaski Citizen 25 Nov 1964
Harold Walter Taylor, 39, Elkton merchant and postmaster, was killed instantly
Sunday night in a car-truck collision on Highway 31 about two miles south of
Elkton at 10:30 o'clock .
Funeral services will be conducted at Elkton Methodist Church at 2 o'clock this
(Wednesday) afternoon with Dr. William H. Mansfield and the Rev. Loren Barnhart
officiating and burial will be in Elkton Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Taylor was born Sept. 15, 1925, the son of the
late David D. Taylor and Velma King Taylor. His mother was killed in an
automobile accident three miles south of Pulaski on Highway 31 on June 2, 1952.
He was a veteran of World War II, a member of Elkton Methodist Church and the
Pulaski Elks Lodge.
An Indiana truck driver, Frank Wisman of Evansville, also was fatally injured in
the Sunday night crash, the cause of which has not been determined.
Mr. Taylor's survivors include a son, Harold, Jr., and a daughter, Pamela Jean,
both of Huntsville, Ala.; one brother, David D., Jr. of Omaho, Neb.; three
sisters, Mrs. Matt A. Kelly and Mrs. A. G. Kemmerer, both of Daytona Beach,
Fla., and Mrs. Eldon Birdsong, Jr., of Elkton.
TAYLOR, Ida The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Mrs. Ida Taylor, 88, died Friday, July 14 at the Hewitt Home. Services were
conducted Saturday, July 15, at 2:00 p. m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. J. C. Elkins officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Taylor, a native of Giles County, was born April 4, 1879. Her husband, the
late Melvin Taylor, died several years ago.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TAYLOR, Ira Stultz The Pulaski Citizen 30 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Ira Stultz Taylor, 72, retired employee of Stanley, Inc.,
Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at New Zion Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Mr. Taylor died Wednesday afternoon, October 23, at Giles County Hospital.
Born May 27, 1891, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Henry Clay Taylor
and Sarah Katherine Doss Taylor.
Mr. Taylor is survived by one sister, Mrs. Sadie Creecy; and one brother, S. S.
Taylor, both of Giles County. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
TAYLOR, Joe Brittian The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jul 1962
Joe Brittain (Brit) Taylor, 57, prominent farmer and magistrate of Giles County,
died Tuesday, June 26, in Gordon's Hospital in Lewisburg. Taylor had undergone
surgery about a week before his death.
A resident of the Blue Creek Community, Taylor had lived in Giles County about
twenty years. He was born March 9, 1905, in Marshall County, the son of Mrs.
Lula McCollum Taylor of Cornersville and the late Alex Taylor.
At the time of his death, Taylor was serving his third term as a magistrate of
the Giles County Quarterly Court. He had been a member of the court since
September 1, 1948.
Taylor was a member of the Robertson Fork Church of Christ.
In addition to his mother, Taylor is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ina Lee Manuel
Taylor; three daughters, Mrs. Dean Hobbs of Lynnville, Mrs. Bobby Cowser and
Mrs. Odell Wiles, both of Lewisburg; two sons, Alex and Joe Taylor of Pulaski;
one sister, Mrs. Floyd Allen of Cornersville; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, June 28, at Robertson Fork
Church, with Charles Lemons of Lewisburg officiating. Burial was in Beechwood
Cemetery, Cornersville McDaniel Funeral Home of Cornersville in charge of
arrangements.
TAYLOR, J. Peyton The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1960
Funeral services for J. Peyton Taylor, 85, retired farmer of Riddleton, and
father of a Pulaski resident, were held at Carthage at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. Burial took place in Dixon Springs Cemetery. Mr. Taylor, who had been
in declining health for some time, died on Thursday, September 22, at his home.
Mr. Taylor is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Luther A. Hendrickson, Pulaski,
Mrs. Herman Henry and Mrs. Raymond Beasley, Riddleton; five sons, L. S. Taylor,
Gallatin, Woodrow Taylor, Hartsville, Walter Taylor, Dixon Springs, Joe L.
Taylor, Carthage, and James Taylor, Riddleton; 24 grandchildren, and 12
great-grandchildren.
TAYLOR, Mary March The Pulaski Citizen 15 May 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Granville L. Taylor, Lincoln County native, were held
at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at First Methodist Church. Burial took place
in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Taylor died Monday morning, May 13, at her
home in Fayetteville after a long illness.
The former Miss Mary March, she was the daughter of the late John Shields March
and Rosalie Olive March, and was a member of First Methodist Church in
Fayetteville. She was graduated from Martin College, Pulaski, after attending
school here, four years.
Mr. Taylor is survived by her husband, Granville L. Taylor; one daughter, Mrs.
John Lawson Sherrell, Jr., Huntsville, Ala.; two grandchildren; and one brother,
Herman March, Nashville.
TAYLOR, Shelby Stanley The Pulaski Citizen 20 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Shelby Stanley Taylor, retired employee of International
Mineral and Chemical Corporation, will be held at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. R. E.
Stevenson, pastor of Cedar Grove Methodist Church, and the Rev. Chester Stephens
of McMinnville, former pastor. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Taylor died Tuesday afternoon, April 19, in Giles County Hospital after an
extended illness.
Born June 28, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Henry Clay
Taylor and Sarah Katherine Doss Taylor. He was a member of Cedar Grove Methodist
Church.
Mr. Taylor is survived by his wife, Mrs. Razzie Lee Hardiman Taylor; three
daughters, Mrs. J. W. Locker, Mrs. Loyd McCree, and Mrs. Elwood Cook, all of
Giles County; five grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Joe Creecy, Sumac
Community.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TAYLOR, Vashti Smith The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Vashti Smith Taylor, 64, Ostella resident, were held
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, February 2, at New Hope Church in Marshall
County, with the burial in New Zion Cemetery on Lewisburg Highway in Giles
County. Mrs. Taylor died at 3:20 o'clock on Thursday morning, February 1, in
Leonard Hospital in Lewisburg of complications following a broken hip. Her
husband, Sullie D. Taylor, died in 1933.
Born January 31, 1898, she was a native of Giles County, the daughter of the
late George Smith and Sula Clift Smith.
Mrs. Taylor, former resident of the Friendship section, is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. B. W. Clift, Ostella; three sons, Clifford Taylor, Peoria, Ill.,
Herbert Taylor, Cornersville, and Farris Taylor, Lewisburg; eight grandchildren;
and one brother, Joe Smith, Ostella; with whom she had made her home.
TAYS, Matthew Paton The Pulaski Citizen 10 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Matthew Paton Tays, 78, retired farmer of Jackson County,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Whitson Funeral Home in
Cookeville, conducted by Fred Vaughn, Church of Christ minister. Burial took
place in the Pharris Cemetery at Gainesboro. Mr. Tays died Monday night, April
8, at the home of his daughters, Mrs. Charlie Brown at Cedar Grove, following
several months illness.
He was the son of the late Thomas Tays and Alice Polston Tays, and was a member
of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Tays is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alsie Flatt Tays; three daughters, Mrs.
Brown, Pulaski, Mrs. Edna Davis, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Luther Brown,
Cookeville; nineteen grandchildren and thirty-six great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, Elijah Tays and Carl Tays, both of Jackson County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TEAGARDEN, Stella Harrison The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1968
Services were held Thursday, January 4, at 2 p. m., at the Hartsville Church of
Christ for Mrs. Stella Teagarden, 56, with David East and Eugene Johnson, Church
of Christ ministers officiating. Burial was in Hartsville Memorial Garden.
Mrs. Teagarden died at her home in Western Ave., Hartsville, after a lengthy
illness.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Beatrice Williams
Harrison and the late Thomas Knight Harrison. She was married to William D.
Teagarden, who survives.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Thomas K. Teagarden,
Hartsville, and William D. Teagarden, Jr., Billings, Mon.; three sisters, Mrs.
Mary Lewis and Mrs. Herman Jones, both of Gadsden, Ala., and Mrs. Roy Nesbitt,
Nashville; her mother, Mrs. Beatrice Harrison, also of Gadsden, Ala.
TEAGUE, George The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
George Teague, 74, native Giles Countian, died Thursday night, March 25, at his
home in Tuscumbia, Ala. Services and burial took place Sunday in that city.
For forty years, Mr. Teague had been a civil engineer at Wilson Dam, retiring
four or five years ago.
Mr. Teague is survived by one step-son, William Tate, Norfolk, Va.; and two
first cousins, Herman Cole and Charlie (Man) Cole, both of Pulaski. He parents
having died while he was small, he was reared by the Cole family.
TEASLEY, Van Buren The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jul 1963
Van Buren Teasley, 71, retired clerk of the ASCS office in Springfield, and
father of a Pulaski resident, died Wednesday, July 10, at his home after
sustaining a heart attack.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Associated
Funeral Home in Springfield with the burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mr. Teasley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Aileen Bloodworth Teasley; two
daughters, Mrs. Fred Payne, Pulaski, and Mrs. Bob Brumley, Nashville; six
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Odella Hudgens, Ashland City, and Mrs. Mary
Hudgens, Springfield; and two brothers, W. F. Teasley, Cedar Hill and Jack
Teasley, Pleasant View, Tenn.
TEEFT, Robert P. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Robert P. Teeft, 78, of 6820 Upland Road, Camarillo, Calif., died at a Port
Hueneme hospital Saturday, December 30, 1967, following a lengthy illness.
He was born April 17, 1889, in Pulaski, and had lived in Camarillo for the past
14 years, moving from North Hollywood.
A retired painting contractor, he resided with a sister, Mrs. Lucille T. De
Acuna, of the same address.
Private funeral services were held Tuesday, January 2, at Glen Haven Cemetery,
San Fernando, Calif., with the Rev. Joseph Robertson, Jr., officiating. Burial
was in Glen Haven Cemetery.
In addition to his sister, survivors include two other sisters, Mrs. Roberta
Polhamus, Maryland, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wagner, Paradise, Calif.; two brothers,
Leon Tefft, North Hollywood, Calif., and Evan Tefft, Hemet, Calif.
Griffin Brothers Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
TEEPLES, Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 4 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Floyd Teeples, 62, retired Conway farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Teeples died at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, September 2, at Giles County
Hospital after an extended illness.
Born in Alabama, he was the son of the late Bill Teeples and Rachel Cobell
Teeples.
Mr. Teeples is survived by his wife, Mrs. Floy Elliott Teeples; six sons, Edd
Teeples, Walter Teeples, James Teeples, Charles Teeples and Harold Teeples, all
of Pulaski, and George Teeples, Prospect; two daughters, Mrs. Louise McDougal,
Columbia, and Mrs. Lona Hill, Pulaski; twelve grandchildren; and two brothers,
Cleve Teeples, Elmont, Ala., and Bob Teeples, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TENERY, George Logan The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
George Logan Tenery, 78, died of Giles County Hospital Sunday, January 7, after
an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Tenery were held Monday, January 8, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Dr. W. H. Mansfield officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Tenery was born November 25, 1889, the son of Carl and Beulah Scruggs
Tenery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alene Eudera Pigg Tenery; two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Sue Odeneal, Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Martha Tom Stevenson Bryson.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TINERY, John Henry The Pulaski Citizen 18 Aug 1965
Funeral services for John Henry Tinery, 73, native Giles Countian, and resident
of Houston, Texas, will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Clarence Stewart and the Rev. James Martin.
Burial will take place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Tinery, enroute to California for a visit, died unexpectedly August 15 at
Gallup, N. Mex.
Born July 5, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George B. Tinery
and Annie Jontee Tinery. He was abstractor for the Southern Title Company of
Houston, Texas.
Mr. Tinery is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Mae Erwin Tinery, also a native
of Giles County; two sons, Bill Tinery, California, and Jack Tinery, New Mexico;
three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Z. D.
Campbell, Taft, Texas, Mrs. C. E. Toler, Longview, Texas, and Mrs. Jennie
Tribble, Dallas, Texas; and four brothers, George Tinery, Taft, Texas, Dr.
William Tinery, Waxahachie, Texas, and Weddington Tinery and Jim Tinery, both of
Glade Water, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TERRY, Ira P. The Pulaski Citizen 14 May 1969
Funeral services for Ira P. Terry, 74, of Decatur, Ala., were held Friday
morning, May 9, at 11 o'clock, with the Rev. A. J. Rollings officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Terry died in Decatur General Hospital, Wednesday, May 7.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Eula Butts Terry, Decatur; one daughter, Mrs.
Jack Taylor, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Milton Murrey,
Pulaski; three brothers, Strawd Terry, Belle Mina, Ala. and Everette Terry,
Florence, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Barto Tombrello, Cardiff, Ala.
TERRY, Jeff H. The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Jeff H. Terry, Huntsville, Ala., realton, were held at 11
o'clock
Wednesday morning at Huntsville First Methodist Church with the burial in the
Huntsville Cemetery. Mr. Terry died on December 24 at his home following a
period of declining health.
His wife, Mrs. Alma Ezell Terry, native of Giles County, died in 1949. He was a
member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Terry, brother-in-law of Grady Ezell of Elkton, is survived by one son, Dr.
Andrew Ezell Terry, and several grandchildren.
THOMAS, Lola Peden The Pulaski Citizen 10 Oct 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Lola Peden Thomas, 51, resident of the Yokley section
of Giles County, were held Saturday at Williams Funeral Home in Columbia, with
the rites conducted by the Rev. Wendell Meggs, pastor of Lynnville-Taylors
Chapel Methodist Churches, and the Rev. Mr. Stokes, Baptist minister. Burial
took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Thomas who had been in failing health for
a number of months, died Thursday night, October 8, at her home.
Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Tom Peden and Virgie
Hickman Peden. She was a member of Taylors Chapel Methodist Church.
Mrs. Thomas is survived by her husband, Robert Earl Thomas; three brothers, W.
E. Peden, Centerville, Ed Peden, Russellville, Ky., and Howard Peden, Lynnville;
and two sisters, Mrs. Vivian Wilson, Columbia, and Mrs. L. F. Carpenter, Sr.,
Lynnville.
THOMAS, Marie Christine Wilkes The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jun 1969
Mrs. Marie Christine Thomas, 71, died Wednesday, June 4, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas, wife of the late Lavens Thomas, were held
Thursday afternoon, June 5, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev Billy Craighead and the Rev. J. W. Stone officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Thomas was born December 25, 1897, the daughter
of the late John Brown Wilkes and Mary Wakefield Wilkes.
Survivors include one son, Jimmy Thomas, Pulaski; one daughter, Miss Mary
Elizabeth Thomas, Nashville; one sister, Mrs. Marthame Sanders, Atlanta, Ga.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THOMAS, Mary Ellen Griggs The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1961
Mrs. Mary Ellen Griggs Thomas, 34, a native of Giles County, died Tuesday,
January 10, at a Jacksonville, Fla. hospital from head injuries and her husband,
Clarence C. Thomas, 33, has been charged with murder in connection with the
death. She had been hospitalized since New Year's Day.
Officers said Thomas told them he awoke Jan. 1 to find his wife beside him
bleeding. Thomas said he and his wife had been in an auto accident two days
earlier but police found no evidence of such an accident.
Detective Lt. O. A. Johnson reported police found broken bottles, a broken
ashtray and bloodstained clothing and bedding at the couple's home in
Jacksonville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas were conducted Friday at North Funeral Home in
Lawrenceburg, Tenn. J. O. Brown and Arlo Peppers officiated. Burial was in
Riverview Cemetery at Fayetteville, Tenn.
Mrs. Thomas, the former Mary Ellen Griggs, was a daughter of the late Leonard
and Virginia Fitzgerald Griggs of Giles County.
She is survived by four brothers, Everett of Lawrenceburg, Thomas, Bernard and
Leonard Griggs, Jr., of Detroit; two sisters, Miss Alberta Griggs of
Fayetteville and Miss Leona Griggs of Nashville.
THOMAS, Mary Page The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Luther Thomas, 45, native of Giles County, were held
at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia, with the burial in McCains
Cemetery. Mrs. Thomas, resident of the McCains Community, died Thursday in Maury
County Hospital, after a long illness.
Born in Giles County, she was the former Miss Mary Page, the daughter of the
late Turner Page and Sue Lee Beck Page. She was a member of Lynnville Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Thomas is survived by her husband, Luther Thomas; one daughter, Miss Betty
Jo Thomas; a sister, Mrs. Allen Thomas, Maury County; and two brothers, J. D.
Page, Lynnville; and Ozro Page, Bigbyville.
THOMAS, Otey The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
Otey Thomas, 70, died early Tuesday morning, March 2, in Tucson, Ariz., where he
had lived for 18-20 years. Funeral rites took place Wednesday afternoon in that
city with the burial there.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Frank Thomas and Mrs.
Willie Hall Thomas. Mr. Thomas was a barber before moving from Pulaski; first to
Nashville, and when stricken by ill health, to Arizona. He was a veteran of WWI.
Mr. Thomas is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nell Turner Thomas, native Pulaskian
who was employed by Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, both in
Pulaski and Nashville; and one or two sisters who live in the West.
THOMAS, Pearl B. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Pearl B. Thomas, 78, Fayetteville resident and father of a
Pulaski resident, were held at 11 o'clock Monday at Higgins Funeral Home with
the burial in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Thomas died Sunday in Lincoln
County Hospital, Fayetteville.
He was a member of the Church of God.
Mr. Thomas is survived by his wife, Mrs. Daisy Wagner Thomas; two daughter, Mrs.
J. B. Bowden, Pulaski and Mrs. Jack Rives, Chattanooga; two grandchildren and a
great-grandchild; and two brothers, Lester Thomas, Encorse, Mich., and Sam
Thomas, Nashville.
THOMISON, Staten The Pulaski Citizen 5 Oct 1960
Funeral services for Staten Thomison, 71, retired hotel operator, were held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at First Baptist Church in Fayetteville, with the
burial in Rose Hill Cemetery in that city. Mr. Thomison who had been residing in
Pulaski in recent years, died unexpectedly in the vestibule of First Baptist
Church, Pulaski, on Sunday morning.
A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Hugh Thomison and Willie
Turner Thomison, and was a member of the Baptist Church. He had served as hotel
operator in Fayetteville for a number of years.
Twice married, his first wife, Hallie Mae Reaves Thomison, died in 1924; and his
second wife, Leona Cheek Thomison died in 1934.
Mr. Thomison is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Rich and Miss Mary
Thomison, Pulaski, and Mrs. Robert Cowell, Paoli, Pa.; two sons, John W.
Thomison, Oceanside, Calif., and William Thomison, Nashville; and six
grandchildren.
THOMPSON, Archibald Steele The Pulaski Citizen 18 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Archibald Steele Thompson, 81, were held Friday at
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Thompson, retired state auditor and a native of Giles County, died Thursday
at Giles County Hospital.
He was born on June 28, 1882. His parents were the late Thomas Thompson and
Olivia Brown Thompson. He was a Methodist.
For many years Mr. Thompson traveled as an auditor with the State of Tennessee.
He retired in 1953.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Dibrella Clark Thompson; a daughter, Mrs. Jack
Abernathy, Jr.; a son, James Thompson; a sister, Mrs. Roscoe Rogers; five
grandchildren and a great-grandchild, all of Pulaski.
THOMPSON, Clara Vickers The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Clara Vickers Thompson, 69, Goodsprings resident, were held
at 2 o'clock in Booths Chapel, conducted by Paul McKissick, Church of Christ
minister, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
the church cemetery. Mrs. Thompson died Sunday night, March 6, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born June 14, 1896, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Andrew
Jackson Vickers and Jonas Harrison Vickers. Her husband, Hollis Thompson, died
in 1962.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Thompson is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary Moseley; and two
grandchildren, Goodsprings.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, Claude C. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jun 1965
Funeral services for Claude C. Thompson, 72, retired milk truck driver and
Watkins dealer of Elkton, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Elkton
Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Woodburn of Nashville, and the Rev.
James Shutt, pastor of Elkton Baptist Church. Burial took place in Elkton
Cemetery. Mr. Thompson died Thursday, June 24, in Mid-State Baptist Hospital,
Nashville.
Born in Alabama, July 17, 1892, he was the son of the late Jim Thompson. He was
a member of Maplewood Baptist Church in Nashville.
Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Mamie Thompson; three sons,
Elmer Thompson, Elkton, and Billy and Edward Thompson, both of Nashville; four
daughters, Mrs. Grady Massey, Fayetteville, and Mrs. A. L. Helton, Mrs. Billy
Gilliam and Mrs. Tommy Crutchfield, all of Nashville; thirteen grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Waddie Thompson, Bastrop, La., and J.
Van Thompson, Pine Bluff, Ark; two sisters, Mrs. Walter Williams and Mrs. Ezra
Brown, both of Phil Campbell, Ala. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
THOMPSON, Cora M. The Pulaski Citizen 17 Feb 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Mae Thompson Thompson, 69, resident of the Minor
Hill section, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Booths Chapel Church,
conducted by the Rev. R. E. Stevenson, Methodist minister. Burial took place in
the church cemetery. Mrs. Thompson died at 10:05 Saturday night, February 13, in
a Nashville hospital, after a long illness. Born February 25, 1895, in Giles
County, she was the daughter of the late William Thompson and Camilla Adams
Thompson. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Thompson is survived by her husband, Jim Thompson, Minor Hill; four
brothers, Onis Thompson, Lawrenceburg, Ezra Thompson, Pulaski, Roy Thompson,
Winter Haven, Fla., and Ollie Thompson, Minor Hill; and one sister, Mrs. Razzie
Jackson, Minor Hill. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, Edgar Cherry The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Edgar Cherry Thompson, 58, retired farmer and former Giles
County Highway Department employee, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Raymond Johns, Baptist minister.
Burial took place in the Fogg Cemetery. Mr. Thompson died Sunday morning, March
27, in Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Born March 2, 1878, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George Thompson
and Margaret Thompson Thompson. His wife, Mrs. Fannie Hall Thompson, is
deceased.
Mr. Thompson is survived by one daughter, Miss Mary Bell Thompson, Pulaski;
three sons, Vester Thompson and Fount Thompson, Pulaski, and Forrest Thompson,
Donelson; and six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, Elsie Lee Adams The Pulaski Citizen 16 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Lee Adams Thompson, 61, Minor Hill resident,
were held at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Booths Chapel, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Thompson
died at 7:45 o'clock Saturday night, May 12 , at General Hospital in Nashville,
after a period of declining health. Born September 1, 1900, in Giles County, she
was the daughter of Mrs. Mattie Owen Adams and the late Van Adams.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Thompson is survived by her husband, Onis
Thompson; five sons, Edgar Thompson, Van Thompson, John Andrew Thompson, Elmer
Lee Thompson, and Junior Edward Thompson, all of Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs.
Mattie Rosson, Anderson, Ala., Mrs. Velma Marie Harwell and Miss Mary Ella
Thompson, both of Nashville, and Mrs. Lillie Mae Newton, Pulaski; eight
grandchildren; and four half sisters, and two half brothers. Pulaski Funeral
Home in Charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, Fulton Stone The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Fulton Stone Thompson, 69, farmer of the Bryson section,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Thompson died at 10:15 o'clock Monday morning,
February 5, at Giles County Hospital after a short illness.
Born September 19, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe
Thompson and Caroline Waldon Thompson.
Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nina Bell Jenkins Thompson; two sons,
Henry Newton Thompson, Baltimore, Md., James Edward Thompson, Pulaski; two
daughters, Mrs. Annie Morgan, Pulaski, and Mrs. Lucille Ratliffe, Bryson; eight
grandchildren; two brothers, Luke Thompson and William Thompson, Elkton; and one
sister, Miss Sarah Frances Thompson, Bryson.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, Hollis William The Pulaski Citizen 14 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Hollis William Thompson, a farmer of the Minor Hill
community, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Booth Chapel with the
burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Thompson died unexpectedly at 7 o'clock
Monday morning, March 12, at his home.
Born January 21, 1894 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Will Thompson
and Camilla Adams Thompson.
Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife, Clara Vickers Thompson; one daughter, Mrs.
Mary Mosley, Minor Hill; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Razzie Jackson and
Mrs. Cora Thompson, Minor Hill; and four brothers, Ollie Thompson and Ezra
Thompson, Pulaski, Onis Thompson, Nashville, and Roy Thompson, Winter Haven,
Fla.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, Hugh Morgan The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Hugh Morgan Thompson, 61, farmer of the Bryson Community,
were held at Bryson Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
Baptist minister, and Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister. Burial took
place in the Bee Spring Cemetery. Mr. Thompson died Friday, October 20, at
Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville after a long illness.
Born April 6, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe Thompson and
Caroline Walden Thompson. A single man, he was a member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Thompson is survived by one sister, Miss Sara Frances Thompson, Bryson;
three brothers, Fulton Thompson and Luke Thompson, Bryson, and William Thompson,
Elkton.
Tony Rainey and Sons, Ardmore, Funeral Directrors in charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, James Otis The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jun 1968
James Otis Thompson, 69, died Tuesday afternoon, June 18, at 4 o'clock in Giles
County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Thompson, a retired State Highway Department employee,
will be held Thursday afternoon, June 20, in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home
with the Rev. Hoyt Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Cool Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Thompson was born August 18, 1898, the son of the late John and Della
Barnett Thompson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lena Campbell Thompson of Pulaski; two
daughters, Mrs. Martha Ann Mangubat, Wayensboro, and Mrs. Thomas Erwin, Pulaski;
two sisters, Mrs. Alice McCree, Mrs. Flavel Green, both of Giles County; two
brothers, Henry and Jessie Thompson, both of Giles County; and seven
grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, Johnny Wayne The Pulaski Citizen 16 Oct 1968
Vietnam veteran, Johnny Wayne Thompson, 24, United States Army, was buried with
a full military funeral Thursday, October 10 at 2 p. m. Funeral services were
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton at Liberty Hill Church of Christ with
burial in Liberty Hill Cemetery.
He was killed September 26 in Vietnam.
A native of Giles County, he had for several years resided in Lawrence County.
He is survived by his parents, Mrs. Ruby Alexander of Donelson and Edward
Thompson of Lawrenceburg; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Thompson and Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Davis; one sister, Miss Charlotte Thompson of Lawrenceburg and
three brothers Charles, Douglas and Troy Thompson.
THOMPSON, Louis Douglas The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1960
Funeral services were conducted today at Highland Avenue Church of Christ in
Columbia for Louis Douglas Thompson, 39, who was killed early Tuesday when the
tractor-trailer he was driving jackknifed near Rockmart, Georgia. Burial was in
Lay Cemetery at Ethridge.
A native of Lauderdale County, Ala., Thompson was a former resident of Pulaski
and the brother of Luther Thompson of this city. His wife is the former Mrs.
Katherine Reeves Hickman, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Reeves of
Lynnville. He was the son of Louis F. Thompson of the Salem community in
Lawrence County and the late Alice Lemay Thompson.
Thompson was the driver for Hoover Motor Freight Lines and was traveling on U.
S. Highway 278 about fifty miles north of Atlanta when the accident occurred.
Reports received by the family said he lost control of the tractor after muddy
water from a low spot in the road splashed on his windshield. The vehicle struck
a utility pole and then crashed into a tree, jacknifing and crushing Thompson in
the cab.
In addition to his wife and father and brother at Pulaski, Mr. Thompson is
survived by two daughters, a stepdaughter, a stepson, two brothers, one sister,
his stepmother, two half-brothers and four half-sisters.
THOMPSON, Luther W. The Pulaski Citizen 29 May 1963
Funeral services for Luther W. Thompson, 66, farmer of the Bunker Hill
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bryson Presbyterian
Church, conducted by the Rev. Donald White, pastor, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton,
Baptist minister. Burial took place in Bee Spring Cemetery. Mr. Thompson died
Thursday morning, May 23, while on a business trip, near Elkton.
Born February 8, 1895, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe Thompson
and Carolyn Walden Thompson.
Mr. Thompson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Walden Thompson; one sister,
Miss Sarah F. Thompson, Bryson; and a brother, William Thompson, Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, Mary Dibrella Clark The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. A. Steele Thompson, 84, were held Friday afternoon,
August 2, at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
Rev. J. C. Elkins officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Bennett-May
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Thompson died Thursday at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Thompson, the former Mary Dibrella Clark, was
born August 11, 1883, the daughter of the late Ben and Julia Collins Clark.
Survivors include one son, Jim Thompson, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Jack
Abernathy, Jr., Pulaski; five grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. Herbert Hagan and Miss Susie Mae Clark, both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, Ona Bell The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1963
A 50-year-old Liberty Hill, South woman was killed this afternoon (Wednesday) in
a two-car collision on a downtown Pulaski street. She was identified by police
as Mrs. Ona Bell Thompson. Injured in the mishap and in fair condition at Giles
County Hospital is her daughter-in-law and the driver of one car, Mrs. Herman
Thompson, Jr., of Minor Hill.
The collision happened about 1:15 at the intersection of East Madison Street and
Rhodes Street, a block-and-a-half from the courthouse square. The Thompson
vehicle, a 1960 Ford Falcon, was headed south on Rhodes and the other car, a
1956 Mercury, driven by Giles County Attorney Clayton Lee was traveling west on
Madison. Lee was not injured.
Two children of the injured Mrs. Thompson, Nita Thompson, 2, and Donny Ray
Thompson, 5, were passengers in the Falcon, but were not admitted to the
hospital. Their mother had cuts and bruises, and a possible concussion.
The traffic victim, who was dead-on-arrival at Giles County Hospital, was
sitting in the right front seat of the car. Her husband was the late Herman
Thompson, Sr.
The body is at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Survivors include two sons, Herman Thompson, Jr., Minor Hill, and Edward
Thompson, Nashville; a step-son, Vernon Thompson, Limestone County, Alabama;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gatlin, Lester, Ala.; two brothers, Hazle Gatlin,
Salem, Ala., and James Gatlin, Florida; and two sisters, Mrs. Grady Craig,
Salem, Ala., and Mrs. Vera Mae Davis, Liberty Hill.
THOMPSON, Sherry Lynn The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jul 1966
Graveside services were held at 2:00 o'clock on Wednesday, July 27, for Sherry
Lynn Thompson, the nineteen-day-old infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Van
Thompson.
The baby died at its home in Pulaski on July 26, at 6:00 o'clock with a heart
ailment. Services were conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton at Booth's Chapel
Cemetery.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by one sister, Brenda Kaye
Thompson, paternal grandfather, Onis Thompson of Lawrence County; and maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Dorothy Robinson of Lawrenceburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THOMPSON, Sterling William The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Sterling William Thompson, 75, retired farmer of the Beech
Hill section, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bradshaw Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman, pastor of the church. Burial
took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Thompson died Thursday, February 13, at
Giles County Hospital.
Born September 6, 1888 in Giles County, he was the son of the late William
Thompson and Ann Griggs Thompson. His wife, Mrs. Mittie Holley Thompson, died
many years ago.
He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Thompson is survived by one son, Boyd Thompson, Beech Hill; one daughter,
Mrs. Richard Barr, Lynnville; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren;
and one brother, Charlie Thompson, Columbia; and one sister, Miss Erma Thompson,
Lewisburg.
THOMPSON, Verlie Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Verlie Jackson Thompson, 39, will be held at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon at Puncheon Church of Christ. Burial will take place in Booth
Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Thompson died on Monday, January 29, at the home in
Detroit, Mich., after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, she was born July 3, 1922, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Emmett Jackson of Minor Hill.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Thompson is survived by her husband, Johnny
Thompson; five children, John Edward, Marie, Donnie, Sue and Larry Wayne
Thompson; and one sister, Mrs. Urel Foust of Minor Hill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THORNE, Charlie A. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Charlie A. Thorne, 84, farmer of the Minor Hill Community,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ,
conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer and Edd Harper, Church of Christ ministers.
Burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr. Thorne died at 3 o'clock Tuesday
morning, January 24, at Giles County Hospital, after a five weeks illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born January 7, 1877, the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. George Thorne. His wife, Mrs. Ada Lee White Thorne, died seven years
ago. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Thorne is survived by four sons, Arthur Thorne, Athens, Ala., Aubrey Thorne,
Minor Hill, Marcus Thorne, Huntsville, Ala., and Fred Thorne, Pulaski; one
daughter, Mrs. Flora McGill, Minor Hill; and twenty grandchildren and
twenty-eight great grandchildren.
Wilson Carter and Company in charge of arrangements.
THORNTON, Alma Barnett The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Alma Barnett Thornton, 47, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Pleasant Ridge Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev. R. E. Stevenson and the Rev. Lloyd Hickman. Burial
took place in the church cemetery. She died Sunday, September 5, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born October 5, 1919, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Nancy Owens
Barnett and the late James Barnett. She was a member of the United Methodist
Church
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Thornton is survived by her husband, Homer
Thornton; five sons, Albert Lee, R. C., Buford, Leland and Jerry Thornton of the
home address; one grandchild; two brothers, Jesse Barnett, Giles County, and
Tommy Barnett, Florida; and two sisters, Mrs. Mack Pinkelton and Mrs. Will
Prentice, both of Giles County. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
THORNTON, Billy Joe The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jun 1967
Word has been received here of the accidental death on Tuesday, June 13, in
Orlando, Fla., of Billy Joe Thornton, six-year-old grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Finis Whitsett, former Giles Countians now living in Winter Haven, Fla.
Young Thornton was killed instantly when struck by a City garbage truck while
riding his bicycle.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon in Orlando with burial in Woodlawn
Memorial Park there.
In addition to his grandparents, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Thornton; a brother, Tony; a sister, Celina, all of Orlando and a number
of relatives in Giles County.
THORNTON, Robert Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Robert Wilson Thornton, 73, native Giles Countian and
retired farmer of Leoma, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Cross Roads
Baptist Church near Lawrenceburg, conducted by the Rev. Arlo Peppers. Burial
took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Thornton died at 2:15 Saturday morning,
September 9, at Elm Rest Home at Lawrenceburg.
Born April 17, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Berry Thornton
and Babe Stanford Thornton. His wife, Mrs. Mary Belle Prince Thornton died in
1960.
Mr. Thornton is survived by one son, Alvin Thornton, Lawrenceburg; two
daughters, Miss Bessie Lee Thornton, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs. Lula Kelly,
Columbia; and four grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
THORNTON, Solon Guy The Pulaski Citizen 5 Nov 1969
Funeral services for Solon Guy Thornton, 64, were conducted Sunday afternoon,
November 2, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Scott's Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Thornton died Thursday afternoon, October 30, in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Thornton was born June 24, 1905, the son of the
late Eilah and Hattie Hazelwood Thornton.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Thelma Harwell Thornton; one son, Joe Guy
Thornton, Giles County; three daughters, Mrs. William Smith, Miami, Fla., Mrs.
Evelyn Griggs and Mrs. Claude Rainey, both of Giles County; and ten
grandchildren.
THURMAN, Ada Weatherford The Pulaski Citizen 24 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Weatherford Thurman, 80, Lynnville resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Stiversville Church of Christ, conducted
by Andrew Peal and George Ryan. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs.
Thurman died at 2:40 Saturday morning, November 20, in Bell Aire Nursing Home in
Columbia, after a four months illness.
Born October 2, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jeff
Weatherford and Martha Dugger Weatherford. She was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Her husband, J. R. Thurman, died October 2, 1958.
Mrs. Thurman is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Joe Sands and Mrs. Nathan
Underwood, both of Lynnville; four grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren;
two brothers, John Weatherford, Culleoka, and Morgan Weatherford, Waxahachie,
Texas; and one sister, Mrs. J. V. Callahan, Mooresville.
THURMAN, Bessie Walker The Pulaski Citizen 19 Apr 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Walker Thurman, 78, widow of Ebb Thurman, will
be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Lynnville Methodist Church, conducted
by the Rev. J. E. Eddings, pastor of the church. Burial will take place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Thurman died on Wednesday morning, April 19, at Giles
County Hospital after a long illness.
Born May 20, 1882, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Willis Walker.
Mrs. Thurman is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Garrett; one grandson,
Ray W. Garrett; and two grandchildren, all of the Lynnville section; four
sisters, Mrs. Libby Green and Mrs. Bruce Cannon, Columbia, Mrs. Herbert
Adkisson, Mt. Pleasant, and Mrs. Herman Morgan, Ethridge; and one brother, Oscar
Walker, Mt. Pleasant.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THURMAN, Clifford The Giles Free Press 8 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Clifford Thurman, 70, retired farmer of the Rich Community,
will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home,
Columbia, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mrs. Thurman died
early Tuesday morning, August 7, at Maury County Hospital after a few days
illness.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Norman
Thurman, Sr., and Polly Cornell Thurman. He attended school at Lynnville and was
a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Thurman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Hill Thurman; and four
nephews, W. N. Thurman, III, and N. C. Thurman, Pulaski, Edward Thurman,
Columbia, and James H. Thurman, Alabama.
THURMAN, Dudley Willis (Dud) The Pulaski Citizen 19 Mar 1969
Dudley Willis (Dud) Thurman, 66, died Tuesday night, March 18, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, March 20, at 2 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Herbert McNeese, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Thurman was born March 26, 1902, the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John T. Thurman.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Virginia Newton Thurman; two step-sons,
Edward F. Pilkinton, Hendersonville, and Larry W. Newton, Pulaski; three
grandchildren; two brothers, Julian T. Thurman, Pulaski, and Cliff Thurman,
Florida; and one sister, Mrs. Martin Keltner, Madison.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THURMAN, Henry Jackson The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1966
Funeral services for Henry Jackson Thurman, 72, World War I veteran and retired
Bodenham farmer, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist
minister. Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Thurman died Sunday
morning, May 1, in Veterans Administration Hospital in Nashville after an
extended illness.
Born December 15, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Willis
Thurman and Rosena Boatright Thurman. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Thurman, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lois Vivian Dugger Thurman; one son,
Edwin Thurman; two grandchildren, Pulaski; two brothers, Johnny Thurman, Giles
County, and Bunyan Thurman, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. Brownie Smith,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THURMAN, Margaret Ethel The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1968
Miss Margaret Ethel Thurman, 80, died Thursday, April 18, in Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Miss Thurman were held Friday afternoon, April 19, at 1
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Miss Thurman was born January 30, 1888, the daughter
of the late William Thomas and Nancy Elizabeth Petty Thurman.
Survivors include three nephews, Mark, Jerry and W. A. Thurman, all of
Lynnville; one niece, Mrs. Thomas Fry, Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THURMAN, Robert Harold The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1966
Funeral services for Robert Harold Thurman, 76, retired farmer of
Campbellsville, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Thurman died
unexpectedly of a heart attack on Monday morning, May 2, at his home.
Born November 3, 1889, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas
Thurman and Nancy Petty Thurman.
Mr. Thurman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Icie Garrett Thurman; one daughter,
Mrs. Rufus Parker, Wales; and one sister, Miss Ethel Thurman, Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THURMAN, Sammie Pierce Pilkinton The Pulaski Citizen 20 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Sammie Pierce Pilkinton Thurman, 80, resident of
Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in East Hill Church of Christ,
conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of the church. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Thurman died on Friday, October 15, in St. Thomas
Hospital, Nashville.
Born May 21, 1905, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Sullie
Pierce and Georgia Taylor Pierce. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Thurman is survived by her husband, Dud T. Thurman; one son, Edward
Pilkinton, Hendersonville; and one brother, Myron Pierce, Paris, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THURMAN, Terry Blake The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1960
Graveside services for Terry Blake Thurman, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Joe Thurman of the Lynnville community, were conducted Sunday at Lynnwood
Cemetery by Billy Blake, minister of the Church of Christ.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, are three brothers, Roger Dale, Timothy
Grant, and Larry Wayne Thurman; four sisters, Josephine, Sharon, Wanda Faye and
Helen Frances Thurman; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Buford Thurman of
Giles County; and the maternal grandfather, Jessie Agent of Chapel Hill.
THURMAN, Thomas Arlo The Pulaski Citizen 20 May 1964
Funeral services for Thomas Arlo Thurman, 63, retired Lynnville farmer, were
held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Arthur Hardison. Burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Thurman died at 7:45 o'clock Sunday night, May
17, at the home of a son, W. A. Thurman on the Columbia Highway, following a
lengthy illness.
Born November 25, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William
Thomas Thurman and Nancy Elizabeth Petty Thurman.
Mr. Thurman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Velna Gibson Thurman; three sons, W.
A. Thurman, Mark Thurman and Jerry Thurman, all of Lynnville; one daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Fry, Pulaski; seven grandchildren; one brother, Harold Thurman,
Campbellsville; and one sister, Miss Ethel Thurman, Lynnville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THURMAN, W. N. "Buddy" The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
William Norman Thurman, Jr., 66, former member of the Giles County Court and
former deputy register, died suddenly at his home in the Whiteside community
Monday, February 12, at 6:00 p.m. of a heart attack.
Mr. Thurman was a retired farmer and merchant.
The funeral was held this morning (Wednesday) at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church
of Christ, conducted the funeral services.
Mr. Thurman was a member of Second Street Church of Christ, moving his
membership from Big Creek Church of Christ in the Wales community.
He was a native of Giles County, son of the late William Norman and Polly Jane
Cornell Thurman.
He is survived by his wife, Ladye White Thurman; two sons, William Norman
Thurman, III of Murfreesboro; and N. C. Thurman of Pulaski; and a brother,
Clifford Thurman of Pulaski.
THURMAN, Wilkie Waldrop Bonds The Pulaski Citizen 26 May 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Joe Thurman, 48, resident of the Lynnville section,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Bob Droke, pastor of Lynnville Baptist Church. Mrs.
Thurman died Friday, May 21, in Giles County Hospital.
The former Miss Wilkie Waldrop Bonds, she was born September 26, 1910, in Giles
County, the daughter of the late James Willis Bonds and Mamie Purdom Bonds. She
was a member of the Lynnville Baptist Church.
Mrs. Thurman is survived by her husband, Joe Thurman; one daughter, Miss Beverly
Kay Thurman; five sisters, Mrs. Ike Hindman, Mrs. Leonard Weatherford and
Mrs.James Steele, Lynnville, Mrs. Floyd Clark, Columbia, and Mrs. Shelby Pierce,
Pulaski; four brothers, David Bonds, Brown Bonds and Jerome Bonds, Lynnville,
and Herbert Bonds, Reno, Nev.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THURMAN, Wilford Bunyan The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1967
Funeral services for Wilford Bunyan Thurman, 65, were held in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home Sunday, December 3, with the Rev. Billy Craighead
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Thurman, a native of Giles County, was born April 29, 1902, the son of the
late William Henry and Rocenia Boatright Thurman.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mattie Mae Burns Thurman; one sister, Mrs. Dan
Smith, Pulaski; and one brother, Johnny Thurman, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THURMAN, William Rufus The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1968
Funeral services for William Rufus Thurman, 83, will be held Tuesday afternoon,
December 24, in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Artie
Collins officiating. Burial will be in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Thurman, a retired farmer, died Sunday at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Thurman was born September 21, 1885, the son of
the late Riley Walker Thurman and Mary Lou Strawn Thurman.
Survivors include three sons, William Edgar Thurman, Columbia, Joseph W.
Thurman, Columbia, Joseph W. Thurman and R. W. Thurman, both of Giles County;
four daughters, Mrs. James Greathouse, Evansville, Ind., Mrs. Charles L.
English, Nashville, Mrs. Gilbert Rogers, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mrs. Samuel Fauver,
Farmingdale, N. J.; one sister, Mrs. Lester Richardson, Cornersville, and
thirteen grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
THURMAN, Willie The Pulaski Citizen 8 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Willie Thurman, 74, retired farmer of the Thirteenth Civil
District, were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Frank Parham, pastor of Pleasant Valley Methodist
Church. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Thurman died at 6:30 o'clock
on Friday evening, March 3, at Giles County Hospital, after a long illness.
Born July 3, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Henry Thurman and
Marcella Carpenter Thurman. He was a member of Pleasant Valley Methodist Church.
Mr. Thurman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Cross Thurman; two sisters, Mrs.
S. H. Adkisson and Mrs. Sam Adkisson, both of Nashville; and a number of nieces
and nephews.
TIDWELL, Annie Mary Tacker The Pulaski Citizen 28 May 1969
Mrs. Annie Mary Tidwell, 80, 845 E. Lemon St., Lakeland, Fla., died Sunday, May
18, at Lakeland General Hospital after a short illness.
She was a native of Maury County, Tenn., and had been a resident of Tampa and
Lakeland for 58 years.
Her husband was S. H. Tidwell of Giles County. She was the former Annie Tacker.
She was a member of the First Methodist Church; a Past Matron of Order of the
Eastern Star; a member of the Rebeccas, Amaramth, Newcomers and New Residents
Clubs; a member of the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway
Employees and the Railway Conductors Family Club.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Irvin LaRue, Wauchula; one granddaughter,
Mrs. Morris Anderson, Tampa; one niece, Mrs. Harry Askew, Jr., Lakeland; and two
great-grandchildren.
TIDWELL, Charles Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jun 1964
Charles Tidwell, Sr., 74, former Giles Countian, and the minister of Edmonton,
Ky., Church of Christ, died Jun3 18 at his home in Gamalierl, Ky.
Funeral services took place at 2:30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon in the church
with the burial in the church cemetery at Gamaliel.
Mr. Tidwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fannie Todd Tidwell; two sons, Charles
P. Tidwell, Columbia and Newell Ray Tidwell, Woodbury, N. J.
Mr. Tidwell was a brother-in-lar of Mrs. W. M. Bond of Pulaski.
TIDWELL, Enola Scott The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Enola Scott Tidwell, 85, widow of Ozro Tidwell, were
held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Chester A. Stephens, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church, and the
Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Tidwell died at 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon, February
20, at the home of a niece, Mrs. Bruce Wilson, on South Third Street, after an
extended illness.
Born March 15, 1875, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel
David Scott and Mary Frances Whitfield Scott. She was a member of Trinity
Methodist Church.
Her husband, Ozro Tidwell, died a number of years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Tidwell is survived by one sister, Mrs. Stout
Davis, Prospect; and several other nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
TIDWELL, Joe Johnson The Pulaski Citizen 21 Mar 1962
Funeral services for Mr. Joe Johnson Tidwell, 67, local carpenter, were held at
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert
E. Shaffer and Tommy Vernon, Church of Christ ministers. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Tidwell died unexpectedly on Monday morning, March 19,
at his home.
Born January 14, 1895, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Charlie
Tidwell and Harriet Wiley Tidwell. He was a member of the Second Street Church
of Christ.
Mr. Tidwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Pillow Tidwell; five sons, Joe
Henry Tidwell, Modesto, Calif., Selvin Tidwell, Sam Tidwell, and Jimmy Tidwell,
Pulaski, and Harold Tidwell, Madison; six daughters, Mrs. Otha Dunavant, Mrs.
Lee Davis and Miss Mabel Tidwell, Pulaski, Mrs. Edward Michalik, Wilson Springs,
Ill., Mrs. Horace Pardon, Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Edward Ursing, San Jose,
Calif; several grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.
Emma Gower, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TILLERY, Elzie Alvis The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1968
The first fatality occurring on the Interstate Highway in Giles County, was
reported Monday night by State Trooper James W. Dyer, when an Ardmore man was
killed in a one-car accident at Sinking Creek Bridge. It also marks the twelfth
auto fatal accident in the county this year. The victim was Elzie Alvis Tillery,
Jr., 42 years old mechanic employed at Elkton Farm and Home Store.
According to Trooper Dyer who was patrolling the highway with Trooper Robert
Worsham and Lt. James W. Chandler, they reached the scene only moments after the
accident, about 11:11 p. m.
The automobile had hit the bridge abutment and Tillery had been thrown out, and
was lying about forty feet from the vehicle, which was almost totally
demolished.
He was taken to Giles County Hospital where he died at 12:45 a. m.
According to the reports, Tillery was en route to his home at Ardmore when the
accident happened. The body was taken to Rainey Funeral Home where funeral
services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Pat Abernathy of
Athens, Ala. Pentisostal Church officiating. Burial was scheduled to take place
in Old Scrouge Cemetery.
He is survived by his father, Elzie Alvis Tillery, Sr., his stepmother, Mrs.
Tillery; a son, Brent Tillery, Ardmore, Tenn. and four brothers, William T.
Tillery, Sewart Air Force Base, Smyrna, Douglas, Joe and Elzie Smith, all of
Pontiac, Mich. Four sisters, Mrs. Johnny Wales, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Dallas
Hodges, Elkmont, Mrs. Pete Butler, and Miss Magdalene Tillery, both of Ardmore,
Tenn.
TILLERY, John Elbert The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1967
A grand jury due to meet in January will investigate the death early Saturday,
Dec. 9, of an Ardmore man who was fatally shot Friday night by a town policeman
after he had fired twice at the officer.
The following account of events preceding the shooting was reported by Bob Henry
Walker, Nashville Banner correspondent.
Elifus Sanders, policeman on the Alabama side of this stateline town, said "it
was either him or me" after John Elbert Tillery, 43, fired both barrels of a
shotgun at him and Sanders retaliated with one blast from a 12-guage riot gun.
Tillery, shot on Depot Street, near Ardmore High School, where a basketball game
was in progress, died at Athens-Limestone Hospital at 12:45 a. m Saturday.
Limestone County Sheriff M. W. Evans gave this report of the shoot-out after an
investigation.
Sanders and off-duty Tennessee policeman Terry Bottom were at the basketball
game when an Ardmore resident reported to them a car had struck his auto and
sped off, but not before he obtained the car's tag number.
Sanders said he would investigate as soon as the basketball game was over. A few
minutes later two youths came to the Alabama officer and said an old-model car
had backed into Sanders police car, apparently deliberately. They gave him the
tag number, which corresponded with the one given in the earlier hit-and-run
incident.
As Sanders was examining the damage to his car, another meeting the description
given him earlier passed at a high rate of speed. Sanders pursued the vehicle,
which turned on to Depot Street, paralleling the L & N tracks.
He went approximately a block and a half, Sanders told Evans. "When I got within
about 60 feet of him, he stopped his car, got out with a shotgun and pointed it
at my car."
The officer said as he turned his car sharply to the right, two blasts from the
shotgun held by the man identified as Tillery shattered the ventilator window on
the right front door and pelted the windshield and door. Sanders ducked down on
the front seat, grabbed the riot gun and backed out of the patrol car.
I told him to drop the gun, said Sanders, "but he didn't drop it and didn't say
anything. I saw it was either him or me so I shot him one time with a .12-guage
riot gun."
The charge of .00 buck shot struck Tillery in the left side and left leg and he
fell to the roadway near his car, which had rolled off a driveway culvert.
Sheriff Evans said Sanders had arrested Tillery's teenage son, Johnny Wayne,
before the basketball game, charging him with wreckless driving and possessing a
pistol. He took the youth to the town jail but released him after allowing young
Tillery to sign his own bond.
Limestone County Court records show Tillery sued Sanders in September 1965 for
$10,000, claiming the officer unlawfully and wrongfully assaulted him when
Sanders arrested him in April 1964. The jury found in favor of Sanders.
Funeral services for Tillery, a Redstone Arsenal employee, were at 2 p. m.
Sunday at Cash Point, Tenn., Baptist Church. Burial was in Gatlin Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife; a son, John Wayne; a daughter, Jennifer; his mother,
Mrs. John Tillery, all of Ardmore; and two brothers, William Tillery and Clyde
Tillery, Huntsville.
TILLERY, William E. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Funeral services for William E. Tillery, 77, retired farmer and carpenter of
Limestone County, Ala., were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Tony Rainey
and Son Funeral Home in Ardmore, with the burial in the Gatlin Cemetery in
Limestone County. Mr. Tillery died at 11:45 Monday morning, February 12, at
Giles County Hospital, following a heart attack.
A native of Alabama, he was the son of the late Epp Tillery and Nancy Patton
Tillery.
He was a member of Piney Grove Methodist Church.
Mr. Tillery is survived by his wife, Mrs. Birdie Johnson Tillery; one brother,
Lindsay Tillery, Louisville, Ky.; and several nieces and nephews.
TINNON, Edward Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 6 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Edward Wilson Tinnon, 64, retired employee of International
Minerals and Chemical Corporation, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Henry
Cortner, pastor of the Olivet Charge of the Methodist Church, with the burial in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Tinnon died on Friday, October 1, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born November 8, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John N.
Tinnon and Mattie C. Rees Tinnon. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Tinnon, a resident of Pulaski, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Glasco
Tinnon; one son, Danny Tinnon, four grandchildren, Franklin, Ky.; one brother,
Gettis Tinnon, Pulaski; and his step-mother, Mrs. Metta Pittard Tinnon, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TIPPER, George Winston The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jul 1966
Funeral services for George Winston Tipper, 73, retired Giles County farmer,
were held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoonin Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev Charles Brown of Lawrenceburg and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist
minister. Burial took place in the Shores Cemetery. Mr. Tipper died Monday
morning, July 4, in Lawrence County Hospital.
Born January 21, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late G. W. Tipper
and Nancy Norwood Tipper. He was a Methodist. Mr. Tipper is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Carrie Hood Tipper; four sons, Harold Tipper and Carroll Tipper, both
of Lawrenceburg, Charlie Tipper, Murfreesboro, and Howard Tipper, Nashville;
three daughters, Mrs. Daisy Hood, Goodsprings, Mrs. Mary Hastings, Lewisburg,
and Mrs. Norma Vincent, Arkansas; one brother, Charlie Tipper, Delina, Lincoln
County; and three sisters, Miss Florence Tipper and Mrs. Elizabeth Prince, both
of Pulaski, and Mrs. Olga Lucas, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TOMERLIN, J. W. The Pulaski Citizen 11 Mar 1964
Funeral services are tentatively set for 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at
Pulaski Funeral Home for J. W. Tomerlin, 80, retired farmer, who died at 7:20
o'clock Wednesday morning March 11, at his home on Childers Street, following a
lengthy illness. Rites will be conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman and the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister, and burial will take place in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Born September 21, 1883, in Perry County, he was the son of the late Milton
Green Tomerlin and Sara E. Mathews Tomerlin.
Mr. Tomerlin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Mae Dickey Tomerlin; four
sons, J. C. Tomerlin, Earl Tomerlin, Carl Tomerlin and Dalton Tomerlin, all of
Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs. Dillard Campbell and Mrs. Homer Wharton, Pulaski,
Mrs. Freelan Johnson, Bodenham, and Mrs. Calvin Pinkelton, Auburndale, Fla.;
eighteen grandchildren and two great-greatgrandchildren; three brothers, John
Tomerlin, Milan, Tenn., and Albert Tomerlin, Bells, Tenn., and three sisters,
Mrs. Sam Hardin, Pope, Tenn., Mrs. John Dabbs, Milan, Tenn., and Mrs. Hilda
Knight, Chicago, Ill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TOMERLIN, Lillie Mae Dickey The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jul 1969
Mrs. Lillie Mae Tomerlin, 80, died Saturday, July 5, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Tomerlin, wife of the late J. W. Tomerlin, were held
Monday afternoon, July 7, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Tomerlin was born December 3, 1888, the daughter
of the late John and Elizabeth Rose Dickey.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Dillard Campbell, Mrs. Homer Wharton, and
Mrs. Frellon Johnson, all of Pulaski, Mrs. W. C. Pinkelton, Auburndale, Fla.;
four sons, Earl Tomerlin, Carl Tomerlin, J. C. Tomerlin and Dalton Tomerlin, all
of Pulaski; eighteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TOMES, Samuel Rice The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Samuel Rice Tomes, 95, retired farmer of the Bodenham
section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Robert H. Hall, Presbyterian minister. Burial took place
in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Tomes died on Friday, July 23, in Giles County
Hospital, after a long illness.
Born January 20, 1870, in Coffee County, Tenn., he was the son of the late James
A. Tomes and Mary Jane Cook Tomes. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Emma Ayres Tomes, died May 9, 1950.
Mr. Tomes, last member of his immediate family, is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Clarence White, Pulaski; one son, Thomas H. Tomes, Huntsville, Ala.; four
grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TOMLINSON, Frances Craige The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Craige Tomlinson, wife of former State Chief
Supreme Court Justice Pride Tomlinson, Sr., were held at 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon in Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home with the burial in Rose Hill
Cemetery, Columbia. Mrs. Tomlinson died Tuesday night, January 18, in Maury
County Hospital.
A native of Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Capt. Frank Burton
Craige and Frances Williams Craige. She was a graduate of the old Columbia
Institute.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Tomlinson is survived by one daughter, Miss Frances
Tomlinson of Frankfort, Ky.; one son, Pride Tomlinson, Jr. of Columbia; two
grandchildren; and one brother, Frank Burton Craige, Columbia.
Pride Tomlinson was the principal of Jones High School at Lynnville a number of
years ago.
TOMLINSON, Pride The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1967
Judge Pride Tomlinson, Sr., 77, of Columbia, retired Tennessee Supreme Court
Justice and one-time teacher at Jones High School in Lynnville, died Monday,
November 27, in Maury County Hospital following an illness of about two weeks.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at Oakes and Nichols Funeral
Home in Columbia and burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery there.
A native of Culleoka, Judge Tomlinson was the son of the late Jesse and Augusta
Pride Tomlinson. His wife, the former Miss Frances Craig of Columbia, died Jan.
18, 1966.
Judge Tomlinson was educated in the public school of Maury County and at the
University of the South at Sewanee where he received the B. A. degree in 1914.
He taught at Jones School during the 1915-16 term, after which he studied law at
George Washington University in Washington, D. C. In 1920 he returned to
Columbia to practice law and was elected county attorney in 1921, holding that
post until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1947. He retired in July,
1961.
Survivors include a son, Pride Tomlinson, Jr., of Columbia, county attorney for
Maury County; a daughter, Miss Frances Tomlinson of Frankfort, Ky.; and two
grandchildren.
TOONE, Bertha Arney The Pulaski Citizen 2 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Dewey Toone, 60, resident of Limestone County, Ala.,
were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pleasant Valley Church of Christ of
which she was an active member. Burial took place in Athens Cemetery. Mrs. Toone
died of a heart attack at 8:45 o'clock Saturday morning, February 27, at
Limestone County Hospital in Athens.
Born October 24, 1899, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Bertha Arney,
the daughter of the late D. W. Arney and Ella Young Arney.
Mrs. Toone is survived by her husband, William Dewey Toone; three sons, William
Thomas Toone, Cleveland, Ohio, Vernon Toone and W. C. Toone, Athens, Ala.; four
daughters, Mrs. Loyd Pugh, Mrs. James Blakely, Mrs. Hansel Peek and Mrs. David
Barnett, all of Athens, Ala.; fourteen grandchildren; two brothers, Horace Arney
and Clifford Arney, Nashville; three sisters, Mrs. Tully Reed, Washington, D.
C., Mrs. C. W. Lanier, Frankewing, and Mrs. J. Sayre Slauson, Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.; one half-brother, Elmo Arney, Pulaski; and one half-sister, Mrs. Cleve
Parker, Meridian, Miss.
TOONE, Clifford The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1967
Funeral services for Clifford Toone, 42, Pulaski electrician, were conducted
Monday afternoon, November 13, at the Bennett-May chapel with Andrew Brown,
Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Toone died Sunday, November 12 in Giles County Hospital. He was a native of
Giles County, born September 19, 1925, the son of J. E. and Addie Hargrove
Toone.
In addition to his parents, survivors include his wife, Mrs. Earline Allen
Toone; Pulaski; four brothers, Milton, Shelbyville, Lawrence and Johnny, Giles
County, and Clifton Toone, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. Pauline Hargrove, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TOONE, Jesse Cardwell The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1968
Jesse Cardwell Toone, 65, died Saturday night, February 24, in St. Thomas
Hospital, Nashville, after an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Toone, a retired mechanic, were held at 2 o'clock
Monday, February 26, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Revs.
James E. Stallings and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery, Ardmore.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Toone was born September 24, 1902, the son of the
late Ernest and Josephine Holland Toone.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sally Tate Toone; one daughter, Christine
Toone; two brothers, Marvin Toone, Ardmore, and Johnny Toone, Decatur, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TORRENCE, Alice Kellam The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Kellam Torrence, 85, Giles County resident, were
held at 1:30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. A. W. Holden. Burial took place in Mt.
Moriah Cemetery.
Mrs. Torrence died at 11:30 o'clock on Thursday morning, January 4, at the home
of a daughter, Mrs. Willie Garner, on Agnes Creek, after a long illness.
Born October 7, 1876, in Lewis County, she was the daughter of the late Pink
Kellam and Nancy Bowen Kellam. Her husband, Will T. Torrence, died January 4,
nine years ago.
In addition to Mrs. Garner, Mrs. Torrence is survived by another daughter, Mrs.
A. C. Hargrove, Winter Haven, Fla.; two sons, Richard Torrence, Potsdam, Ill.,
and Tom Torrence, Odessa, Texas; six grandchildren and eleven
great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TORRENCE, Jack The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Jack Torrence, 64, native of Giles County, were held Monday
at Bennett-May Funeral Home in Pulaski, with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Mr. Torrence died Saturday, December 17, in Winter Haven, Fla.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. W. T. Torrence and the
late Mr. Torrence.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Torrence is survived by one son, James Torrence;
two sisters, Mrs. W. T. Garner, Giles County, and Mrs. A. E. Hargrove, Florida
and two brothers, Tom Torrence of Texas and Dick Torrence of New York.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TOSH, Ike The Pulaski Citizen 5 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Ike Tosh, 79, who died suddenly at Giles County Hospital
Wednesday, July 29, were conducted at Pulaski Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon. Burial was in New Grove Cemetery in Lincoln County.
A retired farmer, he was the son of Jack and Elizabeth Tosh.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Louis Tosh; four sons, William, Astor, and Gene
Tosh of Pulaski and Woodrow Tosh of Columbia; three daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Sisk,
Mrs. Bessie Kilpatrick and Mrs. Reta Wright, all of Pulaski; one brother, Ben
Tosh of Columbia; twenty-eight grandchildren and thirty-one great-grandchildren.
TOSH, Sally Beatrice The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Sally Beatrice Tosh, fourteen months old child of Mr. and
Mrs. Astor Tosh of the Bryson Community, were held at 2 o'clock on Thursday
afternoon at Scotts Hill Baptist Church. The Rev. Horace Bass officiated and
burial took place in the church cemetery. The child died on Wednesday night at
Giles County Hospital.
In addition to the parents, the child is survived by three sisters, Kathleen,
Peggy, and Sarah Tosh; and one brother, Leroy Tosh, all of the home address.
TOWNER, Justin D. The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1966
Word has been received here of the recent death in Memphis of Dr. Justin D.
Towner, 89, a native of Giles County who practiced dentistry in Pulaski for
three years before moving to Memphis about sixty-five years ago. Death was
attributed to pneumonia.
A graduate of Vanderbilt University College of Dentistry in 1898, he pioneered
many dental techniques and designed periodontal instruments which are still
widely used in the profession.
In 1909 he was successful in his efforts to establish the Memphis College of
Dentistry, which became the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in
1912. He was its first dean and established the departments of oral hygiene and
periodontia, which he taught for 24 years.
His name appears on the past president's roster of a number of civic and
professional organizations, including the Memphis Rotary Club, the Memphis
Dental Society, the Tennessee State Dental Association, the American Academy of
Periodontology, the International College of Dentists, the Pierre Fauchard
Academy and OKU dental leadership fraternity.
He also was a member of the America Academy of Restorative Dentistry, the
Southern Academy of Periodontology, and the Federation Dentaire Internationale.
Dr. Towner was an elder emeritus of Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. James W. Winn of Nashville; three
grandchildren, Dr. Justin D. Towner III of Memphis, Mrs. Newton Cannon IV and
Mrs. E. Dan Milam of Nashville; and eleven great-grandchildren.
TOWNSEND, Ada Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1967
Mrs. Ada Abernathy Townsend, 87, died Thursday, April 27, at Giles County
Hospital following an extended illness.
Services were conducted Friday, April 28, at 2:00 p. m., in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Chester Stevens and Billy Craighead
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Townsend was a native of Giles County, born October 24, 1879, the daughter
of the late John Wesley and Katherine Tarpley Abernathy. Her husband, the late
N. H . Townsend, died several years ago.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. C. C. Dickey, Pulaski, Mrs. Perry
Helseth, Vero Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Rachel Elder, Prospect; two sons, N. H.
Townsend, Jr. Clarksville, and W. B. Townsend, Pulaski; fifteen grandchildren;
seventeen great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Hughey Marks.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TOWNSEND, Brenda Christy The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1969
Mrs. Brenda Christy Townsend, 26, of Brighton, Mich., died Sunday, January 5, in
a Michigan hospital after a brief illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Townsend, wife of Niles Donald Townsend, were held at
Keehn Funeral Home, Tuesday afternoon, January 7, at 1:30 o'clock. Burial was in
Brighton.
In addition toher husband, survivors include two sons and one daughter of
Brighton, Mich.; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Felix Worsham, Pulaski; and several
relatives in Giles County.
Mr. Townsend is a former Giles Countian, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. N. H.
Townsend, Jr.
TOWNSEND, Earl E. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Earl E. Townsend, 73, retired farmer of the Minor Hill
community, were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Minor Hill Baptist
Church with the burial in Booth Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Townsend died Sunday, April
25, in Giles County Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late John Townsend and Callie
Howard Townsend.
Mr. Townsend is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Gaston Townsend; nine sons,
Lafayette Townsend and Kenneth Townsend, Lester, Ala., H. E. Townsend, Tyson
Townsend, Bradford Townsend, Joe Townsend, Smith Townsend and Wilburn Townsend,
all of Minor Hill, and Benjamin Townsend, Giles County; five daughters, Mrs.
Leon Dollins, Lester, Ala., Mrs. James Long, Winter Haven, Fla., Mrs. R. E.
Hazelwood, Phoenix City, Ala., and Mrs. Earline Bassham and Mrs. Annie Hendrix,
both of Minor Hill; thirty two grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren;
and five sisters.
TOWNSEND, Homer The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Homer Townsend, 61, farmer of the Minor Hill section, will
be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ. Mr.
Townsend died at mid morning on Tuesday, October 30 at St. Thomas Hospital,
Nashville, after an extended illness.
Born in Giles County, June 0, 1901, (This date does not agree with the
tombstone.) he was the son of Toad Townsend and Lou Bullington Townsend and was
a member of the Booths Chapel Church of Christ.
Mr. Townsend is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nannie Lee Mankin Townsend; three
sons, David Townsend, Benton Harbor, Mich., Evans Townsend and Bobby Joe
Townsend, both of Minor Hill two daughters, Mrs. David Forsythe, Alabama, and
Mrs. Arnold Word, Minor Hill; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Wilson Townsend
and H. C. Townsend, both of Minor Hill; and two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Gatlin,
Minor Hill, and Mrs. Gray Cox, Athens, Ala. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
TOWNSEND, W. A. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Aug 1960
Funeral services for W. A. Townsend, 47, former Giles Countian, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday at Five Points Baptist Church, with the burial in Minor Hill
Cemetery. Mr. Townsend, a machinist who had lived in California the past nine
years, died in a hospital in Redwood City, Calif., on Tuesday, August 23, after
a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Joe Townsend and Guyeula
Hillis Townsend.
Mr. Townsend is survived by two brothers, Gilmer Townsend, Lawrenceburg and J.
B. Townsend, Five Points; and one sister, Mrs. Lurene Townsend Shelton,
Lawrenceburg.
TRAPP, Deborah Sue The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jul 1969
Deborah Sue Trapp, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Denver Trapp of
Lawrenceburg, died Wednesday, June 25, at Vanderbilt Hospital following heart
surgery.
Funeral services were held Friday at East End Methodist Church, Lawrenceburg,
with the Rev. Pugh and the Rev. Yates, officiating. Burial was in Lawrence
County Memorial Gardens.
Survivors in addition to her parents include one sister, Sharon; paternal
grandmother, Mrs. R. M. Trapp of Lawrenceburg; and maternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Arvil Chapman, Sr.
TRAPP, John Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jun 1962
Funeral services for John Thomas Trapp, 81, retired farmer, were held at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Oak Grove Cemetery at
Russellville, Ala. Mr. Trapp died at 3:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon, June 3, at
the home of his daughter, Miss Liller Mae Trapp in Lawrenceburg, after a long
illness.
Born December 2, 1880, in Georgia, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Trapp.
He was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church in Giles County.
Mr. Trapp is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl Kuykendall Trapp; three sons, R.
M. Trapp and Duel Trapp, Lawrenceburg, and Glen Trapp, U. S. Navy; four
daughters, Miss Liller Mae Trapp, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Edward Newton, Mrs. Violet
Newton and Mrs. Luther Lanier, all three of Pulaski; one step-son, Fred W.
Ingle, California; one step-daughter, Mrs. Andy Petruska, Florida; three
brothers, K. W. Trapp, Lawrenceburg, G. W. Trapp, California, and C. W. Trapp,
Alabama; and five sisters, Mrs. N. E. Cole, Alabama, Mrs. Andrey Flippo,
Lawrenceburg, Mrs. R. F. Cain, Florida and Mrs. J. G. Shedd, Lawrenceburg, and
Mrs. Isabel Bushco, Florida.
TRICE, Minnie Hickman The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Trice, 71, native of Giles County, were held at
11 o'clock Monday morning at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia with the
burial in Gibsonville Cemetery in Giles County. Mrs. Trice died in Maury County
Hospital on Sunday, January 14, after several weeks illness.
The former Miss Minnie Hickman, she was the daughter of the late Dee Hickman and
Nancy Trice Hickman. Most of her life she lived in the Southport section of
Maury County, residing the past three years in Columbia.
Mrs. Trice was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Trice is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Vernon Grooms, Porters Chapel;
three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. E. E.
Porter, Diana.
TRUE, Walter Scott The Pulaski Citizen 15 Dec 1965
Walter Scott True, 52, owner of Pulaski Funeral Home, died Saturday night, Dec.
11, at 10:15 o'clock in St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville. He had been a resident
of Pulaski for five years.
Funeral services were conducted at 10 o'clock Monday morning with Gilbert
Shaffer, the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and Andrew Brown officiating. Additional
services were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Buena Vista Funeral Home in
Nashville with the Rev. Mr. Pinkelton and Brothers Durham, Hardwick and Benson
officiating. Burial was in Forrest Lawn Cemetery at Goodlettsville.
Mr. True was a native of Davidson County, the son of Mrs. Mary Butterworth True
of Nashville and the late James Albert True. He was born Nov. 11, 1913.
He had been a dairy farmer at Whites Creek for twenty-five years and for the
past five years had owned and operated Pulaski Funeral Home. He was a member of
East Hill Church of Christ.
Other survivors, besides his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Katherine Parrish
True; a son, Charles True of Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Laura Ann Spain and
Miss Brenda True, both of Whites Creek; three brothers, George True of Kingston
Springs, and William and Pat True, both of Nashville; a sister, Mrs. Irene
Brandon of Nashville; and two grandchildren.
TRUMAN, Lynn The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1966
Word has been received her of the death in Lake Huron freighter tragedy last
week of Lynn Truman, brother of Mrs. Lillian Garrison, whose husband, Jim, is a
former member of the Pulaski Police Department. The Garrisons now live in
Athens, Ala.
Funeral services for Mr. Truman were held Monday in Toledo, Ohio.
A large oil freighter, the Daniel J. Morrell, on which Truman was serving,
buckled under gale winds Tuesday, Nov. 29, and sank in storm-tossed Lake Huron.
Only one survivor was reported among the 33 men aboard.
The 13,500-ton Morrell, owned by Bethlehem Steel Company, went down about 2 a.
m. Tuesday, the Coast Guard said but no one knew of the disaster until mid-day
on Wednesday.
TUCKER, Addison Kerr The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Addison Kerr Tucker, 90, retired farmer of the Stella
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Pleasant Hill Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, conducted b y the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Wesley
Holden. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Tucker died at 3:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon, March 14, at Giles County Hospital after a brief
hospital stay.
Born August 31, 1872, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Tucker and
Sallie Graves Tucker. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Tucker, died thirteen years
ago.
He was a member of Chestnut Grove Methodist Church.
Mr. Tucker is survived by three daughters, Miss Ola Mae Tucker, Stella, Mrs.
William Tomerlin, Prospect, and Mrs. Don McRee, Pulaski; one son, Sumpter
Tucker, Stella; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
TUCKER, Alice Flora Thompson The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Flora Thompson Tucker, 90, widow of John F.
Tucker, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ,
conducted by Alden Hendrix. Burial took place in Thompson Cemetery in that
section. Mrs. Tucker died Sunday afternoon, May 7, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Flora Chapman at Leoma, after a period of declining health.
Born March 6, 1871, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Levi
Thompson and Betty Norwood Thompson, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to the one daughter, Mrs. Tucker is survived by one son, Hobart
Tucker, Tullahoma; four stepsons, Ben Tucker, Lionel, Mich., Bob Tucker,
Florida, Bill Tucker, Minor Hill, and Arthur Tucker, Lawrenceburg; two
stepdaughters, Mrs. Hattie Hendrix, Pulaski, and Mrs. Mattie Legg, Lawrenceburg;
twenty grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Sam
Thompson, Minor Hill, and Ed Thompson, Alabama.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TUCKER, Edna Brooks The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Brooks Tucker, 94, Giles Countian, were held on
Saturday in Birmingham, Ala., with graveside services held at Pisgah Cemetery in
Giles County at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Tucker died on Friday morning
at Jefferson County Home in Birmingham.
Born June 1, 1866, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John Brooks
and Maggie Bass Brooks. Her husband, Sam Tucker, superintendent of the County
Farm in Giles County for a number of years, died fifty years ago.
Mrs. Tucker, who had made her home in Birmingham for two decades, is survived by
one son, Clay Tucker, Sr., Birmingham; and several grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TUCKER, Jennie Poston The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Poston Tucker, 68, widow of W. Clarence Tucker,
were held at one o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took
place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Tucker died on Friday,
January 17, at a Nashville hospital, after a long illness.
Born August 10, 1895, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Poston and Kate King Poston. Her husband, Clarence Tucker, died several years
ago. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Tucker is survived by one daughter, Mrs. O. E. Hall, Jr., Nashville; one
granddaughter; three sisters, Mrs. Hood Wilkinson, Pulaski, Miss Annie Poston
and Mrs. Lytle McCracken, Bunker Hill; and one brother, Jim Poston,
Fayetteville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TUCKER, John William The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1968
Funeral services for John William Tucker, 81, were held at 11 o'clock Friday
morning, March 8, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Reverends
Raymond Greenway and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Tucker, farmer and community leader of Elkton, was found burned to death in
a field near his home about 4:30 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon. He had left
his home before noon alone, and it is presumed that he set fire to a wheat
field.
When he did not return, a search was made and his body was found.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Tucker was born October 19, 1886, the son of the
late Elam and Elizabeth Kuhn Tucker.
Mr. Tucker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Stella Scott Tucker, Elkton; one son,
John L. Tucker, Elkton; one daughter, Mrs. Elise Tate, Elkton; four sisters,
Mrs. Jim Rogers, Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. John Hardy, Decatur, Ala., Mrs. Biscoe
Fairbetter, Carey, N. C., and Mrs. Perry Marks, Pulaski; and seven
grandchildren.
TUCKER, Lorene Beard The Pulaski Citizen 30 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Lorene Beard Tucker, 68, Minor Hill resident, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
burial in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Stella. Mrs. Tucker died Wednesday
night, August 23, at Jackson Clinic at Lester, Ala., after a short illness.
A native of Giles County, she was born July 20, 1893, the daughter of the late
Bob Beard and Sarah Webster Beard. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs.Tucker is survived by her husband, John D. Tucker; two daughters, Mrs. Lois
Jackson, Lester, Ala., and Mrs. Sarah Jackson, Minor Hill; four grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TUCKER, Maggie Tarpley The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1968
Mrs. Maggie Tarpley Tucker, 89, died Saturday, April 20, at the Hewitt Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Tucker, wife of the late Luther Tucker, were held
Sunday afternoon, April 21, at 1 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home with the Revs. Mack Pinkelton and J. C. Elkins officiating. Burial was in
Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Tucker was born May 20, 1878, the daughter of the
late Jerome and Mary Alice Tarpley.
Survivors include three brothers, Jerome and Polk Tarpley, both of Pulaski, and
Herman Tarpley, Lynnville; one sister, Mrs. Rena Ashford, Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TUCKER, O. Hobert The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1965
O. Hobert Tucker, 68, retired state employee who was indicted two weeks ago on a
first degree murder charge, was found dead Thursday, Feb. 18, near his home at
Aspen Hill. Coroner Bill Bennett said Tucker apparently died from a
self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The victim was found by his son, Leroy, near a truck in the front yard of his
home where both lived. A shotgun and a stick with a nail in it, thought to have
been used to pull the trigger, were nearby. The body was found about 6:45
o'clock Thursday morning.
Funeral services were held Saturday at Bennett-May Funeral Home with Gilbert
Shaffer officiating and burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Tucker was the son of the late Dave and Amanda
Thigpen Tucker. He was born Sept. 10, 1896. He was a veteran of World War I and
a member of the Church of Christ.
Tucker was indicted in connection with the fatal shooting of Basil Donald
Mitchell, 31, Goodsprings trucker, on Christmas Eve at Tucker's former home in
the Goodspring community.
Survivors, besides the son, include two daughters, Mrs. Ivalene Griggs of
Pulaski and Mrs. Helen Ivy of Princeton, Ind.; four brothers, A. Lee Tucker of
Decatur, Ala., John T. Tucker of Pettusville, Ala., Roland and Ozro Tucker of
Giles County; one sister, Mrs. Birdie Hazelwood of Pulaski; twelve grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
TUCKER, William Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for William Clarence Tucker, 72, employee of the T. M. Booth
and Son firm of Pulaski for thirty-eight years, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. W. H. Moss, with
the burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Tucker who sustained a paralytic stroke a few weeks ago, died shortly before
noon on Tuesday, April 23, at Giles County Hospital.
Born August 5, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas Tucker
and Maggie Brownlow Tucker.
Mr. Tucker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jennie Poston Tucker; one daughter,
Mrs. O. E. Hall, Jr.; one granddaughter, Miss Jennie Kaye Hall, both of
Nashville; and two sisters, Mrs. Lee Sumners and Mrs. Lena Watson, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TURNER, Collie B. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1967
Collie B. Turner, 69, retired farmer, died Wednesday, June 21, at his home in
the Beech Hill Community.
Services were conducted Saturday, June 24, at 2:00 p. m. in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial was in
Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Turner, a native of Giles County, was born October 27, 1897, the son of the
late James W. and Nancy Collins Turner.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eliza Ann Wilson Turner; one daughter, Mrs.
James H. Gaines, Huntsville, Ala.; one son, James W. Turner, Morgan City, Ala.;
six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one brother, Frank Turner,
Frankewing.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TURNER, F. Hill The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1966
F. Hill Turner, 80, retired executive secretary of the Vanderbilt University
Alumni Association and well-known Giles County farmer of the Conway community,
died Wednesday morning, Sept. 14, at 3:30 o'clock at Giles County Hospital where
he had been a patient for four days.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial will take place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Born November 11, 1885, in Flat Rock, Tenn., he was the son of the late Rev.
Will Allen Turner and Martha Jane Pickett Turner.
Mr. Turner attended Webb Preparatory School at Bell Buckle and was graduated
from Vanderbilt University, later doing graduate work at Columbia University,
New York City.
During World War I, he did promotional work for the International Y. M. C. A. in
Europe, and before returning home taught for a time in a university at
Constantinople (now Istanbul) Turkey. He taught for a time at Massey School here
and ten for twenty-eight years and executive secretary of the Vanderbilt Alumni
Association. Among the distinguished accomplishments was the establishment of
the Living Endowment of Vanderbilt University.
Following his retirement from the Alumni position, he did administrative work at
Martin College.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
In 1940, Mr. Turner married Hattie Will Brown Oates, who survives.
TURNER, James Alton The Pulaski Citizen 29 May 1963
Funeral services for James Alton Turner, 58 retired merchant of the Friendship
Section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Turner died on Saturday, May 25, at Giles County
Hospital.
Born September 26, 1904, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Turner
and Daisy Burns Turner, and was a member of theBaptist Church.
Mr. Turner is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lila Gilliam Turner; one brother, Noble
Turner, Frankewing; and one half-sister, Mrs. Ruth Piotrak, Houston, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TURNER, James Webster The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1960
Funeral services for James Webster Turner, 70, husband of the former Miss Evelyn
Follis of Pulaskim were held Thursday in Nashville, with burial in Maplewood
Cemetery in Pulaski that afternoon. Mr. Turner died on Tuesday, November 22, at
Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, following a paralytic stroke.
A resident of Nashville, prior to his retirement about five years ago, he was
employed as head of the rug department at Cain-Sloan Company for many years. A
native of Huntsville, Ala., he was the son of the late John Turner and Mary
Elliott Turner.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Turner is survived by one son, J. W. Turner, Jr. of
Florida.
Mrs. Turner is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dave Follis of Pulaski.
TURNER, John Maple The Pulaski Citizen 17 Oct 1962
Funeral services for John Maple Turner, 40, Disabled American Veteran of World
War II, were held at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Elkton Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Elzie Jones of Athens, Ala., and the Rev. James Shutt,
pastor of the Elkton Baptist Church. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mr.
Turner died at 12:30 o'clock Saturday morning, October 13, at Thayer Veterans
Hospital in Nashville.
Born April 14, 1922, in Lauderdale County, Ala., he was the son of Mrs. Martha
Hobbs Turner and the late Alex Turner.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Turner is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie D.
Nally Turner; one son, John Douglas Turner, both of Elkton; one daughter, Mrs.
Joan Williams, Toney, Ala.; four brothers, Alex Turner, Bethel in Giles County,
Willie Turner, Elkmont, Ala., Acie Turner, Prospect, Calvin Turner, Toledo,
Ohio; and six sisters, Mrs. Frank Hobbs, Mrs. Pat McKnight, Mrs. Clarence Ada,
Prospect, Mrs. Hassie Hargrove, Mrs. Jink Steelman and Mrs. Fred Hastings, all
of Athens, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TURNER, John Pickett The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Dr. John Pickett Turner, 84, professor emeritus, Brooklyn College, New York
City, and brother of Hill Turner of Giles County, died Tuesday morning, July 19,
at Presbyterian Hospital, after a long illness. Funeral services were held at
Christ Chapel, Riverside Church, in New York City, with graveside services held
at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Tenn., conducted by the Rev. John I. Dickson,
pastor of First Methodist Church, in Franklin.
Born May 5, 1876, at Cedar Hill, Tenn., he was the son of the late Rev. William
Allen Turner and Mary Jane Pickett Turner. He resided in Giles County while his
father, the Rev. Mr. Turner was a circuit rider, serving the Circuits of Mt.
Olivet, Pisgah, and Prospect in Giles County.
Dr. Turner, at his retirement in 1947, was chairman of the Department of
Philosophy at Brooklyn College. He received his schooling at Webb School,
Bellbuckle, the A. B. and M. A. degrees from Vanderbilt University and the Ph.D.
degree from Columbia University in New York. He held a number of assignments and
was identified with college societies and professional publications.
Dr. Turner, in addition to his brother at Pulaski, is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Anna Maria Turner; one daughter; three sons; and seven grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
TURNER, Martha Ann Hobbs The Pulaski Citizen 21 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Ann Hobbs Turner, 79, widow of Alex Lewis
Turner, were held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Elkton Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. James Shutt, pastor, and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial
took place in the Elkmont, Ala., cemetery. Mrs. Turner died on Friday, November
16, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
A resident of Giles County, she was born April 5, 1883, in Maury County, the
daughter of the late George W. Hobbs and Mary Nunley Hobbs. Her husband died a
number of years ago.
Mrs. Turner is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Hassie Hargrove and Mrs. Fred
Hastings, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Jink Steelman, Mrs. Frank Hobbs and Mrs. Pat
McKnight, Elkton and Mrs. Clarence Ada, Prospect; four sons, Alex Turner, and
Willie Turner, Elkmont, Acie Turner, Prospect, and Calvin Turner, Toledo, Ohio;
three step-children, Archie Turner, Elkmont, Ala., Miss Jessie Hargrove, Truman,
Ark., and Mrs. Lillie Edwards, Nashville; eighty four grandchilden and a number
of great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TURNER, Olgie Mae Fowler The Pulaski Citizen 24 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Olgie Mae Fowler Turner, widow of Willis Fount Turner,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral
Home. Burial took place in Diana Cemetery. Mrs. Turner who had been residing in
Winter Haven, Fla., died unexpectedly in that city on Sunday, March 21.
Born January 31, 1889, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late John
Fowler and Evie McCoy Fowler. Her husband died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Turner is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Finis W. Whitsett, Winter Haven,
Fla.; two sons, John W. Turner, Diana and Jack Turner, Bethel; nine
grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren; and one brother, Buck Fowler.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TURNER, Walter Harden The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Walter Harden Turner, 68, Pulaski painter, were held at
2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Turner died Saturday,
January 26, at his home in Pulaski.
Born October 10, 1894, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James Turner
and Amanda Parsons Turner.
Mr. Turner is survived by his wife, Mrs. Orlean Samuels Turner; three sons,
William James Turner, Chicago, Ill., Mark Turner, Long Beach, Calif., and Robert
Turner, Athens, Tenn.; one daughter, Mrs. Irene Maloney, Honolulu, Hawaii; six
grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Brown Turner,
Pulaski, and Robert Turner, Ardmore; and two sisters, Mrs. Robert L. Williams,
Campbellsville, Giles County, and Mrs. Clifford Patch, Winter Haven, Fla.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
TURNER, Mrs. William D. The Pulaski Citizen 18 May 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. William D. Turner, 72, resident of the Goodlettsville
section and mother of a Pulaski resident, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at Harris-Donoho Funeral Home at Gallatin, with the burial at
Bethpage. Mrs. Turner died on Friday, April 29, at a Gallatin nursing home
following a prolonged illness.
Mrs. Turner is survived by her husband, William D. Turner; one daughter, Mrs.
Robert W. Bertrand, Pulaski; one son, W. D. Turner, Jr., Madison; four
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. J. E. Crowder, Nashville; and two brothers,
Herman Durham, Nashville, and Horace Durham, Spencer, Ind.
TURTON, Bettie Wright The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie Wright Turton, 76, native Giles Countian, were
held at 9 o'clock Monday morning at St. Michael Catholic Church in Pensacola,
Fla., with the burial in that city. Mrs. Turton died at 2 o'clock Saturday
morning, January 5, at the hospital in Fair Hope, Ala., after a long period of
declining health.
Born and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell B. Wright.
Mrs. Turton is survvied by her husband, George W. Turton, Jr., Pensacola, Fla.;
one brother, Mitchell Wright, Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews.
TYLER, George Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 6 Dec 1967
George Wesley Tyler, 62, died Friday, December 1, in Giles County Hospital after
an extended illness.
Funeral services were held Sunday, December 3, at 2 p. m., in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Edmund Stallings officiating. Burial was
in Antioch Cemetery, near Elkmont, Ala.
Mr. Tyler, a native of Alabama, was born July 6, 1905, son of the late Ollie
Hugh and Lena McDonald Tyler.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie Ruth Taylor Tyler; one daughter, Mrs.
Dorothy Horton; one son, Charles W. Tyler, Ardmore; three grandchildren; seven
brothers, William, Wilson, Max, and Robert Tyler, Limestone County, Ala., L. B.
Tyler, Missouri, Joe Tyler, South Carolina, and Jim Tyler, Bethel; three
sisters, Misses Magdalene and Pearlie Tyler, and Mrs. Virginia Hughes, Elkmont,
Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
UHLAND, Esterlene Rogers Bell The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Esterlene Rogers Bell Uhland, 62, native of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Uhland who came Thursday to visit her mother who is ill, died unexpectedly
at 7 o'clock that evening, October 19, at the home at Aspen Hill.
Born February 7, 1889, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Maude Reed
Rogers and the late M. L. (Oakley) Rogers.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Uhland is survived by her husband, Russell
Uhland; one son, Clyde Rogers Bell, Orlando, Fla.; one daughter, Miss Dorece
Bell, Washington, D. C.; three grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Neal
and Mrs. William R. Kellam, Pulaski, and Mrs. Harry L. Robertson, Birmingham,
Ala.; and four brothers, Reed Rogers and Buck Rogers, Decatur, Ala.; and Leon
Rogers and Zeke Rogers, Dallas, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
UNDERWOOD, James Edward The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Funeral services for James Edward Underwood, 84, retired Lynnville farmer and
carpenter, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Lynnville Church of
Christ, with James C. Allen, minister of the church, officiating. Burial took
place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Underwood died at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning,
November 14, at his home after a long illness.
Born January 15, 1877 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Rufus
Underwood and Jane Dugger Underwood.
Mr. Underwood is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eunice Overstreet Underwood; two
sons, John Ed Underwood, Fayetteville, and Rufus Edward Underwood, Nashville;
two daughters, Mrs. Brownie Mae Mellenger, Pontiac, Mich., and Mrs. Edson Catt,
Vincennes, Ind.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, Robert Underwood, Lynnville, and Almond Underwood, Minneapolis, Ind.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
UNDERWOOD, Robert Green The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
Funeral services for Robert Green Underwood, 81, were held Tuesday afternoon,
December 10, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Underwood died Monday, December 9, at his home in
the Lynnville community.
Mr. Underwood, a retired farmer, was born August 6, 1887, the son of the late
James Edward and Jane Dugger Underwood.
Survivors include four sons, Marvin, Bill and Jim Underwood, all of the
Lynnville community and Cleveland Underwood, Detroit, Mich.; three daughters,
Mrs. Conrad Surles, Mrs. J. D. Page and Mrs. James Bonds, all of Lynnville;
sixteen grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
UPSHAW, Robert The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Robert Upshaw, a Maury County resident, and retired
bookkeeper, were conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Oakes and
Nichols Funeral Home, with the Rev. Fred Blankenship officiating. Burial was in
the Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Upshaw died Wednesday morning, September 21, in the Maury County Hospital,
after a week's illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Dr. George and Elizabeth
Ada Payne Upshaw. He moved to Columbia in 1912. A member of the First Methodist
Church, he was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Neeley Upshaw; one sister, Mrs. Kenneth
Stockard of Nashville; one brother, Clarence Upshaw of Knoxville; several nieces
and nephews.
UPTON, Bailey Payton The Pulaski Citizen 9 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Bailey Payton Upton, 92, retired Church of Christ minister
and retired farmer of the Diana Community, were held at Cornersville Church of
Christ at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial took place in Beechwood Cemetery.
Mr. Upton died Saturday, December 5, at Fairhaven Nursing Home in Pulaski.
Mr. Upton, who moved to Giles County in 1944, was a native of Overton County
where he had preached in Churches of Christ for more than forty years.
Mr. Upton is survived by three sons, L. O. Upton and R. W. Upton, Pulaski, and
Leo G. Upton, Detroit, Mich.; three daughters, Mrs. L. G. Davis and Mrs. Ernest
Hammonds, both of Petersburg, Tenn., and Mrs. Robert C. Sorrell, Sparta;
thirteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; one brother, Walter Upton,
Portales, N. Mex.; and one sister, Mrs. Edda Gibons, Hilham, Tenn.
USELTON, Alice Holloway The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert Uselton, 65, of Cornersville, were conducted on
Friday afternoon, November 4, at 1 o'clock at McDaniel's Funeral Home. Burial
was in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
Mrs. Uselton, the former Alice Holloway, died Wednesday, November 2, in Gordon
Hospital at Lewisburg.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Roy Eddie, Cornersville, and Mrs. Joe
Grady, Franklin, Ill.; four sons, Kenneth, Peoria, Ill., Bob, Detroit, Mich.,
Leon, Cornersville, and Robert, Lewisburg; nineteen grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. Clyde Sears, Goodlettsville; and two brothers, Clarence and Stanley
Holloway, Tullahoma.
USELTON, Bessie Lake Wallace The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Lake Wallace Uselton, 66, resident of the Diana
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Odd Fellows Church of
Christ, conducted by Arthur Hardison. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Uselton was found dead in bed at her home on Saturday, February 11,
following a brief illness.
Born January 15, 1895, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late John
Wallace and Sallie Griffis Wallace. She was a member of Lynnville Church of
Christ.
Her husband, George Uselton, died several years ago.
Mrs. Uselton is survived by three sons, Clyde Uselton, Lynnville, Edward
Uselton, Odd Fellows Hall, and George Dean Uselton, Diana; two daughters, Mrs.
Pauline Cheatham, Pulaski, and Mrs. Eunice Liss, Dallas, Texas; thirteen
grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren; and seven sisters, Mrs. Maggie
Beatty and Mrs. Mary Doggett, Cornersville, Mrs. Edith Boatright, Lynnville,
Mrs. Samantha Watts and Miss Mattie Wallace, Nashville, and Mrs. Mary Wallace
and Mrs. Johnny Uselton, both of Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
USSERY, Annie Buchanan The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Buchanan Ussery, 81, native of Giles County,
were held Monday afternoon at New Hope Baptist Church by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, with burial in New Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Ussery died on Saturday,
January 6, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. George Nixon, in Dayton, Ohio.
Born January 19, 1880, and reared in Giles County, she was the daughter of the
late Polk Buchanan and Almeda Black Buchanan. Her husband, James B. Ussery, died
in 1952.
In addition to Mrs. Nixon, Mrs. Ussery is survived by two other daughters, Mrs.
Glenn Dugger, Culleoka, and Mrs. Thelma Lambkin, Clinton, Ky.; one son, Joe
Gardner Ussery, California; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and
one sister, Mrs. Almeda Brown, Florence, Ala.
VAN DERMARK, Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jul 1969
Clarence Van Dermark, died Sunday afternoon, June 29, at 1 o'clock in
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, after an extended illness.
Funeral services were held Monday in Chambersburg.
Mr. Van Dermark, a native of Pennsylvania, farmed in the Pulaski area for
several years. His wife, the former Geneva Springer of Lawrenceburg, was
employed as a teacher in the Giles County School System.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Chambersburg, where he was a
Deacon and taught a Men's Bible Class for a number of years.
Survivors in addition to his wife include two daughters, Martha Jane and
Margaret Ann, both of Chambersburg.
VAUGHN, Charles Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 28 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Judge Charles Wesley Vaughn, 90, longtime Lawrence County
political and civic leader, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Lawrenceburg First Baptist Church with the burial in Mimosa Cemetery. Judge
Vaughn, who was in the newspaper business about twenty years, died Friday night
at Lawrence County Hospital.
He was born January 19, 1875, in Giles County, the son of the late George Vaughn
and Eliza Shores Vaughn.
His wife, the former Miss Bertha Cole of Giles County, died in 1960.
Judge Vaughn is survived by one nephew, G. Keifer Vaughn, and a niece, Mrs. W.
B. Walbert, both of Lawrenceburg.
Mrs. Alfred H. Phillips of Pulaski is a niece.
VAUGHN, David Parsons The Pulaski Citizen 16 Apr 1969
David Parsons Vaughn, 61, died Thursday, April 10, in Waterloo, Alabama.
Funeral services for Mr. Vaughn were held Saturday morning, April 12, at 10:30
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Craighead
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs Eleanor Henderson, Ft. Pierce, Fla.; one
son, Fred David Vauhgn, Lawrenceburg, and two geandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
VAUGHN, Fred (Bud) The Pulaski Citizen 9 Jan 1963
Fred (Bud) Vaughn, 69, retired L&N Railroad employee, Bowling Green, Ky., died
at 9:40 o'clock Tuesday morning, January 1, at City-County Hospital in that
city, following a weeks illness. Funeral rites took place at 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon at Gerard-Bradley Funeral Chapel with the burial in Fairview Cemetery
in Bowling Green.
Born April 15, 1893, Giles County, he was the son of the late John Carter Vaughn
and Ella Waldrop Vaughn. He was a member of West End Church of Christ and a
veteran of World War I.
Mr. Vaughn retired from Railroad service twelve years ago. Prior to that time he
live at Memphis Junction.
Mr. Vaughn is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Lentz Vaughn; two daughters, Mrs.
Wallace Holman, Greenwood, Ind., and Mrs. Charles Creech, Bowling Green, Ky.;
five grandchildren; one brother, Carter Vaughn, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs.
Ezell Martin, Nashville.
VAUGHN, George Carter The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1968
George Carter Vaughn, 78, retired employee of Southern Bell Telephone Company,
died at his home Thursday, August 1 after a short illness. Services were held in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Vaughn, he was born in Lynnville on
January 5, 1890 and began work with Southern Bell in 1914 in Lynnville as a
lineman, where he later served as manager. He also acted in that capacity in
Elkton and Prospect.
He came to Pulaski in 1920 and was employed by Southern Bell until his
retirement, after 43 years of service, January 31, 1957.
He is survived by his wife, the former Lucille Ralston, and four grandchildren.
VAUGHN, James C. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Dec 1964
James Carlton Vaughn, 46, native Pulaskian, and supervisor of the Phillips 66
Oil Company, Midland, Texas, since December 1, 1946, died Monday, December 28,
in New Midland Hospital, after a brief illness. Funeral services took place at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon with the burial in that city.
Born January 15, 1918, in Pulaski, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Carter
Vaughn.
He was graduated from Giles County High School and attended Martin College and
University of Tennessee, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
During World War II, he served in the Air Force as a bombardier-navigator for
three years.
In addition to his parents who live in Pulaski, Mr. Vaughn is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Myrtle Hurt Vaughn; and four children, Jamie Vaughn, student at Texas
A&M College, William Carter, Myrtha and John Bishop Vaughn.
VERNON, Leroy The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1968
S/Sgt. Leroy Vernon of the U. S. Air Force, 25, stationed in Bossier City, La.,
died Tuesday night at his home of a self-inflicted bullet wound. No reason was
known for his act.
Funeral services were held Monday morning at 10 o'clock at Carr and Erwin
Funeral Home with burial in the National V. A. Cemetery, Nashville.
A native of Giles County, he was a graduate of Beech Hill High School. Following
graduation he joined the armed forces, and has remained in service for the past
seven years.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Jeanette Tomerlin; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Vernon, Powell's Chapel; one son, Philip Ray Vernon; three
brothers, Layton, Bossier City, La., Samuel Vernon, Florida, Joe Vernon,
Pulaski, Tenn.; one sister, Mrs. Frances Villgmette, Bossier City, La.
VERNON, Robert Freeman The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1966
Funeral services for Robert Freeman Vernon, 56, were held in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home on Monday, August 8, at 2:30 o'clock with burial in
Giles Memory Gardens. James E. Holt, Church of Christ minister, officiated.
Mr. Vernon, a native of Giles County, died Saturday, August 6, in Giles County
Hospital. He was born November 11, 1910, the son of the late Elliott and Jessie
McNeese Vernon. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Louise Vernon, he is survived by one son, Robert
Vernon, of Maury County; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Pitts of
Giles County, and Mrs. Herbert Robertson of Michigan; three brothers, Truman and
Raymond Vernon of Giles County, and Russell Vernon of Kentucky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
VESTAL, Pamela Joan The Giles Free Press 1 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Pamela Joan Vestal, 6 months, were held at 2 p. m. Sunday,
Jan. 28, at Bennett-May Funeral Home. The Rev. Floyd Cates officiated, and
burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
The infant died Jan. 26, at Giles County Hospital.
She is survived by her parents, Kenneth and Brenda Lawhorn Vestal; one sister,
Penny Vestal; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lawhorn, and paternal
grandfather, Ernest Vestal.
VICKERS, Floyd Wilson The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Floyd Wilson Vickers, 69, farmer of the Minor Hill section,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ, with
the burial in Bonnertown Cemetery in Lawrence County. Mr. Vickers died at 12:30
o'clock (noon) on Monday, December 2, at Lawrence County Hospital after a period
of declining health.
His wife, Mrs. Martha Jane Newton Vickers, died a few years ago.
Born July 3, 1894, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Andrew Jackson
Vickers and Caroline Harrison Vickers. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Vickers is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Forsythe, Minor Hill, and
Mrs. Clifton Rogers, Lawrenceburg; one grandchild and three great-grandchildren;
and one sister, Mrs. Hollis Thompson, Minor Hill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
VICKERS, Kim The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1965
A year-old Ardmore, Ala. girl, Kim Vickers, died Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 12, in
a blaze which destroyed a five-room frame dwelling near Ardmore High School. She
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vickers.
It was reported that Mrs. Vickers and a three-year-old daughter, Debbie, were in
the back yard talking with a neighbor, Mrs. Ed Hobbs, when Mrs. Vickers turned
and screamed, "Our house is burning!" Flames prevented the mother from reaching
the baby, who was in an infant bed in the house.
Cause of the fire could not be determined.
VICKNAIR, Adam The Pulaski Citizen 25 Apr 1962
Adam Vicknair, 65, employee of Celotex Corporation, Merrero, La., died on
Friday, April 6, at a hospital in New Orleans, La., after a short illness.
Funeral services took place at noon on Monday, April 9, at Gretna, La., with
burial there.
Mr. Vicknair is survived by his wife; three daughters, including Mrs. Lee
Shelton of Pulaski; five grandchildren; and several brothers and sisters.
VINCENT, Billy Ray The Pulaski Citizen 18 Nov 1964
A Giles County youth, Billy Ray Vincent, 17, of Bunker Hill was killed Friday
morning, Nov. 13, at about 6:40 o'clock when the truck in which he was riding
overturned, and his uncle, Herman Vincent, was injured. George Harwell, driver
of the vehicle, escaped injury.
The accident, which marked the county's eighth traffic fatality of the year,
occurred on rainslick Bryson Road fifteen miles southeast of Pulaski and
approximately 150 feet east of the new four-lane overhead bridge on Interstate
Highway I-65.
According to Highway Patrolman Robert Barnes, the truck skidded on a curve,
leapt a ditch and landed upside down, pinning the occupants beneath the cab.
Young Vincent was pronounced dead of suffocation on arrival at Giles County
Hospital, and Herman Vincent was admitted for treatment. The latter was released
Monday and returned to his home in the Bunker Hill Community.
The three men, all employees of Glossup Memorial Service at Ardmore, were
enroute to work when the accident happened.
Funeral services for Billy Ray were conducted at 1 p. m. Sunday at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and Rev. Calvin Inman officiating.
Burial was in Bee Spring Presbyterian Cemetery.
Born September 20, 1947, at Bunker Hill, he was the son of Eddie Vincent of
Athens, Ala., and the late Sallie May Bolden Vincent.
Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Betty Jane Hodges of Sanford, Fla.; a
brother, Donald Wayne Vincent, Elkton; a half-sister, Miss Mary Katherine
Vincent and a half-brother, Kendrick Owen Vincent, both of Athens, Ala.; two
step-sisters, Mrs. Ray Browning and Miss Debra Brymer and two step-brothers,
Charles and Billy Brymer, all of Athens; and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lonnie B. Vincent of Pulaski.
VINCENT, Commodore Washington The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jul 1963
Funeral services for Commodore Washington Vincent, 75, disabled Veteran of WWI,
and resident of the Cedar Grove section, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at East Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer,
minister of the church. Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Vincent
died at 6:10 o'clock Sunday morning, July 7, at Veterans Hospital, Nashville,
after a three months illness.
Born March 21, 1888, in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late
Benjamin H. Vincent and George Emma Johnson Vincent.
Mr. Vincent is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile Darnell Vincent; two daughters,
Mrs. Grady Hazelwood, Nashville, and Mrs. Jimmy Holder, Pulaski; two sons,
Benjamin Vincent and Thomas Vincent, both of Giles County; eleven grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Lonnie Vincent, Cedar Grove, and
Jesse Vincent, Camden, Ark.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
VOORHIES, Edna Patterson The Pulaski Citizen 11 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Billy Voorhies, 77, native Giles Countian, were held
at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home.
Rites were conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, and Dr. William H. Mansfield, pastor of Elkton Methodist Church. Burial
took place in the family lot in Elkton Cemetery. Mrs. Voorhies died on Monday
night, March 9, in a Murfreesboro rest home.
The former Miss Edna Patterson, she was born July 22, 1886, in Giles County, the
daughter of the late M. L. Patterson and Margaret Myers Patterson. She was a
member of the Presbyterian Church. Her husband, Billy Voorhies, died a number of
years ago.
Mrs. Voorhies, who lived in Decatur, Ala., for many years, is survived by two
brothers, Logan Patterson, Elkton, and Dr. Sam Patterson, Murfreesboro; and one
sister, Mrs. Lee Groth, Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WADDELL, Willie Greene The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1967
Mrs. Willie Greene Waddell, sister of Mrs. Wesley Long of Prospect, died Sunday
morning February 5, in a Nashville hospital.
Services were conducted on Monday afternoon, February 6, at 3 o'clock, at
Roesch-Patton Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert J. Norman officiating. Burial
was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Survivors in addition to Mrs. Long are her husband, Fred C. Waddell; one
daughter, Mrs. James C. Waddell, Jr.; one son, Fred W. Waddell; three
grandchildren; two brothers, J. Cletis Greene and John M. Greene of Nashville.
WADE, Annie Wells The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. David Reynolds Wade, 95, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in First Presbyterian Church,
with the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial took
place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Wade died Thursday morning,
June 16, in Pulaski, after an extended period of declining health.
The former Miss Annie Wells, she was born April 6, 1871, in the Bunker Hill
Community of Giles County, the daughter of the late William Thomas Wells and
Ursula Nave Wells. She was educated at Martin College at Pulaski. In 1892, she
was married to David Reynolds Wade. He died May 1, 1945.
She had been a member of the Presbyterian Church, 74 years, was a past member of
the Pulaski Garden Club, the Wales Community Club, the Gay Nineties Club,
Magazine Club, and a member of the Giles County Chapter of United Daughter of
the Confederacy.
She had resided at "Brookside," ancestral Wade home, in the Wales Community, the
greater part of her married life, and in Pulaski during the latter years.
Mrs. Wade is survived by one son, David Reynolds Wade, Jr., Pulaski attorney;
one daughter, Mrs. Edwin Wilson Craig, Nashville; four grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WADE, Clayton Dewey The Pulaski Citizen 2 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Clayton Dewey Wade, 55, retired farmer, will be held at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Church of Christ, Anderson, Ala., with J. T.
Word of Minor Hill, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial will take
place in the Mitchell Cemetery. Mr. Wade died unexpectedly of a heart attack on
Tuesday, October 1, in Anderson.
Born December 24, 1907, in Alabama, he was the son of the late Lon Wade and
Lillie Clark Wade. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Wade is survived by two daughters, Miss Betty Sue Wade, Nashville, and Mrs.
Mary Frances Jordon, Las Vegas, Nev.; three grandchildren; one brother, Lester
Wade, Lawrenceburg; and one sister, Miss May Wade, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WADE, Frank The Pulaski Citizen 19 May 1965
Funeral services for Frank Wade, retired attorney, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at Woodfin Memorial Chapel, Murfreesboro, with the burial in
Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Nashville. Mr. Wade died Monday, May 17, in a
Murfreesboro nursing home.
Mr. Wade practiced as an attorney in Pulaski, following World War I, for a
period of eight to ten years, approximately. He was a native of Trenton, a 1911
graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School, was a member of the American
Legion, the Nashville Unitarian Church, the Tennessee Bar Association, the
American Bar Association, and the Elks Club.
His wife died a few years ago. Mr. Wade is survived by one son, Col. John L.
Wade, Murfreesboro; and three grandchildren.
WADE, Katherine White The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jan 1964
Miss Katherine White Wade, 63, lifelong resident of Giles County, died on Monday
morning, January 20, at her home having died quietly in her sleep.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the rites conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean,
pastor of First Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in the family lot in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Born October 11, 1900, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Berryman Wade and
Annie White Wade. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and the Wales
Home Demonstration Club, and was a former member of the Col. Greenberry Lee
Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Miss Wales is survived by one uncle, George S. White, Wales; and several first
cousins.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WADE, Linda The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1969
Miss Linda Wade, 17, died Monday, January 6, at Vanderbilt Hospital.
Funeral services for Miss Wade were held Tuesday morning, January 7, at 10
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Craighead
and the Rev. Lowell Kenupp officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Dorothy Raines Wade, step-father, B. O. Wade;
three brothers, Scott, Benny and Randy Wade; one sister, Donna Wade, all of
Columbia; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Franklin of Cornersvile; and
grandmother, Mrs. Richard Raines, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WAKEFIELD, James Otha The Pulaski Citizen 27 Dec 1961
Funeral services for James Otha Wakefield, 80, farmer, were held at 2:30 Pulaski
Wednesday afternoon at Mt. Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church, conducted by
the Rev. Robert Earl Wilsford, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mr. Wakefield died on Tuesday morning, December 26, Giles County
Hospital.
Born November 1, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Franklin
Wakefield and Nancy Wakefield. His wife, Mrs. Lessie Ray Wakefield, is deceased.
Mr. Wakefield is survived by three sons, Arthur Wakefield, Lawrenceburg, Jim
Wakefield, Arkansas, and Robert Wakefield, Pulaski; five daughters, Mrs. Bertha
Garner and Mrs. Lillian Johnson, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Mattie Pearl Robinson,
Pulaski, and Mrs. Evelyn Jordan and Mrs. Annie Johnson, Prospect; sixty-four
grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Fannie
Clinton, Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Nannie Wright, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WAKEFIELD, Paul The Pulaski Citizen 3 Oct 1962
Paul Wakefield, native of Cornersville and retired bank president of
Greeneville, Tenn., died on Saturday, September 22, in that city with funeral
rites and the burial there on Monday.
Mr. Wakefield is survived by his wife; three sisters, Mrs. John B. Wilkes,
Nashville, and Mrs. J. Clay Walker, Houston, Texas, both former residents of
Pulaski, and Mrs. J. E. Matthews, Austin, Texas.
WALDROP, Dewey The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Dewey Waldrop, 68, farmer of the Lynnville Community, were
held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in
Columbia. Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Waldrop
who had been in ill health for some time, died Monday night, January 24, at the
home of his son, Horace Waldrop, in Old Hickory.
A lifelong resident of the Lynnville Community, he was the son of the late
Thomas Polk Waldrop and Delilah Morrow Waldrop. He was a member of the Church of
Christ.
His wife, Mrs. Lizzie Bell Prince Waldrop, died August 28, 1965.
Mr. Waldrop is survived by the one son; one granddaughter, Miss Linda Waldrop,
Old Hickory; three sisters, Mrs. Elmon Jones, Prospect, Mrs. Lucile Barnett,
Carter's Creek, Maury County, and Mrs. Marcus Clifton, Kingston, Okla.; and one
brother, Otis Waldrop, Columbia.
WALDROP, Henry Grady The Pulaski Citizen 18 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Henry Grady Waldrop, 72, retired Lynnville farmer, were
held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Oakes and Nichols Funeral
Home, Coumbia, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Waldrop died on Friday,
August 13, in Maury County Hospital, Columbia, after a long period of declining
health.
Born January 1, 1893, in the home in which he had lived all his life, he was the
son of the late Tom Polk Waldrop and Delilah Morrow Waldrop. He was a member of
the Church of Christ.
Mr. Waldrop is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Clark Waldrop; three sisters,
Mrs. Elmon Jones, Prospect, Mrs. Lucile Barnett, Neapolis, Maury County, and
Mrs. Marcus Clifton, Kingston, Okla.; and two brothers, Otis Waldrop, Columbia,
and Dewey Waldrop, Lynnville.
WALDROP, Sallie Mae The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Mae Waldrop, 78, who died Thursday, November
24, in Broadway Nursing Home in Joliet, Ill., were conducted Sunday afternoon,
November 27, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Dr.
W. H. Mansfield officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Waldrop was born March 27, 1888, in Murfreesboro. She had lived in Pulaski
for twenty years. Her husband, the late Rupert Waldrop, died several years ago.
She is survived by one son, Henry W. Hicks of Lockport, Ill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WALDRUM, Gladna M. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1969
Gladna M. Waldrum, 88, a native of Maury County died Tuesday, February 11, in
General Hospital in Nashville following an extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Waldrum were conducted Thursday afternoon, February 13,
at 2 o'clock in Williams Funeral Home in Columbia. Burial was in the Rose Hill
Cemetery.
Mr. Waldrum was the son of the late Thomas and Emily Donna Coffey Waldrum. He
was a member of the Church of Christ. His wife, Mrs. Maggie Dugger Waldrum, of
Giles County died several years ago.
Survivors include four sons, Thomas Waldrum, Grapevine, Texas, Robin C. Waldrum,
Columbia, Eugene Waldrum, Jackson, Wyoming, Archie Waldrum, Alice, Texas; two
daughters, Mrs. Paul (Charlotte) Romine, Nashville, and Mrs. J. E. (Nellie)
Duprey of Youngstown, Ohio; one half-sister, Mrs. John Pope, Montgomery, Ala.; a
cousin, Miss Eckie Waldrum, Pulaski; eighteen grandchildren; and twenty-six
great-grandchildren.
WALDRUM, Katherine Nobia The Pulaski Citizen 6 Sep 1967
Services for Miss Katherine Nobia Waldrum, conducted by Andrew Brown, minister
of Second Street Church of Christ, were held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock
at Bennett-May Chapel followed by burial in Maplewood Cemetery. She died Friday
night at her home as a result of injuries received in a fall two years earlie
from which she never recovered.
Miss Waldrum was a native of Maury County, daughter of John and Jennie Hubbel
Waldrum, and a retired saleslady. She had been a member of the Church of Christ
since early childhood.
She is survived by a brother, Dr. Jonas Y. Waldrum of Nashville; and one sister,
Miss Eckie Waldrum of Pulaski; two nieces and two nephews.
WALES, Mrs. Luther The Pulaski Citizen 15 Apr 1964
Mrs. Luther Wales, 78, resident of Dyersburg for many years and a native Giles
Countian, died Tuesday morning, April 7, at a hospital in Dyersburg. Funeral
services were held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Dyersburg with the
burial Thursday afternoon at Prospect Cemetery at Prospect in Giles County.
Born November 3, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Joe
Southerland and Sallie Ann McAlister Southerland. Her husband, Luther Wales,
died July 13, 1952. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Wales is survived by eight children, seventeen grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Elmer Randolph and Miss Lillie
Southerland, both of Prospect and Mrs. Daisy Randolph and Mrs. Elgin Chunn, both
of Nashville.
WALKER, Adelaide Wagstaff The Pulaski Citizen 18 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Adelaide Wagstaff Walker, widow of J. L. Walker, and
resident of Searcy, Ark., many years, will be held Thursday in Searcy with the
burial in that city. Mrs. Walker died there in the hospital on Tuesday, August
17, after several weeks illness.
Born and reared in Lynnville, she was the daughter of the late Mack Wagstaff and
Clara Bodenhamer Wagstaff Smith. She was well educated and taught for a number
of years in Searcy.
Mrs. Walker is survived by one sister, Mrs. John M. Harwood, Natchez, Miss.; two
nieces and three nephews.
WALKER, J. Clay The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1961
Dr. J. Clay Walker, 81, died at 4:25 P. M. Wednesday at Giles County Hospital
after a weeks illness. Funeral services at 2:00 P. M. Thursday at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, the Rev. William H. Moss and Rev. W. C. Westenberger, officiating.
Burial will be in Maplewood.
A native of Wartrace, Tenn., Dr. Walker was a son of Jospeh and Pattie Lane
Walker. He graduated from Cumberland University and received his Ph. D. degree
from Heidelberg, Germany. He taught in Baylor College, University of Texas,
Mercer, Tuland and retired from Tulane in 1946. He has been associated with
Martin College as a teacher of languages since that time.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Lou Wakefield Walker; two sons, Joseph
Clay Walker, Jr., Houston, Texas, and Winston Wakefield Walker, New Orleans,
La.; two sisters, Miss Martha Walker, Bell Buckle, Tenn. and Miss Mary Lee,
Wartrace, Tenn., and 7 grandchildren.
WALKER, James Massey The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1966
Funeral services for James Massey Walker, 64, who died Sunday, October 23, in
Madison Hospital, Madison, Tenn., were conducted on Tuesday morning, October 25,
at 10:30 at the Madison Funeral Home, with the Rev. J. Paul Williams and Rev.
Hollis Hunt officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mr. Walker was a native of Giles County, the son of the late William and Maggie
Cameron Walker. He was a City Fireman and a retired employee of DuPont Company.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sallie Hefley Walker; and one brother, Cameron
Walker, of Columbia.
WALKER, Joel Young The Pulaski Citizen 21 Apr 1965
Funeral services for Joel Young Walker, 79, retired Prospect farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Elkton Baptist Church with the burial in
Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Walker died on Monday, April 19, in Giles County Hospital.
Mr. Walker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl McNeese Walker; two daughters,
Mrs. Wesley Beedle, Fairborn, Ohio, and Mrs. R. C. McMaster, Lake City, Ark.;
two sons, Merle Walker, Memphis, and Clyde Walker, Kankakee, Ill.; thirteen
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Theo Slayton,
Elkton; and one half-brother, Pierce Walker, Huntsville, Ala.
Rainey and Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WALKER, John The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1960
Funeral services for John Walker, 78, retired farmer of Giles County, were held
Saturday at Bennett-May Funeral Home in Pulaski. Burial was in the Mitchell
Cemetery at New Bethel, Ala.
Mr. Walker died Friday morning at Kozi Rest Home in Columbia.
Mr. Walker was a native of Alabama, but had resided in the Minor Hill community
most of his life. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Phillips Walker, died two months ago.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Leola McCord and Mrs. Eva May Price of
Lewisburg, Mrs. Nettie Haskins of Columbia, Mrs. Gladys Moss of Athens, Ala.,
and Mrs. Jewell Crabb of Lee, Ill.; a son, James Walker, Columbia; a
half-brother, Oscar Walker, Athens; and 29 grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
WALKER, Mary Ann Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ann Phillips Walker, 65, were held at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at New Bethel Baptist Church in Limestone County, Ala., with
the burial in the Mitchell Cemetery in that county. Mrs. Walker died at 7
o'clock Monday morning, August 8, at Kozi Rest Home at Columbia, Tenn., after an
illness of one month.
Born October 4, 1894, in Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Joseph
Phillips and Sarah Frances Lamar Phillips.
Mrs. Walker is survived by her husband, John N. Walker; one son, James Walker,
Columbia; five daughters, Mrs. Nettie Haskins, Columbia, Mrs. Leora McCord and
Mrs. Eva Mae Price, Lewisburg, Mrs. Gladys Moss, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Jewel
Crabb, Illinois; twenty-six grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one sister,
Mrs. Stella Barton, and two brothers, John Phillips and Edgar Phillips.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WALKER, W. Cameron The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
W. Cameron Walker, 72, a resident of Columbia, died early Monday morning,
January 6, at Maury County Hospital after a few weeks' illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Walker were held Tuesday afternoon, January7, in the
chapel of Williams' Funeral Home with John Vaughan, minister of Graymere Church
of Christ, officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
He was a native of Waco, the son of the late William C. and Maggie Cameron
Walker, and the husband of Sammie Osborne Walker who survives. He was a retired
employee of Columbia Mill and Elevator Company. Mr. Walker was a member of
Graymere Church of Christ.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Keith Mitchener,
Columbia, and Mrs. Claude Paris, Jr., Madison; one son, James M. Walker,
Lewisburg; ten grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
WALL, Alma Hyatt The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jul 1968
Mrs. Alma Hyatt Wall, 73, died Friday, June 28, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wall were held Sunday afternoon, June 30, at 2 o'clock
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and G.
C. Fox, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in New Zion Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Hall was born March 15, 1895, the daughter of the
late Colonel and Molly Crenshaw Craig. Her husband was the late Arch Wall.
Survivors include five sons, Charlie Hyatt, Franklin, William Lawrence and Homer
Truman Hyatt, both of Louisville, Ky., Willard and Thomas Hyatt of Pulaski; two
stepsons, Eldridge Hyatt, Henderson, and Will Hyatt, Dallas, Tex.; two
daughters, Mrs. Frances Seagraves, Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Jewel Johnson, Pulaski;
two step-daughters, Mrs. Flem Howell, Columbia, Mrs. Clarence Walls, Lewisburg;
twenty-two grandchildren; twelve, great-grandchildren; three brothers, Solon
Craig, Decatur, Ala., Elmo Craig, Auburndale, Fla., John Craig, Lakeland, Fla.;
two sisters, Mrs. Sara Whitney, Auburndale, Fla., and Mrs. Ida Kimbrough,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WALL, John Wesley The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jul 1965
Funeral services for John Wesley Wall, 58, of Columbia, who was killed in a
car-truck collision in Maury County on Friday, July 16, were held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia with burial
in Polk Memorial Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Wall had lived in Columbia for about eight years.
Born April 5, 1907, he was the son of the late Milton and Nancy Watson Wall and
was married to Miss Ada Mae Dunnavant, who survives. He was a retired employee
of National Carbon Company.
The accident in which Mr. Wall lost his life occurred Friday afternoon when the
car he was driving and a bread truck driven by Ronald Beard, 31, Collided nine
miles south of Columbia on the Campbellsville Pike.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Bobby Brumley of Mt. Pleasant and
Miss Sandra Sue Wall of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. T. J. Gulley of Nashville
and Mrs. Ozro Page of Lynnville; two brothers, Robert Wall of Pulaski and James
Melton Wall of Florida; and two grandchildren
WALL, Linsie Lee The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Linsie Lee Wall, 82, retired farmer, were held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at Williams Funeral Home, Columbia, with the burial at the
Campbellsville Cemetery in Giles County. He died Saturday, July 2, in Maury
County Hospital after a three weeks illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Tom Wall and Mary Wall. He
had lived in Maury County a number of years.
Mr. Wall is survived by two sons, James E. Wall and Amos O. Wall, Columbia;
three daughters, Mrs. Alberta Baker, Theta Community in Maury County, Mrs. Mary
Lee Chapman and Mrs. Ola May Chumley, Columbia; thirteen grandchildren and
eighteen great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Rosa Hazelwood, Giles County.
WALLACE, Howard The Pulaski Citizen 25 Oct 1967
Howard Wallace, 42, died Tuesday, October 3, in a hospital in Wayne, Michigan.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon, October 7, at 2:00 o'clock
at the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, with the Rev. R. L. Greenway and Rev.
Horace Woodard officiating. Burial was in Elliott Cemetery in Giles County.
Mr. Wallace, a native of Giles County, was born November 15, 1924, the son of
Mrs. Donna Wallace Wallace of Prospect, and the late Rufus Wallace. He was a
member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Wallace,
Wayne, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. Calvin King, Momence, Ill.; two granddaughters,
Debbie and Denise King, Momence; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Hatchett, Florence,
Ala., and Miss Imogene Wallace, Prospect, Tenn.
WALLACE, Millie The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Millie Wallace, 42, Pulaski resident, will be held at
2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial will take place in Spencer Hill Cemetery in
the Fourteenth Civil District. Mrs. Wallace died unexpectedly early Wednesday
morning, March 20, at the home in Pulaski.
She was born June 29, 1919, the daughter of the late Jack G. Wallace and Nancy
Elizabeth Murphy Wallace.
Mrs. Wallace is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Jackie Hargrove, Pulaski, Mrs.
Mary Ann Brewer, Nashville, and Mrs. Margaret Uselton, Fayetteville; two sons,
Oscar Hollingsworth and James Morris Hollingsworth, Pulaski; twelve
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lillie Crumley, Columbia, and Miss Ella
Wallace, Nashville; and six brothers, Odie Wallace and James Wallace, Giles
County, Rufus Wallace, Cleveland, Ohio, and Jack C. Wallace and John Wallace,
Nashville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WALLACE, Nancy Elizabeth Murphy The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Murphy Wallace, Pulaski resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Spencer Hill
Cemetery in Maury County. Mrs. Wallace died at 1:10 o'clock, Sunday morning,
July 9, at Giles County Hospital, after a long illness.
Born November 16, 1882, in Houston County, she was the daughter of the late
Murphy and Millie Ann Hardy Murphy. Her husband, Jack Calvin Wallace died
several years ago.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Wallace is survived y six sons, James Wallace, Pulaski, Odie Wallace and
Ollie Wallace, Wales, John S. Wallace and Jack C. Wallace, Nashville, and Rufus
Wallace, Cleveland, Tenn.; four daughters, Mrs. Millie Hollingsworth, Wales,
Mrs. Jesse Lambert and Miss Ellen Wallace, Nashville, and Mrs. O. B. Crumley,
Columbia; thirty grandchildren and forty-seven great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WALLS, Aubrey Dean The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Aubrey Dean Walls, 22, who was killed instantly when his
automobile left the Wales-Mt. Pleasant road just south of Campbellsville and
crashed into a tree about 9:50 p. m. Saturday.
Services for Walls was held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Walls was born in Giles County May 28, 1943, the son of Sam and Florence
West Walls, who survive. He was a mechanic employed by Brown's Car Center in
Pulaski. Other survivors include seven brothers, Willie, Edward, Larry and Ben
Sam Walls of Giles County, Morris Walls of Norfolk, Va., Robert Walls of the U.
S. Army, Fort Lewis, Wash., Gene and Raymond S. Walls of Michigan; and five
sisters, Mrs. Glenn Simpson, Mrs. Dorothy Glover, Mrs. Virginia Teeples and Miss
Johnnie Sue Walls of Pulaski, and Mrs. Raymond Douglas of Nebraska.
WALLS, Mandy Rich The Pulaski Citizen 8 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Mandy Rich Walls, 80, widow of Will Walls, will be
held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial will take place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mrs. Walls died on Wednesday morning, April 8, at Giles County
Hospital after a long illness.
Born January 18, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas
Rich and Mary Ward Rich. Her husband, Will Walls, died several years ago. She
was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Walls is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert Peden, Pulaski; one
grandchild and two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Clarence Rich and Solon
Rich, Pulaski; and six sisters, Mrs. George Stinnett, Mrs. Stella Franklin, Mrs.
Flournoy Morris, Mrs. Polk Tarpley and Mrs. Lizzie Cocke, all of Pulaski, and
Mrs. Ollie Long, Chattanooga.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WALLS, Nancy Ann Deason The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Ann Deason Walls, 43, resident of Pulaski, were
held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Robert Neal Dean, the Rev. Dean Pardon, and the Rev. Hoyt
Wilson. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Walls died on Sunday night, July
17, in Giles County Hospital.
Born June 16, 1923, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Bertha Richie
Deason and the late John Neal Deason. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Walls is survived by her husband, Loyce Walls;
two daughters, Donna Walls and Cheryl Walls, Pulaski; eight brothers, Herman
Deason, Washington, D. C., Edward Deason and Erwin Deason, both of Michigan,
John Neal Deason, Jr., Missouri, Harold Deason and William A. Deason, both of
Nashville, and J. B. Deason, Huntsville, Ala.; one brother, Thurman Deason,
Columbia; and one half-sister, Mrs. Brownie Cathelett, Louisville, Ky.; and one
half-brother, Thurman Deason, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WALLS, Raymond Hix The Pulaski Citizen 5 May 1965
Funeral services for Raymond Hix Walls, 56, farmer of the Nineteenth Civil
District, will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Mr. Walls
died at his home at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, May 4, after an extended
illness.
Born September 10, 1908, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James
Monroe Walls and Maude Woods Walls. He was a member of the Rock Springs Baptist
Church.
Mr. Walls is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Tosh Walls; three sons, Ray
Walls, Raymond Walls, and Ronald Walls, all of Pulaski; one step-son, Sammie
Vassallo, Detroit, Mich.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Anna Marie Ingram, Detroit,
Mich.; two brothers, Elener Walls, Wales and Darlow Walls, Oklahoma City, Okla.;
and two sisters, Mrs. Cecil Madison and Mrs. Lela Butler, both of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WAMBLE, Bernard C. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1965
Bernard C. Wamble, 63, resident of Murfreesboro for the past eighteen months,
and former member of the firm Williams and Wamble Stave Mill, Pulaski, died
Tuesday night, January 12, in Murfreesboro.
Funeral services will be held at one o'clock Thursday at Woodfin Memorial
Chapel, Murfreesboro, with the burial in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville.
While a resident of Pulaski, he was a member of First Baptist Church.
Mr. Wamble is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Wamble; three sons,
Tom Ed Wamble, Bobby Wamble, and John Wamble, Murfreesboro; one brother, Royal
O. Wamble, Jacksonville, Fla.; and three sisters, Mrs. Homer A. Brinkley,
Tallahasse, Fla., Mrs. George F. Stokes, Sale City, Ga., and Mrs. Jewell Stokes,
Moultrie, Ga.
WARD, E. Cycle The Pulaski Citizen 19 Nov 1969
E. Cycle Ward, 64, farmer of Route 2, Pulaski, was killed Sunday afternoon, Nov.
16, when the pickup truck he was driving apparently went out of control and
overturned off a bridge on Big Dry Creek Road. His death brought to five the
number of traffic fatalities, to date, in Giles County in 1969.
Funeral services were held at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Chapel
with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minsiter, officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery.
Mr. Ward was born in Giles County on Feb. 2, 1905, and was the son of the late
Harry and Samantha Curtis Ward. He was a member of the Fairview Church of
Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mabel May Ward; one son, James Cecil Ward of
Greensboro, N. C.; four daughters, Mrs. Lillian Sweeney and Miss Christine Ward,
both of Pulaski, and Mrs. Annie Swanson and Mrs. Nellie Jean Peoples, both of
Greensboro, N. C.; seven grandchildren; four brothers, Jim Ward of Bodenham,
Duncan Ward of Route 1, Pulaski, John Wiley Ward of Cornersville and Claude Ward
of Wales; and one sister, Miss Lonie Ward of Pulaski.
WARD, Flora Evelyn The Pulaski Citizen 18 Mar 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Evelyn May Ward, 71, wife of Jim Ward of Wales,
were held at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery. Mrs. Ward died Saturday, March 14, at a Nashville hospital, following
a period of declining health.
Born January 28, 1893, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
F. May and Frances Vandiver May.
Mrs. Ward is survived by her husband, Jim Ward; one son, Edward E. Ward, Wales;
three daughters, Mrs. Clara Ruth Griffis, Lewisburg, Mrs. Leonard Coaltrene,
Greensboro, N. C. and Mrs. Bessie Mae Harwell, Wales; ten grandchildren; two
brothers, Howard May, Conway, and Herbert May, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs.
Lizzie Woodard and Mrs. Mable Ward, both of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARD, Lena Mae Biles The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Mae Ward, 76, were conducted on Saturday,
December 17, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in New Zion Cemetery.
Mrs. Ward died Thursday, December 15, in a Nashville hospital. She was a native
of Giles County, born August 21, 1890, the daughter of the late Jimmy Lee and
Mattie Ashburn Biles.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle McKnight, College Grove, Mrs. Izora
Watkins, Chapel Hill; two sons, Lacy Ward, Athens, Ala., William Ward, Pulaski;
a number of grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie
Rose, Pulaski, and Mrs. Ethel Craig, Madison; one brother, Luther Biles,
Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARD, Olga Mae Pratt The Pulaski Citizen 12 Apr 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Olga Mae Ward, 54, were conducted Monday, April 10, at
1:00 in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Virgil Bradford, Church of
Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Ward died Sunday, April 9, at Giles County Hospital following an extended
illness. She was a native of Lawrence County, born May 24, 1912, the daughter of
the late Webb and Nannie Curtis Pratt.
Survivors include her husband, John Wiley Ward; five sons, Lionel, Columbia,
Edwin, Goodlettsville, John, Jr., Goodlettsville, Dan C., Madison, and Dwight
Ward, Cornersville; eight grandchildren; three brothers, Paul Pratt, Nashville,
Edward Pratt, Ft. Worth, Texas, Morris Curtis, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Hubert
Foster, Campbellsville, Mrs. Noble Fisher, Nashville; two half-brothers, Willie
and Herbert Garner, Giles County; three step-sisters, Mrs. Robert Freeman,
Nashville, Mrs. Roy Fulfer, Clairborne, Texas, and Mrs. Edward Pratt, Ft. Worth,
Texas; three step-brothers, Noble Fisher, Nashville, Norman Fisher, Burleson,
Texas, and Earl Fisher, Lewisburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARD, Willie The Pulaski Citizen 17 May 1967
Willie Ward, 55, died Wednesday, May 10 in a nursing home in Tucson, Ariz.
Services were conducted Saturday, May 13, at 2:00 p. m. in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery.
Mr. Ward, a native of Giles County, was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Ward.
Survivors include one sister, Miss Loney Ward, Giles County; four brothers,
Clyde, Duncan and Jim Ward, Giles County, and John Wally Ward, Marshall County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARD, Willie Mae The Pulaski Citizen 28 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Mae Woodward Ward, 66, resident of Marshall
County and former resident of Giles County, will be held at 1:30 o'clock
Thursday afternoon at Church Street Church of God in Lewisburg with the burial
in Head Springs Cemetery at Belfast. Mrs. Ward died at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning, November 27, at Brown Hospital in Lewisburg, after a long illness.
Born December 24, 1895, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Lizzie
Curtis Woodward, now of Joliet, Ill., and the late William B. Woodward.
Her first husband, J. C. Wilburn, died a number of years ago. She was a member
of the Church Street Church of God in Lewisburg
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Ward is survived by her husband, Claude Ward;
five sons, Edgar Wilburn, Gilbert Wilburn, and J. E. Wilburn, Lewisburg, Bill
Wilburn, St. Petersburg, Fla., and J. C. Wilburn, Detroit, Mich.; five
daughters, Mrs. Esther Chapman, Mrs. Martha Yocum, Mrs. Virginia Chambers, Mrs.
Lorene Gipson and Mrs. Nell Tate, all of Lewisburg; twenty grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; three brothers, Ernest Woodward, Lewisburg, Washington
Woodward, Lawrenceburg, and Rollie Woodward, Jasper, Ala.; and one sister, Mrs.
Margaret Arnold, Joliet, Ill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARREN, Aaron A. The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Aaron A. Warren, 91, retired farmer, were conducted on
Saturday afternoon, December 24, at 2:00 o'clock , at the Shores Baptist Church,
with burial in Shores Cemetery. Rev. W. E. Wilsford officiated.
Mr. Warren, a native of Limestone County, Ala., died Friday, December 23, in
Giles County Hospital. He was born May 16, 1875, the son of the late James and
Kathleen Moore Warren, died several years ago.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Loyd Jeans, Indiana; two sons, Clarence
Warren, Giles County, and Dorris Warren, Nashville; ten grandchildren and
seventeen great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARREN, Bessie Hill The Giles Free Press 8 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Hill Warren, 51, wife of Leonard K. Warren,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bunker Hill Church of God,
conducted by the Rev. J. W. McCullough, pastor of the church. Burial will take
place in the Wright Cemetery at McBurg. Mrs. Warren died early Tuesday morning,
August 7, after a long illness at St. John's Hospital in Anderson, Ind., where
the family had resided for several years.
Born June 17, 1911, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Steve Hill
and Mrs. Fannie Koon Hill. She was a member of the Church of God.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Warren is survived by one son, Aaron Warren,
Anderson, Ind.; two brothers, Dale Hill, Beech Hill and Robert Hill, Elkton; and
four sisters, Mrs. Porter Hedgcoth and Mrs. Nettie Hatten, Pulaski, Mrs. Daisy
Wilson, Nashville, and Mrs. Mattie Smith, New York.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARREN, Daniel Alexander The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Daniel Alexander Warren, 81, retired Bunker Hill farmer
were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bunker Hill Church of God, conducted
by the Rev. J. W. McCollough, pastor of the church. Burial took place in Bee
Spring Cemetery. Mr. Warren died at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night, July 19, at
Giles County Hospital, after a ten day illness.
Born February 24, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Warren
and Mary Dale Warren, and was a member of the Church of God.
Mr. Warren is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alma Mitchell Warren; six daughters,
Mrs. Claude Richardson and Mrs. Elbridge Pardon, Bunker Hill, Mrs. Marvin Wiser,
McBurg, Mrs. Kenneth Barnes, Madison, and Mrs. Virgil Pruitt, Indianapolis, Ind.
and Mrs. Luther Hodges, Anderson, Ind.; two sons, Leonard Warren, Anderson,
Ind., and Leon Warren, Lewisburg; twenty-one grandchildren and eleven great
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Jim Sanders, Bunker Hill; and three brothers,
Clay Warren, Bryson, Cleveland Warren, Pulaski, and Houston Warren, Bunker Hill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARREN, Dolly Alma The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1968
Mrs. Dolly Alma Warren, 77, died Monday, January 29, in the Lewisburg
Medicenter. Funeral services for Mrs. Warren were held Wednesday, January 31, at
2 p. m. at Bunker Hill Church of God, with the Rev. J. W. McCullough and Frank
Ledford officiating. Burial was in Bee Spring Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, Mrs. Warren was born March 20, 1890, daughter of the
late Joe Sye Mitchell and Lonie Franklin Mithcell. She was the wife of the late
D. A. Warren.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Frank Barnes, Madison, Mrs. Luther Hodges,
Anderson, Ind., Mrs. Claude Richardson, Bunker Hill, Mrs. Virgil Pruitt,
Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Marvin Wiser, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Elbridge Pardon,
Bunker Hill; two sons, Leonard Warren, Anderson, Ind., and Leon Warren,
Lewisburg; twenty-one grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; and one
great-great-grandchild. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARREN, Ella Mae Brown The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Mae Brown Warren, 76, widow of Dr. R. E. Brown,
were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in the chapel of Cosmopolitan Funeral
Home in Nashville. Burial took place in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery on Thompson
Lane. Mrs. Warren died Monday morning, January 24, at Greystone Nursing Home in
Franklin.
Born May 5, 1889, at Petersburg, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Bud
Brown and Clara Creek Brown. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Dr. Warren, Pulaski Ear, Eye, and Nose specialist for many years, died in August
of 1951.
Mrs. Warren, a resident of Nashville for a number of years, is survived by one
son, Robert E. Warren, Jr., Nashville; and one sister, Mrs. Etta Crowder, Ocoee,
Fla.
WARREN, Ezra Lee The Pulaski Citizen 2 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Ezra Lee Warren, 66, retired farmer of Ethridge, were held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Lay Funeral Home at Ethridge, with the burial
in the Freeman Cemetery at Leoma. Mr. Warren died at 11:45 o'clock Saturday
morning, January 29, in Lawrence County Hospital.
Mr. Warren is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kitty Steen Warren; two sons and two
daughters; and one sister, Mrs. Oscar Daughtry; Pulaski.
WARREN, Ira The Pulaski Citizen 13 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Ira Warren, 67, Elkmont, Ala., rural mail carrier, were
held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at McConnell Funeral Home in Athens,
Ala., with the burial in Athens Cemetery. Mr. Warren died unexpectedly at 1:30
o'clock Friday morning, February 8, at Limestone County Hospital, Athens.
A native of Giles County, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Lunsford
Warren, also a native of Giles County; three children, Mrs. Gordon Copeland and
Cecil Vaughn Warren, Athens, and Buddy Warren, Huntsville, Ala.; and one sister.
WARREN, James Houston The Pulaski Citizen 28 Apr 1965
Funeral services for James Houston Warren, 79, retired farmer, were held at one
o'clock Saturday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Dean Pardon. Burial took place in Bee Spring Cemetery. He died Friday, April 23,
at his home.
Born March 16, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James A. Warren
and Mary Dale Warren. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Warren is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jessie B. Guinn Warren; three sons,
William Warren, Frankewing, Gilbert Warren, Tullahoma, and Talmadge Warren,
Lincoln County; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, Clay Warren and Cleveland Warren, both of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARREN, Tullie Petty The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Tullie Petty Warren, 76, resident of the Aspen Hill
Community, were held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in the family lot in Maplewood
Cemetery. She died at 9 o'clock on Sunday night, July 17, in Giles County
Hospital. Born June 18, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late
Joe Tom Petty and Ellenetta Hanna Petty. She was a member of Fiducia Cumberland
Presbyterian Church where she served as organist fifty years.
Her husband, William M. Warren, died more than two years ago.
Mrs. Warren is survived by three sisters, Miss Eva Petty and Mrs. Maybon Barber,
Aspen Hill, Mrs. Robert Lee Parsons, Blooming Grove Community, and three
brothers, T. Wyatt Petty, McGrew, Neb., J. O. Petty, Lynnville, and Ozro M.
Petty, Prospect.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WARREN, William Montgomery The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1964
Funeral services for William Montgomery Warren, 74, veteran of WWI and retired
farmer of Aspen Hill Community, were held at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert H. Hall, Cumberland
Presbyterian minister. Mr. Warren died of a heart attack at 12:45 o'clock
Tuesday morning, February 11, at his home at Aspen Hill.
Born November 12, 1889, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late David
Warren and Georgia Mae Hamilton Warren. In early life he worked for the railroad
in Decatur, Ala., but most of his life he made his home in Giles County. He was
a member of Fiducia Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Warren is survived by his wife, Mrs. Tullie Petty Warren; and five brothers,
Claude Warren, Little Rock, Ark., Robert Warren, Andalusia, Ala., Clarence
Warren, Athens, Ala., and Roy Warren and Estill Warren, both of Decatur, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WASSERMAN, Mrs. Arthur The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Mrs. Arthur Wasserman, Sr., sister of W. P. Noa of Pulaski, died on Tuesday
night, January 3, at a Dallas, Texas hospital. She was a resident of Dallas but
was a native Nashvillian.
Graveside services will be held at one o'clock Friday afternoon at Temple
Cemetery in Nashville.
WATKINS, Kitty Mae Nolen The Pulaski Citizen 3 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Kitty Mae Nolen Watkins, 67, former resident of
Funeral services Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. William V. DeRamus,
Methodist minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Watkins died
Friday, February 26, at Lawrence County Hospital after a long illness.
Born December 29, 1897, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Andrew
Nolen and Mattie Shelton Nolen. The family had been residents of Lawrence County
the past fourteen years.
Mrs. Watkins is survived by her husband, Raymond Watkins.
Carter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATKINS, Logan The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Logan Watkins, 65, Minor Hill farmer, were held at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon, January 24, at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. J. O. Underwood of Florence, Ala. and the Rev. Bob Brothers of Minor
Hill. Burial took place at Mt. Zion Cemetery. Mr. Watkins died late Friday
afternoon, January 22, at the home of his daughter in Florence, Ala.
Mr. Watkins died late Friday afternoon, January 22, at the home of his daughter
in Florence, Ala. Born June 3, 1895, in Giles County, he was the son of the late
Ephriam Watkins and Sarah Bass Watkins.
Mr. Watkins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Mae Petty Watkins; two
daughters, Mrs. Nell Rogers and Mrs. Jean Evans, Florence, Ala.; two sons,
Marlin Watkins, Nashville and Logan M. Watkins, US Air Force, stationed at Guam;
six grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Clyde Green,
Minor Hill.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
WATKINS, Logan M. "Mack" The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1969
Master Sergeant Logan M. Watkins, 44, died Monday, February 17, at Travis Air
Force Base Hospital, Calif.
Funeral services for Sgt. Watkins will be held Saturday afternoon, February 22,
in the chapel of Carr & Erwin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Sgt. Watkins was retired from the U. S. Air Force, a
veteran of World War II and Korean War. He received the Bronze Star in Korea.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Freda Watkins Ogden, Utah; one daughter, Mrs.
Keith Liberty, Lajolla, Calif.; one brother, Marlin Watkins, Nashville; and two
sisters, Mrs. Earl Rogers and Mrs. Alec Page, both of Florence, Ala.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATKINS, Mary Garrison The Pulaski Citizen 6 May 1964
Graveside services for Mrs Mary Garrison Watkins, 57, widow of Elton T. Watkins,
Memphis, were held at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Blanche Cemetery in
Lincoln County. Mrs. Watkins died Sunday, May 3, in Baptist Hospital in Memphis.
She was born in Giles County, the daughter of the late Clarence Garrison and
Elizabeth Bledsoe Garrison. Her husband, Mr. Watkins, died approximately five
years ago.
Mrs. Watkins, resident of Memphis, is survived by two brothers, Jim Garrison,
Pulaski policeman, and Arthur Garrison, Baugh; and one sister, Mrs. Romine
Turner, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Alton Frank The Pulaski Citizen 12 Nov 1969
Alton Frank Watson, 60, died Monday afternoon, November 10, in the Giles County
Hospital.
Services for Mr. Watson, an employee of the Maremont Corp., were conducted
Tuesday afternoon, November 11, at 3:00 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin
Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
A native of Texas, Mr. Watson was the son of the late Joe and Phoebe Ridgeway
Watson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Margaret Harwell Watson; two sons, Murphy Frank
Watson and Gerald Wayne Watson, both of Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs. Shirley
Ann Daily, Mrs. Patsy Myers, Miss Deborah Elizabeth Watson, all of Pulaski, Mrs.
Linda Blade, Lynnville; three brothers, Werner Watson and Bert Watson, Bryson,
Robert Watson, Louisville, Ky.; six sisters, Mrs. Thelma Erwin, Mrs. James
Bevels, Mrs. Herman Beddingfield, and Mrs. Bonnie Colvett, all of Pulaski, Mrs.
Tom Jones, Georgia, Mrs. Johnny Moser, Louisville, Ky., and eight grandchildren.
WATSON, Claude The Pulaski Citizen 19 Jul 1967
Funeral services for Claude Watson, 53, were conducted Sunday afternoon, July
16, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. William Suddarth
officiating. Burial was in Elkton Cemetery.
Mr. Watson, a native of Giles County, and a resident of the Elkton Community,
died Friday, July 14, in a Florence, Alabama, hospital. He was born February 23,
1914, the son of Mrs. Shellie Minatra Watson, and the late William Henry Watson.
Survivors in addition to his mother are, his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers Watson;
two sons, Vickie Claude and Thomas Edward Watson, both of Elkton; one brother,
Ward Watson, Springfield, Oregon.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Cora Yant The Pulaski Citizen 12 May 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Yant Watson, 82, resident of Route 1, Pulaski,
were held at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by Bernard Konig, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in
Bethesda Cemetery. Mrs. Watson died on Sunday, May 9, in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, she was born February 21, 1883, in Giles County, the
daughter of the late Reece Yant and Sallie Jane Toomey Yant. She was a member of
the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Watson is survived by her husband, E. O. Watson; two sons, Thomas Edward
Watson, Giles County, and Roy Watson, Indiana; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Hill,
Mrs. Lee Brashears and Mrs. William Willis, all of Giles County, and Mrs. Nina
Kimbell, Athens, Ala.; nineteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Mark Yant and Richard Yant, Giles County; and two sisters, Miss Maggie
Yant and Miss Ina Yant, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Edward Oscar The Pulaski Citizen 26 May 1965
Funeral services for Edward Oscar Watson, 82, retired farmer, will be held at
one o'clock Thursday in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Bernard
Konig. Burial will take place in Bethesda Cemetery. Mr. Watson died on Tuesday,
May 25, in Giles County Hospital.
Born April 15, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James P. Watson
and Mary Garrett Watson. His wife, Mrs. Cora Yant Watson, died May 9, little
more than two weeks ago.
Mr. Watson is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Mary Hill, Mrs. Lee Brashears and
Mrs. William Willis, all of Giles County, and Mrs. Nina Kimbell, Athens, Ala.;
two sons, Thomas Edward Watson, Giles County, and Roy Watson, Indiana; nineteen
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Eunice Maude Stevenson The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Eunice Maude Stevenson Watson, 73, Bunker Hill
resident, were held at 10:30 Monday morning at Bunker Hill Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. J. W. McCullough. Burial took place in Bee Spring
Cemetery. Mrs. Watson died Saturday, January 27, at Giles County Hospital.
Born July 4, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mack
Stevenson and Mattie Mitchell Stevenson. She was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Watson is survived by her husband, Wyatt Bass Watson; two sons, Allen
Watson and Eugene Watson, Bunker Hill; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Sullivan,
Nashville; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; three brothers,
Buford Stevenson, McBurg, Samuel Stevenson, Dellrose, and Auburn Stevenson,
Dellrose; three sisters, Mrs. Viola Jester and Mrs. Retha Gatlin, Fayetteville
and Mrs. Herman Holt, Old Hickory.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Frank Cletus The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1964
Funeral services for Frank Cletus Watson, 70, retired Bunker Hill farmer, were
held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
the Rev. J. W. McCullough of McMinnville. Burial took place in Bee Spring
Cemetery. Mr. Watson died on Friday, January 24, at Giles County Hospital, after
several weeks illness.
Born February 23, 1893, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William B.
Watson and Mary Emily Rowe Watson.
Mr. Watson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Zola Mae Minatra Watson; four sons, F.
C. Watson, Rocky Mt., N. C., Troy Watson, Huntsville, Ala., Thomas Watson,
Springfield, and Tony Watson, Pulaski; three daughters, Miss Opal Watson,
Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Horace Porter, Pulaski, and Mrs. David Franklin, Ardmore;
twenty grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Icie Mitchell, Bryson, and Mrs. Ella
Miller, Ardmore; and one brother, W. B. Watson, Bunker Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Frank Clifton The Pulaski Citizen 23 May 1962
Prayer services for Frank Clifton Watson, one-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Murphy Watson of Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert Earl Wilsford, Baptist minister.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. The child died on Tuesday, May 15, at
Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.
The father is presently stationed with the U. S. Army at Fort Lewis, Wash.
In addition to the parents, survivors are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alton
Watson, and Rev. and Mrs. Clifford Miller, all of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Howard Newman The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jun 1968
Services for Howard Newman Watson, 49, were held Sunday afternoon, June 9, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial was in Pleasant Point
Cemetery, Lawrence County.
Mr. Watson died in Nashville Thursday, June 6.
A native of Cumberland County, Ala., Mr. Watson was born June 12, 1918, the son
of Leonard Watson and the late Sally Thrader Watson.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Larry Hicks, Athens, Ala.; one son, J. W.
Watson, Athens, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Eula Allred, Giles County; one brother,
G. V. Watson, Athens, Ala., and one grandchild.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Jewell The Pulaski Citizen 2 Dec 1964
Jewell Watson, 58, native Giles Countian, died on Sunday, November 22, in a
Toledo, Ohio, hospital, following several months illness. He had undergone
surgery within the week. Funeral rites and burial took place in that city.
Born December 16, 1905, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Claude
Watson and Ethel Cardin Watson. He had been employed thirty-seven years by
General Motors Company. His twin brother, Sewell Watson, also a resident of
Toledo, died eight years ago.
Mr. Watson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Baulk Watson; one
step-daughter, Mrs. Darlene Mosier, Toledo; three step-grandchildren; four
brothers, Robert B. Watson and James Watson, Lynnville, Alton Watson,
Huntsville, Ala., and Guy Watson, Clarksville; and three sisters, Mrs. Coleman
Dale, Frankewing, Mrs. James Newton, Pulaski, and Mrs. Melvin Wheeler,
Cornersville.
WATSON, Julius Pinckney The Pulaski Citizen 22 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Julius Pinckney Watson, 76, a bachelor and a retired
farmer, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Young's Chapel Presbyterian
Church, with the rites conducted by the Rev. James T. Parsons, Methodist
minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Watson died on Thursday,
April 16, in Giles County Hospital.
Born August 29, 1887, in Giles County, he was the son of the late George Allen
Watson and Fannie Storey Watson. He was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Watson has only one survivor, Mrs. Allen Aymett, Sr., with whom he had made
his home in recent years.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Neely H. The Pulaski Citizen 28 May 1969
Neely H. Watson, 76, a resident of the Bunker Hill community, died Saturday
morning, May 24, at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, May 25, at 3 o'clock in the
chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Norman Coke and the Rev. J.
W. McCullough officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, he was born November 2, 1892, the son of the late
James and Sara Hastings Watson. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Lee Cardin Watson; one son, James Cardin
Watson; two daughters, Mrs. Freeman Birdsong, Bunker Hill, and Mrs. John
Blankenship of Pulaski; fourteen grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Oscar Lee The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jan 1969
Funeral services for Oscar Lee Watson, 85, were held Sunday afternoon, December
29, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens. Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Watson, a retired car dealer, died Wednesday, December 25, at his home in
Houston, Texas.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Watson was born December 8, 1884, the son of the
late Isom Watson and Lula Coble Watson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mamie Alline Morris Watson; two sons, Oscar
Morris Watson and Turner Flournoy Watson, both of Houston, Texas; four
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one half-sister, Mrs. Brown Holley of
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Robert Lee The Pulaski Citizen 17 Mar 1965
Robert Lee Watson, 69, retired farmer who formerly lived in the Cedar Grove
Community, died at Giles County Hospital at 6:30 p. m. Sunday, March 14, 1865,
following a week's illness.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 16, at 10 a. m. at Bennett-May Funeral
Home. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born May 4, 1895, the son of Noah D. and Martha
Johnson Watson. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He was first married to the former Ida Bell Harwell, who died n February, 1957.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Pratt Watson; two sons, W. D. Watson,
Pulaski, Paul Watson, Nashville; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Adkins, Pulaski and six
grandchildren.
WATSON, Tommie Lee Barber The Pulaski Citizen 6 Aug 1969
Mrs. Tommie Lee Watson, 69, of Ardmore died suddenly Monday, July 28, at the
home of her son, James Watson, in Louisville, Ky.
Funeral services for Mrs. Watson, wife of Bill Watson of Ardmore, were conducted
Wednesday afternoon, July 30, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Rainey's Funeral
Home with the Rev. James Burrow officiating. Burial was in Gatlin Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Lillie
Barber.
Survivors in addition to her husband include three daughters, Mrs. Floyd Murphy,
Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Jerry Miller of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Howard Southerland of
Pulaski; seven sons, James Watson, Billy Watson and Bobby Watson, all of
Louisville, Ky., Sam Watson of Shepherdsville, Ky., Robert Watson of Decatur,
Ala., Harold Watson, Ardmore, and Larry Watson of Pulaski; eighteen
grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Jutz, Mrs. Clevo Hargrove, and Mrs.
Clarence Parker of Louisville, Ky.; four brothers, Edward Barber, Arthur Barber,
Earl Barber, all of Louisville, Ky.; and Lenus Barber of Ardmore.
Rainey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, Virginia McKinney The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia McKinney Watson, 55, were conducted Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Fogg Cemetery.
Mrs. Watson, a native of Alabama, died Sunday, September 25, in Giles County
Hospital. She was the daughter of Mrs. Elmer Ussery McKinney of Franklin, Tenn.,
and the late Woody McKinney.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by ten children; seven step-children;
seven grandchildren; and four sisters.
WATSON, William Henry The Pulaski Citizen 04 Sep 1963
Funeral services for William Henry Watson, 51, retired employee of Stanley,
Inc., will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home with Tommy Vernon, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial will take
place in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. Watson died on Wednesday morning, September 4, at his home on South Fourth
Street in Pulaski.
Born September 21, 1911, in Giles County, he was the son of Oscar Watson and
Mrs. Cora Yant Watson, who survive. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Watson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby
Russell Watson; two sons, Billy Watson, Sgt. Fort Benning, Ga., and Thomas R.
Watson, Pulaski; one daughter, Miss Sandra Kay Watson, Pulaski; one grandchild;
two brothers, Thomas Watson, Pulaski, and Roy Watson, Evansville, Ind.; and four
sisters, Mrs. Oscar Campbell, Athens, Ala., Mrs. Mary Hill, Mrs. William Willis
and Mrs. Lee Brashears, all of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATSON, William Ragsdale (Billy) The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1967
William Ragsdale (Billy) Watson, 41, Pulaski alderman, businessman and civic
leader, was found dead Saturday afternoon, Jan. 14, at his home. He had suffered
two pistol bullet wounds in the head, which Coroner William Bennett said were
apparently self-inflicted.
Services were conducted at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at The Church of the
Messiah, Episcopal, of which he was a communicant, with the Rev. Ben H. Shawhan
of Nashville officiating. Burial with Masonic rites was in Maplewood Cemetery.
The body was discovered by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Peavey Watson, when she and
two sons returned from an overnight visit with her parents in Nashville. Coroner
Bennett said Mr. Watson had been dead since about midnight Friday.
The son of the late Clarence E. and Ellen Ragsdale Watson, he was born June,
1925, in Maury County.
He had served during the past year as a city alderman and had recently completed
his second one-year term as president of the Pulaski-Giles County Chamber of
Commerce.
He was a commissioner of the Davy Crockett Boy Scout District and a member of
the executive board of the Middle Tennessee Boy Scout Council. He was a former
chairman of the March of Dimes campaign in Giles County, serving for three years
in that post.
Mr. Watson was a distributor for Sealtest Ice Cream in several Middle Tennessee
and North Alabama counties.
A veteran of World War II, he was a member of American Legion Post 60 and
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4577. He was a Shriner and a member of the Loyal
Order of Moose.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, William R. Jr., and Michael; a
stepson, Andrew Austin, U. S. Air Force in Vietnam; and a brother, C. Edward
Watson, Perry, Ga.
WATTS, Earl Carlton The Pulaski Citizen 11 Dec 1968
Earl Carlton Watts, 79, died Saturday, December 7, at his home in Nashville.
Funeral services for Mr. Watts, a retired carpenter, were held Monday afternoon,
December 9, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the
Rev. Lloyd Hickman officiating. Burial was in New Zion Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Watts was born November 20, 1889, the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Horace Watts.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Etha Newton Watts, Nashville, two sons, Arthur
and Terry Watts, both of Nashville; two daughters, Mrs. Frankie Wallace,
Marshall County, and Mrs. Larona Graham, Giles County; one brother, Astor Watts,
Chapin, Ill.; sixteen grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WATTS, William Anderson The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for William Anderson Watts, 78, retired farmer, were held at 11
o'clock Monday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Raymond
Crawford and the Rev. Lloyd Hickman. The burial took place in New Zion Cemetery.
Mr.Watts died Friday night, January 20, at Giles County Hospital.
Born February 7, 1882 in Hamblen County, he was the son of the late Harrison
Watts and Ellen Blanton Watts. For a number of years, he served s caretaker at
the old Pulaski Elementary School, later the Pulaski Recreation Center.
Mr. Watts is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Randolph Watts; three sons, Frank
Watts, Knoxville, Delmas Watts, Hammond, Ind., and Donald Watts, Chicago, Ill.;
three daughters, Mrs. E. D. Miles, Knoxville, Mrs. E. M. Jacobson, Milwaukee,
Wis., Mrs. L. T. Schmidt, Highland, Ind; a step-daughter, Mrs. Clyde Newton,
Pulaski; fifteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, Carl Watts, Nashville, and Astor Watts, Chapin, Ill.
WEATHERFORD, Terry Wayne The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jul 1964
Terry Wayne Weatherford, 2� years old, died unexpectedly at 7:30 o'clock on
Thursday morning, July 2, at Maury County Hospital in Columbia.
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of
Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Brown Foster, Church of Christ minister.
Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
The child is survived by his parents, Russell and Jean Smith Weatherford,
Lynnville; one brother, David Weatherford; one sister, Patricia Weatherford; and
the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Floyd Weatherford, Lynnville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WEATHERFORD, Willis Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Willis Floyd Weatherford, 58, farmer of the Lynnville
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday at Pulaski Funeral Home with the
burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Weatherford died at 5:15 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, January 10, at Brown Hospital in Lewisburg after a short illness.
Born August 23, 1904, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Willis James
Robert Weatherford and Alsie Isabell Weatherford. He was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Mr. Weatherford is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Spencer Weatherford; two
sons, Russell Weatherford, Lynnville, and Harold Weatherford, Lewisburg; five
grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Mae Thompson, Columbia and Mrs. Cora
Green, Lynnville.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WEATHERLY, Harley Alsup The Pulaski Citizen 1 Jun 1966
Harley Alsup Weatherly, 71, resident of Chattanooga and retired State Highway
employee, died Thursday morning, May 26, in Jacksonville, Fla., while on a
week's vacation with his family.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoonin Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home,
Columbia, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. He was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Mr. Weatherly is survived by his wife, Mrs. Linda Brown Weatherly, a native of
Lynnville; three sons, James R. Weatherly, Murray, Ky., and Harley Brown
Weatherly and Bob Weatherly, both of Chattanooga; seven grandchildren; and one
sister who resides in Lebanon. The Weatherly family lived in Lynnville for a few
years.
WEATHERLY, Lucille Schoolfield The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1967
Mrs. Harley B. Weatherly, died Sunday, February 19, at Erlanger Hospital in
Chattanooga.
Graveside services were conducted at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at Lynnwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Weatherly was a native of New York.
Survivors include her husband; her mother, Mrs. Rose Briscoe Schoolfield,
Knoxville; a daughter, Miss Marion Weatherly, Chattanooga; a son, Harley B.
Weatherford, Jr., Chattanooga; and a sister, Miss Marion Schoolfield, Knoxville.
Her husband, is a nephew of T. L. Brown of Pulaski, and Robert K. Brown of
Lynnville.
WEAVER, William P. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1968
William P. Weaver, 80, a retired oil field worker, died Monday, November 11, in
Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Weaver were held Tuesday afternoon, November 12, in the
chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Weaver was born May 29, 1888, the son of the late
Joe and Mary Morris Weaver.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Pearl Weaver, Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs.
Walter Simons, Cattlettsburg, Ky., Mrs. Mabel Jackson and Mrs. Raymond Baker,
Amarillo, Tex., and Mrs. Sam McGinnis, McDonald, Pa.; four sons, Clyde and
Buford Weaver, both of Panca City, Okla., Virgil Weaver, Shelbytown, Tex., and
Clarence Weaver, Huston, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Shields, Pulaski, and
Mrs.Nora Gardner, Lewisburg; eighteen grandchildren; and seventeen
great-grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WEBB, Lillie Ruth The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1968
Mrs. Lillie Ruth Webb, 63, wife of James C. Webb, died Saturday afternoon,
January 20, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Webb were held at 1:00 o'clock Monday, January 22, in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Revs. James Collins and Mack
Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in West Side Cemetery.
Mrs. Webb, a native of Lawrence County, was born March 8, 1914, the daughter of
the late Marion Franklin and Ressie Lee Dermer Smith.
Survivors in addition to her husband are one son, Merlin Millican, Columbus,
Ohio; one step-daughter, Mrs. W. C. Brennan, California; four grandchildren;
four step-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Clyde White, Pulaski, Mrs. Homer
Peach, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Mildred Hughey, East Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Willie
Jean Armstrong, Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WEDDINGTON, Annie Claire Hastings The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jul 1969
Mrs. Annie Claire Weddington, 74, died Friday, July 11, in Taylor Hospital,
Lewisburg.
Services for Mrs. Weddington, wife of Andy Weddington, were held Sunday
afternoon, July 13 at two o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. Rudolph Janes officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Weddington was born July 11, 1895, the daughter
of the late Thomas R. Hastings and Ida Hicks Hastings.
Survivors in addition to her husband include, three sisters, Mrs. Velma Kellum,
Pulaski, Mrs. Glenn Hale and Mrs. Bertie Garrett, both of Detroit, Mich.; one
step-daughter, Mrs. Ruth Bagwell, Manassa, Colo.; several step-grandchildren and
step-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WEDDINGTON, Elsie Culler and LaMar Barton The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1966
The daughter-in-law and grand-son-in-law of Andy Weddington, Berea merchant and
widely known historical writer for The Pulaski Citizen, were killed Friday, Aug.
12, in a traffic accident at Beaver City, Utah; and fifteen other persons,
including Mr. Weddington's granddaughter and grandson, were injured.
Mrs. Paul Weddington, 51, the former Elsie Culler of Manassa, Colo., and her
son-in-law, LaMar Barton, 20, were victims of the 6 p. m. crash which occurred
some 300 miles from their home in Provo, Utah, as the family was en route home
from a visit with Mrs. Weddington's son, Robert Weddington, and his family in
California.
Mrs. Barton, 19, the former Linda Weddington, suffered a brain concussion and a
mangled leg and remains hospitalized in serious condition, according to word
received by the family here. Her brother, Gregory Weddington, 15, also was
injured, but is reported to be improving satisfactorily.
The Bartons' baby daughter, Cindy, about 8 months old, escaped injury.
Paul Weddington died March 15, 1959, from injuries received in a traffic
accident three days previously at Salt Lake City, Utah, where the family made
their home at that time.
WEDDINGTON, Gilbert Powell The Pulaski Citizen 26 Mar 1969
Funeral services for Gilbert Powell Weddington, 46, were held Sunday afternoon,
March 23, at 2 o'clock in the McDonald Funeral Home Chapel, in Centerville.
Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Weddington, a civil engineer for the W. L. Haley Co.,
London, Ky., was killed Friday night, March 21, near Crossville in a two-car
collision on U. S. 70E.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Nell Bruner Weddington, a daughter, Miss Mary
Margaret Weddington, Centerville, and a grandmother, Mrs. G. B. Weddington,
Birmingham, Ala.
WEDDINGTON, Maxie Mae Fautt The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jun 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Maxie Mae Fautt Weddington, 75, resident of the Berea
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Henry Cortner, pastor of Berea Methodist Church, and the
Rev. Raymond Johns, Baptist minister. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs
Weddington died Thursday, June 16, in Giles County Hospital after a few months
illness.
Born August 16, 1890, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
Harvey Fautt and Josie Tenery Fautt. On July 28, 1930, she was married to Edward
G. Weddington. He died several years ago. She was a member of the New Zion
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Weddington is survived by one step-son, Andy Weddington, retired Berea
merchant; a step-daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clara Weddington, Berea; one
half-brother, Robert H. Fautt, Pulaski; and one half-sister, Mrs. Harry Wheeler,
Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WELDON, Louis Richard The Pulaski Citizen 27 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Louis Richard Weldon, 65, Pulaski resident, were held at
1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the
Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Athens, Ala. Mr. Weldon died unexpectedly of a heart
attack at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, April 23, in Giles County Hospital,
little more than an hour after he entered.
Born October 15, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Weldon
and Mary Clinton Weldon. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
His first wife was Mrs. Jennie Daws Weldon, who died in 1941.
Mr. Weldon is survived by his wife, Mrs. Flossie McKnight Birdsong Weldon; one
daughter, Mrs. Leroy Hall, Athens, Ala.; five sons, Richard Weldon and Howard
Weldon, Oak Ridge, Robert Weldon, Ardmore, Tenn., Orville Weldon, Nashville, and
Odell Weldon, Anaheim, Calif.; a step-son, Ray Dean Birdsong, Nashville; a
step-daughter, Mrs. Bill Bingham, Bowling Green, Ky.; a number of grandchildren
and great-grandchildren; four brothers, Arthur Weldon, Oak Ridge, Leo Weldon,
Cincinnati, Ohio, Demas Weldon, Anderson, Ala., and Raymond Weldon, Lynnville;
and two sisters, Mrs. W. S. Wells, Dyersburg, Tenn., and Mrs. Walter Clem,
Elkmont, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WELDON, Robert Luther The Pulaski Citizen 12 Dec 1962
An eighteen-year-old youth, grandson of a Pulaski couple, met a flaming death on
a nearby highway last Friday afternoon, December 7.
The tragic accident took the life of Robert Luther Weldon, 18, of Athens, Ala.,
and brought serious injuries to a cousin, Ezra Puryear, 35, also of Athens. A
sister, Gail, 16, who was with young Weldon and his cousin, was hospitalized
overnight with bruises and a cut over one eye.
The accident occurred Friday afternoon about 1 p. m., near Harvest, Ala. It is
not known definitely which man was driving the car, but the investigation showed
that the vehicle missed a curve, went off the road, overturned, and caught fire.
The youth is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weldon of Route 4,
Athens, Ala.; another sister, Betty; and a brother, Roger. His paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Weldon of Pulaski, and his maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Tom Robinson of Elkmont, Al.
He was a member of the Christian Church.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Sunday afternoon, December 9, at Lock's
Crossroad Christian Church in Limestone County. Burial was at Mt. Pisgah
Cemetery near Athens.
WELDON, Susie Cannon The Pulaski Citizen 2 Mar 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Susie Cannon Weldon, 69, wife of Dr. D. F. Weldon of
Lavonia, Ga., were held at First Baptist Church at 11 o'clock on Friday,
February 27, with the burial in City Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Weldon died on
Monday, February 22, at a hospital in Anderson, S. C., after a brief illness.
Born February 3, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Amos
Ozro Cannon and Nannie West Cannon, and was a member of the Baptist Church.
Since Dr. Weldon's retirement in 1946, the family had lived in Lavonia.
Mrs. Weldon was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the
American Legion Auxiliary.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Weldon is survived by one son, Charles Dennis
Weldon, US Navy, based at Rota, Spain; one daughter, Mrs. Roy Adams, Augusta,
Ga.; and five sisters, Mrs. John Ward, Wilmington, Del., Mrs. Newton H.
Matthews, Mrs. Andrew Dorris and Mrs. T. H. Briggs, all of Old Hickory, and Mrs.
J. Allen Matthews, Columbia.
WELLS, Catherine Florence Dugger The Pulaski Citizen 6 Sep 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Florence Dugger Wells, 60, 2343 conducted
Sunday, September 3, at 1:30 p.m. at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home, with Melvin
Dugger and Vinton Morgan, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in
Lynnwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Wells, a resident of Centerville, died unexpectedly Saturday morning at the
Hickman County Hospital. She was a native of Maury County, the daughter of Mrs.
Ella Owen Dugger of Campbellsville and the late Milton Dugger. She lived in
Lynnville for many years, before moving to Centerville last year. Her husband
died in 1958. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Paul Mabry of
Columbia; two sons, James Dugger Wells, Lawrenceburg, and Bobby Wells, Dickson;
five grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Turner Wells, Nashville, Miss Mary Lou
Dugger, Campbellsville, Mrs. Annie Allen, Lawrenceburg; three brothers, Milton
Dugger, Campbellsville, Owen Dugger, Ripley, and Emmitt Dugger of Culleoka.
WELLS, Charlie Hatton The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1969
Charlie Hatton Wells, 78, of Cornersville, died Tuesday, April 29, in Giles
County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Wells will be held Thursday afternoon, May 1, at 1
o'clock in Davis-Ralston Funeral Chapel, Petersburg, with the Rev. Howard Hanes
officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Marshall County.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mattie Henderson Wells, Cornersville; one
daughter, Miss Nana May Wells, Belfast; one son, E. C. Wells, Louisville, Ky.;
one brother, T. W. Wells, Petersburg; four sisters, Miss Annie Eliza Wells,
Belfast, Mrs. Tom Wells, Anderson, N. C., Mrs. W. O. Largan and Mrs. Ida Bell
Davidson, both of Nashville; and four grandchildren.
WELLS, David The Pulaski Citizen 14 Nov 1962
Funeral services for David Wells, 58, farmer of the Mooresville Road section of
the Lynnville Community, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the
Lynnville Church of Christ, conducted by Elmer James of Lawrenceburg, Church of
Christ minister. Mr. Wells died on Friday afternoon, November 9, in his car in
front of the Osborne Store between Cornersville and Lynnville. Burial took place
in Lynnwood Cemetery. (His brother, Ross Clint Wells, 56, died October 29, and
was buried in Lynnwood Cemetery.)
Born November 28, 1902, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Ross Wells
and Mary Elizabeth Nix Wells. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Wells is survived by his wife, Mrs. Willie James Wells; two sons, David
Wells, Jr., Lynnville, and Fred Wells, Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Alma Morse,
Clarksville; four brothers, Carter Wells, Loyd Wells and Floyd Wells, Lynnville,
and Woodrow Wells, Lewisburg; and two sisters, Mrs. Roy Briggs, Lynnville, and
Mrs. Tom Knapp, Clarksville.
WELLS, Floyd Lee The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Floyd Lee Wells, 53, Lynnville resident, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Robertson Fork Church of Christ, with the burial
in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Wells, employee of Heil-Quaker Corporation at
Lewisburg, died Monday night, March 21, in Gordon Hospital, Lewisburg, after a
long illness.
A native of Lawrence County, he was the son of the late Ross C. Wells and Mollie
Nix Wells, but had lived in Giles County most of his life. He was a member of
the Church of Christ.
Mr. Wells is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Jeter Wells; two daughters, Mrs.
Carl Searcy, Nashville, and Mrs. James Russell, Prattville, Ala.; two
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Roy Briggs, Lynnville; and three brothers,
Carter Wells, Lloyd Wells and Woodrow Wells, all of Lynnville.
WELLS, James Murphy The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1960
Funeral services for James Murphy Wells, 70, Nashville resident and former
resident of the Fourteenth District of Giles County, were held at 1:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at a Madison funeral home, with the burial in Spring Hill
Cemetery, Nashville. Mr. Wells died at 6:30 o'clock on Monday morning at a
Nashville hospital.
Mr. Wells is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vashti E. Wells; two daughters, Mrs.
Curtis B. Gregory and Mrs. Richard L. Brown, Nashville; one brother, Elam Wells,
Lynnville; and two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
WELLS, Ross Clint The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Ross Clint Wells, 56, farmer of the Lynnville section, were
held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at McDaniel Funeral Home in Cornersville.
Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mr. Wells died Monday
October 29, at Vanderbilt Hospital after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Ross Wells and Mary
Elizabeth Nix Wells. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Wells is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile Dodson Wells; one daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Skinner, Nashville; one son, Samuel Wells, Germany; two sisters, Mrs. Roy
Briggs, Lynnville, and Mrs. Tom Knapp, Clarksville; and five brothers, David
Wells, Carter Wells, Lloyd Wells, Floyd Wells, all of Lynnville, and Woodrow
Wells, Lewisburg.
WELLS, Thomas Elam The Pulaski Citizen 27 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Thomas Elam Wells, 70, farmer of the Fourteenth Civil
District, were held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Big Creek Church of
Christ, conducted by E. O. Coffman of Lawrenceburg and Elmer Smith of Nashville,
Church of Christ ministers. Burial will take place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr.
Wells died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 6:30 o'clock on Monday night,
December 25, at his home on Mack Branch Road.
Born July 30, 1891 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jefferson Davis
Wells and Mary Jane Murphy Wells. He had been an elder in the Big Creek Church
of Christ for a number of years.
Mrs. Wells is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vera Kersey Wells; one son, Thomas
Edsel Wells, Oklahoma, Okla.; and two grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WENC, Irma Owen The Pulaski Citizen 4 Apr 1962
Mrs. Irma Owen Wenc, 40, native Giles Countian, died Thursday evening, March 29,
at a Nashville hospital. Requiem High Mass was held Saturday morning at the
Cathedral of the Incarnation, Nashville, with the burial in Lynnwood Cemetery at
Lynnville.
A resident of Nashville for a number of years, she was born and reared in Giles
County, the daughter of the late Cove Owen and Lou Ellen Strawn Owen.
Mrs. Wenc is survived by her husband, Stanley R. Wenc; two sisters, Mrs. Imagene
McCaslin, Dickson, and Mrs. Herrin Dickson, Nashville; and two brothers, Howard
Owen, Lynnville and Bill Owen, Nashville.
WEST, Buford The Pulaski Citizen 17 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Buford Jean West, 63, retired farmer of Frankewing, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Frankewing Methodist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Robert Whitsett with the burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Mr. West died
unexpectedly Saturday night, October 13, at the home in Pulaski, following
several months declining health.
Born September 22, 1899, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Julius West
and Ada McAfee West. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. West is survived by his wife, Mrs. Iris McKnight West; four brothers, Alton
M. West, Carlstadt, N. J., Theo West, Toledo, Ohio, Bill West, Lake Wales, Fla.,
and Chester West, Huntsville, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Julia Chapp, Detroit,
Mich.; two half-brothers, Robert West, Lawrenceburg, and Oscar E. West,
Frankewing; and one half-sister, Mrs. Guy Stevenson, Lake Wales, Fla.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WEST, Carl H. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jan 1965
Carl H. West, 63, former manager of the Pulaski office of Southern Bell
Telephone Company, died of cancer Saturday, Jan. 9, in Maury County Hospital.
Funeral services were held at Riverside Church of Christ, Columbia, at 2:30
o'clock Sunday and burial was in Downey Cemetery, Hohenwald.
A native of Smith County, Mr. West came to Pulaski Dec. 1, 1942 and served as
manager of the local Southern Bell office until Dec. 1, 1947. At the time of his
death he was district supervisor of buildings, motor vehicles and supplies. He
had been an employee of the telephone company for forty-five years and was a
former president of Telephone Pioneers of America., Chapter 21. He had lived in
Columbia since 1954.
Mr. West was an elder in Riverside Church of Christ and president of the
church's board of directors at Tennessee Orphans Home, Spring Hill.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Bates West; two sons, James Haggard West
of Nashville and Robert S. West of Memphis; three sisters, Mrs. Nellie Hubbard,
Mrs. Mittie Franklin and Miss Norene West, all of Nashville; a brother, H. M.
West of Gallatin; and three grandchildren.
WEST, Christopher Carson The Pulaski Citizen 20 Oct 1965
Christopher Carson West, 80, a pioneer in the field of automotive mechanics in
this area, died Wednesday, Oct. 20, at Giles County Hospital after a period of
declining health.
Funeral services are to be conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
Bennett-May Chapel with Gilbert Shaffer officiating. Burial will take place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. West was born at Wales, Nov. 10, 1884, the son of
the late John and Nancy Anderson West. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
As a boy, he was a bicycle enthusiast and often cycled as far as Huntsville,
Decatur, and Nashville. He owned the first motorcycle in Pulaski at the age of
seventeen, and was the third owner of the town's first car, a Loco Steamer first
purchased by Jim White and sold to Charlie Grigsby and then to West.
He worked as a watch repairman at the A. G. Duncan Jewelry Store and then spent
a short time in Jacksonville, Fla., before returning to Pulaski to open his own
garage on East Madison Street. He repaired all types of motors and continued to
work on bicycles, lawn mowers and such until a few years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Laura Nell Mitchell West; a niece, Mrs. Shirley
Parker and a nephew, E. G. West, all of Pulaski.
WEST, Eddie Merritt The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Eddie Merritt West, 52, Sumac resident, were held at one
o'clock on Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Lloyd L. Hickman, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
West died on Wednesday night, November 1, at a Nashville hospital.
Born June 12, 1909, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John West and
Lourena Newton West.
Mr. West is survived by one sister, Mrs. Florence Walls, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WEST, Estella McCormack The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Estella McCormack West, 78, widow of James Robert
West, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at North Funeral Home in
Lawrenceburg, conducted by the Rev. Robert Ritter and Dr. William H. Mansfield.
Burial took place in the family lot in Wright Cemetery at McBurg, Lincoln
County. Mrs. West died on Saturday, April 20, at Fairhaven Nursing Home,
Pulaski, only six days after her husband, James Robert West, 80, died at
Fairhaven on Easter Sunday, April 14,
Native of Giles County, she was born January 24, 1885, the daughter of the late
Robert Frank McCormack and Mary Virginia Woodward McCormack. She was a member of
First Methodist Church in Lawrenceburg.
Mrs. West is survived by one son, James Butler West, Lawrenceburg; one daughter,
Mrs. Thomas Chiles, Lawrenceburg; three grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren; and one brother, J. F. McCormack, Pulaski.
WEST, James Robert The Pulaski Citizen 24 Apr 1963
Funeral services for Mr. James Robert West, 80, retired Lawrenceburg merchant,
were held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at North Funeral Home in
Lawrenceburg with the burial in the Wright Cemetery in Lincoln County. Mr. West
died on Sunday, April 14, at Fairhaven Nursing Home after a long illness.
Born April 16, 1882, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Julius West
and Mary Sawyers West. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. West is survived by his wife, Mrs. Estella McCormack West; one daughter,
Mrs. Thomas Chiles, Lawrenceburg; one son, James Butler West, Lawrenceburg;
three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; one brother, Oscar West,
Frankewing; one sister, Mr. Guy M. Stevenson, Lake Wales, Fla.; four
half-brothers, Theo West, Toledo, Ohio, Alton M. West, Carlstadt, N. J., William
West, Lake West, Fla., and Chester Wales, Huntsville, Ala.; one half-sister,
Mrs. Ben Chapp, Detroit, Mich.
WEST, Lorene Newton The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Lorene Newton West, 79, were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. West died Sunday night, December
11, at her home on the Lewisburg Highway.
Born May 27, 1881, she was the daughter of the late Jim Newton and Lura
Reasonover Newton.
Mrs. West, widow of John West, is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Sam Walls; one
son, Eddie West; and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Collins and Mrs. Etha Watts, all
of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WEST, Marion Julius The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Marion Julius West, 54, carpenter of Nashville, were held
at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Frank McClellan of Nashville, with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. West
died Wednesday afternoon, June 7, at Thayer Veterans Hospital in Nashville after
several months illness.
Born September 22, 1906, at Dellrose, Lincoln County, he was the son of the late
William J. West and Ada McAfee West.
Mr. West is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Lou Harris West; a step-daughter,
Mrs. Lofton White, Pulaski; one sister, Mrs. Julia Chapp, Detroit, Mich.; five
brothers, Alton West, Carlstadt, N. J., William West, Lake Wales, Fla., Chester
West, Huntsville, Ala., Theodore West, Toledo, Ohio, and Buford West, Pulaski;
one half-sister, Mrs. Guy Stevenson, Lake Wales, Fla.; and two half-brothers,
Oscar West, Frankewing, and Robert West, Lawrenceburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WEST, Mattie Barnett The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Barnett West, 61, Pulaski resident, were held
at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ and James E.
Robinson. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. West died on Sunday
morning, December 1, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born March 12, 1902, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of the late Dan W.
Barnett and Rosa Bell Barnett. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. West is survived by her husband, E. G. West; one daughter, Mrs. David C.
Solomon, Fayetteville; two grandchildren; six brothers, W. F., Tom, Jim, and
Clarence Barnett, all of Texas, Dan Barnett, Oklahoma and Paul Barnett,
Colorado; and four sisters, Mrs. J. W. Jones, Mrs. E. J. Bradd, Mrs. O. L.
Melton, and Mrs. F. A. Wallace, all of Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WEST, Minnie Harrison The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. John F. West, 81, resident of the Dellrose section,
were held Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville with burial in Shiloh
Cemetery at Dellrose. Mrs. West died Friday at the home of her daughter, Miss
Gertrude West, in Pulaski, after a long illness.
She was a native of Lincoln County, the former Miss Minnie Harrison and the
daughter of the late James Cothran Harrison and Virginia Mitchell Harrison.
In addition to Miss West, Mrs. West is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. J.
B. Williams, Fayetteville, and Mrs. Roy L. Allison, Nashville; and six
grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
WEST, Oscar Elbert The Pulaski Citizen 9 Dec 1965
Oscar Elbert West, 87, retired merchant of Frankewing, died Friday afternoon,
Dec. 3, at 3:30 o'clock at Fairhaven Nursing Home in Pulaski following a long
illness.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. W. H. Mansfield and the Rev. Samuel N. Cramer
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. West was a native of Lincoln County and had lived for forty years at
Frankewing, where he owned and operated a general merchandise store until his
retirement several years ago.
He was born August 28, 1878, the son of the late Julius and Mary Sawyers. He was
a Methodist and a Mason.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nancy Smith West; a daughter, Mrs. Edward M.
Eslick of Germantown; four half-brothers, Willie and Alton West, both of
Florida, Chester West of Huntsville, Ala., and Theo West of Toledo, Ohio; and a
half-sister, Mrs. Julia Chapp of Detroit, Mich.
WESTENBERGER, Lula Mae Bradley The Pulaski Citizen 2 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Mae Bradley Westenberger, 83, mother of the Rev.
W. C. Westenberger, president of Martin College, were held at 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon at Forrest Street Methodist Church in Clarksville. Burial took place
in Greenwood Cemetery in that city. Mrs. Westenberger died Tuesday night, April
24, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. H. Ellarson in Clarksville.
A charter member of Forrest Street Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the
late Ewing Bradley and Clementine Hutchison Bradley, born in Clarksville. She
was the widow of Louis Westenberger to whom she was married September 5, 1905.
In addition to the Rev. Mr. Westenberger at Pulaski, Mrs. Westenberger is
survived by another son, Ralph G. Westenberger, Clio, Ala.; four other
daughters, Mrs. C. R. Jobe, Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. F. W. Lewis, Memphis, Mrs.
John Cook, Jr., Nashville, and Mrs. Robert Malcolm, Chicago, Ill.; twelve
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Slayden Bradley and
Robert Bradley, both of Clarksville.
WHALEY, Claude Earl The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Claude Earl Whaley, husband of a Giles Countian, died at 7 o'clock Tuesday
morning, March 23, at his home in Birmingham, Ala. Services were held at 10:30
o'clock at the Roebuck Chapel with the burial in that city.
Mr. Whaley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dewese Jones Whaley; and two sisters
and two brothers.
WHARTON, Ben The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Ben Wharton, 74, retired local carpenter, were held at 12
o'clock on Saturday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E.
Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in Marcella
Falls Cemetery. Mr. Wharton died on Friday, January 5, at the home of a son,
Homer Wharton, in Pulaski, after a long illness.
Born October 2, 1887, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Tom Wharton
and Vada Sims Wharton. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Wharton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vanna Cross Wharton, Pulaski; two
sons, Homer Wharton and Buford Wharton; three daughters, Mrs. Edd Cox,
Sheffield, Ala., Mrs. R. L. Price, New Orleans, La., and Mrs. Ober Clayton,
Ontario, Calif.; and eleven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHARTON, Vanna Cross The Pulaski Citizen 5 Feb 1969
Mrs. Vanna Cross Wharton, 85, widow of the late Ben Wharton, died at the Colbert
County Hospital, Sheffield, Ala., Saturday evening, February 1, at 5 o'clock.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wharton were held in Marcella Falls Church of Christ
Monday afternoon, February 3, at 2 o'clock with Elmer Tyler, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Marcella Falls Cemetery.
Mrs. Wharton was a native of Giles County and the daughter of the late Joe and
Molly Holt Cross.
Survivors include two sons, Buford and Homer Wharton, both of Pulaski; three
daughters, Mrs. Louis (Mary) Moore and Mrs. Bob (Gladys) Price, both of
Sheffield, Ala., and Mrs. Wilburn (Benny) Clayton of Ontario, California and
Mayburn Cross; and fourteen children.
WHEELER, Audrey Yarbrough The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1968
Mrs. Audrey Yarbrough Wheeler, 70, died Thursday, September 19, at Fairhaven
Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wheeler, wife of Reynolds Wheeler, were held Sunday
afternoon, September 22, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home
with Andy Brown, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Greenwood
Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Wheeler was born January 22, 1898, the daughter
of the late T. A. and Ida Ball Yarbrough.
Survivors include, in addition to her husband, two daughters, Mrs. J. W.
Roberts, Abilene, Texas, and Mrs. Joy Simms, Lawrenceburg; one son, Carl Brown
Wheeler, California; one sister, Mrs. Earl Brown, Abilene, Tex., one brother,
Morrell Yarbrough, Giles County; three grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
WHEELER, Bob The Pulaski Citizen 21 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Bob Wheeler, 66, retired Berea farmer were held at 10:30
o'clock Friday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Ed
Templeton, Methodist minister, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Wheeler died at 10 o'clock Wednesday night, August 14, at his home in Pulaski
after a long illness.
Born January 17, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late J. I. Wheeler
and Josephine Dugger Wheeler. He was a member of Berea Methodist Church.
Mr. Wheeler is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Lou Shaw Wheeler; three brothers,
Charlie Wheeler, John Wheeler and Dan Wheeler, all of Pulaski; and one sister,
Mrs. Earl Tarpley, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHEELER, Charlie Lon The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Charlie Lon Wheeler, 79, retired Giles County farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Wilkinson. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Wheeler died Sunday, February 6, in Giles County Hospital.
Born May 24, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John I. Wheeler
and Josephine Dugger Wheeler. He was a member of the Rehoboth Methodist Church.
Mr. Wheeler is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Leota Allen Wheeler; two
daughters, Mrs. Mary Jospehine Kelly, Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Rachel
Stogner, Pulaski; two sons, James I. Wheeler, Pulaski and Robert Douglas
Wheeler, Seattle, Wash.; thirteen grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Earl Tarpley,
Pulaski; and two brothers, Dan Wheeler and John Wheeler, both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHEELER, Edgar The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Edgar Wheeler, 79, native Giles Countian, were held at 1:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon at a funeral home in Decatur, Ala., with the burial in
that city. Mr. Wheeler, retired L & N Railroad employee, died unexpectedly in
his sleep at his home in Decatur, Ala., early Friday morning, January 6,
following a period of declining health.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late Will L. Wheeler and
Alice Reynolds Wheeler.
Mr. Wheeler is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lee Houston Wheeler; one daughter,
Miss Caroline Wheeler; one son, Levaughn Wheeler; and one grandson, all of
Decatur, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Mae W. Coleman, Mt. Pleasant; and two
brothers, Reynolds Wheeler, Pulaski and Lester Wheeler, Coral Gables, Fla.
WHEELER, Harry M. The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1967
Funeral services for Harry M. Wheeler, 73, retired painter, were conducted
Tuesday afternoon, August 8, at 3 o'clock, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. R. Neal Dean and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Wheeler died Monday, August 7, at his home on Childers Street. He was a
native of Giles County, born July 4, 1894, the son of the late Billy and Amanda
Persons Wheeler.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Iva Fautt Wheeler; one daughter, Mrs. John R.
Headricks, Tucson, Ariz.; one brother, Homer Wheeler, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHEELER, Mattie Gowan The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1966
Prayer services for Mrs. Mattie Gowan Wheeler, 74, Nashville resident for twenty
years, were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Woodbine Funeral Home in
Nashville, followed by funeral services at 2:30 o'clock that afternoon in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Herbert McNeese, Church of
Christ minister. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski. Mrs. Wheeler died at
5 o'clock Tuesday morning, March 29, in Mid-State Baptist Hospital in Nashville,
after a brief illness.
Born February 29, 1892, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Gowan and Martha Miles Gowan. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Wheeler is survived by one son, Gordon T. Wheeler, Nashville; four
daughters, Mrs. Will Edmond Worsham, Pulaski, Mrs. Dean Worsham, Huntsville,
Ala., and Mrs. J. T. Thurman, Russellville, Ala., and Mrs. Carl Haws,
Shelbyville; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHEELER, Ruth Alice The Pulaski Citizen 30 Oct 1968
Mrs. Ruth Alice Wheeler, 70, a retired Giles County teacher, died Wednesday,
October 23, at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wheeler, wife of the late Will Wheeler, were held
Friday afternoon, October 25, at 2 o'clock at Cool Springs Church of Christ,
with Mr. Charles Gibbons, Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was in Greenwood
Cemetery.
A native of Lawrence County, Mrs. Wheeler was born November 26, 1897, the
daughter of the late Ed Barnett and Ann Kimbrough Barnett.
Survivors include three sons, Edward Wheeler and Barnett Wheeler, Giles County,
John Wheeler, Lynnville; two daughters, Mrs. Lewis H. Cole and Mrs. Joe H.
Harwell, both of Nashville; and fifteen grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHEELOCK, George The Pulaski Citizen 16 Mar 1966
Funeral services for George Wheelock, 50 odd years of age, Birmingham, Ala.
businessman, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning in First Presbyterian
Church, Birmingham, Ala. The burial took place at 2:30 o'clock in Maplewood
Cemetery in Pulaski, Tenn.
Mr. Wheelock died Saturday night, March 12, in an Augusta, Ga. hospital,
following surgery.
He owned the Wheelock Glass Company in the Alabama City.
Mr. Wheelock is survived by his wife, Mrs Mary Jane Booth Wheelock, native of
Pulaski; and one sister who lives in South Dakota.
WHITE, Alma Flora The Pulaski Citizen 7 Aug 1968
Miss Alma Flora White, 63, died Monday, August 5, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Miss White were held Wednesday afternoon, August 7, at New
Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in New
Hope Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Miss White was born December 6, 1904, the daughter of
the late Charlie and Daisy Biggers White.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Arthur Chapman, Pulaski; two nephews, John R.
and Billy Hastings, Pulaski; two nieces, Mrs. Joe Dickey and Mrs. Larry Johnson,
both of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Andrew J. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Andrew J. White, 73, Lawrenceburg resident, were held at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Lawrenceburg Church of God, with the burial in
Scotts Hill Cemetery in Giles County. Mr. White died Wednesday morning, March 8,
at Lawrenceburg Sanitarium.
Mr. White is survived by his wife, Mrs. Valeria White; five sons and two
daughters; twenty-eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; four
brothers, E. J. White, West Memphis, Ark., Ben White, Hallie White and J. C.
White of Leoma; and one sister, Mrs. Mattie Green, Pulaski.
WHITE, Arney L. The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jul 1965
Lt. Arney L. White, 63, of the Pulaski Police Department, died at 4:30 a. m.
Tuesday, July 20, at Giles County Hospital where he had been a patient since
suffering a heart attack on Tuesday, July 6.
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon (Wednesday) at 3 o'clock at
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Lt. White was the son of the late Willis C. and Ida
Abernathy White. He was born Feb. 22, 1902, in the Stella community and lived in
the Stella-Bethel area until 1955, when and his family moved to Pulaski. He was
married to the former Miss Sara Curry, who survives.
Lt. White at one time operated a store at Bethel and served as state game
warden. After moving to Pulaski, he was elected Constable for the Seventh
District and six years ago joined the Pulaski police force. He was a member of
the First Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Harold Bass of
Pulaski; three brothers, Lester and Carley White of Athens, Ala., and W. C.
White of Dayton, Ohio; and one sister, Mrs. Leah White of Athens, Ala.
WHITE, Austin P. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1967
Austin P. White, 41, employee of Murray Ohio Co., in Lawrenceburg, died at his
home in Minor Hill Saturday, March 25, after suffering a heart attack.
Services were conducted Monday afternoon, March 27, at 2 o'clock in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister,
officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory Gardens.
Mr. White, a native of Lawrence County, was born August 3, 1925, the son of the
late John and Lula Rosson White. He was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eleanor Dawes White; four daughters, Mrs. Peggy
Adams, Mrs. Juell Edmundson, Pulaski, and Misses Jacqueline and Lisa Ann White,
Minor Hill; two sons, Austin Wayne White and Douglas White, Minor Hill; two
brothers, Bob T. White, Lawrenceburg and James H. White, Minor Hill; four
sisters, Mrs. Nora Shelton, Pulaski, Mrs. Dallas Shelton, Winter Haven, Fla.,
Miss Gladys White, and Mrs. Wesley Tomerlin, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Bernice McCracken The Pulaski Citizen 9 Oct 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Jerome B. White, 44, native Giles Countian, were held
at the residence in Huntsville, Ala., at noon on Wednesday, followed by
graveside services at 1:30 in Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski. Mrs. White died
Tuesday morning, October 8, at the home in Huntsville after an extended illness.
The former Miss Bernice McCracken, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon
McCracken of Pulaski, who survive. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. White is survived by her husband, Jerome B.
White, also a native Giles Countian; one son, George M. White, and one daughter,
Miss Bernice White, both of Huntsville, Ala.; one brother, Mahlon McCracken,
Jr., New Jersey; and three sisters, Mrs. Bob Taylor, Fayetteville, Mr. Pat
Mueller, Hawaii, and Mrs. John Walker Wheeler, Lynnville.
WHITE, Buford Meadow The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Buford Meadow White, 61, who died suddenly from a heart
attack at his home on East Jefferson Street Tuesday night at 8:45 o'clock , will
be conducted Thursday at 2 p. m. at Bennett-May Funeral Home. The Rev. Floyd
Cates will officiate and burial will be in Lay Cemetery at Ethridge. He had
suffered from a heart ailment for several years.
Mr. White was co-owner and manager of Nesbitt Bottling Company in Pulaski. The
son of the late Isaac Meadow and Amanda Polk White, he was a native of Giles
County.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mary Bundrant; two daughters, Mrs.
Lee Eblen and Mrs. Donald J. Massey of Nashville; a sister, Mrs. Houston Thurman
of Columbia; and two grandchildren.
WHITE, Carroll Evans The Pulaski Citizen 18 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Carroll Evans White, 53, farmer of the Campbellsville
section, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the
Rose Hill Cemetery in the 19th Civil District. Mr. White was found dead in bed
on Friday morning, January 13, at his home on Dry Creek.
Born September 24, 1907, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Riley G.
White and Cora Lanier White, and was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church.
Mr. White is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rachel Ridiner White; two daughters,
Misses Ruby Ann White and Connie Jospehine White, of the home address; and two
brothers, Rev. Malcolm White, Lawrenceburg and Felix White, St. Louis, Mo.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Charlie Alma The Pulaski Citizen 23 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Charlie Alma White, 90, retired farmer of the Weakley Creek
section, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in New Hope Baptist Church
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Mr. White died Friday, February 18, in Giles County Hospital.
Born January 25, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sidney White
and Margaret Richardson White. His wife, Mrs. Daisy Ann Bigger White, is
deceased.
Mr. White is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Chapman and Miss Alma White,
Pulaski; four grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Doris Gray The Pulaski Citizen 31 Dec 1969
Mrs. Doris G. White, 43, died Friday, December 23, in Baptist Hospital,
Nashville.
Funeral services for Mrs. White, wife of John D. White, were conducted Sunday
afternoon, December 28, in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home. Burial was
in Giles Memory Gardens.
A native of Alabama, Mrs. White was born September 28, 1926, the daughter of
Mrs. Bulcie Daniel Gray, Athens, Ala., and the late Edward L. Gray.
Survivors in addition to her mother and husband, include three daughters, Mrs.
Peggy Woodard, Salem, Ala., Mrs. Sherrie Kay Harrison, Bethel and Miss Carol
Denice White, Bethel; one brother, Frank Gray, Athens, Ala.; one sister, Mrs.
Flora Lee Smith, Athens, Ala.
WHITE, Edward C. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1967
Edward C. White, 93, retired mail carrier, died Friday, February 24, in Maury
County Hospital following an extended illness.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30, at the Prospect Methodist
Church, with the Rev. Elwood Denson of Brentwood, and Rev. Rudolph Janes
officiating. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery.
Mr. White, a native of Giles County, was the son of the late Sanford M. and Sara
Owens White. His wife, Mrs. Daisy Reed White, died in 1948. Mr. White was a
rural mail carrier for thirty-three years and also operated a general store at
Prospect for many years. He was a member of the Prospect Methodist Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. John A. Stevenson, Santa Fe, Mrs. William
G. Elder, Mrs. Frank C. Williams of Columbia, and Mrs. Hugh C. Hargrove of
Birmingham, Ala.; three sons, Edward R. White, Atlanta, Ga., Myron T. and Owen
Ezell White, Nashville; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
WHITE, Florence German The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence German White, 59, Minor Hill resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Shoal Bluff Church of Christ, conducted by
Sam Fain. Burial took place in the Lawrence Cemetery, near Minor Hill. Mrs.
White died Friday at her home in the Minor Hill section.
Mrs. White is survived by her husband, Mason White; one daughter, Mrs. Annie
Ruth Cowart, Jacksonville, Fla.; one son, Thomas Adrian Odell, Markham, Ill.;
six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Anna Lou Rhodes The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1967
Mrs. Anna Lou Rhodes White, 79, were conducted Wednesday, June 28, at North
Funeral Home. Burial was in Mimosa Cemetery.
Mrs. White died Sunday, June 25, in a local hospital.
Survivors include her husband, G. H. White; three sons, Elmer, Lawrenceburg,
Floyd, Pulaski, and Ottis White, Camden, Okla.; three sisters, Mrs. Dozzie
Frazier, Mrs. Minnie Geese, Miss Flore Rhodes, Lawrenceburg; two brothers,
Wattie and Finis Rhodes, Lawrenceburg; five grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
WHITE, Hallie Miller The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Hallie Miller White, 59, farmer of the Shores Community,
were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Fall River Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Virgil Felker. Burial took place in the church cemetery.
Mr.White died at his home on Monday, January 14.
Born in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bethel White.
Mr. White is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maxie Johnson White; three daughters,
Mrs. Wallace Howell, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Solomon Bivens, Leoma, and Mrs. Delmer
McDougal, Giles County; two sons, Edgar White, Leoma, and Delmer White,
Lawrenceburg; three brothers, Ben White and Jesse Cole White, Leoma, and Edgar
White, West Memphis, Ark.; and one sister, Mrs. Mattie Green, Giles County.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Henry Lofton The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1967
Funeral services for Henry Lofton White, 56, were conducted Tuesday afternoon,
September 12, at 3:00 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Leon Bunt and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery.
WHITE, Irene Thornton The Pulaski Citizen 17 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Irene Thornton White, 48, resident of the Goodsprings
section, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Hester's Chapel, conducted
by the Rev. R. E. Parker, Church of Christ minister, and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs.
White died at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning, November 10, in Giles County
Hospital.
Born May 13, 1917, in Limestone County, Ala., she was the daughter of Robert
Thornton and the late Velma Gatlin Thornton. She was a member of the Church of
Christ.
In addition to her father, Mrs. White is survived by her husband, Garland White;
four sons, Robert White, Indiana, Gordon White, U. S. Army, in Germany, and Joe
and Jim White, Goodsprings; three daughters, Mrs. Ann Crabb, Minor Hill, Mrs.
Julia Shifflett, Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Joan Bassham, Anderson, Ala.; two
step-children, William White, Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Dorothy Jean Watson,
Florida; nine grandchildren and five step-grandchildren; three brothers, Robert
Thornton and David Thornton, both of Lakeland, Fla., and Charlie Thornton,
Toledo, Ohio; and three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Boyd, Auburndale, Fla., Miss
Frances Thornton, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Mary Reese, Columbia, Tenn.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, James Herschel Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1960
James Herschel White, Jr., 40, Pulaski resident, was fatally injured early
Saturday when the tanker truck he was driving was in collision with a car near
the railroad underpass on Highway 64, west, just outside the city limit of
Pulaski. It was the first traffic fatality in Giles County this year.
Mrs. Nell Bullington of Huntsville, Ala., thought to have been the driver of the
automobile, was seriously injured and is a patient in Giles County Hospital.
Sheriff Butler said he had not been able to obtain a statement from her, and the
other two occupants of the Alabama car left Pulaski immediately after being
treated and released from the hospital. They were listed as Ray Guenther of
Huntsville, and Emma Hammonds, Negro, of Toney, Ala.
The accident occurred at 6:10 a. m. and witnesses said the car, headed east,
appeared to have struck the right roadbank and veered into the path of the truck
which had just cleared the narrow underpass.
The cab of the truck, owned by Coffman Oil Co., of Pulaski, was demolished and
the tank trailer containing 4000 gallons of gasoline was slightly damaged.
Gasoline leaking onto the highway caused a fire hazard and the Pulaski Fire
Department was called to the scene; however, no fire developed ant the fuel was
pumped into another truck.
Owners of the oil company, Wilson Coffman and J. D. Coffman III, described White
as an excellent driver with long experience as a Greyhound Bus driver. He had
been employed by the oil company for 18 months.
Funeral services for Mr. White were held Sunday at 3 p. m. at First Baptist
Church with the Rev. Floyd Cates officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
He was a native of Giles County, the son of Mrs. Julia Coffin Haney of Minor
Hill, and the late Herschel White.
Other survivors are his wife, Mrs. Rachel Ervin White; two daughters, Barbara
Ann and Nancy Diane of Pulaski; two sons, Bobby Ervin of Pulaski and Jimmy Wayne
of the U. S. Army, stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C.; his step-father, Charles
Haney of Minor Hill; six brothers, Herbert White of Pulaski, Charles Haney of
Huntsville, Ala., David and Randall Haney of Minor Hill; Paul Haney of
Nashville; and Thomas Haney of Panama City, Fla.; five sisters, Mrs. Helen
Wilson of Pulaski, Mrs. Alma Jean Smith and Mrs. Howard Green, both of
Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. Eugene Moates of Pulaski, and Mrs. Gorman Robinson of
Minor Hill.
WHITE, James Newt The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1966
Funeral services for James Newt White, 85, retired Giles County farmer and in
recent years a resident of Davidson County, were held at one o'clock Wednesday
afternoon in Minor Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Andrew Brown, minister of
Second Street Church of Christ in Pulaski. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mr. White died on Monday, April 4, in General Hospital in Nashville.
Born December 25, 1880, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William
White and Rosa Ann Eslick White. He was a member of the Church of Christ. His
wife, Lida Ann Bullington White, died about four years ago.
Mr. White is survived by two sons, Harley White, Danville, IL, and George White,
Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs. Annie Lawrence and Mrs. Clara Bassham, Nashville,
Mrs. Mattie Lee Shelton, Pulaski and Mrs. Maggie Sutton, Athens, Ala.; fifteen
grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren; and one brother, Dave White,
Minor Hill.
Bennett May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Mrs. John T. The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. John T. White, 86, sister of the late Rev. S. M.
Keathley, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Birmingham, Ala., with the
burial in Decherd, Tenn.
Mrs. White died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Stacy N. Williams, and
sister-in-law, Mrs. Keathley, in Birmingham, where she has made her home since
1956. She had lived in Middle Tennessee most of her life. The Rev. Mr. Keathley
was a Methodist minister in the Tennessee Conference almost 50 years; for a time
serving charges in Giles County.
Mrs. White is survived by three other nieces and one nephew.
WHITE, Joseph Pittman The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jan 1969
Joseph Pittman White, Jr., 46, died Monday, January 13, in Madison Hospital,
Madison, Tennessee.
Funeral services for Mr. White were held Wednesday afternoon, January 15, at
First Baptist Church with the Rev. B. Carter Elmore and the Rev. Clarence
Stewart officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. White was born March 28, 1922, the son of Mrs.
Robbie Allen White of Columbia, and the Joseph Pittman White, Sr.
Survivors in addition to his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Christine Cross
White, Dickson; one daughter, Mrs. Paul H. Buck, Madison; three brothers,
Clarence M. White, Dearborn, Mich., Clayson J. White, Aiken, S. C., and Kenneth
A. White, Nashville; three sisters, Mrs. Otis Kennedy, Marshall, Texas, Mrs.
Herman Connelly, Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Ross McGee of Columbia; and two
grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Lewis Tillman The Pulaski Citizen 29 Dec 1965
Funeral services for Lewis Tillman Peden, 74, retired farmer of Minor Hill, were
held Saturday at Hester's Chapel with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr.
White died Thursday morning, December 23, in Giles County Hospital.
Born April 24, 1891, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William B.
White and Rosie Ann Eslick White.
Mr. White is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susie Estelle Davis White; one son, Onis
White, Minor Hill; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Davis, Goodsprings, and Mrs.
Rosilee Bassham, Minor Hill; ten grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren;
and two brothers, Newt White, Nashville, and Dave White, Minor Hill.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Lida Ann Bullington The Pulaski Citizen 17 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Lida Ann Bullington White,80, Minor Hill resident,
were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ, with the
burial in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mrs.White died Sunday, October 14, at a Davidson
County hospital following a long illness.
Born April 26, 1882, in Limestone, Ala., she was the daughter of the late Ed
Bullington and Atha Ann Marbut Bullington. She was a member of the Church of
Christ. Mrs. White is survived by her husband, Newton White, Minor Hill; two
sons, Hardy White, Danville, IL, and George White, Pulaski; four daughters, Mrs.
Mattie Lee Shelton and Mrs. Annie Lawrence, both of Pulaski, and Mrs. Maggie
Sutton and Mrs. Clara Bassham, both of Nashville; sixteen grandchildren and nine
great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Tom Griggs, Anderson, Ala.
Bennett May and Company in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Martha Ellen Griffin The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Ellen Griffin White, 72, Pulaski resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
Andrew Brown of Lawrenceburg and George Williams of Athens, Ala. The burial took
place in Mimosa Cemetery at Lawrenceburg. Mrs. White died on Sunday morning,
January 28, at the home on Sam Davis Avenue after a long illness.
Born November 21, 1889, in Lauderdale County, Ala., she was the daughter of the
late James Griffin and Sula Jane Burgess Griffin. She was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Her husband, Clark White, Pulaski grocer, died December 26, 1959.
Mrs. White is survived by two sons, Harold White and Paul White, Pulaski
grocers; two daughters, Mrs. Morris Stone and Miss Elise White, Pulaski; two
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. E. E. House, Athens, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Mattie Grissom The Pulaski Citizen 31 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Grissom White, 79, Giles County resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Wesley Holden, Methodist minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery. Mrs. White died Thursday, October 25, at her home in the Vales Mill
section.
Born September 25, at Southport in Maury County, she was the daughter of the
late John R. and Mary E. Welch Grissom.
There were no immediate survivors.
WHITE, Mattie S. The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1968
Mrs. Mattie S. White, 89, died Tuesday, January 30, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Services for Mrs. White were held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday, January 31, in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown and Gilbert Shaffer,
Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of White County, Mrs. White was born September 30, 1878. She was the
wife of the late Noble Clark White.
Survivors include two sons, L. K. and Hazel W. White, Pulaski; two daughters,
Mrs. Lady Ruth Thurman, Pulaski, and Mrs. Arch W. Parker, Lynnville; four
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Newton Harris III The Pulaski Citizen 5 Jun 1963
Funeral services for the Rev. Newton Harris White, III, 48, a former Pulaski
resident, will be at 10:30 a. m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church in
Pulaski. The Presbyterian minister died Sunday in La Jolla, Calif., where he had
lived for several months.
The church pastor, the Rev. R. Neal Dean, will officiate at the services. Burial
will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Before entering the ministry, the Rev. Mr. White was a concert pianist in New
York City for a number of years. He was a graduate of Southwestern University
and held a master's degree in music from the University of Arizona. He did
graduate work at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard School
of Music. While at Julliard, he received a fellowship to study under Madam
Samaroff, a famous pianist.
He organized two Presbyterian U. S. A. churches in Tucson, Ariz., after
receiving his bachelor of divinity degree in a Louisville, Ky., seminary in
1951. The Rev. Mr. White served as pastor of both churches, the Northminister
Presbyterian Church, from 1951 until 1959 and the St. Andrews Presbyterian from
1959 to 1963. He left Tucson last April because of bad health.
He was born at Wales in Giles County, the son of Mary Wilson White and the late
Gardner E. White.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Bascom Hill White and her 8-year-old son by a previous
marriage drowned in a Tucson swimming pool in December, 1960. She was attempting
to save the young boy.
Besides his mother, who lives in Pulaski, survivors include two sisters, Mrs.
Jack Bixler and Mrs. William Regen, Lebanon and three aunts, Mrs. Louis Farrell
and Mrs. Robert Webster, Nashville and Mrs. James S. Roges, Pulaski.
WHITE, Noble Clark The Pulaski Citizen 14 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Noble Clark White, 87, well-known retired businessman and
former Pulaski postmaster who died Wednesday, Dec. 7, at Giles County Hospital
after a short illness, were conducted by J. B. Rasbury and Gilbert Shaffer at
2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. White was a native of Giles County, the son of James M. and Amanda Warren
White, and for many years had made his home on the Minor Hill Highway near
Pulaski in the community which bears his name, Whiteside.
He served as postmaster in Pulaski from 1928 till 1933 and had been Feed and
Seed Inspector for the State of Tennessee. For a number of years he operated a
grocery business here and had served as president of the Giles County Farm
Bureau.
He was a member of Second Street Church of Christ.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mattie Parsons White; two daughters, Mrs. Arch
Parker of Pulaski and Mrs. W. N. Thurman of Yokley; two sons, L. K. White of
Pulaski and H. W. White of Tampa, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Verna Sinierd of
Muncie, Ind.; and Mrs. Dave Jackson of Lester, Ala.; two brothers, Clay and
Morgan White of Lester; four grandchilden and two great-grandchildren.
WHITE, Ozro Hardon The Pulaski Citizen 10 Jan 1968
Ozro Hardon White, 71, died Saturday night in Maury County Hospital after an
extended illness.
Funeral services for Mr. White, a retired merchant and farmer, were held Monday,
January 8, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, Church
of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. White was born November 19, 1896, the son of the
late Jim and Tilda Jackson White.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mattie Tyler White; one brother, Clarence
White, Athens, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Richard F. (Happy) The Pulaski Citizen 28 May 1969
Funeral services for Richard F. (Happy) White were held Saturday afternoon, May
24, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Clarence Stewart officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. White, 69, died Thursday, May 22, in Giles County Hospital.
A native of Kentucky, Mr. White was born January 18, 1900, the son of the late
John White and Sarah Cannon White. He had worked for the Pulaski Light
Department for thirty-eight years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Oakleen Hayes White; one sister, Mrs. Lucibell
Smith, Detroit, Mich.; one aunt, Mrs. O. E. Rogers, Hopkinsville, Ky.; nieces
and nephews.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Robert L. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Robert L. White, 65, retired insurance and real estate man
of Indianapolis, Ind., and Giles County native, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. William H. Moss, pastor
of First Methodist Church and the Rev. Floyd Cates, Baptist minister. Burial
will take place Saturday at Akron, Ohio, hometown of Mrs. White. Mr. White died
of a heart ailment at 11:30 o'clock Sunday night, April 15, while on vacation at
Tampa, Fla.
Born August 11, 1897, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Willis White
and Ida Abernathy White. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. White is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile Stevens White; four brothers,
Arney L.White, Pulaski, W. C. White, Dayton, Ohio, Carley White and Lester
White, both of Athens, Ala.. And one sister, Mrs. Leah White, Athens, Ala.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Robert W. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1966
Robert W. White, 59, retired Navy officer, died Thursday, October 13, at his
home in Orange, Calif., following a heart attack.
Services were conducted Saturday, October 15, at 2:30 p. m. He was buried with
Masonic Rites in Fairhaven Memorial Park.
Mr. White was a native of Giles County, the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson White
of Pulaski, and the late Robert Henry White. After serving 30 years in the Navy,
he attended George Peabody College in Nashville, and received his B. A. Degree
from Orange College, Orange, Calif., at the age of 54.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Hudson
White; one daughter, Mrs. Virginia Smith, Garden Grove, Calif.; one son, Carl
White, Toledo, Ohio; three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Gray Aymett, Pulaski;
one brother, Archie E. White, Nashville.
WHITE, Rufus Wiley The Pulaski Citizen 13 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Rufus Wiley White, 91, retired Weakley farmer, were held at
one o'clock Saturday afternoon at New Hope Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.
W. F. Cox and the Rev. Robert E. Wilsford. Burial took place in the church
cemetery. Mr. White died at 10 o'clock Thursday night, September 7, at the home
of his son, Rufus White, after a brief illness.
Born February 21, 1870 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Sidney White
and Margaret Richardson White. He was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Ida Petty White, died three years ago.
In addition to the one son, Mr. White is survived by another son, Dennis White;
one daughter, Mrs. Floyd K. Nix; six grandchildren and one great grandchild; all
of the Weakley Community; and one brother, Charlie White, Elkton Highway,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Samuel Dewey The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Samuel Dewey White, 59, retired merchant who died Sunday
night, Nov. 26, at Giles County Hospital following an illness of about a year,
were held at Bennett-May Funeral Home at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with
burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Gilbert Shaffer, pastor of East Hill Church of
Christ officiated.
Mr. White had been in the retail grocery business in Pulaski for many years
before his retirement the first of this year on account of ill health. He was a
member of Second Street Church of Christ.
He was born in Giles County on Dec. 7, 1901, the son of the late James Alton and
Matilda Jackson White.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Retha Harrison White; two brothers, Ozro White
of Pulaski and Clarence White of Athens, Ala.; and as sister, Mrs. Evalena White
of Florence, Ala.
WHITE, Thomas Andrew The Pulaski Citizen 12 Nov 1969
Thomas Andrew White, 75, died Monday, November 10, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, November 12, at 2:00
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarence Stewart
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Lawrence County, Mr. White was born February 3, 1894, the son of the
late James Monroe White and Melvina Snipes White. His wife was the late Bessie
Mae Williams White.
Survivors include his step-mother, Mrs. Mary White, Lawrenceburg; three
daughters, Mrs. Lucile La Croix, Lawrenceburg, Miss Mary Lizzie White, Pulaski,
Mrs. Lucile Cobb, Waynesboro; one son, J. W. White, Lincoln, Neb.; four
grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two half-brothers, Robert White, Wyandott,
Mich., Leonard White, Leoma; four sisters, Mrs. Grady Putman, Columbus, S. C.,
Mrs. Fate Steadman, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Evelyn Braswell, Leoma, and Mrs. Ruby
Ritchie, Florida.
WHITE, Tom Morgan The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Tom Morgan White, 74, retired carpenter, were held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Craig Chapel at Salem, Ala., with the burial in
the church cemetery. Mr. White died on Monday, January 21, at Lester, Ala.
Born March 23, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James Monroe
White and Amanda Warren White. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. White is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lorena Harrison White; one son, Thomas
M. White, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.; two daughters, Mrs. Wardell Jackson, Lester, Ala.,
and Mrs. George Gaston, Athens, Ala.; twelve grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; one brother, Clay White, Lester, Ala.; and two sisters, Mrs.
Dave Jackson, Lester, Ala., and Mrs. Verna Sinard of Indiana.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Tula Ridgeway The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Tula Ridgeway White, 59, resident of the Goodsprings
section, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Center Point Baptist
Church with the burial in the church cemetery. She died in Lawrenceburg
Sanitarium at Lawrenceburg.
Mrs. White is survived by her husband, Horace E. White; four sons, Leon and
Eldon White, Ethridge, and James White, Decatur, Ala.; four daughters, Mrs. Gale
Jones, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Mary Buchanan and Mrs. Iva Dell Smith, both of Giles
County, and Mrs. Carolyn Nafe, Muncie, Ind.; twenty grandchildren; four
brothers, Ernest Ridgeway and J. B. Ridgeway, both of Appleton, J. W. Ridgeway,
Giles County, and W. R. Ridgeway, Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. Jewel Boston,
Five Points, Lawrence County, and Mrs. Mattie Felker and Mrs. Novelia Thompson,
both of Giles County.
WHITE, William Dave The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1968
William Dave White, 82, died Monday, September 16, at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. White, a retired farmer of the Minor Hill Community,
were held Wednesday afternoon, September 18, at 2 o'clock in the Minor Hill
Church of Christ. Burial was in Minor Hill Cemetery. A native of Giles County,
Mr. White was born January 4, 1886, the son of the late William and Rosa Ann
Eslick White.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sally White; three sons, Cletus and Coleman
White, both of Lester, Ala., John D. White, Route 1, Prospect; five daughters,
Mrs. Earl Hagood, Mrs. John Mankin, Mrs. Ray Ward, Mrs. Buford Smith, all of
Minor Hill, Mrs. Fletcher Ball of Nashville; seventeen grandchildren; thirty
great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, William Earl The Pulaski Citizen 2 Aug 1961
Funeral services for William Earl White, 71, Pulaski resident and former retired
farmer and school bus driver of the Stella Community, were held at 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. William H.
Moss and the Rev. J. C. Elkins. Burial took place in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
at Stella. Mr. White died at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, July 30, at Giles County
Hospital, after a long illness.
Born August 5, 1890, in Giles County, he was the son of the late W. C. White and
Ida Abernathy White. He was a member of First Methodist Church in Pulaski.
His wife, Elizabeth Smith White, died more than twenty-five years ago.
Mr. White is survived by one son, Sumpter White, Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs.
Clifford Arthur, with whom Mr. White was making his home, Mrs. Herman Craighead
and Mrs. James T. Dollard, both of Nashville; six grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren; five brothers, Arney White, Pulaski, Robert White,
Indianapolis, Ind., W. C. White, Dayton, Ohio, and Lester and Carley White, both
of Athens, Ala.; and one sister, Mrs. Leah White, Athens, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITE, Willis Edward The Pulaski Citizen 13 May 1964
Funeral services for Willis Edward White, 76, retired farmer of the Minor Hill
section, were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Hester's Chapel at
Lester, Ala., with the burial in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr. White died on
Saturday, May 9, in Giles County Hospital.
Born October 23, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William White
and Elizabeth Eslick White.
Mr. White is survived by his wife, Mrs. Etha Bell Hendrix White; three sons,
Otis White, Limestone County, Ala., D. A. White, Pulaski, and Allen White, Minor
Hill; three daughters, Mrs. Alton Tucker and Mrs. Mack Harrison, both of
Louisville, Ky.; and Mrs. Donald Robinson, Minor Hill; five grandchildren and
one great grandchild; and three brothers, Newt White, Nashville, Dave White and
Lewis White, both of Minor Hill. Bennett May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
WHITE, Zona Ozella Price The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Zona Ozella Price White, 54, wife of Bob Taylor White
of Minor Hill, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in Minor HillBaptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial will take place in Giles
Memory Gardens. Mrs. White died at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Jackson
Clinic, Lester, Ala., after an extended illness.
Born October 5, 1910, in Alabama, she was the daughter of W. N. Price, Decatur,
Ala., and the late Mrs. Arizona Gladney Price. She was a member of the MinorHill
Baptist Church.
Mrs. White is survived by her husband; one son, Harold White, Pulaski; one
daughter, Mrs. Ruby Peden, Columbia; two grandchildren; three brothers, Coy
Price, Mobile, Ala., Roy Price, Jasper, Ala., and Doyce Price, Decatur, Ala.;
and one sister, Mrs. Ollie Knight, Minor Hill.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITFIELD, Ben S. The Pulaski Citizen 24 Sep 1969
Ben S. Whitfield, 80, died Saturday, September 13, at the Limestone County
Hospital, Athens, Ala.
Funeral services for Mr. Whitfield, a retired farmer, were conducted at 3:30
o'clock September 14, at the Pettusville Methodist Church. Burial was in Athens
Ala. Cemetery.
A native of Veto, Ala., he was born April 14, 1889, the son of the late Joseph
S. Whitfield and Mattie Pettus Whitfield.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sarah Nichols Whitfield; two sons, Benton N.
Whitfield and Edwin P. Whitfield, Pettusville; two daughters, Mrs. Musia W.
Marbut and Mrs. Robie Ann W. Daly, Athens, Ala., one sister, Mrs. W. W. Page,
Nolensville.
WHITFIELD, Georgie Hughey The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jul 1967
Funeral services for Mrs. George G. Whitfield, 85, resident of Elkton, were held
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Elkton Methodist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Horace Woodard, pastor of the church. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery.
Mrs. Whitfield died on Thursday, July 6, in Giles County Hospital.
Mrs. Whitfield, the former Miss Georgie Hughey, was born November 23, 1881, in
Giles County, the daughter of the late George Hughey and Fineita Ann Anderson
Hughey. She was a member of the Elkton Methodist Church.
Mrs. Whitfield is survived by her husband, George G. Whitfield; three sons,
James Thomas Whitfield, Baytown, Texas, Robert Gray Whitfield and Dr. John
Hughey Whitfield, both of Paris, Tenn.; two daughters, Mrs. J. G. DiMasa,
Woodridge, Va., and Mrs. T. L. Gregory, Leoma; eleven grandchildren; eighteen
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Hugh L. Wilkinson, Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITEHEAD, John S. Jr. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Oct 1969
John S. Whitehead, Jr., 75, died Friday, October 10, in St. Thomas Hospital,
Nashville.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, October 12, at 1:00 o'clock in
the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with Mr. Andy Brown, Church of Christ
minister, officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Whitehead was born June 18, 1894, the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John S. Whitehead, Sr. His wife was the late Margaret Moore
Whitehead.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Aubrey Archer, Nevada; and three
grandchildren.
WHITEHEAD, Mamie Ella Turner The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1961
Mrs. Mamie Ella Turner Whitehead, 58, widow of Harvey Whitehead, died Thursday
night, August 10, when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver as she was
crossing a street about two blocks from her home in Louisville, Ky. at 9
o'clock. Funeral rites and burial were conducted in that city.
A native and former resident of Giles County, Mrs. Whitehead had lived at
Louisville for eighteen years. Her parents were the late John Robert and Donie
Andrews Turner of the Friendship community.
Mrs. Whitehead was thrown some 80 feet by the impact and then run over by the
automobile, which sped away, going through a red traffic light, according to
witnesses. The following morning a man identified as Melvin E. Just, 38-year-old
building contractor, surrendered at Louisville police headquarters as driver of
the hit-and-run car.
Survivors include two sons, Sloan and Glen Whitehead, and two daughters, Mrs.
Lucille Vernon and Gayle Whitehead, all of Louisville; three brothers, John
Henry Turner of Pulaski, Hardin Turner of Columbia, and Raymond Turner of Benton
Harbor, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Tom Rogers of Pulaski and Mrs. Wesley Adell of
Readsfield, Maine.
WHITFIELD, Mary The Pulaski Citizen 30 Oct 1968
Miss Mary Whitfield, prominent Giles County teacher died Sunday, October 27 at
12:30 p.m. at St. Thomas Hosptial, Nashville after a week's illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 1 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home by the Rev. Jacob Gardner, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native Giles Countian, Miss Whitfield was the daughter of the late Willie Mae
Puryear and Claude Whitfield.
A teacher for more than forty years in the public school systems of Giles,
Williamson, Weakley and Maury County, she received her education at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Peabody College, Nashville and Tennessee
State Teachers College, Murfreesboro. She was a member of the Giles County
Teachers' Association and the National Education Association. At the time of her
death, she was teaching in the Pulaski Elementary School.
A life long Methodist she was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and served
for eight years as a councilor for the Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
Columbia District.
In tribute to Miss Whitfield, Pulaski Elementary School held no classes on
Tuesday and all other Giles County Schools closed at noon for the day.
She is survived by four sisters, Mrs. James Oakes, Miss Christine Whitfield,
Miss Lela Whitfield, all of Pulaski, and Mrs. Edith W. Randell of Columbia, and
a brother, Thomas Whitfield of Louisville, Ky., and three nieces.
WHITEHEAD, Webb Nelson The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Webb Nelson Whitehead, 81, retired farmer of the Wales
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Mt.
Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Whitehead died at 6 o'clock Monday morning, January 23, at
his home after an extended illness.
Born July 13, 1879, in Maury County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John Whitehead. His wife is deceased.
Mr. Whitehead is survived by one brother, Johnny Whitehead, Giles County; and
two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Brymer, Giles County, and Mrs. Frank Nidergesses,
Lawrenceburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITLOCK, Mrs. Herbert The Pulaski Citizen 12 Feb 1969
Mrs. Herbert Whitlock, 77, died Thursday, February 5, at a Memphis hospital
following a heart attack earlier in the day.
Funeral services were held at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, February 8, at the
Poplar Avenue Chapel of the Memphis Funeral Home, with Dr. J. Clark Hensley
officiating. Burial was in Memorial Gardens in Memphis.
Mrs. Whitlock was a native of Limestone County, Alabama, and had lived most of
her life in Elkton and Pulaski communities.
Survivors include her husband, H. L. Whitlock; two daughters, Mrs. Theresa
Russell and Mrs. Julius Mills, all of Memphis; one sister, Mrs. Ransom Gilbert,
Decatur, Ala., and two grandsons.
WHITLOCK, Walter The Pulaski Citizen 1 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Walter Whitlock, 64, former resident of Giles County and a
resident of Anniston, Ala., were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in
Anniston with the burial in that city. Mr. Whitlock died on Monday night, March
30, at an Anniston hospital, following a long period of declining health.
Born in November of 1899, in Coffee County, Tenn., he was the son of William A.
Whitlock and Lettie Whitlock. His first wife, Mrs. Mabel Marks Whitlock, a
native of Giles County, died a number of years ago. His second wife, Mrs. Eula
Whitlock, survives.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Whitlock is survived by one daughter, Mrs. David
Anderson, Birmingham, Ala.; three grandchildren; two brothers, Cecil Whitlock,
Pulaski, and Herbert Whitlock, Memphis; and four sisters, Mrs. Ozro Petty and
Mrs. Coleman Davis, both of Prospect, Mrs. Newton Birdsong, Decatur, Ala., and
Mrs. Paul Leckey, Eldorado, Ark.
WHITMIRE, Wilma Lee Durham The Pulaski Citizen 25 May 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilma Lee Durham Whitmire, 38, Nashville nurse, will
be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home with the burial in Choates Creek Cemetery. She died Tuesday morning, May
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WHITSETT, Ann Elizabeth Cole The Pulaski Citizen 18 Nov 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Cole Whitsett, 76, Giles County native,
were held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon in Diana Methodist Church with the
burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Whitsett died Tuesday, November 10, in
Winter Haven, Fla., after a long illness.
Born June 3, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Dick Cole
and Sarah Elizabeth Creecy Cole. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her
husband, Sam Whitsett, died in 1960.
Mrs. Whitsett is survived by two sons, Lois Whitsett, Ethridge, and Finoe
Whitsett, Winter Haven, Fla.; twelve grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren; and one brother, Sammie Cole, Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITSETT, Connie The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
Funeral services for Connie Whitsett, 80, will be held Thursday afternoon, April
4, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Revs. Pink
Griggs and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial will be in Centerpoint Cemetery.
Mr. Whitsett died Sunday morning in Akron, Ohio.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Leta Whitsett, Akron, Ohio; one son, Edgar
Whitsett, Akron, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Ross, Copley, Ohio, and Mrs.
Pearl Miller, Arlington, Texas; eleven grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren;
one brother, Claude Whitsett, Akron, Ohio; and one sister, Mrs. Maggie Darnell,
Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITSETT, Jewel Burgess The Pulaski Citizen 5 Dec 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Lois Whitsett, 49, were held at one o'clock on Friday
afternoon at Ethridge Baptist Church, the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Burial took place in Lay Cemetery. Mrs. Whitsett died Thursday, November 29, in
Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville after a long illness.
Formerly Miss Jewell Burgess, she was a native of Lawrence County, the daughter
of Mrs. Della Burgess of Ethridge and the late Freeman Burgess. She was a member
of New Hope Baptist Church.
In addition to her husband and mother, Mrs. Whitsett is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Mattie Mae Mitchell, Florence, Ala.; two brothers, Bill and Hoyt Burgess,
both of Ethridge; a half-sister, Mrs. Tensie Keener, Iron City and two
half-brothers, Jack Burgess and Roosevelt Burgess, both of Alabama.
WHITSETT, Sam Rambo The Pulaski Citizen 11 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Sam Rambo Whitsett, 76, retired farmer, were held at one
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Diana Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Whitsett died at 7
o'clock on Monday morning, January 9, at Giles County Hospital.
Born January 16, 1884, in Obion County, he was the son of the late James
Whitsett and Mattie Davis Whitsett.
Mr. Whitsett is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Cole Whitsett; two sons, Loyce
Whitsett, Giles County, and Finis Whitsett, Winter Haven, Fla.; one daughter,
Mrs. Louise McMillion, Winter Haven, Fla.; twelve grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren; two brothers, Claude Whitsett and Connie Whitsett, both of
Akron, Ohio; and one sister, Mrs. John Darnell, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITT, James Stacy The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1966
Funeral services for James Stacy Whitt, 50, Nashville, superintendent for the
John L. Burns Construction Company, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in
the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Clarence K.
Stewart, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Whitt, a Veteran of WWII, died Saturday, April 2, in Veterans Hospital in
Nashville.
Born September 18, 1915, in Giles County, he was the son of James Vernon Whitt,
Ardmore, who survives, and Zada Franklin Whitt. He was a member of the Baptist
Church.
In addition to his father, Mr. Whitt is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elise Roberts
Whitt; four sons, Vernon Dean Whitt, Birmingham, Ala., James Terry Whitt,
Dalton, Ga., Danny Michael Whitt and David Keith Whitt, Nashville; one
grandchild; three brothers, John D. Whitt, Linden, Alton D. Whitt, Nashville,
and Richard Whitt, Kansas City, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Annie Burns and Mrs.
Dewise Pigg, both of Pulaski, and Witena Sprouse, California; two half-brothers,
Harold Whitt, Huntsville, Ala., and Kenneth Whitt, Ardmore; and one half-sister,
Mrs. Betty Jean Wells, Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITT, Johnny The Pulaski Citizen 9 Aug 1961
Johnny Whitt, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bunyan Whitt of near
Ardmore, died Saturday, August 5, at University Hospital in Birmingham, Ala.,
from injuries received on July 28, when he ran into the side of a moving milk
truck on Highway 31 near his home in the Pinedale, Ala., community about four
miles south of Ardmore.
The child reportedly ran into the road and struck the side of the vehicle as it
passed, and the driver, Homer Lee Blakely, said he did not see the child until
after the accident.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Sunday at Piney Grove Baptist Church and
burial was in Gatlin Cemetery.
Besides his parents, survivors include the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Odie Whitt
of Ardmore and Mr. and Mrs. Hillis of Holland's Gin, Ala.
WHITWORTH, Bourbon W. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1967
Bourbon W. Whitworth, 78, died Tuesday, November 7, at Giles County Hospital.
Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, November 8, at 2:00 o'clock, in the
chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial
was in Diana Cemetery.
Mr. Whitworth, a native of Giles County, was born May 12, 1889. He was a retired
broom maker. His wife was the late Mrs. Joanna W. Whitworth.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WHITWORTH, Leslie Rogers The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jul 1965
Funeral services for Leslie Rogers Whitworth, 35, who was killed in a one-car
accident Saturday night, July 17, near Campbellsville was held at 2 o'clock
Monday, conducted by G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister, and burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Whitworth, a farmer, was born in Davidson County, April
2, 1930. His parents are Houston and Christine McClain Whitworth, who survive.
Also surviving are four brothers, Clarence E. and Melvin M. Whitworth of
Pulaski, Aubrey C. and Joe H. Whitworth of Nashville; and two sisters, Mrs. Mark
Carroll and Miss Earline Whitworth of Pulaski.
Sgt. Homer Smith of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said that Aubrey Dean Walls,
John Morris Moore, and Leslie Rogers Whitworth were returning from a softball
game at Mt. Pleasant when Walls, the driver, lost control of the car and ran off
the road on the right, traveling some 200 yards from the point where it first
left the road before crashing sidewise into a tree.
WHITWORTH, Raymond Reynolds Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 5 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Raymond Reynolds Whitworth, Sr., 67, were held at 11
o'clock Saturday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home with burial in Oakwood
Cemetery at Georgiana, Ala. Mr.Whitworth died Thursday at his home in the Wales
Community.
A native of Lawrence County, he was the son of the late William C. Whitworth and
Julia P. Huff Whitworth. He was employed for a number of years as foreman for
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation at Mt. Pleasant before his retirement two
years ago.
Mr. Whitworth was a member of the Church of Christ and was a 32nd degree Mason,
having been a Mason for forty-six years.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Patricia Traweek; two sons, Raymond,
Jr., of Columbia, and William T. Whitworth of Lawrenceburg; one brother, Charles
D. Whitworth of Iron City; one sister, Mrs. Grace Johnson of Willington, Texas;
and five grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WIDNER, Ella Rogers The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. Widner, 79, were held at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon, January 29, at Ephesus Church of Christ, conducted by James E. Holt
of Pulaski. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Widner died
unexpectedly of a heart attack at her home at Conway at 7 o'clock Saturday
morning, January 27, while cooking breakfast.
Born July 2, 1882, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Ella Rogers, the
daughter of the late Elias Rogers and Julie Swinford Rogers. She was a member of
the Church of Christ. Her husband, J. W. Widner, died January 4, 1948.
Mrs. Widner is survived by one son, James Widner, Elkton; one daughter, Mrs. Loy
Massey, Conway; five grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren; one brother,
Gene Rogers, Columbia; and three sisters, Mrs. Eunice Dickson, Columbia, Mrs.
Cecil Pope, Conway, and Mrs. Charlie Greenway, Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WIDNER, James William The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
James William Widner, 54, died Saturday night, March 30, at Giles County
Hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Funeral services for Mr. Widner, Elkton merchant, were held at 3 o'clock Monday
afternoon, April 1, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Talmadge
Clayton and James E. Holt, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Widner was born May 3, 1913, the son of the late
James W. and Ella Rogers Widner.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bertha Billings Widner; two sons, James W.
Widner, Jr., Ardmore, and William Widner, Decatur, Ala.; eight grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Loyd Massey, Elkton; one aunt, Miss Ola Widner, Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WIGGINS, T. S. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Apr 1964
T. S. Wiggins, 62, retired banker of Memphis, died on Wednesday, March 25, at
his home. Funeral rites took place on Thursday afternoon at National Funeral
Home with the burial in Memorial Cemetery in that city.
Mr. Wiggins had been associated with the National Bank of Commerce in Memphis
for many years, and was a past president of the Memphis Chapter, A. I. B., and
was a past executive councilman of the national chapter of A. I. B.
Mr. Wiggins is survived by his wife, Mrs. Evelyn McDonald Wiggins; one daughter,
Mrs. K. M. Kressenberg; and three grandchildren, all of Pulaski.
WIGGS, Ethel Reynolds The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Reynolds Wiggs, 87, of Memphis, who died
recently, were conducted at the J. W. Norris Funeral Home, with burial in Forest
Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Wiggs was born in Pulaski, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Giles
Reynolds. She attended Martin College and graduated from George Peabody College.
Survivors include two sons, Robert J. Wiggs, Jr., and Rowland R. Wiggs, Memphis;
one daughter, Mrs. Stanley White, Memphis; one grandchild; and one sisters, Mrs.
Frank Westmoreland, Athens, Ala.
WILBURN, Etta Beatrice Mayfield The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jun 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Beatrice Mayfield Wilburn, 79, lifelong resident
of Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates and David Freeman. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Wilburn died Friday, June 12, at Giles County Hospital.
Born February 12, 1885, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. Mayfield and
Millie Hardiman Mayfield. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Wilburn is survived by her husband, Edgar L. Wilburn; one son, Forrest
Wilburn; three daughters, Mrs. Wendell Parker, Mrs. William Beech and Mrs.
Vernon Hardy, all of Giles County; five grandchildren; and two brothers, Ernest
Mayfield and Will Mayfield, both of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILBURN, George Edgar (Jed) The Pulaski Citizen 7 Dec 1966
Funeral services or George Edgar (Jed) Wilburn, 52, were conducted Monday
afternoon, December 5, at 2:00 o'clock at the Cedar Grove Methodist Church, with
the Rev. Chester and R. F. Stevenson officiating. Burial was in Giles Memory
Gardens.
Mr. Wilburn died Saturday night, December 3, in Giles County Hospital, after
suffering a heart attack.
He was born in Giles County on December 16, 1914, the son of the late George and
Matilda Elder Wilburn. He was a veteran of World War II and had been employed at
Hunter-Smith Furniture Company for the past fifteen years, as a salesman.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Christine Garrett Wilburn; two brothers,
Vandyke, and Robert Garrett, both of Giles County; one step-daughter, Mr. Denny
Shelton; one step-son, Mahlon Garrett, Jr., and one step-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILBURN, Mary Hibler Brazier The Pulaski Citizen 24 Aug 1966
Mrs. Mary Hibler Brazier Wilburn died Wednesday, August 17, in Giles County
Hospital, after an extended illness.
Funeral services were held on Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. The Rev. Clarence
K. Stewart and the Rev. Floyd Cates officiated.
A native of New Mexico, Mrs. Wilburn was born March 29, 1925. She was the
daughter of the late James and Edna Barksdale Hibler, and was a member of the
First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Wilburn is survived by her husband, Forrest Wilburn; one daughter, Miss
Mary Alice Brazier; one step-daughter, Miss Nancy Wilburn, and one brother,
Louis Hibler of Pinedale, Mo.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILBURN, Mattie Eva McCormack The Pulaski Citizen 21 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Eva McCormack Wilburn, 52, Blooming Grove
resident, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Raymond Johns, the Rev. Lloyd Hickman, and the Rev.
Lewis Ray of Alabama. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Wilburn
died early Wednesday morning, November 21, at Giles County Hospital after a long
illness.
Born April 4, 1910, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late J. B.
McCormack and Mary Vernell McCormack. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Wilburn is survived by her husband, Clinton Wilburn; two sons, Clinton
Wilburn, Jr., Pulaski and Billy Wayne Wilburn, Lewisburg; two daughters, Mrs.
Edna Earl Cobb, Pulaski and Miss Sharon Ann Wilburn, Pulaski; three brothers,
Bill McCormack and Harris McCormack, both of Giles County and Willie McCormack,
Alabama; and four sisters, Mrs. Maggie Holley, Mrs. Nannie Mai Holley, Mrs.
Callie Sandridge and Mrs. Louise Roberts, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILBURN, Sarah Eva Cole The Pulaski Citizen 19 Mar 1969
Mrs. Sarah Eva Wilburn, 66, died Monday morning, March 17, in Giles County
Hospital.
Services for Mrs. Wilburn, wife of John T. Wilburn, were held Tuesday afternoon,
March 18, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the
Rev. J. T. Parsons officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Wilburn was born September 20, 1902, daughter of
the late J. O. Cole and Narcissa Jane Woodward Cole.
Survivors in addition to her husband, include one daughter, Mrs. Kenneth
Carpenter, of Pulaski.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILBURN, William Sim The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1961
Funeral services for William Sim Wilburn, 74, retired farmer of the Seventh
District, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Elkton Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Talmadge Clayton, pastor of the church. Burial took place
in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Wilburn died late Tuesday afternoon, March 21, at his
home after a long illness.
Born June 22, 1886, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert Columbus
Wilburn and Elizabeth Hardiman Wilburn, and was a member of Elkton Baptist
Church.
Mr. Wilburn is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sammie Ora King Wilburn; three sons,
Buddy Wilburn, Jesse Wilburn and W. S. Wilburn, Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. Fannie
Lee Armstrong, and Mrs. Sam Hurd, all of Giles County; and nine grandchildren
and nine great grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILCOXSON, Annie Ruth Bryant The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1967
Mrs. Edward L. Wilcoxson, 59, was killed early Tuesday, Dec. 12, in a car-truck
collision on Lewisburg Highway (31A) about three miles northeast of Pulaski,
bringing Giles County's traffic toll to nine for the year, to date.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at Oakes and
Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia with Andrew Brown officiating. Burial will be
in Haynes Cemetery at Bryant Station in Maury County.
State Trooper Robert Barnes said his investigation showed that Mrs. Wilcoxson
pulled out of the driveway of her home onto the highway into the path of a truck
driven by Dale McGavock of Route 5. The impact pushed the automobile 132 feet
down a ditch, with the truck landing on top of the car, Barnes said. Mrs.
Wilcoxson was pinned in the wreckage for more than an hour following the 6:15 a.
m. accident.
McGavock, a driver for Pulaski Pure Milk Company, owner of the truck, was
admitted to Giles County Hospital for treatment of shock and bruises. He was
listed in satisfactory condition today.
Mrs. Wilcoxson, the former, Miss Annie Ruth Bryant, was born Nov. 4, 1908, at
Bryant Station. Her parents were the late T. B. and Florence Gipson Bryant. She
was previously married to William O. Spivy, who died in 1939.
She had been employed as an office clerk with the L&N Railroad for 24 years,
having worked in the Columbia office for the past four years. She had lived in
Giles County for approximately fifteen years.
Mrs. Wilcoxson was a member of the Second Street Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband, Edward L. Wilcoxson; two sons, W. O. Spivy of
Lewisburg, and Joe Thomas Spivey of Owensboro, Ky.; two sisters, Miss Allene
Bryant of Columbia and Mrs. Floyd Hardison of Lawrenceburg; two brothers,
Harrison Bryant of Bryant Station and Emmett Bryant of Ft. Myers, Fla.; and five
grandchildren.
WILCOXSON, Mary Etta The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Miss Mary Etta Wilcoxson, who died on Monday morning,
January 15, at Kozi Rest Nursing Home in Columbia, after an extended illness,
were held at one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home.
Burial took place in the Haynes Cemetery.
A resident of Columbia for several years, she was the daughter of the late L. W.
Wilcoxson and Amelia Howard Wilcoxson.
Three brothers survive: Andrew F. Wilcoxson, Stephenville, Texas, John
Wilcoxson, Memphis, and Edward Lee Wilcoxson, Pulaski.
WILEY, Daisy B. The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy B. Wiley, 81, widow of Bill Wiley, were held at
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Clarence Stewart, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial took place in Oak Grove
Cemetery at Goodsprings, Ala. Mrs. Wiley died Monday, October 25, in Fairhaven
Nursing Home where she was a patient.
Born August 22, 1884, in Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Polk Boshers. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Wiley is survived by one son, Polk A. Zettler, Dixon, Ky.; and four
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILEY, Ethel Mae The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Miss Ethel Mae Wiley, 56, native of Alabama, and resident
of Pulaski, were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Piney Grove Baptist
Church in Alabama with the burial in Gatlin Cemetery. Miss Wiley died on Friday,
September 26, at the home of her parents on North First Street.
Born December 24, 1906, she was the daughter of Lee A. Wiley and Etoile Oldham
Wiley who survive.
In addition to the parents, she is survived by one brother, Dillard Wiley,
Louisville, Ky.; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Lane, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Idelle
Childers, Jonesboro, Ark.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILEY, Everette W. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Everette W. Wiley, 68, of Nashville, were held at one
o'clock Sunday afternoon at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia, with the
burial in Reese's Chapel Cemetery in Maury County. Mr. Wiley died Friday,
February 5, in a Nashville hospital.
A retired employee of the City of Columbia, he was a native of Giles County and
a Presbyterian.
Mr.Wiley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Earlene Bartow Wiley; a daughter, Mrs.
Billy Madden, Nashville; two sons, Howard Wiley, Nashville, and Everette Wiley,
Jr., Columbia; twelve grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Zora Turner and Mrs.
Willie O. Green, Nashville, Mrs. Martha E. Minor, Lewisburg, Mrs. Mary E. Brown,
and Mrs. Rosa Spires, Columbia; three brothers, Grover Wiley, Nashville, Sam M.
Wiley, and James O. Wiley, Maury County.
WILEY, Lee Ander The Pulaski Citizen 8 Nov 1967
Lee Ander Wiley, 88, died November 3, in Louisville, Ky. Services were conducted
Sunday afternoon, November 5, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with
the Rev. William Lovett officiating. Burial was in Gatlin Cemetery.
Mr. Wiley, a native of Alabama, was born October 15, 1879, the son of the late
William Polk and Virginia Mackey Wiley. His wife, Mrs. Etoil Oldham Wiley, died
in May of this year.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Lane, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Idell
Childress, Jonesboro, Ark.; one son, Dillard Wiley, Louisville; and twenty-five
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILEY, Missouri Etoil The Pulaski Citizen 31 May 1967
Mrs. Missouri Etoil Wiley, 82, died Saturday, May 27, in Louisville, Ky.
Services were conducted Sunday, May 26, at 2 p. m., in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, with the Rev. William Lovett officiating. Burial was in Gatlin
Cemetery.
Mrs. Wiley, a native of Alabama, was born February 24, 1885, the daughter of the
late George and Margaret Thornton Oldham.
She is survived by her husband, L. A. Wiley, Louisville; two daughters, Mrs.
Mattie Lane, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Idell Childress, Jonesboro, Ark,; one son,
Dillard Wiley, Louisville; twenty-five grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Nellie
Merles, Lexington, Ala., two brothers, Kemmie Oldham, Lexington, Ala., and Mark
Oldham, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILKERSON, E. J. "Jady" The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1961
Funeral services for E. J. "Jady" Wilkerson, 76, retired furniture salesman,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, with the
rites conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church.
Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Wilkerson died at 11 o'clock
Tuesday night, January 31, at his home on East Madison Street after an extended
illness.
Born January 27, 1885, in Marshall County, he spent most of his life in Giles
County. He was the son of the late Henry Wilkerson and Elizabeth Ball Wilkerson.
He was employed at Burt and Chapman Furniture Store for many years.
Mr. Wilkerson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Foster Wilkerson; three sons,
Carl Wilkerson, Marshall County, George Alvie Wilkerson, Giles County, and James
Wilkerson; two daughters, Mrs. Edward Campbell, Pulaski, and Mrs. Nadine Fralix,
Florida; nine grandchildren; six stepchildren; and one sister, Mrs. John
Yarbrough, Davidson County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILKERSON, Mary Holt The Pulaski Citizen 14 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. E. J. Wilkerson, 71, are incomplete pending the
arrival of relatives, but services will be held at Pulaski Funeral Home with the
rites conducted by the Rev. W. H. Moss, Methodist minister, and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Wilkerson died at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning, June 14, at the home of a son,
Herbert Foster in the Wales section, following a period of declining health.
The former Miss Mary Holt, she was born August 19, 1889, in Giles County, the
daughter of the late Elisha Holt and Thomas Ellen Tinery Holt. She was a member
of the Methodist Church.
Twice married, her first husband, J. D. Foster, died in April of 1930; and her
second husband, E. J. Wilkerson, died January 31, 1961.
Mrs. Wilkerson is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Edward Bergen, Indianapolis,
Ind.; five sons, Herbert Foster, Wales, Dan Foster, Nashville, Cecil Foster,
Lincoln Park, Ill., W. D. Foster, Ecorse, Mich., and James Thomas Foster,
Detroit, Mich.; twenty-three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Ervin Holt, Pulaski, and Jim Holt, Little Rock, Ark.; two sisters,
Mrs. Mahlon Harwell and Mrs. J. B. Gilliam, Pulaski; and six step-children, Mrs.
Floyd Rose, Culleoka, Mrs. Edward Campbell and George Alive Wilkerson, both of
Pulaski, Carl Wilkerson, Lewisburg, James Wilkerson and Nadine Fralix, Florida.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILKES, Earl Conway The Pulaski Citizen 6 Oct 1965
A former assistant postmaster at Pulaski who became regional postal operations
manager of the Dallas Region died Saturday, September 25, in Fort Worth, Texas,
after a period of declining health. He was Earl Conway Wilkes, 75, a native of
Lynnville.
Funeral rites were conducted in Fort Worth with burial in Greenwood Mausoleum
there.
Born October 15, 1889, the son of Luther Allen and Mollie Head Wilkes, he began
his career with the postal service as a clerk in the Lynnville Post Office in
1910.
During World War I, Mr. Wilkes served with the 114th Machine Gun Battalion of
the 30th Division, U. S. Army. He was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.
Returning to Giles County, he became a postal clerk and the assistant postmaster
at Pulaski, where he remained until 1927, when became a postal inspector. He
retired in June, 1956.
Mr. Wilkes was a member of First Methodist Church, Fort Worth, a Mason and
Shriner.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Hattie Lipps; a brother, Shirley L.
Wilkes, Lynnville; a sister, Mrs. Paul Malone, Lynnville; and a number of nieces
and nephews, most of whom live in Giles County.
WILKES, Joe P. The Pulaski Citizen 3 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Joe P. Wilkes, 58, former Giles Countian and resident of
Detroit, Mich., were held Tuesday in that city. Burial took place in Lynnwood
Cemetery at Lynnville. Mr. Wilkes died unexpectedly Sunday afternoon, January
31, at his service station in Detroit.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Luther Wilkes and Molly
Head Wilkes.
Mr. Wilkes is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jimmie Lela Scott Wilkes; one daughter,
Mrs. Gene Hooper; one son, Raymond Wilkes; and one grandson, all of Detroit; one
sister, Mrs. Paul Malone, Lynnville; and three brothers, Earl Wilkes, Fort
Worth, Texas, Shirley Wilkes, Lynnville, and Massey Wilkes, Miami, Fla.
WILKES, Kenneth Steele The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Kenneth Steele Wilkes, 80, retired Lynnville farmer, were
held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Mars Hill Baptist Church with the burial
in the church cemetery. Mr. Wilkes died Thursday night, August 10, at his home,
after a short illness.
Born November 5, 1880, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Charles
Richard Wilkes and Jennie Steele Wilkes. He was a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Wilkes is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Orr Wilkes; and three
grandchildren, all of Lynnville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILKES, Mary Wakefield The Pulaski Citizen 07 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Wakefield Wilkes, 84, Pulaski resident the
greater part of her life, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. E. P. Anderson of Nashville, assisted
by the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist Church. Burial took place
in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Wilkes died of a heart attack at
3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, November 4, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
Born February 1, 1878, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late
Winston Wakefield and Addie Cunningham Wakefield. Her husband, John Brown
Wilkes, Pulaski attorney, died a number of years ago.
She was a member of the First Methodist Church and was active in church and
civic affairs of the city. She was a former member of the Students Club and the
Gay Nineties Club.
Mrs. Wilkes is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lavens Thomas, Nashville, with
whom whe had made her home in recent months, and Mrs. Marthame Sanders, Atlanta,
Ga.; five grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. J. Clay Walker, Houston, Texas,
former resident of Pulaski, and Mrs. E. J. Matthews, Austin, Texas.
Her brother, Paul Wakefield, Greeneville, died September 22, this year.
WILKES, Raymond Massey The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jun 1961
Funeral services for Raymond Massey Wilkes, 63, native of Lynnville and resident
of Florida for forty years, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Lynnville Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. James E. Eddings, pastor of
the church. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Wilkes who had been in
failing health for a number of years, died of a heart attack at 12:30 o'clock
Friday, June 2, in a Miami, Fla., hospital.
Resident of Miami, he was born and reared at Lynnville, the son of the late
Luther Wilkes and Molly Head Wilkes. He was a war veteran, a retired Army
Captain and a retired Postal employee.
Mr. Wilkes is survived by his wife, Mrs. Thelma Cox Wilkes; one sister, Mrs.
Paul Malone, Lynnville, two brothers, Shirley Wilkes, Lynnville, and Earl
Wilkes, Fort Worth, Texas; and eighteen nieces and nephews.
WILKINSON, Benjamin Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 1 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Benjamin Franklin Wilkinson, 87, retired farmer of the
Conway section, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Elkton Methodist
Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway, pastor, assisted
by the Rev. H. H. Austin of Nashville, a former pastor. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Wilkinson died at 12:30 noon, Thursday, January 26, at a
Nashville hospital after a two year illness.
Mr. Wilkinson, member of the Methodist Church more than fifty years, was born
February 3, 1873, in Giles County, the son of the late Tyree Hood Wilkinson and
Eliza Scruggs Wilkinson, members of pioneer families of the county.
Mr. Wilkinson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lessie Clark Wilkinson; one son,
Clark Wilkinson, Elkton; twin granddaughters, Misses Fay and Pat Wilkinson; and
one sister, Mrs.Susie Gordon, Cornersville.
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
WILKINSON, Lessie Clark The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Wilkinson, 73, Elkton resident, were held at
1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Elkton Methodist Church, with the rites
conducted by the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway, pastor of the church, and the Rev. H.
H. Austin of Nashville, former pastor. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilkinson died about noon on Sunday, November 19, at the home of her son,
Clark Wilkinson, Elkton, after a long illness.
The former Miss Lessie Clark, she was born September 5, 1888, in Giles County,
the daughter of the late A. J. Clark and Mary Anne Beck Clark. She was a member
of Elkton Methodist Church.
Her husband, Frank L. Wilkinson, died last January.
Mrs. Wilkinson is survived by the one son; two granddaughters, Misses Pat and
Fay Wilkinson, Nashville; one sister, Mrs. Will Erwin, Diana; and three
brothers, Roy and Roscoe Clark, Diana, and Armon Clark, Charleston, S. C.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Alice Tennie Dickson The Pulaski Citizen 15 Feb 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Tennie Dickson Williams, 96, Birmingham resident
and former resident of Giles County, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist
minister. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Williams died on Saturday, February 11, at the Livingston Nursing Home in
Birmingham, Ala., after a long illness.
Mrs. Williams, widow of Oscar N. Williams, retired Giles County farmer, is
survived by one son, Spencer Williams; and one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Bendell,
both of Birmingham
Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Arrington Pittman The Pulaski Citizen 20 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Arrington Pittman Williams, 89, retired farmer of the
Eleventh Civil District, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the
chapel of Bennett May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Raymond Johns and the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist Ministers. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Williams died on Tuesday night, October 19, in Giles County Hospital.
Born January 20, 1876, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Perry Pittman
and Lucinda Stevenson Williams. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Minnie Hamlett Williams, died several years ago. Mr. Williams is
survived by one son, Travis Williams, Friendship Community; four grandchildren
abd seven great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Oscar Griggs of Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Betty Gordon The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1966
Mrs. Betty Gordon Williams, 77, died Wednesday, August 16, at Giles County
Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Friday morning at 10:00 o'clock in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Williams, a native of Limestone County, Ala., was born July 16, 1880, the
daughter of the late Robert B. and Mattie B. Easter Gordon.
Survivors include her husband, Walter H. Williams; five daughters, Mrs. Chester
Luker, Mrs. Dixon Marks, Pulaski, Mrs. H. H. Poteet, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Lester
Killebrew, Ft. Lewis, Wash., and Mrs. W. T. Earheart, Jr., Tullahoma; one son,
Joe Williams, Houston, Texas; thirteen grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren;
and one sister, Mrs. Edwin Shemwell, Madisonville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Charles Frank Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 19 Oct 1966
Charles Frank Williams, Sr., of Jacksonville, Fla., died Wednesday, September
28.
Funeral services were conducted on Friday, September 30, at Estes Krauss Funeral
Home, with burial in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Jacksonville.
Mr. Williams was a native of Giles County, the son of the late J. Frank and
Charles Abernathy Williams.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dora Pfeiffer Williams; one daughter, Mrs.
Thomas E. Skinner, Sr.; two sons, Charles F. Jr., and Billy F. Williams; six
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, John Sam Williams of
Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. Fred Griggs, San Antonio, Texas.
WILLIAMS, Charlie Everett The Pulaski Citizen 22 Jul 1964
Funeral services for Charlie Everett Williams, 64, retired state and county
highway department foreman and farmer, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. G. C. Self,
pastor of Friendship Methodist Church. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Williams died at 11:30 o'clock Friday night, July 17, at Giles County
Hospital following an emergency operation performed three weeks ago.
Born February 24, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Charlie
Williams and Lora Hall Williams.
Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Robinson Williams; one
brother, L. Vincent Williams, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. R. L. Portwood,
Nashville, and Mrs. Adrian Williams, Madison; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Douglas Irene The Pulaski Citizen 14 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Miss Douglas Irene Williams, 64, home demonstration agent,
were held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial
took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Miss Williams died at 2:45 o'clock Sunday
morning, February 11, at Huntsville Hospital, in Huntsville, Ala., after a short
illness.
Born March 21, 1897 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Henry H.
Williams and Lizzie Burch Williams. She was a member of the Baptist Church. She
had served as home demonstration agent at Fort Payne, Ala., for twenty-one
years.
Miss Williams, a resident of Huntsville, is survived by four sisters, Mrs.
Johnny Barlar, Pulaski, Miss LeVert Williams, principal of Dalton, Ga., high
school, Mrs. Mae Morring, Huntsville, Ala., and Miss Flournoy Williams, Grant,
N. M.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Edward Austin The Pulaski Citizen 3 May 1967
Edward Austin Williams, 50, former Pulaski resident, was fatally injured Sunday
afternoon, April 30, in a traffic accident on Highway 64 in Franklin County west
of Winchester. He was dead on arrival at a Winchester hospital, following the
2:30 p. m. accident.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at
Bennett-May Chapel with the Rev. James Taylor of Columbia and the Rev. Clarence
Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
State Troopers said two cars sideswiped, sending one out of control and into the
path of the Williams car. Mrs. Williams, the former Louise Gardner of Pulaski
and Columbia, was seriously injured and remains hospitalized in Winchester with
a dislocated hip and possible internal injuries; and a nine-year-old daughter,
Marsha, suffered less severe injuries.
The family was en router to their home in Ooltewah after a week end visit with
relatives here and in Columbia.
A native of Giles County, Williams was the son of the late Samuel Jenkins and
Tippie Holley Williams. He was born June 10, 1916.
He moved from Pulaski in 1952 and was foreman with Lionas Construction Company
of Cleveland. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Ooltewah
Methodist Church.
Survivors in addition to his wife and daughter, are two other daughters, Mrs.
Linda Rader and Betty Joyce Williams, both of Ooltewah; three sisters, Mrs. John
L. Cane of Pulaski, Mrs. Don Clymer of Niles, Mich., and Mrs. Thomas Norwood of
Hawaii; and one grandchild.
WILLIAMS, Ellie Turner The Pulaski Citizen 23 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellie Turner Williams, 85, resident of the Beech Hill
Section, were held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Bradshaw Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman, pastor of the church, and the Rev. Mack
Pinkelton. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Williams died at 2
o'clock Monday Morning, December 21, at a nursing home in Lewisburg following a
long illness.
Born August 23, 1879, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late James
Turner and Margaret Barnes Turner. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Her
husband, N. N. Williams, died many years ago.
Mrs. Williams is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Eslick Holley, Beech Hill, six
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; and two brothers Collie B. Turner,
Frankewing and Frank Turner, Pulaski, Tennessee.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Etha Bell Wise The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jul 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Etha Bell Wise Williams, 41, former employee of
Lee-Mar Shirt Company, Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Leggtown (Ala.) Church of Christ, conducted by Ervin Crow and Edward Harper.
Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mrs. Williams died Sunday morning,
July 23, at her home on Route 1, Lester, Ala., after a long illness.
Born September 18, 1919 in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Cora Pitts
Wise, now of Limestone County, Ala., and the late Isaac Arves Wise.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Williams is survived by her husband, Alvin
Charlie Williams; five daughters, Mrs. Betty Jean Paulk, and Misses Peggy,
Carolyn, Connie and Brenda Williams, all of Limestone County; three sons, Willie
Joe Williams and Ronnie Williams, both of Limestone County, and Louie Williams,
Lawrence County, Tenn.; three grandchildren; and two brothers, William Wise and
Frank Wise, both of Limestone County, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Eula Worsham The Pulaski Citizen 13 Dec 1967
Mrs. Eula Worsham Williams, daughter of the late John Spencer and Katherine
Worsham of the Friendship community, died Sunday, November 26, at the Pleasant
Grove Hospital, Anchorage, Ky. She was the wife of the late James Alfred
Williams.
Funeral services for Mrs. Williams, 83, were conducted Wednesday, November 29,
at 11 a. m. with the Rev. H. T. Chandler, pastor of St. Matthews Methodist
Church officiating. Burial was in the Interment Cave Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include seven daughters, Miss Janice L. Williams, Mrs. Aileen Elder,
Mrs. Wilma Tomes, Mrs. Amos Kendall, New Albany, Ind., Mrs. Boyd Gudgel and Mrs.
Herbert Brackin, Dothan, Ala., Mrs. Louis Reiss and Mrs. John Benda; two sons,
James M. and Marshall A. Williams; thirteen grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
WILLIAMS, Felix The Pulaski Citizen 13 May 1964
Funeral services for Felix Williams, 78, retired farmer of the Tenth Civil
District, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Lloyd L. Hickman, Baptist
ministers. Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Williams, a bachelor,
died on Wednesday, May 6, at Giles County Hospital.
Born October 20, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Allen
Williams and Sarah Jane Burns Williams. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Williams is survived by one brother, Luther Williams, Frankewing; and
several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, James Luther The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jul 1968
James Luther Williams, 91, died Tuesday night, July 23, at Fairhaven Nursing
Home.
Funeral services for Mr. Williams will be held Thursday afternoon, July 25, at 1
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
and Rev. H. G. Coston officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, James Williams, Pulaski and Everette Williams,
Lewisburg; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, James Robert Donald The Pulaski Citizen 9 Feb 1966
James Robert Donald Williams, 65, farmer and noted beekeeper, was found dead in
bed early Sunday morning, Feb. 6, at his home in the Twenty-first Civil
District. He apparently had suffered a heart attack.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. R. Neal Dean officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery
with Masonic rites.
Mr. Williams, a native of Giles County, was the son of the late John R. D. and
Maggie Hannah Williams. He was born April 2, 1900.
Widely known through his work as state apiarist with the Tennessee Department of
Agriculture, he was a member of the Tennessee Beekeepers Association. He was a
member of the First Presbyterian Church and a Mason.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mabel Buchanan Williams; two sons, William
James Williams of Pulaski and Joe Donald Williams of Nashville; two daughters,
Miss Nancy Ellen Williams of Pulaski and Mrs. Sidney Evans of Bridge City,
Texas; nine grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. D. C. Thomas of Columbia.
WILLIAMS, John Sam The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jul 1969
John Sam Williams, 74, died Tuesday, June 24, Jacksonville, Fla.
Graveside services for Mr. Williams were held Thursday morning, June 26, at 10
o'clock in Maplewood Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lela Mae Smith Williams; one son, John Sam
Williams, Jr., both of Florida; and one sister, Mrs. Fred Griggs, of Dallas,
Texas.
WILLIAMS, Josie Doss The Pulaski Citizen 17 Jun 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Josie Doss Williams, 82, Giles County resident, were
held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery.
Mrs. Williams died on Thursday, June 11, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
Born December 7, 1881, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late W. B.
Doss and Sarah Elizabeth Hardiman Doss. She was the last member of her immediate
family.
Mrs. Williams is survived by her husband, Virgil Williams; two sons, Howard
Williams and Amos Williams, Lewisburg; four daughters, Mrs. Ralph Ayres,
Lewisburg, and Mrs. William Polly, Mrs. Houston Henderson and Mrs. James
Gilliam, all of Pulaski; twenty-one grandchildren and twenty-four
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Kirby Smith The Pulaski Citizen 4 May 1960
Funeral services for Kirby Smith Williams, 77, retired farmer of the Friendship
section, were held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Jesse C. Williams, pastor of Olivet Methodist Church
Charge, and the Rev. Raymond L. Green, pastor of Elkton Methodist Church. Burial
took place in the family lot in the New Zion Cemetery. Mr. Williams died at 6:30
o'clock Sunday evening, May 1, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. Russell
Moore in the Olivet Community.
Born February 3, 1883, in Giles County, he was the son of Perry Pittman Williams
and Lucinda Stevenson Williams. He was a member of Friendship Methodist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Virginia Keltner Williams died sixteen years ago. Mr. Williams is
survived by three sons, Graham Williams, Old Hickory; Bunyan and Herbert
Williams, Pulaski; eight daughters, Mrs. Moore, Olivet; Mrs. John E. Wilson,
Livingston, New York; Mrs. Neil Brown, Murfreesboro; Mrs. Thomas Sanders,
Prospect; Mrs. Cecil Harwell, San Fernando, California; Mrs. Eugene Dunavant and
Mrs. M. Fayne Ingram, Campbellsville; and Mrs. Morris Ed Harwell, Pulaski;
eleven grandchildren; three brothers, A. P. Williams, Virgil Williams, Sidney
Williams, all of Giles County; and one sister, Mrs. Belle Griggs, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Lillian Forehand The Pulaski Citizen 10 Aug 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Forehand Williams, 84, widow of the Rev. W. H.
Williams, and a resident of Columbia, were held at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in
Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home with the burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia.
Mrs. Williams died Wednesday night, August 3, at her home after an extended
illness.
The Rev. Mr. Williams, who died May 5, 1941, was a retired Methodist minister,
after serving as a pastor in the Methodist Conference for forty-four years. His
pastorates included charges in Giles County.
Mrs. Williams is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Shrike, Columbia; four
grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; and a half-brother, Ennis Forehand,
Ashland City.
WILLIAMS, Mae E. The Pulaski Citizen 1 Aug 1962
Miss Mae E. Williams, native of Giles County and retired school teacher, died
unexpectedly of a heart attack about 9 o'clock on Thursday night, July 26, at
her home in Jacksonville, Fla., where she had resided since 1939.
Funeral services took place at 1:30 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at
Estes-Krauss Funeral Home with the burial in Oak Lawn Cemetery in that city.
Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Frank Williams and Mrs.
Charlie Abernathy Williams. She was a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church in
Jacksonville.
Miss Williams is survived by one sister, Mrs. Fred Griggs, San Antonio, Texas;
two brothers, John Sam Williams, Pulaski, and C. F. Williams, Jacksonville,
Fla.; and five nephews and two nieces.
WILLIAMS, Maudie Ethel Storey The Pulaski Citizen 24 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Spencer Perry Williams, 57, wife of a native Giles
Countian, were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Central Methodist
Church in Gadsden, Alabama, with the burial in Forrest Cemetery in that city.
Mrs. Williams died unexpectedly at 2:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon, January 14,
while visiting in the home of her son, Spencer B. Williams.
She was the former Miss Maudie Ethel Storey, a native of Dellrose, Lincoln
County, Tenn., but had lived in Gadsden thirty-three years.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Williams is survived by two sons, Spencer B.
Williams and Billy J. Williams, Gadsden; one daughter, Mrs. C. R. Griffith,
Gadsden; six grandchildren; one brother, Estell Storey, Hollis, Okla.; and two
sisters, Mrs. J. A. Allison, White House, Tenn., former resident of Pulaski, and
Mrs. Larry Lindgren, Miami, Fla.
WILLIAMS, Morris The Pulaski Citizen 27 Feb 1963
Morris Williams, 21, Park Street, Pulaski, was drowned Thursday evening, Feb.
21, when the car which he was driving failed to negotiate a curve on Odd Fellows
Hall Road, missed a bridge, and plunged into Richland Creek about 10:20 p. m. It
was Giles County's first traffic fatality this year.
Miss Peggy Griggs, 17, was the only other passenger in the car at the time of
the accident. She was treated for shock and released from Giles County Hospital.
Miss Griggs is reported as saying that they had stopped shortly before the
accident to remove ice from the windshield and Williams was having some
difficulty in seeing. According to the report, the car skidded on gravel in the
curve and went out of control. Miss Griggs attempted to open the door after the
crash but could not do so. Williams then grabbed her shoulders and pushed her
through a broken window. She swam to shore in the near-zero weather and waited
for him, she said. When he failed to come up, she became anxious and swam back
to the car but could not find him. She then climbed the embankment and ran
across a field to a nearby farmhouse for help.
Sgt. Chandler of the Tennessee Highway Patrol who investigated the accident
stated that water pressure jammed the car doors shut. Sgt. Chandler along with
James Smith, Giles County Game and Fish Officer, and a wrecking crew worked for
several hours before the car could be removed and Williams body recovered.
Miss Griggs, the daughter of Mrs. Razzie Griggs, 408 Maple Street, is a senior
and star forward on the GCHS basketball team.
Williams, a native of Giles County, was the son of Mrs. Lucille Williams of
Pulaski, and the late Foster Williams. He was employed at the Log Cabin Caf�.
Funeral services were held at 1 p. m., Saturday, Feb. 23, at Elkton Baptist
Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.
In addition to his mother, Williams is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Harry
Suttle and Miss Carol Williams; and four brothers, Billy, Thomas, Wayne and
Harold Williams, all of Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Myrtle Doss Mauldin The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1967
Mrs. Myrtle Williams, 80, died Wednesday, March 8, at her home on East Madison
Street.
Services were conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, March 9, in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Craighead and J. C. Elkins
officiating. Burial was in Diana Cemetery.
Mrs. Williams, a native of Giles County, was born March 18, 1886, the daughter
of the late Tom and Mary Creason Doss. Her husband, the late Rufe F. Williams,
died several years ago.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mary Brashears, Pulaski and Mrs. Lon
Whitworth, Diana; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
H. H. Gardner, Nashville; two brothers, Mahlon Doss, Diana and Marvin Doss,
Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Robert Irvin The Pulaski Citizen 20 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Robert Irvin Williams, 58, farmer of the Minor Hill
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Bob Brothers, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Williams died at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon,
September 15, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville after a short illness.
Born February 20, 1903 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert
Williams and Etta Freeman Williams. He was a member of Scotts Hill Baptist
Church.
Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Brashears Williams; seven
daughters, Mrs. Maggie Davis, Mrs. Margaret Pickett, Mrs. Dorothy Glover, and
Mrs. Oaklene Humphrey, and Miss Onie Williams, all of Giles County, Mrs.
Christine Gower, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Hazel Hendrix, Lewisburg; two sons,
Albert Williams, and James Williams, Giles County; eleven grandchildren and one
great-grandchild; five brothers, Jim Williams, Dallas, Silas Williams, Tampa,
Fla., John Williams, Orlando, Fla., Henry Williams, Covington, Ky. and Cecil
Williams, Lawrenceburg; and three sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Harwell, Giles County,
Mrs. Rosie Kramer, Newport, Ky., and Mrs. Lillie Mai Shores, Covington, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Robert W. The Pulaski Citizen 14 Sep 1966
Robert W. Williams, 51, NASSA employee, died Wednesday morning, September 14, of
a heart attack, while en route to his work in Huntsville, Ala.
Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock in the
chapel of Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville, with Mr. I. C. Pullias, Church
of Christ minister, officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery,
Fayetteville.
Mr. Williams, a native of Giles County, was born January 15, 1915, the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Williams of the Beech Hill Community. He was a
member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Kathan Williams; two daughters, Miss Judy
Williams, and Mrs. Wayne Bradford, Fayetteville; two grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. Noble Turner, Frankewing, and Mrs. Ralph Morrow, of Ardmore.
WILLIAMS, Sidney M. The Pulaski Citizen 6 May 1964
Sidney M. Williams, 76, died at 4 a. m., Monday at his home on Powell Chapel
Road. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. Ora Boots of Chapel Hill officiating.
Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Williams represented the Eleventh Civil District in Giles County Court from
1954 to 1960. He was a retired farmer and a native of this county.
Surviving Mr. Williams are his wife, Mrs. Pauline Burgess Williams; two
brothers, Pittman Williams, Friendship, and Virgil Williams, Pulaski; and a
sister, Mrs. Oscar Griggs.
WILLIAMS, T. J. The Pulaski Citizen 2 Mar 1966
Funeral services for the Rev. T. J. Williams, 83, retired Methodist minister and
a barber, were held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in Huntsville, Ala., First
Methodist Church with the burial in the Alabama city. Mr. Williams died at 6
o'clock Monday night, February 28, in Crestwood Hospital in Huntsville, after a
long period of declining health.
Born July 3, 1882, at Manchester, he was the son of the late Allie A. Williams
and Kate Jarrett Williams. More than forty-seven years he had lived in the
Huntsville area where he served as a minister in Methodist Churches until his
retirement.
Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Williams; one daughter,
Mrs. J. C. Elkins, wife of the associate pastor of First Methodist Church,
Pulaski; three sons, Joe Williams, Pensacola, Fla., A. W. Williams, Hawaii, and
James Luther Williams, Huntsville, Ala.; a number of grandchildren,
great-grandchildren; and one brother, L. E. Williams, Atlanta, Ga.
WILLIAMS, Terry W. The Pulaski Citizen 13 Mar 1968
Pfc. Terry W. Williams, 20, of Waco, was killed in action in Vietnam on Feb. 13,
and Army authorities attributed his death to wounds inflicted by metal fragments
from exploding shells. He was Giles County's third casualty of the Vietnam
fighting.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, March 11, at Patton Brothers Funeral
Home in Nashville and burial was in National Cemetery there with military rites.
Mrs. Mable M. Williams of Waco was first notified on Feb. 14 that her son was
missing in action and his death was confirmed on Feb. 22. Authorities said
Williams was last seen while on a combat mission on Feb. 13.
A native of Giles County, Pfc. Williams was born at Waco on November 1, 1947. He
was a 1964 graduate of Bridgeforth High School in Pulaski where he was
quarterback on the football team. He entered service in July, 1967.
He had visited his family last December while on leave prior to reporting for
assignment in Vietnam on Dec. 8, according to a member of the family.
In addition to his mother, survivors include his father, Jesse Williams of
Nashville; two sisters, Sandra Williams of Waco and Lena Williams of Buffalo, N.
Y.; a brother, Darol Williams of Waco; and two half-brothers, Keith and Reginald
Braden, both of Waco.
WILLIAMS, Thomas Eldridge The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1967
Funeral services for Thomas Eldridge Williams, 80, retired farmer of the Beech
Hill Community, were conducted Tuesday morning, April 25, at 11:00 o'clock in
the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating.
Burial was in the New Zion Cemetery.
Mr. Williams died Sunday, April 23, in Giles County Hospital. He was a native of
Giles County, born April 26, 1886, the son of the late Hyatt and Ada Taylor
Williams.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Annis Alexander, Giles County; three sons,
Marvis, Montgomery, Ala., Thomas J., Giles County and Truman Williams, Pulaski;
ten grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Lucile Smith,
Sherman, Texas, Mrs. Mary Brown, Waxahachie, Texas, and Mrs. Elda Watson, San
Antonio, Texas.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Thomas Foster The Pulaski Citizen 15 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Thomas Foster Williams, 48, truck driver for Lee
Construction Company of Pulaski, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at
Elkton Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Talmadge Clayton, pastor of the
church. Burial took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Williams died of a heart
attack Sunday, June 12, at his home in Pulaski.
A native of Giles County, he was born March 21, 1912, the son of the late Tom
Williams and Cora Harwell Williams.
Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucille Hughes Williams; one
daughter, Mrs. Jeannette Suttle, Louisville, Ky.; six sons, Billy, Tommy,
Morris, Wayne, Harold, and Carroll Williams, all of Pulaski; three
grandchildren; and one brother, Hassie Williams, Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Thomas Morris The Pulaski Citizen 27 Nov 1963
Funeral services for Thomas Morris Williams, 89, retired merchant of Bolivar and
father of a Pulaski resident, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial in Hollywood Cemetery at
Jackson. Mr. Williams died at 6:30 o'clock Saturday morning, November 23, at his
home, following a heart ailment.
Mr. Williams, who died three days short of his ninetieth anniversary, was born
November 26, 1873, at Greenfield, Ind., the son of the late Thomas Ruckman
Williams and Mary Etta Moyer Williams. His wife, the former Harriet Elizabeth
Derryberry, died in 1928.
He was a member of First Methodist Church in Bolivar.
Mr. Williams is survived by four sons, Clyde E. Williams, Nashville, John T.
Williams, Henderson, Theron M. Williams, Camden, and Robert R. Williams, Walnut,
Miss.; three daughters, Mrs. Andrew M. Ballentine, Pulaski, Miss Hattie Pearl
Williams and Mrs.
H . B. Denton, Bolivar; and ten grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.
WILLIAMS, Tippie Holley The Pulaski Citizen 19 Aug 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Tippie Holley Williams, 73, were held at 10 o'clock
Monday morning in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Hoyt Wilson, Baptist minister. The burial took place in the family lot in
Bradshaw Cemetery. Mrs. Williams died on Thursday, August 13, at Bellair Manor
Nursing Home, Columbia, following a long illness.
Born May 3, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Garner Holley. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Her husband, Samuel Jenkins Williams, died March 26, 1936.
Mrs. Williams is survived by one son, Edward A. Williams, Ooltewah, Tenn.; three
daughters, Mrs. Dan Clymer, Berrien Center, Mich., Mrs. Thomas L. Norwood,
Okinawa, and Mrs. John L. Cane, Pulaski; and eight grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Travis Pittman and Lillie Bea Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 7 Feb 1968
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Pittman Williams, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, were
found dead Monday morning at their home and it was thought their deaths occurred
sometime Saturday, Feb. 3.
Joint funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
Bennett- May Chapel with the Rev. Howard Haynes and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
The couple was discovered on the floor of their bedroom by members of the
Sheriff's department who had been summoned by a neighbor who had gone to the
home at the request of Mrs. Williams' sister.
Mrs. T. O. Pardon, who lives nearby, said that the sister, Mrs. Margaret Wooten,
became concerned and called her after Mrs. Williams failed to report to work at
the Genesco plant where Mrs. Wooten also is employed. Mrs. Pardon and Mrs.
Howard DeCaussin went to the home and sensed that something was wrong when they
got no reponse to their knocks and could hear the telephone ringing repeatedly.
The doors were locked, but the couple's car and truck were in the yard. The two
women summoned officers who forced entry and found Mr. and Mrs. Williams on the
floor.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams had not been seen during the week end and Saturday's mail
reportedly was still in the mailbox. The fact that they both were wearing night
clothes led to the assumption that the deaths occurred early Saturday morning.
Mr. Williams, 60, was a native of Giles County, born April 7, 1907. His parents
were the late Arrington Pittman Williams and Mrs. Mary Hamlett Williams. He was
a retired Genesco employee and a member of Friendship Methodist Church of which
he served as a trustee and a member of the official board. He was a 32nd degree
Mason and a member of the Woodmen of the World. His first wife, the former
Pattie Storey, died June 9, 1950.
Mrs. Williams, 47, the former Lillie Bea Taylor, was the daughter of Mrs. Betty
Ann McDonald Taylor of Pulaski and the late Edward N. Taylor, Sr. She too was a
native Giles Countian, born March 25, 1920, and an active member of Friendship
Methodist Church.
Mr. Williams survivors include two sons, Jerry S. Williams of Columbia and Eddie
P. Williams of Nashville; two daughters, Mrs. Paul F. Allen of Nashville and
Mrs. Stanley Hartman of Harlingen, Texas; and seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Williams' survivors, in addition to her mother and Mrs. Wooten, include
five other sisters, Mrs. Annie Cosby, Mrs. Robbie Armstrong, Mrs. Bessie Tyler,
Mrs. Elizabeth Fogg, all of Pulaski, and Mrs. Minnie Cochran of Lewisburg; and
six brothers, Virgil, Edward, Grady, Robert and J. D. Taylor, all of Pulaski,
and Clifford Taylor of Nashville.
WILLIAMS, Virgil Quincey The Pulaski Citizen 27 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Virgil Quincey Williams, 85, retired Giles County farmer,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Williams died at 8 o'clock Friday night, January 22, at
Giles County Hospital.
Born March 29, 1879, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Perry Williams
and Lucinda Stevenson Williams. His wife, Mrs. Josie Ann Doss Williams, died in
1964.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Williams is survived by two sons, Howard Williams and Amos Williams, both of
Lewisburg; four daughters, Mrs. J. P. Gilliam, with whom Mr. Williams made his
home in recent years, Mrs. William Polly, and Mrs. Houston Henderson, all of
Pulaski, and Mrs. Ralph Ayres, Culleoka; twenty-one grandchildren and
twenty-four great-grandchildren; one brother, A. P. Williams, Beech Hill; and
one sister, Mrs. Bell Griggs, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, Widdie Frances West The Pulaski Citizen 17 Apr 1968
Mrs. Widdie Frances Williams, 76, retired nurse at the Hewitt Home, died Sunday,
April 14, in Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Williams were held Monday afternoon, April 15, at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown, Church of
Christ minister, officiating. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Williams was born February 13, 1892, the daughter
of the late William and Elizabeth Thorpe West. Her husband was the late Thomas
Allen Williams.
Survivors include one son, George Clark Williams, Nashville; two grandchildren;
one brother, Carter West, Lynnville; and one sister, Miss Ella West, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMS, William Leslie The Pulaski Citizen 17 Sep 1969
William Leslie Williams, 56, owner of Williams Cab Company, died Monday morning,
Sept. 15, at Giles County Hospital following a short illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Carr and
Erwin Funeral Home with Andrew Brown and the Rev. Clarence Stewart officiating.
Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Williams was born March 29, 1913. He was the son
of the late William and Mattie Phillips Williams.
Prior to establishing the taxicab company, he had operated service stations in
Pulaski and had been employed by Sundrop Bottling Company both in Pulaski and
Columbia.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Louise Miles Williams; one son, Leslie Don
Williams; one daughter, Mrs. Donald (Peggy) Hathcoat of Nashville; two brothers,
Lester and Raymond Williams, both of Pulaski; and three grandchildren.
WILLIAMS, Wiley Calvin The Pulaski Citizen 28 Feb 1962
Funeral services for Wiley Calvin Williams, 80, retired farmer of Minor Hill,
were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Puncheon Church of Christ, conducted
by J. T. Word. Burial took place in Noblitt Cemetery. Mr. Williams died at 8:10
o'clock Friday night, February 23, at Giles County Hospital after a weeks
illness. Born May 23, 1881, in Giles County, he was the son of the late James
Patton Williams and Jane Harris Williams.
Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Mrs. Orpha Eubank Williams; four sons, Bob
Taylor Williams, Cullman, Ala., William Williams, Five Point, Tenn., James
Williams, Lake Alfred, Fla., and Lowell Williams, Bridgeport, Ala.; four
daughters, Mrs. W. M. Burch, Lawrenceburg, Mrs. Floyd Christopher, Pulaski, Mrs.
Loyd Morris, Cullman, Ala., and Mrs. William Harrison, Huntsville, Ala.; sixteen
grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild; and
two sisters, Mrs. Zilpha Clinard, Anderson, Alabama, and Mrs. Nellie Seal,
Lakeland, Florida.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMSON, Arthur The Pulaski Citizen 28 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Arthur Williamson, retired farmer of the Shores Community,
will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Chester A. Stephens and the Rev. Elmer Howell. Burial will
take place in the church cemetery.
Mr. Williamson died at 7:35 o'clock Tuesday night, September 27, at his home
after a long illness.
Mr. Williamson, a resident of the Shores Community for fifty years, was born
January 17, 1885, in Lawrence County, the son of the late Frank Williamson and
Willie Ann Hazelwood Williamson. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson celebrated their 55th
wedding anniversary last December 10. He was a member of the Pleasant Ridge
Methodist Church.
Mr. Williamson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy Bivins Williamson; three
daughters, Mrs. Ashley Malone, Glendale, Ariz., Mrs. Louis Bennett, Fort Worth,
Texas, and Miss Velma Williamson, Pulaski; three sons, Buster Williamson and
Davie Williamson, Giles County and Arthur Williamson, Jr., Fort Worth, Texas;
and two sisters, Miss Vernon Williamson and Miss Cleo Williamson, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMSON, Cleo The Pulaski Citizen 30 Nov 1960
Funeral services for Miss Cleo Williamson, retired Pulaski saleslady for many
years, were held at 2:30 o'clock at Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church, conducted
by the Rev. Chester A. Stephens and Dr. W. H. Mansfield. Burial took place in
the church cemetery. Miss Williamson died at 12:30 (Noon) on Friday, November
25, at Giles County Hospital.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Frank Williamson and
Willie Ann Hazelwood Williamson.
Miss Williamson is survived by one sister, Miss Vernon Williamson, Pulaski; and
several nieces and nephews. Bennett May and Company in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMSON, Nancy Bivens The Pulaski Citizen 20 Feb 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Bivens Williamson, 76, resident of the Shores
section, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge Methodist
Church with the burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Williamson died Tuesday
morning, February 19, at her home.
Born May 6, 1886, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of the late William
Taylor Bivens and Polly Ann Smith Bivens. Her husband, Arthur Williamson, died
in 1960.
Mrs. Williamson is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ashley Malone, Glendale,
Ariz., Mrs. Ivonne Bennett, Fort Worth, Texas, and Miss Velma Williamson,
Pulaski; three sons, Preston Williamson and Davie Williamson, Pulaski, and
Arthur Williamson, Jr., Fort Worth, Texas; fifteen grandchildren and eleven
great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Omie Davis, Leoma, and Mrs. S. A.
Hopkins, Pulaski; and two brothers, Floyd Bivens, Lewisburg, and Avie Bivens,
Leoma. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILLIAMSON, Thomas R. (Slim) The Pulaski Citizen 15 Apr 1964
Pulaski Fire Engineer Thomas R. (Slim) Williamson, 54, died early Friday morning
after suffering a heart attack at the fire station. It was his second attack in
the past several years.
Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with burial in Giles Memory Gardens. The Rev. R. Neal Dean and Robert
Craig officiated.
Mr. Williamson had lived in Pulaski since 1937. He had been connected with the
fire department for 20 years.
He was a native of Van Horn, Texas. During World War II, he served in both the
U. S. Marine Corps and the U. S. Army.
Assistant Fire Engineer Boone Lanier said Mr. Williamson had eaten breakfast and
come out in the fire hall to help him remove a part from one of the trucks to
take it to Nashville for repair. The veteran fireman sat down on the fire truck
and then fell over in the floor.
Mr. Williamson was a member of the Tennessee Firemen Association, the American
Legion and First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski. He was a Mason.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Faulkner Williamson; a daughter, Miss
Jeanie Williamson, Pulaski; and two sisters, Mrs. Charlotte Young, Bernie, Mo.,
and Mrs. E. A. O'Neill, Tampa, Fla.
WILLIAMSON, Vernon The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1962
Funeral services for Miss Vernon Williamson, 71, were held at one o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial took place in Pleasant
Ridge Cemetery. Miss Williamson who entered the Austin Hewitt Home last July,
died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, January 30, at
the home.
A native of Lawrence County, she was born March 25, 1890, the daughter of the
late Frank Williamson and Willie Ann Hazelwood Williamson. She was a member of
the Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church.
Miss Williamson, the last member of her immediate family, is survived by several
nieces and nephews. Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
WILLIS, Charlie James The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1960
Funeral services for Charlie James Willis, 86, Giles County farmer, were held at
Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church, with the burial in the church cemetery. Mr.
Willis died at 10:55 o'clock Saturday morning, January 2, at Giles County
Hospital after a long illness.
A resident of Giles County fifty-seven years, he was born and reared in Maury
County.
Mr. Willis was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church. Mr. Willis is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Janie Willis; seven daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Watkins,
Mrs. Laura Watkins, Mrs. Lillian Watkins, Mrs. Ethel Horton, Mrs. Era Brashears,
Mrs. Lavinia Jones and Miss Virgie Willis, all of Giles County; three sons,
James Willis, William Willis and Richard Willis, all of Giles County; and 48
grandchildren and 64 great-grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
WILLIS, Maude Beatrice The Pulaski Citizen 28 Oct 1964
Funeral services for Miss Maude Beatrice Willis, 75, Lawrenceburg resident, were
held at 10 o'clock Friday morning in North Funeral Home, Lawrenceburg, conducted
by Dr. William H. Mansfield. Burial took place in Mimosa Cemetery in
Lawrenceburg. She died Wednesday, October 21, in a Nashville hospital, after a
long illness.
Born September 7, 1889, in Morgan County, Ala., she was the daughter of the late
Bailus Whitner Willis and Sarah Donaldson Willis. She was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Miss Willis is survived by two brothers, William R. Willis, Pulaski, and John A.
Willis, Lawrenceburg; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Craft, Lawrenceburg, and Mrs.
Edith W. Craig, Nashville.
WILLOUGHBY, James Ray The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1967
James Ray Willoughby, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Alvin Willoughby, died
Saturday night, September 23, in Houston, Texas.
Services were conducted in Houston on Tuesday, September 26, with burial in that
city.
He was born in Giles County on September 15, 1949. He was the grandson of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Willoughby of the Bodenham Community.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by three sisters, Lydia, Vickie, and
Joni Willoughby, all of Houston; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Whitlock.
WILSON, Bessie Gilbert The Pulaski Citizen 4 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Gilbert Wilson, 83, widow of W. B. Wilson, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Prospect Methodist Church, conducted by
the Rev. W. C. Folks and the Rev. J. M. Bradford. Burial took place in the
family lot in Prospect Cemetery. Mrs. Wilson who had been in declining health
for six months, died at 10:30 o'clock Friday night, December 30, at Elm Rest
Nursing Home in Lawrenceburg.
The former Miss Bessie Gilbert, she was born August 3, 1877 at Prospect, the
daughter of the late Joseph C. Gilbert and Tennie Richardson Gilbert. She was
the last member of her immediate family and the widow of W. B. Wilson who died
March 13, 1935. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Wilson is survived by one son, Joe G. Wilson, Prospect; five daughters,
Mrs. Joe Braden Petty, Aspen Hill, Mrs. Rudolph Scott, Huntsville, Ala., Mrs.
Leon James and Mrs. John Nolan Hargrove, Prospect, and Mrs. Caldwell Hannah,
Campbellsville; twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILSON, Bruce The Pulaski Citizen 27 May 1964
Funeral services for Bruce Wilson, 68, retired school bus driver and county
employee, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at First Methodist Church
with the rites conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, Dr. William H.
Mansfield and Dr. R. B. Stone. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr.
Wilson died Tuesday afternoon, May 26, at Giles County Hospital where he had
been a patient for the past week.
Born March 3, 1896, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Thomas N. Wilson
and Alice Lewis Wilson. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Wilson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucy Meadows Wilson; one son, Tommy
Wilson, Washington, D. C.; two step-sons, William Clyde Lewis, Huntsville, Ala.,
and John Robert Lewis, Largo, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. William G. Fuqua,
Columbia; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILSON, Charles W. The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1968
Charles W. Wilson, 48, died Wednesday, December 10, at General Hospital,
Nashville.
Funeral services for Mr. Wilson were held Friday afternoon, December 20, at 1
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Wilson was born August 4, 1920 the son of the late
William M. and Ida Wall Wilson.
Survivors include five sons, Charles Eugene Wilson and Michael David Wilson,
both of Lewisburg, Ronald A. Wilson, California, Dennis Keith and Norman Randall
Wilson, Cornersville; one daughter, Vickie S. Wilson, Cornersville; one
grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Annie Ruth Hargrove, Lewisburg.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILSON, Dora Neely The Pulaski Citizen 24 Feb 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. John W. Wilson, 90, former Lynnville resident, were
held Saturday at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia. Rites were
conducted by the Rev. W. M. Ford and the Rev. William Boyd with the burial in
the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville. Mrs. Wilson died Wednesday,
February 17, at Maury County Hospital after a period of declining health.
Her husband, John W. Wilson, merchant of Lynnville for many years, died in 1933.
Mrs. Wilson, the former Dora Neely, was the daughter of the late A. E. Neely and
Juan Wilkins Neely, and was a member of the Lynnville Presbyterian Church. She
had lived in Columbia for twenty-five years.
Mrs. Wilson is survived by two daughters, Mrs. R. L. Mills, Danville, Va., and
Miss Katherine Wilson, Columbia; two sons, James M. Wilson, Atlanta, Ga., and
Jack Wilson, Nashville; and one grandson, Robert L. Mills, Jr., Virginia.
WILSON, Ida Mae Wal The Pulaski Citizen 11 Sep 1968
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Mae Wilson, 78, were held Tuesday afternoon,
September 10, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
Rev. James Owens and Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson, wife of the late William Wilson, died Sunday, September 8, in
Taylor Hospital in Lewisburg.
A native of Giles County, Mrs. Wilson was born October 6, 1889, the daughter of
the late William Dennis and Sally Bell Chapman Wall.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Kirby Hargrove, Lewisburg; one son, Charlie
William Wilson, Nashville; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four
sisters, Mrs. D. F. James, Pulaski, Mrs. M. W. Fowler, Columbia, Mrs. Edna
Southerland, Lewisburg, and Mrs. William Milks Franklin.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILSON, J. E. The Pulaski Citizen 2 Apr 1969
J. E. Wilson, 84, retired service station operator, died at his home in
Nashville, Monday afternoon, March 31.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, April 2, at 3 o'clock in the
Nolensville Road Methodist Church. Burial was in Woodbine Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons and five daughters, one of which is Mrs. Brown
Milstead, executive secretary of the Giles County Chamber of Commerce.
WILSON, Mark Day The Pulaski Citizen 11 May 1966
Funeral services for Mark Day Wilson, 88, retired Berea farmer, were held at 2
o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E.
Shaffer, minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in Giles
Memory Gardens. Mr. Wilson died on Thursday, May 5, in Giles County Hospital
after a lengthy illness.
Born July 13, 1881 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Joseph Frederick
Wilson and Priscilla Reynolds Wilson. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
His wife, Mrs. Nellie Clark Wilson, died about two years ago.
Mr. Wilson is survived by four sons, Doris Wilson, St. Joseph, Tenn., Sam
Wilson, Pulaski contractor, Paul Wilson, Lawrenceburg, and David Wilson,
Columbia; three daughters, Mrs. Bennie Lee Bledsoe, Pulaski, Mrs. Thelma Moore,
Columbia, and Mrs. Jessie Rutherford, Nashville; fourteen grandchildren, eight
great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILSON, Nellie Maggie Clark The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Maggie Clark Wilson, 78, were held at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer,
minister of East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in Giles Memory
Garden. Mrs. Wilson died at noon on Friday, April 24, at Giles County Hospital.
Born June 13, 1885, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Leroy
Clark and Emiline Beckham Clark. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Wilson is survived by her husband, Mark Wilson; four sons, Dorris Wilson,
Dover, Sam Wilson and Paul Wilson, Pulaski and David Wilson, Columbia; and Mrs.
H. D. Rutherford and Mrs. B. L. Bledsoe, both of Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WILSON, Ollie Winford The Pulaski Citizen 15 Aug 1962
Funeral services for Ollie Winford Wilson, 70, retired railroad man and Giles
County native who died Monday, August 13, at Decatur, Ala., where he had lived
for about forty years, were held Wednesday afternoon at Decatur with burial in
that city.
Mr. Wilson was the son of the late Frank and Florence Wilson and a brother of
the late Mrs. Addie Wilson Tomerlin of Pisgah.
He was a member of Grace Baptist Church at Decatur.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Alma Wilson, four daughters and a son, a number of
nieces and nephews residing in Giles County are among the survivors, including
Ed Wilburn and Jim Case of The Pulaski Citizen staff, Mrs. Hugh Holt, Mrs.
Lucile Young, Mrs. Lillian Green, Mrs. Gilbert Ingram, Mrs. Bud Davis, Maurice
and Malcolm Tomerlin, and Mrs. Florence Brown of Columbia and Myrom Tomerlin of
Ardmore, Ala.
WILSON, Tishie Purdom The Pulaski Citizen 9 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Tishie Purdom Wilson, 82, formerly of Lynnville, were
held Thursday, May 3, at 11:30 a. m. at Madison Funeral Home, Madison, Tenn.,
with John Holland of Old Hickory officiating. Burial was in the family lot at
Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville.
Mrs. Wilson, a native of Marshall County who had lived most of her life in Giles
County in Giles County, died Tuesday night, May 1, at a Nashville nursing home.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
She was the daughter of the late John and Sarah Tennie Cochran Purdom. Her
husband, Will H. Wilson, died in 1934.
Survivors include a son, Rufus T. Wilson of Old Hickory; two daughters, Miss
Hattie Will Wilson of Blackwell, Okla., and Mrs. Jennie Mai Burrow of Nashville;
a brother, Kenneth Purdom of Lynnville; a sisters, Mrs. R. B. Compton, of
Dallas, Texas; one grandson and one great-grandson, both of Old Hickory.
WILSON, Willa Mae The Pulaski Citizen 14 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Willa Mae Wilson, 77, retired saleslady, were held at
10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Ben T. Shawhan, rector of the Episcopal Church. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. She died at one o'clock Monday morning, November 12, at Giles County
Hospital after a period of declining health.
Born December 28, 1884, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Rance
Tuton and Susie Reed Tuton. She was a member of the Church of the Messiah,
Episcopal, Pulaski.
Her husband, Will Wilson, Pulaski barber, died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Wilson is survived by one niece, Mrs. Margaret Gager, Beaumont, Texas; and
one first cousin, Mrs. Harry Tidwell, Columbia.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WINN, Ethel Kennedy The Pulaski Citizen 29 Apr 1967
Graveside services for Mrs. Ethel Kennedy Winn, 84, who died April 21 in
Murfreesboro, were conducted Sunday afternoon, April 23, at 3:00 o'clock at the
Lynnwood Cemetery by the Rev. Walter Phillips.
Mrs. Winn, a native of Maury County, was the daughter of the late James N. and
Martha Evans Kennedy. Her husband was the late Francis J. Winn.
Survivors include one niece, Mrs. Gordon Jones, Shelbyville; and one nephew, S.
C. Evins, Murfreesboro.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WINTON, Eliza McAfee The Pulaski Citizen 10 May 1967
Mrs. Eliza McAfee Winton, 86, died Friday, May 5, at the Ardmore Nursing Home.
Services were conducted Saturday, May 6, at 3:00 p. m. in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Joe Higginbotham officiating. Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Winton, a native of Lincoln County, was born February 22, 1881, the
daughter of the late Tom and Martha Gunter McAfee.
Survivors include one brother, Miller McAfee, Giles County, and one sister, Mrs.
Willie Smith, Dallas, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WISE, Isaac Arves The Pulaski Citizen 15 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Isaac Arves Wise, 69, retired Minor Hill farmer, were held
at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Leggtown, Ala., Church of Christ, with burial
in the Legg Cemetery. Mr. Wise died at 4:15 o'clock Sunday morning, March 12, at
Giles County Hospital after a brief illness. Recently Mr. Wise move to Stateline
Tenn.-Ala.
Born May 25, 1891, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Will Wise and
Janie Sartin Wise.
Mr. Wise is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora Pitts Wise; one daughter, Mrs. Alvin
Williams, Lester, Ala.; two sons, William Wise, Lester, Ala. and Frank Wise,
Giles County; twelve grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, Frank Wise and Tom Wise, both of Lester, Ala.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WISEMAN, Fred A. The Pulaski Citizen 29 May 1963
Funeral services for Fred A. Wiseman, 62, father of Robert Wiseman of Pulaski,
were held Monday afternoon at Harrison Funeral Home at Lynchburg with the burial
in Lynchburg Cemetery. Mr. Wiseman died Sunday of a heart ailment.
Other survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mavis Simpson Wiseman, Lynchburg; a
grandson; three sisters and one brother.
WISER, George Watson The Pulaski Citizen 26 Oct 1960
Funeral services for George Watson Wiser, 80, retired farmer of the Bunker Hill
section, were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home with
the burial in Fann Hill Cemetery near Manchester. Mr. Wiser, a native of Coffey
County, died Wednesday, October 19, at Lincoln County Hospital at Fayetteville.
Mr. Wiser is survived by eight sons, Elvie Wiser, Nashville, George W. Wiser,
Kentucky, Marlin Wiser, Bill Wiser and Cecil Wiser, Pulaski, J. R. Wiser,
Lynnville, Clark Wiser, Thurman Wiser, and Clarence Wiser, Manchester; four
daughters, Mrs. Virgil Lewis, Nashville, Mrs. Katie Tucker, Giles County, Mrs.
Ruby Moore, Texas and Mrs. Mamie Moore, Alabama; twenty-four grandchildren and
eleven great-grandchildren; four brothers, Jim Wiser, Wartrace, H. B. Wiser,
Lewisburg, Oscar Wiser, Manchester, and Horace Wiser, Cornersville; and two
sisters, Mrs. David Curlee, Shelbyville and Mrs. Mary Griffin, Wartrace.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WISER, Marvin David The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966
A former Giles Countian, Marvin David Wiser, 51, was killed Tuesday morning,
March 8, in a logging accident at Chestnut Ridge in Lincoln County when the
crawler he was operating overturned.
Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at Cane Creek
Church of Christ, of which he was the minister, in Marshall County with Byron C.
Laird of Huntsville, Ala. and Leonard Johnson of Henderson officiating. Burial
will take place in Giles Memory Gardens at Pulaski.
Born October 1, 1914, in Bedford County, Mr. Wiser was the son of the late
George Wiser and Johnnie Townsend Wiser, former residents of the Bunker Hill
Community. He attended Alabama Christian College at Montgomery, Ala.
Wiser, who lived in the Richmond-Belfast community of Bedford County, and his
brother, J. R. Wiser of Giles County, were moving logs on a farm several miles
from his home when the accident occurred at 11 a. m. He reportedly jumped from
the crawler when it overturned but was struck by the falling machine. He was
dead on arrival at Bedford County Hospital.
In addition to his brother, survivors include his wife, Mrs. Gladys Warren
Wiser; two sons, Joe of Nashville and Richard Wiser of Shelbyville; two
daughters, Mrs. Bob Leonard of Birmingham, Ala. and Carolyn Wiser of Belfast;
four other brothers, Cecil and J. W. Wiser, both of Giles County, Thurman Wiser
of Guntersville, Ala., and Clarence Wiser of Moline, Ill.; three sisters, Mrs.
Daly Tucker of Frankewing, Mrs. Earl Moore of Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs. Marvin
Moore of Okinawa; two half-brothers, Elzie Wiser of Nashville and George Wiser
of Louisville, Ky.; a half-sister, Mrs. Virgie Cliff of Nashville, and three
grandchildren.
WITHEROW, Anna Tarpley The Pulaski Citizen 9 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Witherow, 85, were conducted on Wednesday
afternoon, November 9, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home,
with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The Revs. Clarence K. Stewart and Mack
Pinkelton officiated.
Mrs. Witherow died Monday night, November 7, at Fairhaven Nursing Home, after a
short illness. She was born in Giles County, on February 5, 1881, the daughter
of the late Jackson Gilmore and Margaret Barry Tarpley. Her husband, Thomas
Walter Witherow, died in 1943.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Charlie Dugger, Pulaski, Miss Martha
Witherow, Lynnville, Mrs. Dewey Barker, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Sid Dugger,
Murray, Ky.; five sons, Joe and Thomas, both of Pulaski, Robert, Lynnville,
James, Cornersville, and Albert Witherow, Belfast; thirty-seven grandchildren;
three brothers, Joe Tarpley, Lawrenceburg, Russell and Thomas Tarpley, both of
Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WITHEROW, Lela Johnson The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jul 1968
Services for Mrs. Lela Johnson Witherow, 78, were held Monday, July 29, at Oakes
and Nichols Funeral Home of Columbia, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Witherow died Saturday at a Maury County hospital.
A native of Giles County, she was a member of the Highland Avenue Church of
Christ. She was the daughter of the late Thomas D. and Ann Jones Johnson and the
wife of the late George R. Witherow.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Witherow, Columbia; four sons, Lowell
Witherow, Nashville, Don Witherow, Vernon Witherow, and Mason Witherow, all of
Columbia; one sister, Mrs. J. Ben Smith, Columbia; and one brother, W. J.
Johnson, Alexandria, La.
WITT, Joe Lindsey The Pulaski Citizen 23 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Joe Lindsey Witt, 73, veteran of World War I, were held at
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites
were conducted by the Rev. Clarence K. Stewart, pastor of First Baptist Church,
and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Witt died at
6 o'clock Monday morning, February 21, in Veterans Hospital in Nashville after
an extended illness.
Born May 6, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Charles Morgan
"Reb" Witt and Lizzie Peden Witt. He was a member of the Baptist Church and a
Mason.
Mr. Witt is survived by his wife, Mrs. Georgia Smith Witt; and one brother,
Brandon Witt, Elkton.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WITT, Mary Dora Abernathy The Pulaski Citizen 17 Nov 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Dora Abernathy Witt, 68, general insurance agent
at Lynnville, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Wendell Meggs, pastor
of Lynnville Methodist Church of which she was a member. Burial took place in
the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Witt died Saturday, November 13, in
Maury County Hospital.
The daughter of the late Jerome C. Abernathy and Betty Eslick Abernathy, she was
born May 22, 1897, in Giles County.
Mrs. Witt's husband, Carter Harrison Witt, Jr., a former principal of Giles
County High School and manager of The Union Bank at Lynnville, died in 1957.
She was a charter member of the Col. Greenberry Lee Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, and had been a member of the Wednesday Literary Club for
many years.
Mrs. Witt is survived by one son, Carter H. Witt, III, principal of the Jones
High School at Lynnville; two daughters, Mrs. Henry S. Forrest, Bethesda, Md.,
and Mrs. William F. Long, Nashville; six grandchildren; three brothers, Gilbert
B. Abernathy, John Matthews Abernathy, and Newton J. Abernathy, all of Pulaski;
and one sister, Mrs. Arthur Wellborn, Anniston, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WITT, Irma Huggins The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jan 1963
Prayer services for Mrs. Carter Harrison Witt, Sr., Lynnville resident most of
her life, were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Finley, Dorris and Charlton
Funeral Home in Nashville, conducted by Dr. E. P. Anderson. Burial took place at
2 o'clock that afternoon at Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville with the rites
conducted by the Rev. C. B. Cook, former pastor. Mrs. Witt died at _:40 o'clock
Monday morning, January 28, at a Nashville hospital.
The former Miss Irma Huggins, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William F. Huggins.
Her husband, Carter H. Witt, Sr., died in 1959.
Mrs. Witt is survived by one sister, Mrs. G. A Davidson of Nashville.
WITT, Mollie The Pulaski Citizen 10 Oct 1962
One-hundred-year-old Mrs. Mollie Witt, born shortly after the outbreak of the
Civil War, died September 29, in Dallas, Texas, where she had made her home for
the past 45 years.
Mrs. Witt, born in Limestone County, Ala., on January 15, 1862, lived in Giles
County for many years. She was the widow of General L. Witt of Pulaski.
Before moving to Dallas, Mrs. Witt had taught public school in Alabama and in
Giles County.
She had many relatives in Giles County; among them, Brandon and Lindsey Witt,
Dickson Marks, Perry Marks, Witt Puryear, and Mrs. H. Wilkes Carothers, all
nieces and nephews.
In June 1953, Mrs. Witt took her first airplace ride in order to come to Giles
County to attend the Homecoming Celebration of the Mt. Moriah Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. At the age of 91, she flew from Dallas to Nashville, where
she was met by her son and driven by automobile to Pulaski. She was the oldest
person attending the Homecoming of the church, one of whose founders was her
grandfather-in-law, Clayton Witt.
In 1961, on her 99th birthday, Mrs. Witt received a personal birthday
congratulations letter from Mrs. Dwight (Mamie) Eisenhower.
She was the oldest member of the First Methodist Church in Dallas. She taught a
Sunday School class there for many years.
She was also a member of the Lest Ye Forget Club, a charitable organization, and
the Order of the Eastern Star.
In recent years, Mrs. Witt had made her home with her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Witt. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Luther
S. Pully, Sr., and Mrs. W. G. Carnathan, Sr., Dallas; five grandchildren and
eleven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held October 1, with burial in Grove Hill Memorial Park,
Dallas, Texas.
WITT, Robert E. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Sep 1965
Robert E. Witt, 82, native of Giles County and resident of Dallas, Texas, for
fifty-five years, died in the Texas city on Sunday, August 29, Services and
burial took place Wednesday in Dallas.
He was a retired operator of Witt and Witt Real Estate and Rental Company in
Dallas, was a Methodist and a member of the Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Witt is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edwena Cook Witt; and two sisters, Mrs.
Luther S. Pully and Mrs. William G. Carnathan, all of Giles County.
WITT, Susie Smith The Pulaski Citizen 6 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert H. Witt, 91, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon in Lynnville Presbyterian Church, with the burial in the family lot in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Witt died early Wednesday morning, April 6, in Harris
Convalescent Home in Franklin, after a long period of declining health.
Born and reared at Lynnville, she was the former Miss Susie Smith, daughter of
the late Nathan Smith and King Shields Smith, members of pioneer families of the
Lynnville Community. Her husband, Robert H. Witt, prominent farmer and stockman,
died several years ago.
A daughter, Mrs. George (Mary Witt) Stringer, died a few weeks ago.
Mrs. Witt is survived by one brother, Monroe Smith, Lynnville; and a nephew and
niece, Nathan Smith, Memphis, and Miss Althea Smith, Nashville.
WITTENBECK, Charles The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jul 1969
Funeral services for Charles Wittenbeck, 57, were held Wednesday morning, July
16, in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. Marshall Moss
officiating. Burial will be in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Ind.
Mr. Wittenbeck, a cattle farmer and motel owner, died Saturday, July 12, in the
Aspen Hill community.
He was born May 4, 1912, the son of the late John and Anna Hickman Wittenbeck.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Morris Wittenbeck of Pulaski; two
daughters, Miss Debbie Wittenbeck of Pulaski, and Mrs. Ronald Stephens, Palm
Beach, Fla.; two brothers, George Wittenbeck, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Erwin
Wittenbeck, Detroit, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. Lena McFerran, St. Petersburg,
Fla.; and two grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOLAVER, Willie Maud Murray The Pulaski Citizen 25 Aug 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Maud Murray Wolaver, 84, were held at 3 o'clock
Monday at Spring Place Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in the
church cemetery. She died Sunday, August 22, in Leonard Hospital, Lewisburg.
Mrs. Wolaver is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Clifford Caneer; one son, Robert
M. Wolaver; one brother, Monte Murray, all of Spring Place; five grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
WOOD, Clarence The Pulaski Citizen 8 May 1968
Clarence Wood, 52, former Pulaski restaurant owner, was killed early Saturday,
May 4, in a two-car collision at Houma, La., where he had been employed as cook
on a commercial boat for the past two years.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bills and
McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Burial was in Round Hill Cemetery at Belfast.
A native of Bedford County, born August 28, 1915, Wood was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wood.
Complete details of the accident, which occurred at 1:45 a. m., were not
available, but it was reported that the victim was a passenger in a taxicab when
the vehicle was struck by another car.
Survivors include two sons, Carmen and Vinson Wood of Pulaski; four daughters,
Clara Ann Wood, all of Pulaski, and Mrs Tyne Bush of the Phillipine Islands; one
brother, Paul Wood of Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. Cooper Davis of
Lewisburg, Mrs. E. E. O'Conner of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. George Potts of
Knoxville.
WOOD, Harry Archie The Pulaski Citizen 27 Dec 1961
Funeral services for Harry Archie Wood, 60, employee of Sunshine Cleaners for a
number of years, were held at 11 o'clock Friday morning at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by Elder Bobby Cook of Athens, Ala. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Wood who has been ill for several months, died at 10:30
o'clock on Wednesday night, December 20, at his home in the Blooming Grove
Community.
Born December 16, 1901, in Limestone County, Ala., he was the son of the late
Carey Wood and Sallie Jackson Wood. He was a member of the Christian Church in
Athens, Ala.
Mr. Wood is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Williams Wood; three brothers,
Hanserd Wood, Decatur, Ala., Mazie Wood, Columbia and Thomas Wood, Knoxville;
and three sisters, Misses Gaynell and Lucille Wood, Athens, Ala., and Mrs. Frank
Minor, Decatur, Ala.
WOODARD, Allen Bert The Pulaski Citizen 6 Nov 1968
Allen Bert Woodard, 65, died in Giles County Hospital Sunday morning, November 3
at 11 o'clock after a reportedly short illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in
Frankewing Cemetery.
Born in Lincoln County, Mr. Woodard was the son of the late Minnie Houston and
Roy Woodard.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, Mrs. Cora Hagood Woodard, include six
daughters, Misses Elizabeth Anne and Linda Lee Woodard, and Mrs. Betty Irene
Jackson, all of Pulaski, Miss Annie Ruth Woodard, Decatur, Ala., Mrs. Peggy Jean
Thompson, Lester, Ala., and Mrs. Connie Sue Bishop, Detroit, Mich.; two sons,
Wallace H. and Herbert A. Woodard, both of Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Rachel
Jones, Sweetwater, Texas, and Mrs. Lucile Swinford, Cornersville; two brothers,
Herman Woodard of Fayetteville and Brown Woodard of Taft; and seven
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODARD, Bernard Hatcher The Pulaski Citizen 23 Nov 1966
Dr. Bernard Hatcher Woodard, 85, of Spring Hill, former Elkton and Ardmore
physician, died Saturday, November 19, in Maury County Hospital at Columbia.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Spring Hill
Methodist Church and burial was in Polk Memorial Gardens.
A native of Lincoln County, Dr. Woodard was graduated from the old Morgan
Preparatory School at Petersburg and received his medical training at the old
University of Tennessee Medical School in Nashville.
After doing graduate work at Vanderbilt University, he began the practice of
medicine at Elkton in 1907 and also practiced four years at Ardmore before
moving to Spring Hill in 1919.
Dr. Woodard was a member of the Maury County, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee and
American Medical Associations. He was a Mason, a member of the board of
directors of First Farmers and Merchants National Bank which serves Spring Hill,
Columbia and Mt. Pleasant, and served as chairman of the official board of
Spring Hill Methodist Church from 1928 until he retired this year.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie Carter Woodard; three sons, Dr. James
Woodard, Columbia dentist, Milton Carter Woodard of Alberta, Canada, and Bernard
H. Woodard, Jr., of Chattanooga; a daughter, Mrs. Joe Anderson of Nashville, and
nine grandchildren.
WOODARD, Henry Carlton The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jun 1965
Henry Carlton Woodard, 34, of Columbia, a native Giles Countian, was killed
Saturday night, June 26, in an automobile accident at Sandy Hook on Highway 43
about four miles south of Mt. Pleasant.
Funeral services were at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Williams Funeral Home in
Columbia and burial was in Friendship Cemetery at Culleoka.
The son of Azzie D. Woodard, Sr., and the late Mary Rose Woodard, he was a heavy
equipment operator for Campbell and Due Construction Company. He was a veteran
of the Korean Conflict and had served in England. He was married in 1954 to the
former Peggy Sharp who survives.
State Trooper James Jones said Woodard lost control of his car on a curve and
crashed into a concrete bridge abutment at a high rate of speed. His nephew,
Gerald Woodard, a passenger in the vehicle, was admitted to Maury County
Hospital with head injuries.
Survivors, in addition to his father and wife, include three daughters, Cathy
Diane, Pamela Bruce and Mary Ruth Woodard of Columbia; one son, Carlton
Woodward, Jr., of Columbia; two brothers, A. D. Woodard, Jr., of Columbia and J.
D. Woodard of Lynnville; two sisters, three half-brothers and a half-sister.
WOODARD, Hughey C. The Pulaski Citizen 8 Feb 1967
Hughey Clayton Woodard, 25, was killed accidently Tuesday, January 31, while
working on a construction job in Florida.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, February 5, at 2:30 p.m. in
the chapel of Bennett May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton
officiating. Burial was in the Minor Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Woodard, a native of Giles County, was born March 29, 1940, the son of Bert
and Cora Hagood Woodard. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ruth Woodard; one daughter, Belinda Woodard; one son, James Hughey Woodard;
five sisters, Mrs. Jackie Jackson, Misses Elizabeth Ann and Connie Sue Woodard,
Mrs. Billie Woodard, Virginia and Mrs. James R. Thompson, Athens, Ala.; two
brothers, Wallace and Herbert Allen Woodard, Giles County.
Bennett May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODARD, Jackie L. The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jul 1969
Jackie L. Woodard, 19, died Thursday, July 10, from wounds received in an
accident in Viet Nam.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon, July 28, at 3 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Kenneth Mendenhall of Indiana
officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Woodard was born November 8, 1949, the son of
Robert Woodrd of Zion, Ill., and Mrs. Martha Woods of Meshawaka, Ind.
Survivors in addition to his parents include two sisters, Mrs. Patsy Parrish,
Indiana, and Mrs. Rita Malone, Prospect; grandmothers, Mrs. Lela H odges,
Prospect, and Mrs Bess Woodard, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODARD, John Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 28 May 1969
John Franklin Woodard, 53, died Thursday, May 22, at Maury County Hospital,
Columbia.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, May 24, at 2 o'clock in the
chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Carl Hollis and G. C. Fox, Church of
Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Woodard was born June 21, 1915, the son of the
late Charlie and Amanda May Woodard.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Roberta Fralix Woodard; two daughters, Mrs.
Joyce Marie Bunn, and Jewell Dean Woodard, Pulaski; one son, John Franklin
Woodard, Pulaski; one grandchild; three brothers, Allen Woodard, Lynnville, Ray
Woodard, and James Woodard, Giles County; five sisters, Mrs. Louise Russell and
Mrs. Annie Daniel, Giles County, Mrs. Clara Hill and Mrs. Margaret Parks,
Nashville, and Mrs. Ethel Adams, Louisville, Ky.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODARD, Maggie Clark The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1967
Mrs. Maggie Clark Woodard, 87, died Thursday, March 16, in Steven's Rockhaven
Nursing Home at Lewisburg.
Services were conducted Saturday afternoon, March 18, in the chapel of
Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jacob Smith officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Woodard, a native of Moore County, was born June 8, 1879, the daughter of
the late William Luther, and Eliza Jane Carter Clark. She was the widow of the
late James Wesley Woodard.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Florence Radclift, Columbia; two sons,
Raymond Woodard, Kerneysville, W. Va., and Thomas Woodard, West Hartford, Conn.;
six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Lawsha and
Miss Sally Clark; one brother, George Clark, all of West Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOOD, Neeta Chapman The Pulaski Citizen 30 Mar 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Neeta Chapman Wood, 81, were held Friday at Union
Presbyterian Church at Belfast with the burial in Round Hill Cemetery at
Belfast. Mrs. Wood, widos of Walter Wood, died Wednesday night, March 23, at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Cooper Davis at Lewisburg.
In addition to Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Wood is survived by two other daughters, Mrs.
George Potts of Knoxville and Mrs. Elroy O'Connor, Birmingham, Ala.; two sons,
Clarence Wood and Paul Wood, both of Pulaski; seventeen grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
WOODARD, John H. The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1960
Funeral services for John H. Woodard, 71, retired carpenter and contractor, will
be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at East Hill Church of Christ. Rites
will be conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer, minister of the church, and burial will
take place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Woodard died at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning,
February 9, at Giles County Hospital after several weeks illness.
Born September 5, 1888, in Maury County, he was the son of the late Jim Woodard
and Fannie Pinkelton Woodard. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
His wife, Mrs. Susie Hendrix Woodard, died in 1951.
Mr. Woodard is survived by five sons Emmett Woodard, Smith Woodard and J. K.
Woodard, Pulaski, Johnny Woodard, Tullahoma, and Carl Woodard, Campbellsville;
five daughters, Mrs. William E. Rogers and Mrs. Butler Long, Tullahoma, Mrs.
Loyd West, Columbia, Mrs. Cecil Bragg, Nashville, and Mrs. Abner Taylor,
Pulaski; twenty-seven grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; three brothers,
Will Woodard, Nashville, Sidney Woodard, Wylie, Texas, and Jim Woodard,
Lawrenceburg; and two sisters, Mrs. Marshall Cross, Lincoln Park, Mich., and
Miss Myrtle Woodard, Dallas, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODARD, John Herbert The Pulaski Citizen 25 Sep 1963
The head mechanic at Richland Mills for the past 12 years, John Herbert Woodard,
fell 60 feet to his death early Wednesday morning in the corn cribs of the mill.
He died instantly.
Reports are the 46-year-old mechanic had been working on a trolley which
transports corn to the various cribs after it has been brought up in an
elevator. He had finished doing some welding and was walking along a narrow
catwalk when he toppled off, hitting the wood flooring on his head.
Funeral services for the Giles County native, who lived at 636 South Third
Street in Pulaski, are incomplete. The body is at Pulaski Funeral Home.
The accident happened about 8:15 a. m., shortly after Woodard had reported for
work. Owner R. P. Dodson of Richland Mills said about seven other workers were
in the building which houses the corn cribs, two of which witnessed the fall.
The building is located on the north bank of Richland Creek just west of Minor
Hill Highway.
Dodson said the accident victim had been sick and that Mrs. Woodard had tried to
get him not to go to work.
Woodard was a native of Giles County. He had been working at Richland Mills
since 1951. He was a member of the Church of God.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Zora Woodard; three sisters, Mrs. Fred
Hardiman, Pulaski, Mrs. Evelyn Beddingfield, Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Jewell
Adams, Pulaski; and two brothers, Edward Woodard, Sidney, Ohio, and Alvin
Woodard, Huntsville, Ala.
WOODARD, Lizzie May The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie May Woodard, 82, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon in Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by G. C. Fox, Church of Christ
minister and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Woodard died Friday, January 15, in Giles County
Hospital after a long illness.
Born August 20, 1892, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late James
Fred May and Fannie Vandiver May. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Her husband, Charles Woodard, died in 1956.
Mrs. Woodard is survived, by four sons, Allen Woodard, Frank Woodard, Roy
Woodard, and James Woodard, all of Pulaski; five daughters, Mrs. M. L. Daniel,
Pulaski, Mrs. Louise Russell, Lynnville, Mrs. Clara Hill and Mrs. Margaret Park,
both of Nashville, and Mrs. Ethel Adams, Louisville, Ky.; one brother, Howard
May, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs. Mable Ward, Pulaski.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODARD, Sarah Campbell The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Campbell Woodard, 37, local nurse, were held at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Jewell
Travis, Church of God minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Woodard died Sunday, March 3, at Giles County Hospital after several months
illness.
Born May 5, 1925, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Henry Campbell and
Presh Randolph Campbell. She was a member of the Church of God.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Woodard is survived by her husband, George B.
Woodard; one son, George M. Woodard; two daughters, Misses Rebecca and Mary
Woodard, Pulaski; two brothers, Chester Campbell, Lawrenceburg, and Tyree
Campbell, Peoria, Ill.; and four sisters, Mrs. Robbie White, Lawrenceburg, Mrs.
Isaac Lawhorn and Mrs. Sybil Norwood, Pulaski, and Mrs. Mary Hargrove,
Cornersville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODARD, Sarah Lou Lanier The Pulaski Citizen 16 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Lou Woodard, were held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning in McDaniels Funeral Home in Cornersville with the burial in Maplewood
Cemetery in Pulaski.
Mrs. Woodard died Sunday, February 13, at Culleoka at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Westmoreland.
Mrs. Woodard is also survived by two other daughters, Mrs. Horace Hamlin and
Mrs. Conroy Hamlin, both of Frankewing; four sons, Wyatt Woodard, Lewisburg,
Morris Woodard of Murfreesboro, E. M. Woodard, Marshall County, and M. J.
Woodard, Goodlettsville; twenty-six grandchildren and thirty-six
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Erna Fuller, Waxahachie, Texas, and Mrs.
Florence Stevenson, Florence, Ala.; and one brother, Morris Lanier, Waynesboro.
WOODARD, Tina Bolden The Pulaski Citizen 28 Jun 1961
Graveside services for Mrs. Tina Bolden Woodard, 74, were held at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at the Antioch Cemetery near Elkmont, Ala. Mrs. Woodard died
Friday morning, June 23 at her home near Decatur, Ala.
Born December 5, 1886 in Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Tom Bolden
and Isabel Bolden. Her husband, William Woodard died in 1938.
Mrs. Woodard is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Irene McNatt, Toney, Ala., Mrs.
Hattie Coffman, Lester, Ala., Mrs. George Teeples, Prospect, and Mrs. Nina Bell
Brewer, Goodspring; two brothers, Harry Bolden and Johnny Bolden, Shelbyville;
and one sister, Mrs. Mary Kyle, Athens, Ala.; twenty-one grandchildren and
fifteen great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODARD,Tommy The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1961
Funeral services for Tommy Woodard, 60, farmer of the Wales section, will be
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial will take place in Campbellsville
Cemetery. Mr. Woodard died at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, January 24, at his
home at Wales.
Born June 24, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Woodard and
Sallie Henson Woodard.
Mr. Woodard is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Woodard; seven daughters, Miss
Imogene Woodard and Miss Betty Woodard, Wales, Mrs. Mildred Crocker, Chicago,
Ill., Mrs. Ruth Knight, Larkinsville, Ala., Mrs. Rebecca Wiser, Germany, Mrs.
Mary Sue Deason, Nashville, and Mrs. Magdalene Cole, Old Hickory; five sons,
Carl Woodard, Giles County, Frank Woodard and L. D. Woodard, Lincoln County,
Robert Lee Woodard, Chicago, Ill., and James Woodard, Old Hickory; twelve
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Cassie Green, Columbia, and Mrs. Betty Rose,
Lynnville, and three brothers, Bob Woodard, John L. Woodard and Hicks Woodard,
all of Giles County.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODS, Montie Eugene The Pulaski Citizen 29 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Montie Eugene Woods, 80, Pulaski resident, were held at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr.
Woods died Friday morning, March 24, 15 his home in Pulaski.
Born October 20, 1880, in Maury County, he was the son of the late John Woods
and Martha Lane Woods.
Mr. Woods is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Seagroves Woods; one son, John
Woods, Nashville; one daughter, Mrs. Cletus Collins, Indiana; six grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODWARD, Ben The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1961
Funeral services for Ben Woodward, 65, of Lewisburg, were held Thursday
afternoon at Bills and McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg, with the burial in
West Side Cemetery in Giles County. Mr. Woodward died Wednesday, February 22, at
a Nashville hospital, after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Will Woodward and Lizzie
Wilkerson Woodward, and was a member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. Woodward is survived by his wife, Mrs. Roxie Woodward; one daughter, Miss
Louise Woodward; three sons, Franklin Woodward, Lynn Woodward and Tony Woodward;
and one sister, Mrs. Willie Ward, all of Lewisburg; and one brother, Rollie
Woodward, of Alabama.
WOODWARD, John Luther The Pulaski Citizen 26 May 1965
John Luther Woodward, Sr., 85, native Giles Countian who was reared here, died
of a heart attack at his home in Larlingen, Texas on Wednesday afternoon, May
19. Funeral rites and burial took place Friday in Harlingen, where he had lived
forty-five years.
He was a Methodist.
Mr. Woodward is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ora Lee Abernathy Woodward, also a
native Giles Countian, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen Abernathy;
two sons, Lt. Col. John L. Woodward, Jr., stationed in Germany, and Lester A.
Woodward, San Antonio, Texas; one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Goldammer,
Harlingen, Texas; and six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
WOODWARD, Leonora Josephine Ezell The Pulaski Citizen 29 Oct 1965
In the early morning of October 29, 1965, God in His infinite wisdom and loving
care visited in the home and claimed for His victim Mrs. Leonora Josephine
Woodward of Brockton, Mass., after a period of declining health. She just
peacefully and quietly fell asleep. Her spirit awoke to the splendor of eternal
day for God took her as He gathers in His jewels at the hour unknown. She was a
woman of cheerful disposition, full of life and hope, a comfort to all that knew
her. She was a highly esteemed Citizen. May we as a body of people be profited
by her life and strive to live better. The at last one day we will meet her
again in that supreme Court of glory where parting is no more with an unbroken
circle.
Mr. Woodward was the widow of Marcellus Edward Woodward, who died March 8th,
1922, and is buried in the family lot, Decatur, Alabama Cemetery where her
remains were laid to rest beside him, Monday afternoon November 1st, Guntharp
Funeral Home in charge. She was aged 90 years, 4 months, and 14 days, being born
15 Jun 1875, Giles County, Tenn., daughter of Marion Polk Ezell and Mary
Elizabeth Tarpley.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Woodward descended from among earliest of Virginia families,
dating back to the 1640's. Later members of these families migrated into North
and South Carolina, then further westward to Giles County, Tenn., as early as
1807-1808. Mr. and Mrs. Woodward were married 8 November 1898, Episcopal
Rectory, Pulaski, Tenn. They established their home in Decatur, Alabama, where
Mr. Woodward was a prominent merchant.
Surviving are four children, two sons, Milton Edward and Charles Woodward of
Brockton, Mass.; two daughters, Mrs. Joe A. Williams (Edith) of Knoxville,
Tenn., Mrs. R. H. Sheldon (Christine), with whom she made her home the past nine
years at Brockton, Mass. Two grandchildren: Mrs. W. C. Van Dyke of Topeka,
Kansas and Charles Woodward Crutcher of New Orleans, La.; six
great-grandchildren, Joseph Scott, Michael Craig and Bruce Edward Van Dyke of
Topeka, Kans., William (Billy) and Carolyn White of Athens, Ala., and Ross Amiel
Williams of Knoxville, Tenn.; three nieces: Miss Mamie Watson, Miss Mary Will
Harris, and Mrs. Hencely Hughey (Annie Mary Ezell), all of Pulaski, Tenn. and
Edd Ezell of Pulaski.
WOODWARD, Louella McAfee The Pulaski Citizen 9 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Fletcher O. Woodward, 90, native of Lincoln County,
were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral
Home with the burial in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Woodward who
had been making her home in Dallas, Texas, several years, died on Friday,
December 4, in a nursing home in Dallas.
Born October 13, 1874, in Lincoln County, she was the former Miss Louella
McAfee, the daughter of the late T. F. McAfee and Caldonia Gunter McAfee. She
was a member of the Methodist Church.
Her husband, Fletcher O. Woodard, died March 28, 1946.
Mrs. Woodward, who had resided most of her life in Giles County, is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Sam Weinstein, Dallas; one son, Dempsey Woodward, Pulaski;
one grandchild; one brother, T. M. McAfee, Pulaski; and three sisters, Mrs. Lena
Ingram and Mrs. J. D. Winton, Pulaski, and Mrs. Rufus Smith, Dallas, Texas.'
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODWARD, Rose Flautt The Pulaski Citizen 22 Feb 1967
Mrs. Rose Flautt Woodward, 95, long time Martin College teacher, died at her
home Wednesday morning, February 22, following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday morning at 11 o'clock in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Neal Dean offiating. Burial will be
in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Woodward, a native of Giles County, was born November 27, 1871, the
daughter of the late John D. and Solonia Marcelle Rose Flautt. Her husband, the
late Samuel H. Woodward, died several years ago. She was the oldest member of
the First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski.
Survivors include one brother, Meredith E. Flautt of Nashville and several
nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOODWARD, Suzanne Nelson The Pulaski Citizen 27 May 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Suzanne Nelson Woodward, 80, widow of Joe D. Woodward,
Pulaski attorney, will be held at 10 o'clock Friday morning in the Church of the
Messiah, Episcopal, with the rector of the church, the Rev. Ben Shawhan,
officiating. Burial will take place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Woodward died at 3:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning, May 27, in Williamson
County Hospital, Franklin, Tenn., after an extended illness.
Born August 3, 1883, she was the daughter of the late William C. Nelson and
Georgie Adams Nelson. She was a member of the Episcopal Church and the Giles
County Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Joe D. Woodward, her husband, died in 1922.
Mrs. Woodward is survived by one daughter, Miss Marguerite Woodward, Pulaski;
and one son, Joe D. Woodward, Jr., Dallas, Texas.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WOOTEN, John Henry The Pulaski Citizen 3 Apr 1968
John Henry Wooten, 39, heavy equipment mechanic, was found dead early Sunday,
March 31, with a pistol wound in the head and lying near his wrecked truck off
U. S. Highway 31A southwest of Lewisburg.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May
Chapel with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
The body was discovered shortly after 6 a. m. abut halfway between Cornersville
and Lewisburg. The truck had gone off the left side of the highway and traveled
400 feet down a ditch before it overturned. A member of the family said Wooten
had left home in Pulaski shortly after 11 p. m. en route to Nashville.
Dr. H. A. Morgan, Jr., Marshall County medical examiner and coroner, who
investigated, said Wooten was found next to the truck "curled" around a 22
caliber pistol lying on the ground.
Dr. George Mayfield, Jr., of Columbia, assistant state medical examiner for
Middle Tennessee, said Wooten died of a single bullet wound in the right temple.
He said there were some minor scratches to the body that came from the wreck.
Neither physician came to a conclusion as to whether foul play was involved or
whether Wooten died from a self-inflicted wound. Marshall County Sheriff Vance
Wiles said the TBI had been called in on the investigation.
The son of Mrs. Nora Lee Wooten and the late William Franklin Wooten, he was
born Sept. 1, 1928, in Arkansas. He was married to the former Miss Juanita
Harwell and was employed by Clyde (Tab) Abernathy as a mechanic. He had resided
in Pulaski since childhood.
In addition to his wife and mother, he is survived by a brother, 1st Sgt. Shelby
Allen Wooten, U. S. Army, Texas.
WORD, Ulysses Grant The Pulaski Citizen 24 May 1961
Funeral services for Ulysses Grant Word, 58, retired employee of Bordeaux
Packing Company in Florida, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Minor
Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Edward Harper, minister of the church.
Burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr. Word died Sunday night, May 21, at
his home in Winter Haven, Florida, after a long illness.
A member of the Church of Christ, he was born in Giles County, the son of the
late John T. Word and Etta M. Word. Twice married, his first wife was the late
Mrs. Lizzie Davis Word; his second wife, Mrs. Eloise Davis Word, survives.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Word is survived by one son, Randall Word; and one
stepson, Devonne Davis, both of Winter Haven, Fla.; three daughters, Mrs. Sarah
Murphy, Pulaski, Mrs. Jennie Ree Davis, Columbia and Mrs. Lois Smith, Germany;
three brothers, W. A. Word and Roy Word, Minor Hill, and Melvin Word, Tampa,
Fla.; and three sisters, Mrs. J. C. Helton, Minor Hill, Mrs. Carl E. Robinson,
Brick Church, and Mrs. Cranston Faulkner, Florence, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WORKMAN, John Elson The Pulaski Citizen 4 Sep 1963
Funeral services for John Elson Workman, 68, former employee of International
Minerals and Chemical Corporation at Wales, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor,
the Rev. Robert E. Wilsford, Baptist Missionary, and Rev. Billy Craighead,
Methodist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Workman died on
Sunday, September 1, at Giles County Hospital after a long illness.
Born April 14, 1895, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Horace Workman
and Annie Wisdom Workman. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Mr. Workman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Frances Renfro Workman; one
daughter, Mrs. Alton Foster, Columbia; two grandchildren, Mrs. John Young,
Pulaski, and Ronnie Foster, Jacksonville, Fla.; two great-grandchildren; four
half-brothers, Andrew Workman, Arnold Workman, Willard Workman and Monroe
Workman, all of Mt. Pleasant; and one half-sister, Mrs. Lee Workman, Mt.
Pleasant.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WORLEY, Lela Young The Pulaski Citizen 18 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. L. Brown Worley, former resident of Bryson, were held
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Belmont Methodist Church in Nashville,
conducted by Dr. E. P. Anderson, associate minister. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Worley, who had resided in Nashville a number of years, died Monday,
September 16, at a hospital in that city.
Mrs. Worley is survived by three daughters, Mrs. William Costen, Nashville, Mrs.
Melvin M. Thweet, Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. John B. Padgett, Jr., New London,
Conn.; and four grandchildren.
WORSHAM, Annie Hamlin The Pulaski Citizen 01 Jun 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Hamlin Worsham, 85, lifelong resident of the
Beech Hill Community, were held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. J. C. Elkins and the Rev. Fred Hall. Burial
took place in New Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Worsham who had been ill four months, died
at 4:30 Thursday afternoon, May 26, at her home.
Born January 7, 1875, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John
Hamlin and Mary Burgess Hamlin.
Mrs Worsham, believed to be the oldest member of Friendship Methodist Church,
was the widow of Miles S. Worsham who died July 31, 1931.
Mrs. Worsham is survived by three sons, John Ephriam Worsham, Allison Worsham,
and Miles Homer Worsham, all of Beech Hill; sixteen grandchildren and fifteen
great-grandchildren; one sisters, Mrs. Chris Parsons, Burkett, Texas; and one
brother, John Hamlin, Cornersville. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
WORSHAM, Edmond Randall The Pulaski Citizen 6 Jan 1965
Funeral services for Edmond Randall Worsham, 79, retired farmer, were held at
2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
J.C. Elkins, Methodist minister. Burial took place in New Zion Cemetery. Mr.
Worsham died Saturday, January 2, in Giles County Hospital.
Born February 26, 1885, in Giles County, he was the son of the late E. B.
Worsham and Martha Blow Worsham. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Lillie Pigg Worsham, died two or three years ago.
Mr. Worsham is survived by two sons, Will Edd Worsham, Sumac, and Dean Worsham,
Huntsville, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Lenice Mahoney, Atlanta, Ga.; five
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WORSHAM, Katie Bell Poole The Pulaski Citizen 20 Mar 1968
Mrs. Katie Bell Worsham, 65, died Sunday, March 17, in Maury County Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Worsham, wife of John E. Worsham, were held at w
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, March 19, in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home,
with the Revs. Mack Pinkelton and Raymond Johns officiating. Burial was in New
Zion Cemetery.
Mrs. Worsham was born March 4, 1903 in Limestone County, Ala. Her parents were
the late Robert Mason and Oma Mosely Poole.
Survivors include her husband, John E. Worsham; two sons, James Worsham, Beech
Hill, Billy Worsham, Cornersville; four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Griggs, Mrs.
Martha Tarpley, Giles County, Mrs. Wilma Guthrie and Mrs. Robbie Guthrie, both
of Elyria, Ohio; twenty-three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; four
brothers, Sam Poole, Pulaski, Eurris Poole, Louisville, Ky., Woodrow Poole,
Alexandria, Ind., and Robert Dean Poole, Marshall County; and one sister, Mrs.
Martha Christopher, Louisiana.
WORSHAM, Lillie Pigg The Pulaski Citizen 6 Mar 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Pigg Worsham, 71, resident of the Beech Hill
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. She died at 8:30 o'clock Monday
morning, March 4, at Fairhaven Nursing Home, following several months illness.
Born June 6, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late John Pigg
and Mary DeFord Pigg. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Worsham is survived by her husband, Randall Worsham; two sons, William
Edmond Worsham, Beech Hill, and Dean Worsham, Huntsville, Ala.; one daughter,
Miss Lenice Worsham, Atlanta, Ga.; five grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert Pigg, Pulaski; and one sister, Mrs.
Maude Armstrong, Howell, Tenn.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WORSHAM, Sue Ingram The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Sue Ingram Worsham, 84, widow of John P. Worsham, were
conducted Friday at Cornersville Methodist Church. Burial took place in the
Brick Church Cemetery. Mrs. Worsham died Thursday morning, July 14, at her home
in Cornersville.
A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Wesley Ingram and
Mary Ingram. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Worsham is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Holley, Frankewing, and
Miss Lucille Worsham, Cornersville; three sons, Malcolm I. Worsham,
Cornersville, Buford Worsham, Old Hickory and Meacham Worsham, Pulaski.
WRAY, Daniel Elza The Pulaski Citizen 4 Dec 1963
Funeral services for Daniel Elza Wray, 76, retired farmer of Minor Hill, were
held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Minor Hill Methodist Church, conducted by
the Rev. Chester Stephens of Lynchburg, former pastor of the church. Burial took
place at Booths Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Wray died Sunday, December 1, at Giles
County Hospital.
Born February 20, 1887, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Harry Wray
and Mary Ann Reyer Wray. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Wray is survived by his wife, Mrs. Etha Burgess Wray; one son, Allen Wray,
Minor Hill; three sisters, Mrs. Lissie Roberts, Mrs. Ella Felker and Mrs. Virgie
Williams, all of Minor Hill; and one brother, Ernest Wray, Cross Roads, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WRAY, Zora May The Pulaski Citizen 1 Sep 1965
Mrs. Zora May Wray, 62, of Anderson, Ala., died Wednesday, August 25, after the
automobile driven by her daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline J. Killen of Killen, Ala.,
overturned on rain-slick Highway 11 at Anthony Hill. The two had attended a
funeral in Pulaski that afternoon.
WRIGHT, Boyd David The Pulaski Citizen 26 Jun 1968
Boyd David Wright, 91, died Monday, June 24, in Fairhaven Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mr. Wright, a retired farmer, were held Wednesday
afternoon, June 26, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Pulaski Funeral Home. Burial
was in New Zion Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Wright was born May 16, 1877, the son of the late
William B. and Martha A. Fourline Wright. He was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Charlie Collins and Mrs. Lorene King, both
of Giles County; seven sons, John, Amos, Robert, Carter, Joe and Gerald Wright,
all of Giles County and Mahlon Wright, Marshall County; thirty-four
grandchildren; and thirty-nine great-grandchildren.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WRIGHT, Hallie Graham The Pulaski Citizen 2 Feb 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Hallie Graham Wright, 83, resident of Lincoln County,
were held Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville with the burial in
Prosperity Cemetery. Mrs. Wright died Sunday, January 30, in Fairhaven Nursing
Home in Pulaski.
Mrs. Wright is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jim Jennings, Fayetteville; two
sons, Earl Wright, Louisville, Ky., and Malcolm Wright, Springfield, Mo.; six
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Frank Robertson, Fayetteville.
WRIGHT, Josh The Pulaski Citizen 16 Aug 1961
Funeral services for Josh Wright, 77, retired farmer of the Lynnville Community
were held Satruday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the burial in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Wright died Friday morning in Lewisburg after a long illness.
A native of Giles County, he was born December 15, 1884, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Wright.
His wife, Lida Bowen Wright, died several years ago.
Mr. Wright is survived by one son, Jessie Wright, Lynnville; one brother, Boyd
Wright, Lynnville; and two grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WRIGHT, Mable Shook The Pulaski Citizen 3 Aug 1960
Mrs. Mitchell Wright, 51, a nurse at Giles County Hospital since 1953, was
killed instantly when a speeding car, driven by Robert Wendell Appleton, 19, of
Nashville, slammed into the auto driven by Mrs. Harold Wright of Decatur, Ala.,
in which both of her husband's parents were passengers....
Funeral services for Mrs. Wright were conducted at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon
at East Hill Church of Christ in Pulaski by Gilbert Shaffer and Gilbert Biggs.
Burial was in Cool Springs Cemetery.
The former Miss Mable Shook, Mrs. Wright was the daughter of the late Tom Shook
and Iva York Shook, and was a native of Giles County.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Harold Dean Wright of
Decatur, Ala.; a daughter, Mrs. Samuel F. Surles of Goodspring; a brother, John
Shook of Waverly; two sisters, Mrs. Ora Lee Braly of Bodenham and Mrs. Inez
Inman of Birmingham, Ala., and three grandchildren.
WRIGHT, Nannie Wakefield The Pulaski Citizen 2 May 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Wakefield Wright, 89, Pulaski resident, were
held at one o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by
G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister, and the Rev. Floyd Cates, pastor of First
Baptist Church, Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Wright died at
1:45 o'clock Friday afternoon, April 27, at her home on Jones Street after a
long period of declining health.
Born July 11, 1872, in Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late John
Wakefield and Nancy Chesser Wakefield. Twice married; her first husband, Jesse
Drake, died sixty years ago; and her second husband, Dick Wright, died
approximately thirty-six years ago. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Wright is survived by one son, Elwood Drake, Chattanooga; one daughter,
Mrs. Lena Speer, Pulaski; eighteen grandchildren, thirty-eight
great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.
Fannie Clinton, Huntsville, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WYATT, Paul The Pulaski Citizen 28 Dec 1966
Paul Wyatt, 66, former resident engineer for State Highway Department at
Pulaski, died in Clarksville Memorial Hospital, Clarksville, Tenn., on Tuesday
night, December 20th. He had been ill for a period of ten days.
Funeral services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church, Clarksville, on
Thursday, December 22nd, and burial took place in Greenwood Cemetery.
A native of Sycamore Mills in Cheatham County, Mr. Wyatt was a son of the late
Paul and Mary Katherine Wyatt.
He was a veteran of World War I, and a member of the American Legion, and of
Trinity Episcopal Church, Clarksville. He was resident engineer for Tennessee
Highway Department in Pulaski for approximately ten years, leaving here about
1949 or 1950.
Survivors include his wife, the former Lucy Mabry of Clarksville, a brother,
Robert Wyatt of New Jersey, and three sisters, Mrs. Charles Pickering, Mrs.
Sarah Bourne and Mrs. Elizabeth Shope, all of Clarksville.
WYNN, Floyd The Pulaski Citizen 22 Nov 1967
Funeral services for Floyd Wynn, former Giles Countian, were conducted at 10:00
o'clock Tuesday morning, October 24, at Turner's Trinity Chapel, with the Rev.
Bevel Jones officiating. Burial was in Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville, Ga.
Mr. Wynn, an educator in Georgia for many years, was the son of the late Mr. W.
T. Wynn, who served as president of Martin College for fifteen years, and Mrs.
Wynn. He was a member of Decatur First Methodist Church and Kappa Alpha
Fraternity.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Martha Reynolds Wynn, Decatur, Ga.; two sons,
Jack T. Wynn, Atlanta, Ga., and James R. Wynn, Rockledge, Fla.; one sister, Mrs.
Ray Goodall, Jacksonville, Fla.; and two brothers, William T. Wynn, Detroit,
Mich., and Dr. Lawrence Wynn of Memphis.
WYNNE, Aubrey Austin The Pulaski Citizen 25 Jan 1967
Aubrey Austin Wynne, 85, of Nashville, formerly of Pulaski, died Monday, January
23, in a Nashville hospital.
Services were conducted Wednesday morning, January 25, at 11 o'clock at
Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, with the Rev. David McGregor officiating. Burial
was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Wynne, a native of Giles County, was born May 30, 1881. He was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Wynne of Elkton. His wife was the late Mrs. Irene
White Young.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. George Rippey and Mrs. A. N. Mangum,
Nashville, Mrs. Dorothy Cartwright and Mrs. Mary Ruth Barnard, Old Hickory; two
sons, Maj. C. O. Wynne, USA, stationed at Charlotte, N. C., Herbert W. Wynne,
Nashville; thirteen grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a
sister-in-law, Mrs. H. P. Wynne of Pulaski.
WYNNE, Herman Phillips The Pulaski Citizen 27 Sep 1961
Funeral services for Herman Phillips Wynne, 77, retired farmer of the Bryson
Community, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the Rev. R. N. Dean and the Rev. Donald White officiating. The burial
took place in Elkton Cemetery. Mr. Wynne died at 6 o'clock Friday morning,
September 22, at his home on Flower Street in Pulaski, following a long illness.
Born October 24, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late C. O. Wynne
and Georgia Austin Wynne. Formerly an elder in Bethany Presbyterian Church, he
was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski. The family recently moved
from Bryson to Pulaski.
Mr. Wynne is survived by his wife, Mrs. Avis George Wynne; one brother, A. A.
Wynne, Nashville; and several nieces and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WYNNE, Irene Young The Pulaski Citizen 12 Jan 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Aubrey A. Wynne, 80, resident of Nashville for thirty
years and a native of Giles County, were held at 11 o'clock Friday morning at
Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. David McGregor, pastor of
Brush Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Burial took place in Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Nashville. Mrs. Wynne died at her home, 821 Stockell Street, on
Wednesday, January 5.
The former Miss Irene Young, she was born June 25, 1885, at Bryson in Giles
County, the daughter of the late Jesse Young and Molly Williams Young. She was a
member of the Brush Hill Church of which her husband is an elder.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Wynne is survived by four daughters, Mrs.
George Rippey, Mrs. Mary Ruth Bernard, and Mrs. Ann Mangrum, all of Nashville
and Mrs. Dorothy Cartwright, Old Hickory; two sons, M/Sgt. C. O. Wynne, serving
with the U. S. Army Recruiting Service in Cookeville, and Herbert W. Wynne,
Nashville; thirteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and two
brothers, Otha Young and Jesse Young, both of Pulaski.
WYNNE, Waldo Roy The Pulaski Citizen 2 Nov 1966
Funeral services for Waldo Roy Wynne, 81, were conducted on Wednesday afternoon,
November 2, at 2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Dr.
William H. Mansfield officiating, assisted by the Rev. Billy Craighead. Burial
was in Elkton Cemetery.
Mr. Wynne died Monday night, October 31, in Giles County Hospital, following an
extended illness. He was a native of Giles County, born October 29, 1885, the
son of the late Waldo Harrison and Martha Walden Wynne.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E. L. Reece, Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs.
Bill Hunt, Detroit,Mich.; three sons, Robert and Harold, Pulaski, and Frank,
Selma, Ala.; thirteen grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Ola Grubbs, Blanche community, Mrs. Velma Page, Decatur, Ala., and Mrs.
Alma Biles, Hartselle, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
WYNNE, Winfrey The Pulaski Citizen 6 Feb 1963
Dr. Winfrey Wynne, son of the former president of Martin College for a number of
years, Professor W. T. Wynne, died of pneumonia on January 26, with the rites
taking place in Georgia.
Dr. Wynne was a member of the faculty of Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., in the
Science Department. He is survived by his wife, one son and one daughter.
Mrs. Donald Bentley, the former Miss Katherine Dickey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carlos O. Dickey of Pulaski, for eight years was associated with him as a lab
technician in the department of Science at the University.
YANT, Mark A. The Pulaski Citizen 23 Jun 1965
Mark A. Yant, 73 year old retired farmer of the Yant Road community, died
unexpectedly at his home Saturday morning about 10:30 after a long period of ill
health.
Funeral services were held at Bennett-May Funeral Home at 3 p. m. Sunday with
burial at Bethesda Cemetery.
Mr. Yant was a native of Giles County, son of the late Reece P. and Sallie
Toomey Yant.
He is survived by two sisters, Misses Ina and Maggie Yant, and a brother,
Richard Yant, all of Giles County.
YARBROUGH, Willie D. The Pulaski Citizen 20 Jul 1966
Funeral services for Willie D. Yarbrough, 44, WWII veteran and employee of the
Gabriel Company at Pulaski, were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon in
Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister.
Burial took place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mr. Yarbrough died unexpectedly of a
heart attack on Saturday, July 16, at his home in the Cedar Grove section.
Born December 20, 1921, in Alabama, he was the son of Mrs. Pansy Harwell
Yarbrough, Pulaski, and the late Will D. Yarbrough.
In addition to his mother, Mr. Yarbrough is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile
Darnell Yarbrough; one married daughter who resides in Illinois; one grandchild;
four step-children, Benjamin Vincent, Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. Frances Hazelwood,
Nashville, and Mrs. Dorothy Williams, Florida; one sister, Mrs. Cora Lee Prince,
Florence, Ala.; and two brothers, Floyd Yarbrough, Illinois, and Oscar
Yarbrough, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YEARTA, John Clinton The Pulaski Citizen 31 Jan 1962
Funeral Services for John Clinton Yearta, 87, retired farmer, were held at 1:30
o'clock Friday afternoon at Minor Hill Church of Christ, conducted by Ed Harper,
minister of the church. Burial took place in Minor Hill Cemetery. Mr. Yearta
died Wednesday, January 24, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lois Rosson, in
Lawrenceburg.
A native of Giles County, he was born December 20, 1874, the son of the late
Fate Yearta and Martha Brooks Yearta. He was a member of the Minor Hill Church
of Christ. His wife, Mrs. Ada Yearta, died in 1954.
Mr. Yearta is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Rosson, Mrs. Mamie Lou Moore,
Riversburg, and Mrs. Ora Bell Hicks, Pulaski; two sons, Wilburn Yearta, Pulaski,
and William Yearta, Cornersville; and eleven grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YEARTA, Mary Elizabeth Beliar The Pulaski Citizen 31 Aug 1969
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Beliar Yearta, 62, died Friday, December 26, in Nashville
General Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Yearta, wife of Wilburn Yearta, were conducted Sunday
afternoon, December 28, at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral
Home with burial in Giles Memory Gardens.
A resident of Nashville, she was born March 25, 1907, the daughter of the late
John and Ella Craig.
Survivors in addition to her husband include five sons, David Yearta, Eldridge
Yearta, both of Nashville, Herbert Pitts, Pulaski, Evans Pitts, Culleoka, J. W.
Pitts, Waco; two daughters, Mrs. Eva Owens, Pulaski, Mrs. Dorothy Hill,
Florence, Ala.; one brother, Eurel Craig Whitehouse; four sisters, Mrs. Lavonia
Hicks, Minor Hill, Mrs. Hattie Jones, Stella, Mrs. Myrtle Hill, Pulaski, and
Mrs. Pearlie Williams, Nashville; twenty-one grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
YORK, Claude Earl The Pulaski Citizen 14 Aug 1963
Funeral services for Claude Earl York, 80, retired farmer of the Cedar Grove
Community, were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Madison Funeral Home,
Madison, Tenn. Burial took place at Cool Spring Cemetery in Giles County. Mr.
York who had been residing near Madison for eighteen years, died in a Nashville
hospital on Wednesday, August 7.
Born and reared in Giles County, he was the son of the late John York and Tennie
Tomerlin York.
Mr. York is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ellen McMasters York; three daughters,
Mrs. Ed Marlin and Mrs. Wade Thompson, Madison, and Mrs. D. H. Brooks, Franklin;
and two grandchildren.
YORK, Emma Jane Guffee The Pulaski Citizen 21 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Jane Guffee York, 91, resident of Pulaski since
1942, will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday at Nolenville Methodist Church, with
the rites conducted by Rev. C. R. Cunningham of Nashville, assisted by the Rev.
W. E. Gilbert, pastor of the church. Burial will be in Nolenville Cemetery.
Mrs. York died at 4:45 o'clock Tuesday morning, September 20, at Giles County
Hospital, after a heart attack suffered at noon that day.
Born July 6, 1869, in Williamson County, she was the daughter of the alte James
Guffee and Betty Jones Guffee, and was a member of Nolenville Methodist Church.
Her husband, James Riley York, died September 12, 1901.
Mrs. York is survived by three sons, Walter H. York, Pulaski, E. R. York,
Nashville, and Charles York, Nolenville; one daughter, Mrs. S. B. Glenn, College
Grove; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Alice
Wilkinson, Chattanooga.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Amos Richardson The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1966
Amos Richardson Young, 74, well known Pulaski businessman died Friday, July 8,
at Fairhaven Nursing Home after a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Bennett-May Chapel with the Rev. Billy E. Craighead officiating. Burial was in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native Giles Countian, Mr. Young was born Aug. 21, 1891, son of the late
Thomas Edgar and Bina Montgomery Young. He was married to the former Gladys
Browning who died Nov. 4, 1962.
He had been prominent in the heating and plumbing business here for many years,
having been associated with his father in the firm of T. E Young and Company
until the latter's death in 1931. Since that time he had been associated in
partnership with his brother-in-law, Grover McAlester, in the firm of Young and
McAlester until last year when both members retired and the business was closed.
Mr. Young was a member of First Methodist Church and the Pulaski Elks Lodge.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Paul Daly of Chattanooga and Mrs. Clemens
Caldwell of Danville, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. Grover McAlester of Pulaski and four
grandchildren.
YOUNG, Annie Wilson Odeneal The Pulaski Citizen 17 Oct 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Wilson Odeneal Young,79, Pulaski housewife, were
held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Tommy
Vernon, minister of Second Street Church of Christ. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Young died unexpectedly of a heart ailment early Friday
morning, October 12, at her home in Pulaski.
Born August 31, 1883, in Lawrence County, she was the daughter of the late
William Henry Odeneal and Nancy Knight Odeneal. She was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Her husband, Henry Worley Young, died July 28, 1934.
Mrs. Young is survived by two sons, Henry B. Young and John Morris Young,
Pulaski; two daughters, Mrs. Homer Story, Pulaski, and Mrs. Matt Inman,
Nashville; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; one brother, Grady
Odeneal, Covington, Ind.; and one sister, Mrs. Cleo Irvin, Lawrenceburg.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Bessie Mae The Pulaski Citizen 27 Oct 1965
Funeral services for Miss Bessie Mae Young, 86, lifelong resident of Giles
County, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Pulaski
Funeral Home, conducted by Andrew Brown, Second Street Church of Christ
minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. She died at 9 o'clock
Thursday night, October 21, at Fairhaven Nursing Home having entered two years
ago after having fallen, breaking a hip.
Born April 24, 1879, she was the daughter of the late Napoleon Bonaparte Young
and Martha Kosier Young. She was a member of the Church of Christ and the last
member of her immediate family.
Pulaski Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Charlie Clayton The Pulaski Citizen 19 Feb 1964
Funeral services for Charlie Clayton Young, 71, retired carpenter of the
Eleventh Civil District, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home of Columbia in
charge of arrangements. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Edward Templeton,
pastor of Berea Methodist Church of which he was a member. Burial took place in
Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Young died unexpectedly about 10 o'clock Tuesday night,
February 11, en route to the hospital.
Born May 9, 1892, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Gilbert T. Young
and Minnie Brown Young. His wife, Mrs. Adney Moore Young, died many years ago.
Mr. Young is survived by three daughters, Miss Mildred Alene Young and Miss
Dorothy Young, Berea, and Mrs. George E. Wilburn, Pulaski; and two
grandchildren.
YOUNG, Charlie Gaines The Pulaski Citizen 16 Dec 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Charlie Gaines Young, 81, wife of R. T. Young of
Pulaski, were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Billy E. Craighead, pastor of First
Methodist Church. Burial took place in the family lot in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Young died early Tuesday morning, December 15, in Gordon Hospital,
Lewisburg, following a lengthy illness.
Born July 29, 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late W. A.
Gaines and Sarah Parker Gaines. She was a member of First Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Young is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Arney
C. Curry, Pulaski; one son, Ed Young, Lawrenceburg; two grandchildren and one
great-granddaughter.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Charlie McLaurine The Pulaski Citizen 30 Jan 1963
Funeral services for Mrs. Edward F. Young, 96, lifelong resident of Giles
County, will be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, with the rites conducted by Dr. W. H. Mansfield, the Rev. Raymond L.
Greenway and the Rev. Mr. Crocker. Burial will take place in Bee Spring
Cemetery. Mrs. Young died about noon on Wednesday, January 30, at Elm Rest
Nursing Home at Lawrenceburg after a long period of declining health.
The former Miss Charlie McLaurine, she was born August 27, 1866, the daughter of
the late William P. McLaurine and Mary Frances Loyd McLaurine. She was a
graduate of Martin College and a member of the Methodist Church. She was the
last member of her immediate family.
Her husband, Edward F. Young, died in 1916.
Mrs. Young is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Fount P. Dunnavant, Elkton, Mrs.
Frances Austin, Memphis, and Mrs. Orlean Stephenson, Auburndale, Fla.; one son,
Overton S. Young, Bryson; twelve grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 5
great-great-grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Clayton Harwell The Pulaski Citizen 22 Mar 1967
Prayer services for Clayton Harwell Young, five-week-old infant son of Earl and
Sharon Crouch Young of Nashville, were conducted Tuesday afternoon, March 21, at
2 o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. H. C. Austin
of Nashville officiating. Burial was in Pisgah Cemetery.
The baby died Monday, March 20, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Young, Giles County; and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Crouch, Jr., Tullahoma.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Edward Baxter The Pulaski Citizen 14 May 1969
Edward Baxter (Otha) Young, 85, died May 9, in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
Funeral services for Mr. Young, a retired farmer, were conducted Sunday
afternoon, May 11, at 1:00 o'clock in the chapel of Carr and Erwin Funeral Home,
with the Rev. Homer Austin officiating. Burial was in Bee Springs Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Young was born December 16, 1883, the son of the
late Jesse Young, Sr., and Mollie W. Young.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ellie B. Young, Pulaski; three daughters, Mrs.
Raymond Young, Pulaski, Mrs. H. H. Austin, Cookeville, and Mrs. Clyde Duke,
Nashville; one brother, Jesse Young, Giles County; six step-children; and six
grandchildren.
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Flora Moore The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1961
Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Moore Young, 51, well-known registered nurse,
were held at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Rites
were conducted by the Rev. Gus Self, the Rev. Raymond L. Greenway and the Rev.
J. C. Elkins, with the burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Young died on
Thursday, November 9, at the home on the Lewisburg Highway, after several months
illness.
Born May 4, 1910, in Giles County, she was the daughter of Mrs. Mamie Garrett
Moore and the late Guy Moore. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her mother, Mrs. Young is survived by her husband; one son,
Gerald Young; three sisters, Mrs. Mitchell Davidson and Mrs. Ozro Newton, Giles
County, and Mrs. Matt Fox, E. St. Louis, Ill.; and four brothers, G. Russell
Moore, J. W. Moore, Floyd Moore, and Earl Moore, all of Giles County.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Gilbert Allen The Pulaski Citizen 13 Apr 1966
Funeral services for Gilbert Allen Young, 58, a carpenter by trade, were held at
one o'clock Saturday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. Henry Cortner, pastor of the Berea Methodist Church. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Young died on Friday afternoon, April 8, in Giles County
Hospital after a long illness.
Born March 24, 1908, in Giles County, he was the son of the late William Spencer
Young and Ella Jane Hayes Young. His first wife, Mrs. Flora Moore Young died
November 9, 1961.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Young is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Lois Rainey Prestridge Young; one
son, Gerald Young, Giles County; two step-sons, Billy Joe Prestridge,
California, and Bobby Prestridge, U. S. Army; one step-daughter, Mrs. Horace
Fogg, Pulaski; four step-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Lora Inman and Miss
Clemma Young, Giles County and Mrs. Wilma McFarland, Evansville, Ind.; and three
brothers, Ben Young, Giles County, Ed Boyett Young, Goodlettsville and Worley
Young, Ewin, Tenn.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Gladys Browning The Pulaski Citizen 07 Nov 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys Browning Young, 71, wife of Amos R. Young,
Pulaski businessman, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Bennett-May
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. William H. Moss, pastor of First Methodist
Church, of which she was a member. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Young died
YOUNG, Guy The Pulaski Citizen 13 Nov 1968
Guy Young, 91, retired merchant, farmer and livestock dealer, died early Tuesday
morning at Giles County Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, the Rev. Billy
Craighead, officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Young was born in Giles County on August 18, 1877, the son of the late
Nathaniel A. and Medora Harwell Young.
He established the Guy Young and Co. Buggy and Harness firm in Pulaski in 1907,
and the Young Furniture and Undertaking Business in 1925. He continued his
farming interests in the intervening years before his retirement.
Mr. Young was a member of First Methodist Church, Pulaski.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mabel Kirby; one daughter, Mrs. A.
E. Adkins, Columbia; two sons, Forrest Guy Young, Salineville, Ohio, Nathan
Kirby Young, Nashville; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
YOUNG, Homer Baxter The Pulaski Citizen 17 Aug 1960
Funeral services for Homer Baxter Young, 82, retired farmer of Giles County,
were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. W. H. Moss, Methodist minister. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery. Mr. Young who had been in failing health, died at 6:30 o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon, August 10, at Giles County Hospital.
Born July 2, 1878, he was the son of the late John Crutcher Young and Antoinette
Harwell Young. A lifelong resident of the county, he was a member of the
Friendship Methodist Church.
Mr. Young, a batchelor, is survived by two nephews, John C. Hardin, Birmingham,
Ala., and Harry Hardin, Hopewell, Ga.; and one niece, Mrs. A. R. Long,
Birmingham, Ala.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Lexie The Pulaski Citizen 7 Sep 1960
Funeral services for Lexie Young, 72, retired farmer of the Bunker Hill
Community, were held at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. J. W. McCullough and E. C. Prestridge, Church of
Christ minister. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Young died early
Saturday morning, September 3, at Giles County Hospital following a paralytic
stroke.
Born July 22, 1888, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Napoleon Young
and Martha Jane Cozier Young, and was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Young is survived by his wife, Mrs. Esther Montgomery Young; one son, Paul
Young, Bunker Hill; and one sister, Miss Bessie Yount, Pulaski.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Lizzie May Day The Pulaski Citizen 4 Apr 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. C. D. Young, 80, Elkton resident, were held at 10
o'clock Saturday morning at Elkton Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. R. L.
Greenway, pastor and the Rev. Mitchell Sawyer of Shelbyville, former pastor.
Burial took place in Spring Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Young died at 11:27 Thursday
morning, March 29, at the home at Elkton after a period of declining health.
The former Miss Lizzie May Day, she was a native of Culleoka in Maury County,
the daughter of the late John Day and Hattie Atkins Day. She was a member of the
Methodist Church. Her husband, C. D. Young, died September 16, 1949.
Mrs. Young is survived by two daughters, Mrs. H. L. Moffitt, Elkton, and Mrs. H.
B. Chrisp, Concord, Calif.; one son, W. P. Young, Columbia; seven grandchildren
and eleven great grandchildren; and one sisters, Mrs. Logan Davidson, Lewisburg.
YOUNG, Mabel Kirby The Pulaski Citizen 28 May 1969
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Kirby Young were conducted Sunday, May 25, at
1:30 p. m., in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy
Craighead officiating. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs. Young died
Thursday, May 22, at home of a heart attack.
Born near Guntersville, Ala., she was the daughter of the late Josh F. and
Maggie Sergeant Kirby. She was the widow of Guy Young, who died in November of
1968.
Survivors include three children, Forrest Guy Young, Salineville, Ohio, Nathan
Kirby Young, Nashville, and Mrs. A. E. Adkins, Columbia; seven grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Fred Bass of Decherd and nine nieces
and nephews.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Mamie Storey The Pulaski Citizen 31 Mar 1965
Funeral services for Mrs. Jess Young, 73, resident of the Bunker Hill Community,
were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home with the
rites conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister. Burial took
place in Giles Memory Gardens. Mrs. Young died on Monday night, March 29, in
Giles County Hospital following surgery.
The former Miss Mamie Storey, she was born April 11, 1891, the daughter of the
late John Storey and Leila Smith Storey Brownlow. She was a member of the Bee
Spring Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Young is survived by her husband Jess J. Young; one son, Dumont Young, and
one granddaughter, both of Elkton; and one sister, Mrs. Elam Lackey, Nashville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, Robert Taylor The Pulaski Citizen 2 Jun 1965
Robert Taylor Young, 78, well known Pulaski resident, died early Saturday, May
29, in Giles County Hospital where he had been a patient for one week as the
result of a gunshot wound which the family said was self-inflicted. Death was
attributed to heart failure. He had been in ill health for a number of years.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial took place in
Maplewood Cemetery.
A native Giles Countian, Mr. Young was born Sept. 13, 1886, the son of Gilbert
and Minnie Brown Young. He was for many years associated with Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company, before his retirement. He was a member of First
Methodist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Arney Curry of Pulaski; a son, Robert Edward
Young of Lawrenceburg; two grandchildren, Mrs. Dan Martin and Kent Curry of
Pulaski; and one great-grandchild.
YOUNG, Sam Davis The Pulaski Citizen 19 Nov 1969
Sam Davis Young, 65, agent for Farmers Mutual Insurance, died Tuesday morning,
November 18, at Giles County Hospital after having suffered two strokes last
week, one on Wednesday and another on Friday.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the chapel of
Carr and Erwin Funeral Home, with the Rev. W. E. Gober officiating. Burial was
in Pisgah Cemetery.
Born July 13, 1904, in the Pisgah community. Mr. Young was the son of the late
Arney and Jennie Mae Harwell Young.
A farmer and businessman, he served for a number of years as secretary to the
Giles County grand jury and during the 1940's and 1950's, was a member of the
County Committee of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service,
serving part of that time as vice-chairman of the committee. He had lived in
Pulaski about eighteen years and was a member of First Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elise Harwell Young; one brother, Raymond Young
of Pisgah; one half-sister, Mrs. Cletus S. Dunnavant of Pulaski; his
step-mother, Mrs. Arney Young of Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews.
YOUNG, Vinson Hayes Sr. The Pulaski Citizen 29 Sep 1965
Funeral services for Vinson Hayes Young, 65, farmer of the Brick Church
community, were held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Diana Methodist Church
with the burial in Diana Cemetery. Mr. Young died at 1:30 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, September 23, in Brown Hospital in Lewisburg.
He was a member of the Diana Methodist Church and was a World War I veteran.
Born May 29, 1900, in Giles County, he was the son of th late William Spencer
Young and Ella Jane Hayes Young.
Mr. Young is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Park Young; three sons, Vinson
Young, Lewisburg, David Young and William Young, Pulaski; five daughters, Mrs.
W. S. Eley, Montgomery, Ala., Mrs. Lyndal Fagan, Lewisburg, Mrs. John McIntyre,
Columbia, Mrs. Billy Dean Hagood, Brownsville, and Mrs. Johnny Holley, Donelson;
eighteen grandchilden; four brothers, Worley Young, Erin, Tenn., Ben Young and
Gilbert Young, Pulaski, and Ed B. Young, Goodlettsville; and three sisters, Miss
Clemma Young and Mrs. Lora Inman, Pulaski, and Mrs. R. C. McFarland, Evansville,
Ind.
YOUNG, William Gardner The Pulaski Citizen 13 Jul 1960
Funeral services were held on Wednesday in Knoxville for William Gardner Young,
approximately ninety years of age, who died at 8 o'clock Monday morning, July
11, at his home in Knoxville.
Son of the late Nathaniel Abernathy Young and Medora Harwell Young, he was born
and reared in Giles County. About forty years ago, he moved to Knoxville where
he was a machinist for the N. C. & St. L. Railroad. He retired at 65.
His wife, Mrs. Betty Worsham Young, died at Knoxville on 16 October 1928.
Mr. Young is survived by five children including the daughter, Mrs. Mildred
Mills who lived with him; and one brother, Guy Young of Pulaski. Mr. Young
attended the rites in Knoxville.
ZEIGLER, Charles Franklin The Pulaski Citizen 21 May 1969
Charles Franklin Zeigler, 75, died Sunday morning, May 18, at his home on Route
5, Lawrenceburg.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, May 19, at 2 o'clock in the chapel
of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Rev. John Pope
officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Zeigler was born February 5, 1896 the son of the
late George and Lenny Tidwell Zeigler.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ruby Ann Braly Zeigler; one son, George
Zeigler, Jacksonville, Ill., two daughters, Mrs. Tom Luna, Pensacola, Fla.; and
Mrs. Ted Tramell, Nashville; one sister, Mrs. Mary White, Pulaski, and six
grandchildren.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ZEIGLER, Smith Waters The Pulaski Citizen 17 Mar 1965
Smith Waters Zeigler, 84, retired mail carrier died at Fairhaven Nursing Home on
Tuesday night, after four months illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:30
p. m. Thursday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, the Rev. Billy Craighead and Rev.
Joe Bennett officiating, with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
A native of Giles County, he was born on October 4, 1880, the son of Luke
Thompson and Virginia Ann Smith Zeigler. He was a member of Mt. Moriah
Presbyterian Church, and the National Council of Jr. Order of United American
Mechanics. Members of the latter will serve as pallbearers.
His wife, the former Ruby Pearl Pittard, died in April, 1954.
He is survived by one son, Billy Zeigler, of Pulaski, and a step-sister, Mrs.
Lucille Kennedy of Memphis.
ZEIGLER, William Earl (Bill) The Pulaski Citizen 7 Jul 1965
Funeral services for William Earl (Bill) Zeigler, 39, who died suddenly
Thursday, July 1, of a heart attack while vacationing at the home of his parents
near Bodenham, were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Chapel of
Roses, Woodlawn Mortuary, Nashville. The Rev. Ewing Weakley officiated and
burial was in Woodlawn Park in that city.
Born May 3, 1925, he was a native of Giles County ant the son of Charles F. and
Ruby Braly Zeigler. He was married August 18, 1953, to the former Mrs. Katherine
Greene Matthess, who survives.
Mr. Zeigler was graduated from Bodenham High School and attended the Art
Institute at Pittsburg, Pa. for two years, later taking a postgraduate course at
the Institute in commercial lettering. He joined the staff of Newspaper Print
Corporation's art department in June 1951.
He was an Army veteran of World War II, having served in the European Theatrer
of Operations. He was a member of Woodland Presbyterian Church.
Other survivors include a daughter, Cynthia Lee Zeigler, Nashville; a son,
William Donald Matthess, Nashville; two sisters, Mrs. Tom Luna, Pensacola, Fla.,
and Mrs. Ted Trammell of Nashville; and a brother, George Zeigler of Illinois.
ZUCCARELLO, Earl Collins The Pulaski Citizen 21 Dec 1960
Funeral services for Earl Collins Zuccarello, 67, member of Giles County Court,
Campbellsville farmer and veteran of World War I, were held at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Robert Hall, Cumberland Presbyterian minister. Burial took place in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Mr. Zuccarello died at 10:50 o'clock Wednesday night, December 14, at Giles
County Hospital following surgery on December 1.
Born January 29, 1893, at Campbellsville, he was the son of the late Joseph J.
Zuccarello, outstanding teacher and farmer, and Mrs. Mattie Collins Zuccarello.
He attended Massey School for Boys in Pulaski, and was a member of the Methodist
Church. He served in the Army during World War I. Representing the Nineteenth
Civil District, he was a new member of County Court, having been elected in
August.
Mr. Zuccarello is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Morris Zuccarello; and one
brother, Felix Zuccarello, Campbellsville.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ZUCCARELLO, Ena B. Wiggins The Pulaski Citizen 25 Dec 1968
Mrs. Ena B. Zuccarello, 80, died Friday morning, December 20, in Lawrence County
Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Zuccarello, wife of the late Tom Zuccarello, were held
Saturday morning, December 21, at ten o'clock in the chapel of Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah
Cemetery.
A native of Tennessee, Mrs. Zuccarello was born December 14, 1888, the daughter
of the late Jim and Ann Ford Wiggins.
Survivors include one son, Tommy Zuccarello, Pulaski; one brother, Pete Wiggins,
Bolivar.
Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
ZUCCARELLO, Felix The Pulaski Citizen 23 Aug 1961
Felix Zuccarello, 65, prominent retired farmer and lifelong resident of the
Campbellsville community, died at 1 a. m., Friday, August 18, at Giles County
Hospital after two years of declining health.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Bennett-May
Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert H. Hall officiating. Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery.
The son of the late Joseph J. and Mattie Collins Zuccarello, he was born Oct.
31, 1896. He was a member of Campbellsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church and
served as a magistrate from the Nineteenth District from 1944 to 1950.
Mr. Zuccarello was a veteran of World War I and was a member of the American
Legion. He had been a member of the Giles County Farm Bureau for more than
thirty years and was a director in that organization at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucy Tidwell Zuccarello; one son, Joe Fry
Zuccarello of Nashville; and one granddaughter.
ZUCCARELLO, James D. The Pulaski Citizen 18 Mar 1964
James D. Zuccarello, 66, retired insurance man, died last Thursday at Giles
County Hospital.
Funeral services were held Friday at Bennett-May Funeral Home, with burial in
Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Zuccarello was a native of Giles County, son of the late James Henry
Zuccarello and Eba Bennett Zuccarello. He was a veteran of World War I.
He was an insurance agent and district manager for Life and Casualty Insurance
Co. for 22 years. He was a Methodist.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Estelle Brahan Zuccarello; a daughter, Miss
Bebe Zuccarello, Washington, D. C.; a son, Dr. James B. Zuccarello, Concord, N.
C.; a sister, Mrs. Joe M. Rackley, Pulaski; two brothers, Frank A. Zuccarello,
Pulaski and W. E. Zuccarello, Jacksonville, Fla.; and two grandchildren.